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00:04:50.000Matt Gaetz was one of the very few members in the entire Congress who bothered to stand up against permanent Washington on behalf of his constituents.
00:04:57.000Matt Gaetz right now, he's a problem in the Democratic Party.
00:05:00.000He can cause a lot of hiccups in passing applause.
00:05:03.000So we're going to keep running those stories to keep hurting him.
00:05:06.000If you stand for the flag and kneel in prayer, if you want to build America up and not burn her to the ground, then welcome, my fellow patriots!
00:06:26.000Welcome back to Firebrand, broadcasting out of Room 2021 of the Rayburn House Office Building here in the Capitol Complex in Washington, D.C. And all the news is about the blown-up plea deal with Hunter Biden.
00:06:39.000Usually when you have the government and the defense in agreement as to the scope of punishment, A court is very reluctant to engage in second-guessing that and undoing it.
00:06:51.000Not something you see in the courthouse every day.
00:06:53.000Usually it's only when the terms are egregious or when the scope is not properly defined or there's some confusion about the scope.
00:07:04.000Hunter Biden, of the view that this was the great inoculation, That pleading guilty to these small, insignificant tax charges would then be the antidote to future allegations that he was acting as a foreign agent,
00:07:20.000taking bribe money, money laundering, and We're good to go.
00:07:47.000It brought me back to the statement of Hunter Biden's lawyer at the time of the initial agreement that we all criticized.
00:07:55.000And it says in part, this reported in Politico, Hunter believes it's important to take responsibility for these mistakes he made during a period of turmoil and addiction in his life.
00:08:10.000Part of Hunter making his way back to the state dinner circuit and the elite scene in Washington D.C. and the influence peddling operation Is this degree of accepting responsibility, right?
00:08:23.000He was heralded by the president, the Biden family, others in the administration for taking responsibility.
00:08:31.000Now you have the not guilty plea because he wasn't going to be able to use these inoculating charges as defense to the really bad stuff and I think one of the reasons why that became so important to Hunter Biden is because we've got Devin Archer coming in to give testimony in a transcribed interview Monday, July 31st.
00:08:53.000Now, Devin Archer has delayed that testimony three times.
00:08:56.000He's told others that he had Joe Biden on the phone when these deals were going down.
00:09:01.000And you can tell how concerned the Bidens are about the Devin Archer testimony.
00:09:08.000Based on this desire to really have a robust view of scope of the Hunter deal now.
00:09:14.000And then you saw Corrine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, totally change the answer yesterday and say, oh, well, this is a circumstance where we've always said that Joe Biden and Hunter Biden were never in business together.
00:09:31.000See, Joe Biden originally, of course, told us all that it was something very different, that he never discussed his son's overseas business dealings.
00:09:41.000He knew that any proximity to that was not going to be ultimately defensible.
00:09:46.000And now we're on the case, and that's exactly what you see happening in courtrooms and also the White House press briefing room.
00:09:55.000There was another press briefing today that took an odd and unfortunate turn.
00:10:01.000Senator McConnell was at the microphone, as he typically is, and seized up a bit.
00:10:07.000If you're watching on one of our viewing platforms, you can see Senator McConnell gets a look on his face that is not one that he's Appears to be just pensive about the next matter.
00:10:20.000Here you see Senator Barrasso going very kindly, taking him by the arm, seeing to his well-being.
00:10:26.000But you can see right there Senator McConnell does not have his color.
00:10:44.000Always shakes Capitol Hill when you see somebody that wields that much power in this town have a moment of personal fragility.
00:10:52.000And we all have to take account of our health.
00:10:54.000And we certainly hope that Leader McConnell is restored to full and better health.
00:11:00.000I want to go to our next big matter to discuss, and that is this hearing that we had in the House Judiciary Committee today with Mayorkas.
00:11:10.000Now, you know that that's going to get spicy.
00:11:14.000We're deeply concerned about the over 100,000 Americans who've been poisoned due to fentanyl.
00:11:19.000But I'm not just worried about the criminals, okay?
00:11:22.000So a lot of times when my colleagues ask questions of these victims, Cabinet-level officials.
00:11:28.000It's just about the crimes and the criminals.
00:11:30.000But I worry about immigration even for the non-criminals, even people who don't come here to commit crimes.
00:11:36.000I don't know that you could just let an unlimited amount of those people in at the border without a process, without some understanding of who is coming here, what they will be doing.
