Stephen K. Bannon, Natalie Winters, and Dr. Sebastian Gorka join host Stephen K. B. to discuss the latest breaking news, including the latest on the Ukraine crisis, and the departure of Dan Bongino from Fox News.
00:00:27.000I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience.
00:00:32.000Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose?
00:00:36.000If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved.
00:00:43.000War Room. Here's your host, Stephen K. Band.
00:00:46.000Turning to the war in Ukraine now, the U.S. government's latest military aid to the war-torn nation.
00:00:57.000The White House has announced it will send $325 million in a new security package.
00:01:03.000This one includes additional funding for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS.
00:01:10.000It will also provide more weaponry and ammunition.
00:01:14.000Namely, over 9 million rounds of small arms ammunition.
00:01:18.000As Ukrainian troops on the front line reportedly deal with shortages.
00:01:23.000Monday will mark 14 months of war in Eastern Europe, including after a long winter.
00:01:30.000As the weather warms up in Ukraine, the U.S. and its allies are reportedly struggling to keep Western weapons technology out of Russia's hands.
00:01:40.000In November of 2021, Dr. Fauci told Senator Rand Paul under oath that the NIH did not fund gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab,
00:01:49.000despite having been explicitly told in an email in January of 2021 that NIH had a monetary relationship with the Wuhan Institute through the EcoHealth Alliance.
00:02:02.000During the committee's initial origins hearing in March, I asked former CDC Director Dr. Redfield whether the NIH was funding or had funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute.
00:02:14.000And he told me, direct quote, no doubt, unquote, NIH was funding this research in Wuhan, refuting Dr. Fauci's claims.
00:02:23.000I'll start with you, Mr. Ratcliffe. Do you agree with Dr. Redfield?
00:02:31.000Given what we know now, if you were in Dr. Fauci's position, would you have denied the NIH's role in gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab?
00:04:55.000Well, you obviously worked very close with President Donald J. Trump, specifically national security, intel, all that fun stuff.
00:05:04.000And I don't think you've joined War Room since a lot of these Ukraine leaks have happened, these intel reports from the Pentagon, very highly classified documents, at least allegedly.
00:05:15.000I'd love to get your reactions to all of that, what the latest breaking news is with regard to that whole fiasco.
00:05:29.000I think when a KGB colonel invades another country, that's a bad thing and we need to punch him on the nose.
00:05:34.000If France, if Spain, if Holland hadn't assisted George Washington and the founding fathers, this nation we live in today would still be part of the British Commonwealth.
00:05:45.000So helping other nations fight for their freedom is a good thing.
00:05:50.000I'm not a fan of sending pallets of cash to Kiev, which is one of the most corrupt countries in the world, but they get to defend themselves.
00:05:57.000And if 1776 means something to Americans and patriots, well, the war against the KGB colonel in the Kremlin should mean something to us as well.
00:06:08.000When it comes to Jack Teixeira and this leak, first things first, stop it with the conspiracy theories, please.
00:06:15.000A 21-year-old can have access to some of the highest level intelligence we have.
00:06:21.000First, our generals don't type up intel reports, OK?
00:06:24.000They have to be managed, collated, handled by very junior officers.
00:06:28.000So it's not a surprise that somebody at his low rank and age can have access to TSSCI.
00:06:34.000On top of that, I want it to be very clear to everybody listening to the war room, because we've had some so-called conservatives last weekend after the arrest call this individual a whistleblower and a hero.
00:06:50.000He is neither a whistleblower or a hero.
00:06:53.000Despite, you know, revealing things about Ukraine, that's not his job to do.
00:06:58.000If you're a whistleblower, the whistleblower act is very clear.
00:07:02.000If you see corruption, lies, malfeasance in the US government, you go to the oversight organ.
00:07:08.000You go to the relevant committee of Congress.
00:07:11.000If it's, you know, if it's something to do with Homeland Security or the judiciary, you can pick Jim Jordan.
00:08:09.000Again, you don't have to support the actions of this individual.
00:08:12.000I think even Steve would probably agree, you know, it compromises those who are downrange, the safety and security of Americans and people who are providing us with intel.
00:08:21.000But just curious, branching out from this, what you think the ramifications will be, not necessarily for this individual, but more broadly.
00:08:30.000In other words, do you think the Biden regime will sort of use this story to crack down on these alternative messaging platforms like Discord?
00:08:38.000Do you think they're going to use it to really push back against disinformation and misinformation, of course, about their golden child, which is Ukraine?
00:08:47.000I know we slightly disagree on that, but I'm just curious what you think the next steps are in this kind of incident, what the fallout will be.
