The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - March 21, 2024


Episode 160 LIVE: Hunter's Business Partners – Firebrand with Matt Gaetz


Episode Stats

Length

47 minutes

Words per Minute

168.1983

Word Count

8,041

Sentence Count

443

Misogynist Sentences

6

Hate Speech Sentences

13


Summary

In this episode, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-GAZETTE) speaks at the House Oversight Committee hearing where former Vice President Joe Biden testified in front of the committee on February 21st, 2019. The hearing focused on the Biden family's dealings with a Chinese businessman, Tony Bobulinski.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Matt Gaetz, the biggest firebrand inside of the House of Representatives.
00:00:07.200 You're not taking Matt Gaetz off the board, okay?
00:00:09.980 Because Matt Gaetz is an American patriot and Matt Gaetz is an American hero.
00:00:14.720 We will not continue to allow the Uniparty to run this town without a fight.
00:00:20.300 I want to thank you, Matt Gaetz, for holding the line.
00:00:24.400 Matt Gaetz is a courageous man.
00:00:26.400 If we had hundreds of Matt Gaetz in D.C., the country turns around. It's that simple.
00:00:31.980 He's so tough. He's so strong. He's smart, and he loves this country. Matt Gaetz.
00:00:38.080 It is the honor of my life to fight alongside each and every one of you.
00:00:43.300 We will save America. It's choose your fighter time. Send in the firebrands.
00:00:48.660 I want to be crystal clear.
00:00:56.720 From my direct personal experience and what I've subsequently come to learn,
00:01:00.220 it is clear to me that Joe Biden was the brand being sold by the Biden family.
00:01:05.660 His family's foreign influence peddling operation from China to Ukraine and elsewhere
00:01:09.520 sold out to foreign actors who are seeking to gain influence and access to Joe Biden and the United States government.
00:01:15.780 Joe Biden was more than a participant in and a beneficiary of his family's business.
00:01:20.680 He was an active, aware enabler who met with business associates such as myself to further the business,
00:01:27.780 despised being buffered by a complex scheme to maintain plausible deniability.
00:01:33.600 I ask this big question.
00:01:35.180 If there's no evidence of corruption here today,
00:01:37.840 if Joe's conduct and the conduct of his family were fully legal and proper,
00:01:41.380 then why are they so dishonest about it?
00:01:44.920 Not just slight misrepresentations of fact,
00:01:47.860 but deep untruths about the entire corrupt enterprise.
00:01:52.740 Hunter Biden gave his transcribed interview on February 28th and lied throughout his testimony.
00:01:58.280 Here's just one egregious example of Hunter's perjury.
00:02:01.300 He lied to the committee on important details concerning his money demands and threats to CFC
00:02:08.260 in text messages on July 30th and 31st, 2017.
00:02:13.620 He leveraged his father's presence next to him in that infamous text
00:02:16.700 to strong-arm CFC to paying Hunter immediately.
00:02:21.080 Jim Biden also lied extensively throughout his transcribed interview on February 21st and perjured himself.
00:02:27.080 An example of that, on page 100 of his transcript, Jim is asked specifically,
00:02:33.000 do you recall having a meeting with Hunter Biden, Tony Bobulinski, and Joe Biden?
00:02:38.800 Jim's response, absolutely not.
00:02:42.780 The committee was so shocked by his perjury that they asked him the same question multiple times,
00:02:48.800 each time he denied meeting with me and Joe Biden.
00:02:51.900 After the committee showed him text messages confirming that I met with Joe Biden,
00:02:57.640 Hunter Biden, and Jim Biden at the Beverly Hilton in May 2017,
00:03:02.440 Jim Biden, with a former U.S. attorney lawyer sitting next to him,
00:03:06.560 still denied that meeting took place.
00:03:09.600 Hunter Biden, in his own transcribed interview, confirmed that that meeting took place.
00:03:15.140 Hunter confirmed his uncle perjured himself in front of this committee.
00:03:19.400 I'm simply here to tell the truth to the American people,
00:03:24.140 and I hope each and every one of you, congressmen and women,
00:03:27.640 give me the opportunity to do that instead of focusing on Russia
00:03:31.520 or smearing my family's name or focusing on facts that are irrelevant today.
00:03:38.900 Welcome back to Firebrand.