00:11:45.000And so I asked about the Mayorkas Doctrine.
00:11:53.000Two million encounters and releases under your watch.
00:11:57.000So not including the Title 42 expulsions, not including violent criminals.
00:12:02.000Of those two million plus that you've encountered and released, how many have you told to go home?
00:12:10.000Congressman, individuals who are released are placed in immigration enforcement proceedings under the law where they can make their claim for relief.
00:12:18.000If their claim for relief is is not satisfied.
00:12:22.000They are subject to removal from the United States.
00:13:14.000If you show up at the border and get released into the country, if you don't commit a specific aggravated felony, which, by the way, doesn't include a lot of assault and battery, doesn't include a lot of bad domestic violence, but if you're not one of the people who commit those crimes, you get to stay forever.
00:13:32.000Is that a fair characterization of your doctrine?
00:13:42.0001.2 million people today have been through your entire process, right?
00:13:48.000They've been through what you call a removal proceeding is just an amnesty dance.
00:13:53.000Because after the 1.2 million people get an order from the judge saying that they don't have a basis to be here, you still don't remove them.
00:14:01.000What's your plan to remove those people?
00:14:07.000Congressman, in this country, In this country, there are between 11 and 12 million...
00:14:15.000Right, but I'm asking about a subset that you won't send home.
00:14:19.000And the reason you're smirking about it, and the reason you won't answer my question, is because everybody gets the joke.
00:14:24.000And the sad thing is, it's not just us here, it's the cartels who get the joke too.
00:14:27.000And so now, what you've done to execute this Mayorkas doctrine, where so long as you don't commit a crime, you get to stay here and burden our hospitals, burden our schools, burden our social services, burden our jails, You've sent the message to the cartels and then you've taken this app and you've digitized illegal immigration and you've scaled it to the moon.
00:14:47.000Like this app that you've got everybody downloading is like the Disney fast pass into the country, never to be subject to actual removal, just removal proceedings as you call them.
00:14:56.000That app doesn't do any search of their criminal history in their home country, does it?
00:15:00.000Congressman, I disagree with everything you have said.
00:15:03.000Well, I'm sure, but just to answer the question, does the app that you are out there promoting do any search of people's criminal history in their home country?
00:15:10.000Congressman, Customs and Border Protection screens and vets individuals whom they encounter.
00:15:15.000Your app, it either has the functionality to test their criminal history in their home country, or it doesn't.
00:15:21.000By the way, if it did, you'd have already told me.
00:15:24.000And then the other epic failure of this that's empowered the cartels Is that in these processing centers you've set up in other countries to just wave them all in at a rapid pace, you've had to shut them down in Nuevo Laredo because the cartels were standing outside extorting people.
00:15:56.000Because right now, for the first time in modern history, more people are showing up at the ports of entry than running through some bush in Yuma, Arizona.
00:16:05.000And the reason they're showing up at the ports of entry is because you've got the turnstile open, where so long as they've gone and downloaded this app, you just let them in.
00:16:13.000I've got one final question for you, and it's an important one.
00:16:15.000Is Mexico an ally in this fight against illegal immigration?
00:16:20.000So, I mean, it's hilarious and somewhat troubling that you say that because, like, I'm looking at the El Chapo trial where President Nieto took a $100 million bribe from the Sinaloa cartel.
00:16:31.000Do you think that the subsequent presidents following Nieto weren't offered a bribe by the cartel or didn't take the bribe?
00:16:38.000Congressman, I disagree with everything you have said.
00:16:41.000Right, but you can disagree all you want, but what you won't provide is any number.
00:16:46.000And when you sit there and just kind of ostensibly disagree without any facts, it shows people what the real gig is.
00:16:52.000The Mexican government is captive to the cartels.
00:16:56.000They are doing the bidding of the cartels, and based on your response today, so are you.
00:17:28.000Know that the doctrine of the Biden-Mayorkas era Is if somebody shows up, they get into our country, they get released, and if they don't commit a crime, they never have to leave.
00:17:41.000That is why it is so important to have physical barriers at our border.
00:17:44.000We will stay on this, and I'm going to come back later in the program to give you an update on a specific lie in all of that that Mayorkas told That is just so blatant, it bears rubbing his nose in it a little bit.