00:08:54.000Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if you look at this disastrous legislation in front of Congress right now that would basically, you know, give the power of the state to do whatever it wants with internet communications.
00:09:05.000If it's an alternative form of communication they can't control, absolutely.
00:09:09.000That's why they went after Signal, what was it, 18 months ago, despite being a foreign company.
00:09:14.000The FBI, without a warrant, managed to get the owners of Signal to totally acquiesce and give them access to all of that so-called encrypted communication system.
00:09:25.000When it comes to this, let's be clear about this document.
00:09:30.000I've got to be, you know, circumspect about what I say.
00:09:34.000But if you look at just the types of materials the mainstream media has stated were leaked by this individual, it's not just top secret signals intelligence or maps of dislocation of forces.
00:09:50.000There's actually human intelligence reporting in there.
00:10:40.000So there's all kinds of ramifications, some of which will be exploited by the Biden administration, others, which will lead, sadly, to the potential deaths of some of the bravest people who have risked their lives for us in America.
00:10:58.000Real quick, before we got to let you go, I'm curious.
00:11:01.000You're obviously a staunch supporter of the president.
00:11:04.000I remember seeing you down at Mar-a-Lago when he announced.
00:11:14.000Well, we'll keep going on if he can't hear us.
00:11:16.000You know, it's certainly interesting timing, I think, at least in my humble opinion.
00:11:21.000Again, no conspiracies here in the war room.
00:11:23.000But remember that whole Restrict Act that they were pushing where they basically wanted the federal government to be able to control all of your messaging platforms all the way down to the ring doorbell at your house.
00:12:01.000There's some kind of narrative developing, fomenting in the mainstream media that this bump that Trump enjoyed in the polls from the whole arraignment indictment situation is fading, is dissipating rather quickly.
00:12:13.000Whoever is propagating that narrative talking point should take up stand-up comedy because they're amazing comedians.
00:12:21.000On my radio show, America First, I talked about the latest, the hottest poll where President Trump has a 17% lead over Ron DeSantis and where 69%, this is a CNBC poll, 69% of Americans have a seriously negative opinion of the economy, which is the most disturbing.
00:12:45.000The highest proportion of those polled in the 17 years of this specific poll.
00:12:52.000So you're telling me President Trump is crushing Ron DeSantis and Biden's more unpopular than anybody, any president in the last 17 years when it comes to raiding the economy and we're supposed to believe that my old boss is in trouble?
00:16:47.000I don't think they can go a show without saying the word Ukraine.
00:16:50.000You should have seen the way they were salivating about this new spring offensive that the Ukrainian troops are allegedly going to launch.
00:16:58.000The way they were describing it, it sounded like a fashion line was introducing their new spring line, except it's totally underwritten by the U.S. taxpayer.
00:17:07.000Speaking of that, I think we should have Monica Crowley joining us via phone, unfortunately, today.
00:17:13.000But I knew when I saw that Zelensky and his cronies were getting $325 million more in aid that adds to the, what is it?
00:17:22.000I can't even count, it's too big a number to say on this show, an aid that they've already received, but that the Biden regime wants to give them even more money.
00:17:31.000Your thoughts, Monica, thank you for joining us.
00:17:34.000Well, it's always a pleasure, Natalie.
00:17:36.000Thank you so much for having me, as usual, and you are killing it, as always.
00:17:41.000You know, I think it's the perfect subject to discuss this week about the continual outflow of hard-earned taxpayer money into the Ukraine corrupt money pit that we have this discussion during tax week.
00:17:59.000Most Americans filed their taxes this week.
00:18:02.000Many Americans had to write big checks to the IRS to do what exactly?
00:18:07.000What exactly are our hard-earned tax dollars buying?
00:18:11.000And if we drill down into Ukraine, well, you don't want to say the number, but I'm happy to, Natalie.
00:18:17.000So far in the year plus that this war has been ongoing, the American taxpayer has pumped $200 billion plus into this war effort into Ukraine.
00:18:30.000There has been constant reporting by War Room and others that upwards of about, what, 60 percent, maybe more, of the actual material, military material that has flowed into Ukraine, ostensibly to push back the Russian forces.
00:19:16.000So during this tax week, I think most Americans would be particularly outraged to know that so much of their hard-earned money has gone into this corrupt Bermuda Triangle of this Ukraine war, where the United States really has no interest whatsoever in this intraslavic conflict.
00:19:36.000It is completely outrageous, and I've said it before to Steve, I've said it to you, not one more penny for Ukraine, not one more bullet for Ukraine, unless and until we have a full, transparent accountability of where all of the money and material have gone so far.