00:03:40.340 We are live broadcasting out of room 2021 of the Rayburn House Office Building
00:03:43.480 here at the Capitol Complex in Washington, D.C.,
00:03:45.840 and what a week it has been.
00:03:47.820 We put on the full Biden family crime operation
00:03:50.740 in the House Oversight Committee meeting yesterday.
00:03:54.200 I am not on the House Oversight Committee,
00:03:56.080 but I was allowed to wave on, they call it,
00:03:58.720 for the purpose of asking questions.
00:04:00.400 And here's what we saw.
00:04:01.800 We saw a fusion between Joe Biden's public service
00:04:06.140 and Hunter Biden's business transactions.
00:04:08.680 And I believe that you can bribe a public official
00:04:12.440 by paying off their kid or their spouse or their brother.
00:04:18.280 And in this case, you've got a lot of Bidens getting paid off.
00:04:21.540 We traced that back to the money that was coming from China.
00:04:26.520 Tony Bobulinski, for those of you unaware,
00:04:29.680 former Biden business associate,
00:04:32.220 really out there exposing a lot of the lies
00:04:35.720 that the Bidens have told regarding the way
00:04:38.080 in which Joe Biden specifically was used
00:04:40.800 to close some of these business deals.
00:04:42.560 Here's my questioning of Tony Bobulinski.
00:04:44.400 Take a listen.
00:04:47.300 You're a serious business person, Mr. Bobulinski, right?
00:04:50.720 I am.
00:04:51.180 Unlike the convicted felon next to you,
00:04:53.860 you've served in the military, right?
00:04:57.120 Correct.
00:04:57.660 You've done big deals.
00:04:59.560 Correct.
00:05:00.000 Complicated deals.
00:05:01.960 Deals that involved foreign businesses, right?
00:05:04.760 Correct.
00:05:05.680 And so what I'm trying to figure out
00:05:07.320 is when you came to realize
00:05:09.660 that you showed up at the wrong party.
00:05:12.760 Because you kind of strike me as a guy
00:05:14.100 who showed up to do a legitimate business deal
00:05:17.300 and you ended up instead at a bribe.
00:05:20.820 And so as you're looking at CEFC,
00:05:23.920 as you're having this meeting with Joe Biden,
00:05:26.860 as Hunter Biden is introducing you to his web of contacts,
00:05:30.120 when did you go from serious businessman Tony Bobulinski
00:05:34.900 working to make a buck in a capitalist system
00:05:37.300 to a guy worried that you had been unwittingly ensnared
00:05:42.440 into Hunter and Joe Biden's bribe operation
00:05:45.260 with the Chinese Communist Party?
00:05:47.060 I appreciate the question.
00:05:48.400 It wasn't an aha moment.
00:05:50.040 It was more of a process.
00:05:51.820 I am a serious businessman,
00:05:53.180 demonstrated by the different deals I've done
00:05:55.260 around the world and the success of them.
00:05:57.840 But it started, remember, the Biden family
00:06:00.340 wasn't my entry into this.
00:06:02.900 James Gillier, who I'd known for over 10 years,
00:06:05.620 who traveled the world doing business,
00:06:07.000 kept trying to get me involved.
00:06:08.520 I really had no interest, no interest.
00:06:10.680 I got, I sat down in the spring of 2017
00:06:13.420 to walk through things.
00:06:15.240 And then I quickly put together two businesses,
00:06:17.880 Sino Hawk and Oneida.
00:06:19.660 After the meetings in Los Angeles
00:06:21.960 with Hunter and Joe Biden,
00:06:23.660 it started to sort of,
00:06:26.620 bells and whistles started to go off
00:06:27.840 when Jim Biden used the term plausible deniability.
00:06:30.880 Plausible deniability is the first moment,
00:06:33.600 straight from the lips of Jim Biden,
00:06:35.720 right on the heels of your discussion with Joe Biden,
00:06:38.420 where you start to think,
00:06:39.520 this might not be legit.
00:06:41.640 Correct.
00:06:42.160 And my lawyers at the time could attest to that
00:06:44.420 because I reached out to them saying,
00:06:46.880 listen, I'm a former naval officer.
00:06:49.040 I held a Q security clearance.
00:06:50.940 I couldn't collect,
00:06:52.460 somebody couldn't take me to dinner for $50.
00:06:54.960 This just does not make sense to me.
00:06:57.600 But you proceed, but you proceed.
00:06:59.280 And then later this thing starts to get a lot uglier.
00:07:01.980 What's the moment you go from,
00:07:03.360 okay, your spidey senses are up,
00:07:04.860 you're analyzing this,
00:07:05.860 to now you know this is a crime
00:07:08.200 that you are bearing witness to?
00:07:09.660 The end of July,