00:17:59.000But first, I've got to get to the hearing that we had on Capitol Hill today, the most serious review of testimony and evidence regarding these unidentified aerial phenomenon, UAPs, UFOs.
00:18:12.000I had an opportunity to question witnesses who were test pilots, who were involved in the review of national security information in this space.
00:18:20.000I was a guest of the House Oversight Committee.
00:18:26.000Several months ago my office received a protected disclosure from Eglin Air Force Base indicating that there was a UAP incident that required my attention.
00:18:36.000I sought a briefing regarding that episode and brought with me Congressman Burchett and Congresswoman Luna We asked to see any of the evidence that had been taken by flight crew in this endeavor and to observe any radar signature as well as to meet with the flight crew.
00:18:53.000We were not afforded access to all of the flight crew.
00:18:58.000And initially, we were not afforded access to images and to radar.
00:19:04.000Thereafter, we had a bit of a discussion about how authorities flow in the United States of America, and we did see the image.
00:19:13.000And we did meet with one member of the flight crew who took the image.
00:19:17.000The image was of something that I am not able to attach to any human capability, either from the United States or from any of our adversaries.
00:19:27.000And I'm somewhat informed on the matter, having served on the Armed Services Committee for seven years, having served on the committee that oversees DARPA and advanced technologies for several years.
00:19:39.000When we spoke with the flight crew, and when he showed us the photo that he'd taken, I asked why the video wasn't engaged, why we didn't have a FLIR system that worked.
00:19:50.000They were out on a test mission that day over the Gulf of Mexico, and when you're on a test mission, you're supposed to have clear airspace.
00:19:57.000Not supposed to be anything that shows up.
00:19:59.000And they saw a sequence of four craft in a clear diamond formation for which there is A radar sequence that I and I alone have observed in the United States Congress.
00:20:14.000One of the pilots goes to check out that diamond formation and sees a large floating, what I can only describe as an orb, again, like I said, not of any human capability that I'm aware of.
00:20:27.000And when he approached, he said that his radar went down, he said that his FLIR system malfunctioned, and that he had to manually take this image from one of the lenses, and it was not automated in collection, as you would typically see in a test mission.
00:20:46.000So I guess I'll start with Commander Fravor.
00:20:51.000How should we think about the fact that this craft that was approached by our pilot had the capability of disarming a number of the sensor and collection systems on that craft?
00:21:05.000Well, I think this goes to that national security side, and you can go back through history of things showing up at certain areas and disabling our capabilities, which is disheartening.
00:21:14.000And for us, I mean, like I said, it completely disabled the radar on the aircraft when it tried to do it, and the only way we could see it is passively, which is how he got that image.
00:21:22.000So I think that's a concern on what are these doing, not only how do they operate, but their capabilities inside to do things like this.
00:21:29.000And how should we think about four craft moving in a very clear formation, equidistant from one another, in a diamond?
00:21:41.000In all of the phenomenon, perhaps, Mr. Grave, that you've analyzed, have we ever seen multiple craft in a single formation?
00:21:49.000I have one particular case and that was during the gimbal incident.
00:21:53.000The recording on the AT FLIR system shows a single object that rotates.
00:21:58.000You hear the pilots refer to a fleet of objects that is not visible on the FLIR system and that was something that I witnessed during the debrief as part of the radar data on the situational awareness page.
00:22:08.000I would like to add, however, Congressman, there's a small bit of anger, I would say.
00:22:15.000I would feel that those pilots are still facing that difficulty in reporting this topic and they don't have the tools to be able to mitigate this issue.
00:22:21.000It just goes to show how serious this is and why this is such an important issue for our pilots and for our nation.
00:22:27.000It was stated explicitly to me by these test pilots that if you have a U of AP experience the best thing you can do for your career is forget it and not tell anyone because any type of reporting either above the surface or below the surface Does have a perceived consequence to these people, and that is a culture we must change if we want to get to the truth.
00:22:50.000Mr. Chairman, I would observe that perhaps as we move forward from this hearing, there are some obvious next steps.
00:22:58.000Every person watching this knows that we need to meet with Mr. Grush in a secure compartmentalized facility so that we can get Folsom answers that do not put him in jeopardy and that give us the information we need.
00:23:11.000Second, I would suggest that the radar images that were collected of this formation of craft out of Eglin Air Force Base and specifically the actual image taken by the actual flight crew that we can actually validate be provided to the committee, subpoenaed if necessary, So that we're able to track how to get this type of reporting and analysis done in a more fulsome way.