00:20:19.000I don't think there's an answer to that question.
00:20:21.000But talking about what else our tax dollars are getting us is, of course, corruption in Washington, D.C., though that comes as no surprise to anyone.
00:20:29.000You told me that you were fortunate to interview Representative James Comer talking about the story for your wonderful and amazing podcast about how there's some whistleblowers, I believe, over at the IRS,
00:20:41.000the IRS, who are talking about how political appointees in Biden's DOJ are basically running cover for what is some very, very, very shady business activity conducted by none other than the prodigal son, Hunter Biden.
00:20:55.000What did you learn with your interview from him?
00:20:58.000And what is happening over at the IRS and the DOJ?
00:21:17.000And he told me, you know, I asked him initially about this report, first reported by the Wall Street Journal yesterday, that a senior IRS figure, someone who is a career, not a political appointee,
00:21:30.000but a career who is in the criminal division, really tasked with investigating criminal activity, that he has sought whistleblower protections now from the Congress to come forward without fear of retribution from the IRS or the Department of Treasury to come forward and really deconstruct what he describes as significant wrongdoing and mishandling of the Hunter Biden case.
00:21:58.340Keep in mind that the Hunter Biden case has been ongoing since 2018.
00:22:02.340We are now in the fifth year of this investigation.
00:22:06.340It began in the Trump years, obviously.
00:22:09.340But then the politicals, the careers, there are so many.
00:22:14.340We all know about the deep corruption in these institutions.
00:22:17.340But there are so many individuals who have buried the story, did not want to go forward, you know, during a presidential election year in 2020 with Hunter.
00:22:26.340And then once, of course, we had Hunter's father begin his presidency and have full control of the Department of Justice and the FBI, then, of course, the investigation has been completely buried, even though technically it's ongoing.
00:23:00.340This is not just his speculation about this, but he's coming forward with real evidence to show that the Attorney General Merrick Garland, the Department of Justice, the FBI have been bearing the Hunter Biden investigation covering for it now, at least for the last nearly two and a half years.
00:23:22.340The other track that Chairman Comer talked to me about was the fact that House Oversight went on a field trip this week to my old stomping grounds, the Department of Treasury, to examine these suspicious activities reports that have been filed over the years against the entire Biden crime family.
00:23:45.340What they have discovered is that it's now about nine Biden family members who have been on the take with all of these millions flowing into Biden family coffers and accounts.
00:23:58.340And I have to tell you that, you know, if you are flagged with one suspicious activity report, which is a report that a bank gives to the Treasury Department when it is aware of any kind of what they describe as suspicious activity, which could be potential illegal activity and or potential business transactions that could jeopardize national security.
00:24:24.340It's flagged for Treasury that then is compelled to do an investigation.
00:24:29.340If you have one, that's pretty sketch, right?
00:24:32.340Well, we are hearing that the Biden crime family has perhaps 250 of these.
00:24:38.520And what Chairman Comer told me today, Natalie, is that they have discovered some really, really outrageous international business transactions.
00:24:47.200I asked him about how much he said his estimation, you know, in the tens of millions and from where?
00:24:54.080Well, certainly Ukraine, but also entities directly tied to the CCP and the Chinese military.
00:25:02.340Wow. And if people want to follow you and get that podcast, where can they go to watch?
00:52:28.740I was lamenting that my hair didn't look good, but on a more serious note, I know people always miss Steve's rants when I'm filling in, but I try my best.
00:52:37.960But it really is just absurd that we live in, again, I'll say it again, the third-world-type country where not only do we not put our veterans first,
00:52:45.720the point where they have to wait months to get basic health care and mental health, to the point where they're turned away at the door at the VA.
00:52:52.760Meanwhile, our southern border is open, as porous as it possibly could be, to illegal immigrants who've done nothing to defend or help this country,
00:53:01.740but they get chauffeured and nice planes and nice bus rides and train rides to the entire country.
00:53:07.520By the way, there was just a report that a lot of these people aren't even vaccinated against polio or tuberculosis,
00:53:11.920and they're causing new outbreaks of these diseases, directly impacting and hurting the lives of other Americans.
00:53:17.760Oh, and meanwhile, we're also going to send $200 billion to Ukraine, because we're a serious country.
00:53:25.460We're not, and I hope you remember that, especially today when it's tax week, what all your tax dollars are going to support.
00:53:32.460Stephen K. Bannon will be back tomorrow at 10 a.m. Thank you for hanging with me. I guess battleground.
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