00:07:11.720 when the Biden family put them right front and center
00:07:14.220 in the middle of a $9 billion transaction
00:07:16.700 between the Russian state-owned energy company,
00:07:20.020 Rosneft and CFC,
00:07:23.200 a surrogate for the Chinese Communist Party.
00:07:25.520 And was there ever a time in the deals
00:07:26.820 you were involved in
00:07:28.080 where you started to see the money move around
00:07:31.620 the legitimate business enterprise
00:07:33.920 and toward the pockets of the Bidens?
00:07:36.720 Well, the challenge, Mr. Gates, with that is
00:07:38.660 at the time they moved the money, right?
00:07:42.120 You guys have the text messages
00:07:43.460 where Hunter Biden shook down Director Zhang,
00:07:45.860 but I was not aware of that.
00:07:47.420 I spent a year asking questions of,
00:07:50.600 this doesn't make sense to me,
00:07:52.480 where's the money?
00:07:53.600 I stepped in and had lawyers work
00:07:55.740 to dissolve the two entities.
00:07:57.380 I didn't know until years later
00:07:58.960 that they had defrauded me,
00:08:00.420 they had gotten paid all this money,
00:08:02.240 and all this craziness.
00:08:04.100 The amount of fact...
00:08:04.560 It just seems pretty simple.
00:08:05.600 This is either a bribe or a business.
00:08:07.180 It was a bribe from the Chinese Communist Party.
00:08:09.020 And I don't say that lightly.
00:08:12.620 There's 1,200 pages,
00:08:15.560 eight days of testimony
00:08:16.920 in the Southern District of New York.
00:08:19.460 I encourage everyone watching me,
00:08:21.240 hearing me say this,
00:08:22.340 they're publicly available.
00:08:23.880 Go read them.
00:08:25.460 Our Department of Justice
00:08:27.040 outlines in intimate detail
00:08:29.280 the corruption and bribes
00:08:30.920 that CFC was deploying
00:08:32.420 to political officials all over the world.
00:08:34.780 It wasn't just in the United States.
00:08:35.020 So I'm here to believe
00:08:36.240 that they did this in every other country,
00:08:38.600 but with the Biden family,
00:08:40.300 it was pristine.
00:08:41.920 It was an actual clean business.
00:08:43.520 That's absurd.
00:08:45.140 And you came to know that,
00:08:46.760 and that's when you blew the whistle, right?
00:08:48.080 That's when you started to get worried,
00:08:50.000 when you saw Joe Biden...
00:08:50.760 I stepped away from it.
00:08:51.860 There's the whistleblowers,
00:08:53.300 I can't give them kudos enough
00:08:55.060 for the bravery and the risk
00:08:56.140 they put their family in.
00:08:57.480 They publish stuff
00:08:58.580 where I am voicing the concern
00:09:00.400 of the Rosneft deal.
00:09:01.700 And you animated your concerns
00:09:03.320 when you saw that this wasn't just
00:09:05.200 a corrupt bribe,
00:09:06.800 a corrupt business deal
00:09:07.720 happening to a guy
00:09:08.540 who used to be vice president.
00:09:10.120 When you see that Joe...
00:09:11.060 Everyone's made a big deal,
00:09:12.060 like you're a bad guy
00:09:12.940 that you showed up at the debate,
00:09:14.360 or you're trying to give life
00:09:16.600 to these facts that you've observed,
00:09:18.920 that it's so bad
00:09:19.760 that you did that
00:09:20.340 during a political contest.
00:09:22.060 But observing this,
00:09:23.820 it kind of seems like
00:09:24.660 it would be unpatriotic
00:09:25.680 for you to stay quiet.
00:09:26.840 Of course.
00:09:28.080 And so, I mean,
00:09:29.040 Joe Biden running for president
00:09:30.780 clearly motivated the Chinese
00:09:33.340 to consummate this bribe.
00:09:35.300 Did it also motivate you?
00:09:37.180 Well, I didn't want to go public.
00:09:38.900 I wanted to simply unload
00:09:40.780 all the facts,
00:09:41.660 personal experiences.
00:09:43.120 It's funny,
00:09:43.580 there's 18 people on this committee
00:09:45.620 with law degrees,
00:09:46.700 including, I think,
00:09:47.880 Mr. Swalwell.
00:09:49.240 Evidence,
00:09:49.940 firsthand testimony,
00:09:51.160 is the most powerful evidence
00:09:52.340 you have.
00:09:53.060 I've given it,
00:09:53.940 Mr. Galanis has given it,
00:09:55.840 along with a whole host
00:09:57.260 of other witnesses.
00:09:58.680 Then, on top of that,
00:09:59.980 I have thousands of documents
00:10:01.740 and pages of legals
00:10:04.040 and stuff like that.
00:10:04.860 Well, that's what's interesting,
00:10:05.660 Mr. Bobulence.
00:10:06.480 I wanted to simply give
00:10:06.660 this information