00:23:36.000That would be my recommendation, humbly, as a guest here of the Fine Oversight Committee.
00:23:45.000Those witnesses came forward at great risk to themselves.
00:23:48.000They talked about some of the retaliation that they have experienced and the challenges that others experience as they bring forward their experiences with UAP's Congressman Tim Burchett of Tennessee, who we've had on the program to discuss these issues, asked questions about that particular subject area.
00:24:09.000Have you faced any retaliation or Any of your testimony or anything along these lines?
00:24:16.000Yeah, I have to be careful what I say in detail because there is an open whistleblower reprisal investigation on my behalf, and I don't want to compromise that investigation by providing anything that may help provide somebody information.
00:24:31.000But it was very brutal and very unfortunate, some of the tactics they used to hurt me both professionally and personally, to be quite frank.
00:24:43.000As they say, when you're over the target, that's when they do the most firing at you.
00:24:47.000Do you have any personal knowledge of people who have been harmed or injured in efforts to cover up or conceal these extraterrestrial technology?
00:25:11.000Get in a confidential area, a SCIF, we could talk about that, but unfortunately, we were denied access to the SCIF, and that's very unfortunate in this scenario.
00:25:27.000That was Congressman Tim Burchett questioning Mr. Grush, who actually worked in the national security apparatus as a senior official where a lot of the information from these UAPs was filtering up to him.
00:25:39.000So he was the guy seeing a lot of this stuff in his role.
00:25:43.000With the national security apparatus, now testifying before Congress, bringing information forward, hopefully on a rolling basis, so that we can continue to analyze the risk that UAPs pose.
00:25:56.000One feature of that risk is the extent to which you find any biological remains.
00:26:01.000And there were questions from South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace about remains.
00:26:54.000That certainly was an earth-shattering admission to get from the witness that our government has access to non-human biologics discovered as part of the review of these crafts.
00:27:06.000Now again, this is the statement of a witness, a witness who was in a high position, who would have seen a lot of the information filtered, but now delving into the specific special access programs and other We're going to need to do that work, certainly as a consequence of that admission.
00:27:29.000There was another line of questioning that showed how bipartisan this hearing was.
00:27:32.000Congressman Jared Moskowitz of the state of Florida had questions about the recovery of craft specifically.
00:28:02.000Yeah, you're not able to actually personally tell within the vehicle.
00:28:05.000I will say the objects that we were seeing, they were spherical, and they were observed up the Mach 2, which is a very non-aerodynamic shape.
00:28:37.000I didn't have the detail to be able to tell that.
00:28:40.000So we got within a half mile of the Tic Tac, which people say that's pretty far, but in airplanes that's actually relatively close.
00:28:46.000No, it was perfectly white, smooth, no windows, although when we did take the original FLIR video that is out there, when you put it on a big screen, it actually had two little objects that came out of the bottom of it.
00:28:58.000But other than that, no windows, no seams, no nothing.
00:29:06.000We are going to be thorough, and there is a lot more coming on the UAP phenomenon and what the Congress can do to get the truth before the American people.
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00:29:51.000And then the other epic failure of this that's empowered the cartels is that in these processing centers you've set up in other countries to just wave them all in at a rapid pace, you've had to shut them down in Nuevo Laredo because the cartels were standing outside extorting people.
00:30:09.000Asylum seekers crossing from a dangerous Mexican border city say corrupt officials are extorting them for money.
00:30:16.000Now the U.S. has stopped taking asylum appointments at the port of entry in Laredo, Texas.
00:30:21.000Customs and Border Protection is citing a security situation for the change at Laredo, without going into further detail.
00:30:30.000But it comes as some migrants waiting in Mexico are claiming that Mexican authorities are forcing them to pay bribes.
00:30:37.000In order to keep their CBP appointments.
00:30:41.000From Reuters, U.S. suspends asylum appointments in Texas border city after extortion reports.
00:30:46.000From U.S. News& World Report, U.S. halts online asylum appointments at Texas crossing after extortion warnings.
00:30:52.000And the Associated Press, U.S. halts appointments using migrant phone app at Texas border crossing seems to be in direct contradiction to the secretary's testimony as he can have his consent to enter it.
00:31:01.000I got one final question for you, and it's an important one.
00:31:03.000Is Mexico an ally in this fight against illegal immigration?