00:10:07.620 to congressmen and senators
00:10:09.420 and let the injuners go.
00:10:09.740 No one questioned
00:10:10.200 any of your facts.
00:10:11.340 No one brought
00:10:11.860 a single piece of evidence
00:10:13.080 that even for a moment
00:10:15.080 discredited any of the
00:10:16.300 truthful testimony
00:10:17.160 that you've given us.
00:10:18.020 No, they did not.
00:10:18.340 I think my time's expired.
00:10:19.140 I yield back.
00:10:21.740 All right, we're back live.
00:10:22.980 Heather on Facebook says,
00:10:24.060 this is a waste of money
00:10:25.180 and I am ridiculous.
00:10:26.640 Will on Rumble
00:10:27.320 wants to choke out Bill Gates.
00:10:28.920 Not sure what that has
00:10:29.560 to do with this
00:10:30.080 except that we are not related.
00:10:31.900 And SoCal on YouTube says,
00:10:33.620 there are no consequences
00:10:34.760 for Democrats.
00:10:35.960 Republicans are weak.
00:10:37.420 We have to build the case.
00:10:38.360 We have to deliver
00:10:38.820 those consequences.
00:10:40.180 One person who I thought
00:10:41.360 really developed
00:10:42.640 the evidence well
00:10:43.700 regarding the direct link
00:10:45.140 to the Biden family
00:10:45.980 and Joe Biden
00:10:46.600 was Congresswoman Nancy Mace.
00:10:48.100 Take a listen.
00:10:48.520 On March 1st, 2024,
00:10:52.460 Joe Biden stated
00:10:53.220 he did not interact
00:10:54.240 with Hunter
00:10:54.680 or Jim Biden
00:10:55.420 Business Associates.
00:10:56.940 Mr. Chairman,
00:10:57.500 I'd like to ask
00:10:58.580 unanimous consent
00:10:59.340 to enter into a record
00:11:00.380 New York Post article.
00:11:01.440 Biden insists
00:11:01.960 he did not interact
00:11:02.800 with his...
00:11:03.480 Without objection to order.
00:11:04.720 We're going to go fast here.
00:11:06.120 I have strictly
00:11:06.600 yes or no questions.
00:11:07.800 On that note,
00:11:08.620 the New York Post article,
00:11:09.620 Joe Biden also said,
00:11:10.860 read the record
00:11:11.460 of every single witness.
00:11:13.100 So I did.
00:11:14.880 I first read
00:11:15.900 Devin Archer's deposition
00:11:17.020 and he interacted
00:11:17.820 with Joe Biden.
00:11:18.620 Then I read the transcripts
00:11:19.680 of Rob Walker,
00:11:20.460 Eric Schwerin,
00:11:21.100 George Burgess,
00:11:21.840 Kevin Morris,
00:11:22.380 Tony Bobulinski,
00:11:23.300 and Jason Galanis.
00:11:25.140 And every single one of them
00:11:26.900 interacted with Joe Biden.
00:11:29.680 And that's just the people
00:11:30.780 we interviewed.
00:11:31.540 Mr. Galanis,
00:11:32.300 my first questions are for you.
00:11:34.160 Did Hunter Biden
00:11:34.820 call Joe Biden
00:11:35.540 with Elaine Baterina
00:11:36.840 on the line
00:11:37.480 on May 4th, 2014,
00:11:39.020 yes or no?
00:11:40.740 Yes.
00:11:41.380 In that call,
00:11:42.080 did Hunter Biden
00:11:42.580 state on this call
00:11:43.600 with Joe Biden
00:11:44.300 that everything is good
00:11:45.360 and we are moving forward?
00:11:47.820 Yes, he did.
00:11:48.740 Okay.
00:11:49.040 On the same call
00:11:49.840 to Joe Biden
00:11:50.460 in the call
00:11:51.080 with saying,
00:11:51.680 okay, then you be good
00:11:52.720 to my boy.
00:11:54.860 Yes, he said that as well.
00:11:56.120 Okay.
00:11:56.340 Did Baterina agree
00:11:58.220 to put $20 million
00:11:59.340 into one of Hunter Biden's
00:12:00.780 business projects
00:12:01.480 days later
00:12:02.000 after this phone call?
00:12:04.480 Yes.
00:12:05.180 Okay.
00:12:05.620 Did Hunter Biden
00:12:06.240 ever take a call
00:12:07.060 from Joe Biden
00:12:07.680 while at the Peninsula Bar
00:12:08.680 in New York?
00:12:10.700 I'm sorry.
00:12:11.380 I didn't hear a letter.
00:12:12.000 Did Hunter Biden
00:12:12.620 ever take a call
00:12:13.340 from Joe Biden
00:12:14.060 while at the Peninsula Bar
00:12:15.200 in New York?
00:12:16.780 Yes, he did.
00:12:17.460 Did this,
00:12:18.020 during this call
00:12:18.660 did Hunter Biden
00:12:19.240 update Joe Biden
00:12:20.200 on progress
00:12:20.780 in a landing
00:12:21.300 a business partnership
00:12:22.180 with Harvest Fund Management?
00:12:25.320 Yes.
00:12:26.020 Okay.
00:12:26.660 Was Harvest
00:12:27.300 a $300 billion
00:12:28.300 Chinese financial services company
00:12:30.220 closely tied
00:12:30.900 to the Chinese Communist Party?
00:12:33.540 Yes, it was.
00:12:34.620 Okay.
00:12:34.900 Is Hunter Biden involved
00:12:35.940 with Harvest?
00:12:39.640 Hunter Biden
00:12:40.240 was involved
00:12:40.580 in two ways.
00:12:41.480 Through BHR,
00:12:42.160 which is the fund
00:12:43.080 Yes or no.
00:12:43.520 Was Hunter Biden
00:12:44.780 involved with Harvest?
00:12:45.700 Yes or no?
00:12:47.340 Yes.
00:12:47.960 Okay.
00:12:48.440 As part of the deal
00:12:49.160 As part of the deal
00:12:51.020 did Hunter Biden
00:12:51.660 want the company
00:12:52.320 to reserve a board seat
00:12:53.240 for Joe Biden?
00:12:55.160 Yes.
00:12:55.880 Okay.
00:12:56.220 Did Henry Zhao,
00:12:57.340 a Chinese business
00:12:58.060 and want assurances
00:12:59.020 Joe Biden
00:12:59.560 would join the board?
00:13:00.280 Yes or no?
00:13:02.020 Yes, he did.
00:13:02.880 Okay.
00:13:03.300 Did Hunter Biden
00:13:03.820 in emails as well?
00:13:05.500 Okay, thank you.
00:13:06.000 Did Hunter Biden draft
00:13:08.320 an email stating
00:13:09.120 please also remind
00:13:10.120 Henry Zhao
00:13:10.620 of our conversation
00:13:11.380 about a board seat
00:13:12.180 for a certain relation of mine?
00:13:14.000 Devin and I golfed
00:13:14.800 with that relation
00:13:15.440 earlier this week
00:13:16.200 and we discussed
00:13:16.820 this very idea again
00:13:18.040 and as always
00:13:18.800 he remains very,
00:13:19.960 very keen
00:13:20.360 on the opportunity.
00:13:22.180 Here is a photo
00:13:23.700 of Joe Biden
00:13:25.400 and Devin Archer
00:13:26.680 and Hunter Biden
00:13:27.340 golfing days
00:13:28.100 before the alleged
00:13:28.840 email draft.
00:13:29.680 Do you believe
00:13:30.260 a certain relation
00:13:31.360 of mine
00:13:31.720 refers to Joe Biden?
00:13:33.720 I don't think
00:13:34.400 there's any question.
00:13:35.020 It was based on
00:13:35.480 first-hand conversations
00:13:36.500 with Devin Archer
00:13:37.220 who was in that picture
00:13:38.960 and at that golf meeting.
00:13:39.840 Did you ever meet
00:13:41.180 with Devin Archer
00:13:42.100 where Hunter took calls
00:13:43.240 from his father?
00:13:46.340 Yes.
00:13:47.000 Okay, during one
00:13:47.680 of these phone calls
00:13:48.420 and Hunter Biden
00:13:48.920 told Joe Biden
00:13:49.660 that he and Henry Zhao
00:13:50.520 needed help getting
00:13:51.300 quote,
00:13:51.760 getting across
00:13:52.420 the finish line.
00:13:54.360 Yes, that's correct.
00:13:55.400 Okay, Mr. Bob Alinsky,
00:13:56.660 do you recall
00:13:57.120 receiving an email
00:13:57.840 that floated the possibility
00:13:58.840 of giving 10% ownership
00:14:00.020 of Sino Hawk
00:14:00.640 to Joe Biden
00:14:01.160 through Hunter Biden?
00:14:01.860 Yes.
00:14:02.200 Okay, my questions,
00:14:03.540 my last questions
00:14:04.180 are for both of you
00:14:04.900 very quickly.
00:14:06.400 Mr. Bob Alinsky
00:14:07.240 and Mr. Galanis,
00:14:08.120 you both stated
00:14:08.740 you were told
00:14:09.200 not to use Joe Biden's
00:14:10.300 name in communications,
00:14:11.240 correct, Mr. Bob Alinsky?
00:14:12.240 Correct.
00:14:12.740 Mr. Galanis?
00:14:14.580 Yes.
00:14:15.240 Okay, did Joe Biden
00:14:16.560 participate in phone
00:14:17.520 conversations and meetings
00:14:18.560 with Hunter Biden,
00:14:19.180 his business associates,
00:14:20.100 and foreign interests,
00:14:20.740 yes or no?
00:14:21.560 Mr. Bob Alinsky?
00:14:22.480 He clearly did.
00:14:23.480 Okay, Mr. Galanis,
00:14:24.600 yes or no?
00:14:26.220 Yes.
00:14:26.980 Okay, in Hunter Biden's
00:14:28.580 deposition he said
00:14:29.520 he did not involve
00:14:30.600 his father in his business.
00:14:31.760 Did Hunter Biden
00:14:32.420 lie under oath,
00:14:33.140 yes or no?
00:14:34.000 Mr. Bob Alinsky?
00:14:34.960 Yes.
00:14:35.460 Mr. Galanis?
00:14:37.240 If that's what he said,
00:14:38.140 yes, I will be on the road.
00:14:39.260 Is Joe Biden lying
00:14:40.360 when he says
00:14:40.860 he did not interact
00:14:41.700 with Hunter Biden,
00:14:42.420 Jim Biden,
00:14:42.880 their business partners
00:14:43.560 or foreign interests,
00:14:44.500 yes or no?
00:14:45.220 Yes.
00:14:45.740 Mr. Galanis?
00:14:47.540 Yes.
00:14:47.920 All right.
00:14:49.080 In a debate on October 22nd,
00:14:51.040 2020, Joe Biden denied
00:14:52.280 Hunter Biden made money
00:14:53.140 from China.
00:14:54.000 Did Hunter Biden
00:14:54.520 and his business associates
00:14:55.460 and foreign interests
00:14:56.100 include money
00:14:56.620 from Chinese businesses,
00:14:57.740 business partners,
00:14:58.520 and or interests?
00:14:59.520 Yes or no?
00:15:00.600 Mr. Bob Alinsky?
00:15:02.540 I'm sorry,
00:15:03.580 did the Biden family
00:15:05.540 make money?
00:15:06.080 Did Hunter Biden receive money
00:15:06.100 from Chinese business interests?
00:15:07.880 Mr. Galanis?
00:15:09.780 Did Hunter Biden receive money
00:15:11.420 from Chinese business interests?
00:15:12.960 Yes or no?
00:15:13.460 Yes, he was.
00:15:17.440 Okay, thank you.
00:15:18.060 Yes, economic interests said yes.
00:15:19.680 All right.
00:15:20.080 Joe Biden has repeatedly claimed
00:15:22.080 that he was not involved
00:15:23.220 in Hunter Biden,
00:15:26.100 Jim Biden,
00:15:26.540 or any other
00:15:27.000 Biden family business deals.
00:15:28.540 Today, our witnesses
00:15:29.860 have proved otherwise.
00:15:32.220 Today, we've established
00:15:33.160 Joe Biden lied about
00:15:34.240 interacting with Hunter Biden's
00:15:35.480 business associates.
00:15:36.660 It is my belief
00:15:37.520 Joe Biden is the closer
00:15:39.020 for Hunter Biden,
00:15:40.000 Jim Biden,
00:15:40.500 and their business associates
00:15:41.720 and foreign interests.
00:15:42.500 Good luck to the left
00:15:44.080 proving otherwise.
00:15:45.580 Thank you,
00:15:46.020 and I yield back.
00:15:48.820 We're back live.
00:15:49.880 A lot of love
00:15:50.500 for Congresswoman Mace
00:15:51.800 on the live stream.
00:15:52.920 Amy on Rumble
00:15:53.920 saying Mace to the point.
00:15:56.200 Couldn't agree more,
00:15:57.020 but on the opposite side
00:15:58.680 of the spectrum,
00:15:59.560 we had a member of Congress
00:16:00.540 in the hearing
00:16:01.080 who embarrassed herself
00:16:02.340 because she did not know
00:16:03.680 that RICO was a violation
00:16:05.040 of federal criminal law.
00:16:06.340 Here's Congresswoman
00:16:07.080 Ocasio-Cortez
00:16:08.040 getting corrected
00:16:08.820 by Tony Bobulinski.
00:16:09.960 Take a listen.
00:16:12.500 RICO,
00:16:13.380 you're obviously
00:16:13.880 not familiar with.
00:16:14.920 Corruption statute.
00:16:15.420 Excuse me, sir.
00:16:16.380 Excuse me, sir.
00:16:17.780 Excuse me, sir.
00:16:19.180 RICO is not a crime.
00:16:21.340 It is a category.
00:16:23.180 What is the crime?
00:16:24.040 It's a category of crimes
00:16:25.500 that you're then charged
00:16:26.740 under a long hundredth
00:16:28.720 You have charges.
00:16:30.580 Sir, please name.
00:16:31.340 The time can be reclaimed,
00:16:47.420 but the dignity cannot be.
00:16:48.660 That was spilled everywhere.
00:16:51.240 Tony Bobulinski just needed
00:16:52.980 an opportunity to tell his story
00:16:54.860 because he was the inside man.
00:16:56.540 He saw the way
00:16:57.540 a business apparatus
00:16:59.240 was created
00:17:01.260 to be an illusion
00:17:02.500 when in reality
00:17:03.820 this was just all about
00:17:04.860 the payment of bribes
00:17:06.260 from the Chinese
00:17:07.120 to the Biden family.
00:17:09.160 There was great questioning
00:17:09.800 on this point
00:17:10.680 from Congressman Tim Birchett
00:17:12.040 of Tennessee.
00:17:12.680 Take a listen.
00:17:15.460 On July 30th, 2017,
00:17:18.120 Hunter Biden wrote
00:17:18.780 to his Chinese business associate,
00:17:21.340 Raymond Zhao,
00:17:22.240 I'm sitting here
00:17:22.880 with my father
00:17:23.560 and we would like
00:17:24.420 to understand
00:17:24.980 why the commitment made
00:17:26.160 has not been fulfilled.
00:17:28.040 Mr. Bobulinski,
00:17:28.900 why did Raymond Zhao work
00:17:30.020 for the,
00:17:31.460 who did Raymond Zhao work
00:17:32.720 for when this message
00:17:33.740 was sent?
00:17:34.420 Raymond Zhao worked
00:17:35.340 for Director Zhang at CFC.
00:17:37.560 Is CFC connected
00:17:39.280 to the Chinese Communist Party?
00:17:40.880 It is.
00:17:41.960 Is CFC a corrupt organization?
00:17:44.460 It was.
00:17:46.140 From your perspective,
00:17:47.740 what has occurred,
00:17:49.260 what had occurred
00:17:49.840 with CFC
00:17:50.500 from the end of May
00:17:51.500 to this July 30th text message?
00:17:54.980 Well, it's tough
00:17:56.160 to go through
00:17:57.120 all these details
00:17:57.760 in 20-second clips,
00:17:59.220 but at the end of July,
00:18:00.540 it's important to note
00:18:01.340 Jim Biden was broke.
00:18:03.980 Hunter Biden was broke.
00:18:06.580 Published by
00:18:07.380 the brave whistleblowers,
00:18:10.020 Shapley and Ziegler.
00:18:11.220 And Hunter
00:18:12.160 made the conscious decision
00:18:14.080 to basically defraud
00:18:16.580 the partners
00:18:17.100 of Sino Hawk Holdings
00:18:18.160 and Oneida
00:18:18.760 because he needed money
00:18:20.260 immediately.
00:18:21.440 They've published pages
00:18:22.720 of text messages
00:18:23.640 where he's trying
00:18:24.580 to get money
00:18:25.120 into his bank account.
00:18:26.600 And so that night,
00:18:27.560 for whatever reason,
00:18:28.900 on the 30th,
00:18:29.780 when he asked
00:18:30.540 why hasn't the commitment
00:18:31.900 been fulfilled,
00:18:33.420 the commitment
00:18:33.960 he's talking about
00:18:35.100 is actually
00:18:35.920 the $10 million funding
00:18:37.600 into Sino Hawk Holdings,
00:18:39.820 LLC.
00:18:41.020 Really key point.
00:18:42.320 But the next day,
00:18:44.280 he decides
00:18:45.780 that he's going
00:18:46.460 to defraud
00:18:47.220 Sino Hawk Holdings
00:18:48.120 and Oneida,
00:18:49.280 create a new entity
00:18:50.420 called Hudson West 3.
00:18:51.860 Well, actually,
00:18:52.400 change Hudson West 3
00:18:53.960 had already previously
00:18:54.920 been created
00:18:55.820 by the Chinese
00:18:56.640 and make himself
00:18:58.020 a 50% owner
00:18:59.400 in that entity.
00:19:00.740 So when the Chinese
00:19:01.840 did send money,
00:19:02.980 he would have
00:19:03.400 instant access to it.
00:19:05.160 Really important.
00:19:06.340 Backed up with
00:19:06.840 tens of pages
00:19:08.380 of communications.
00:19:09.880 He wanted to get
00:19:10.640 access to the money
00:19:11.640 the second it came in.
00:19:13.280 And in Sino Hawk Holdings
00:19:14.500 and Oneida Holdings,
00:19:15.720 he did not have that power.
00:19:17.440 I just want to address
00:19:18.120 one thing real quick.
00:19:19.220 Hunter Biden represents,
00:19:20.180 he's a governance expert.
00:19:21.900 That's why Burisma
00:19:22.540 put him on the board.
00:19:24.160 Well, he obviously
00:19:24.920 can't do basic math.
00:19:26.920 The board of Oneida Holdings
00:19:28.220 had seven votes.
00:19:30.100 Each one of them,
00:19:31.120 Hunter, Jim Biden,
00:19:32.880 James Gillian,
00:19:33.620 Rob Walker
00:19:34.140 had a single vote.
00:19:35.540 I had three votes.
00:19:37.960 I have a master's degree
00:19:38.940 in electrical
00:19:39.440 and nuclear engineering.
00:19:40.900 I think I can do math.
00:19:42.180 I had three.
00:19:43.240 They had four.
00:19:44.580 They controlled
00:19:45.440 Oneida Holdings.
00:19:47.160 So Hunter Biden's
00:19:48.280 representations
00:19:49.000 that I was trying
00:19:50.460 to take the business
00:19:51.300 from them
00:19:51.980 or I didn't know
00:19:52.980 is all a sham
00:19:54.200 and a misrepresentation.
00:19:55.740 He wanted money
00:19:56.420 in his account instantly.
00:19:58.500 And that's why
00:19:59.040 he shook down the Chinese
00:20:00.400 and they were willing
00:20:01.360 to send him
00:20:01.960 that five million dollars
00:20:03.000 because they viewed it
00:20:04.140 as a bribe
00:20:05.040 to the Biden family.
00:20:06.300 They say it
00:20:07.180 in their own communications.
00:20:09.480 Are you aware
00:20:10.280 or not
00:20:10.620 that they pay taxes
00:20:11.700 on any of that?
00:20:13.080 I can only go
00:20:14.380 from public testimony.
00:20:15.360 I was not involved
00:20:16.280 in their taxes.
00:20:17.160 Okay.
00:20:17.440 On July 31st,
00:20:18.460 the next day,
00:20:19.100 Hunter says he hopes
00:20:20.980 Kevin should know
00:20:22.720 that the plan
00:20:23.320 to speak
00:20:23.840 is highly confidential.
00:20:25.800 And Raymond Zow
00:20:26.460 responded,
00:20:27.180 CEFC is willing
00:20:28.240 to cooperate
00:20:28.740 with the family
00:20:29.520 and the priorities
00:20:30.200 to solve the problems
00:20:31.180 mentioned last night.
00:20:32.660 What family
00:20:33.260 was Raymond Zow
00:20:33.980 talking about?
00:20:35.800 Was it the Biden family?
00:20:36.020 Well, the family
00:20:36.600 was the Biden family
00:20:37.580 and more importantly
00:20:38.500 in that text
00:20:39.180 is what is he talking about
00:20:40.960 is the confidential manner.
00:20:42.740 The confidential matter
00:20:44.000 he's talking about
00:20:44.980 were four sealed indictments
00:20:46.780 in the SDNY
00:20:47.820 where they were about
00:20:48.960 to indict executives
00:20:50.240 of CEFC
00:20:51.260 that we now know.
00:20:52.740 I didn't know that
00:20:53.460 in July of 2017
00:20:54.820 but the SDNY knew.
00:20:57.140 Charles McGonigal,
00:20:58.400 who's now apparently
00:20:59.120 going to serve
00:20:59.560 78 months in prison,
00:21:01.660 ran counterintelligence
00:21:03.000 for the FBI
00:21:03.800 in New York City
00:21:05.140 where Chairman Yee
00:21:06.220 was dropping
00:21:06.780 $50 million of cash
00:21:08.960 for penthouses
00:21:10.040 in Manhattan.
00:21:12.340 So who you should be asking
00:21:13.800 all these questions are
00:21:14.800 the Department of Justice,
00:21:16.320 the SDNY,
00:21:17.560 the FBI
00:21:18.060 because they have
00:21:18.820 troves of evidence
00:21:20.100 that back up
00:21:21.140 what was going on
00:21:22.160 in July 2017
00:21:23.360 and in August 2017.
00:21:25.760 So I apologize,
00:21:26.700 Congressman,
00:21:27.140 to be so passionate
00:21:27.940 and to take your time
00:21:29.220 but this is what
00:21:30.360 I need you guys
00:21:31.280 or the focus
00:21:32.760 has to be
00:21:33.660 of your oversight committee.
00:21:35.060 This involved
00:21:35.620 the Chinese Communist Party.
00:21:37.220 They were doing
00:21:37.760 a transaction
00:21:38.400 with Rosneft
00:21:39.240 which was a Russian
00:21:40.300 sanctioned,
00:21:41.800 US sanctioned company
00:21:42.840 at the time
00:21:43.400 and the Biden family
00:21:44.500 was right front
00:21:45.560 and center
00:21:45.980 in the middle of it.
00:21:47.500 Thank you.
00:21:48.380 I'll switch gears
00:21:48.880 for a second.
00:21:49.640 I wish Hunter Biden
00:21:50.420 were here
00:21:50.820 because I'd like
00:21:51.420 to ask him
00:21:52.020 about his taxes.
00:21:53.280 I want to know
00:21:53.720 if he paid his fair share
00:21:55.000 just like his dad
00:21:55.940 has some Americans to do.
00:21:57.080 I want to know
00:21:57.500 if he's current
00:21:58.420 on his taxes
00:21:59.140 and if he isn't
00:22:00.200 I'd like to ask him
00:22:01.440 when he plans
00:22:02.680 to pay up.
00:22:03.780 Mr. Bobulinski,
00:22:04.680 you're a businessman.
00:22:05.560 Did you pay your taxes?
00:22:06.820 I did.
00:22:07.780 Mr. Bobulinski,
00:22:08.940 he actually pays his taxes
00:22:10.720 unlike the president's son
00:22:12.320 and yet Democrats
00:22:12.960 on this committee
00:22:13.720 act like Hunter
00:22:14.420 is a believable one
00:22:15.380 out of you too.
00:22:17.040 Joe Biden has no right
00:22:18.280 to elect
00:22:18.900 for the American people
00:22:19.720 about their taxes
00:22:20.520 until he gets his own house
00:22:21.780 in order.
00:22:22.200 Thank you,
00:22:22.520 Mr. Chairman.
00:22:25.460 We're back live
00:22:26.660 and Frank on Getter
00:22:29.220 asks the question,
00:22:30.960 well actually makes
00:22:31.440 the statement,
00:22:32.000 DOJ,
00:22:32.660 do your job
00:22:33.480 or get out of the way.
00:22:34.500 So the DOJ
00:22:35.420 has a role here
00:22:36.920 that's not just
00:22:38.080 protecting the Bidens
00:22:39.520 but in the words
00:22:40.860 of some,
00:22:41.900 they're actually
00:22:42.640 retaliating
00:22:44.040 against some of the people
00:22:45.160 who speak out
00:22:45.900 against the Bidens.
00:22:47.380 Jason Galanis
00:22:48.100 is a former
00:22:48.960 Hunter Biden
00:22:49.840 business associate.
00:22:50.980 They were in some
00:22:51.640 of the same corrupt
00:22:52.400 deals together
00:22:53.120 and when they were
00:22:54.060 exposed as corrupt,
00:22:55.140 Jason Galanis
00:22:55.840 went to prison
00:22:56.980 where he was
00:22:58.000 giving his testimony
00:22:59.180 from at the hearing
00:23:00.480 this week.
00:23:01.980 But Jason Galanis
00:23:02.740 believes that the DOJ
00:23:03.980 indeed is not just
00:23:05.620 hands off
00:23:06.380 but they are acting
00:23:07.440 in a malicious way
00:23:08.580 against the interests
00:23:09.340 of justice.
00:23:10.140 Take a listen.
00:23:13.120 The Democrats
00:23:14.040 could have sent anyone.
00:23:16.060 They could have sent
00:23:16.960 Hunter Biden.
00:23:18.300 They could have sent
00:23:18.980 Joe Biden.
00:23:19.800 They could have sent
00:23:20.220 Rob Walker.
00:23:21.100 They could have sent
00:23:21.620 Devin Archer.
00:23:22.240 The Democrats
00:23:22.800 could have sought
00:23:23.720 any person
00:23:24.600 to come and refute
00:23:26.060 the direct evidence
00:23:27.380 backed up by bank statements,
00:23:29.000 backed up by calendar entries,
00:23:30.560 backed up by emails,
00:23:31.680 backed up by text messages.
00:23:33.600 And who did the Democrats
00:23:34.800 send
00:23:35.420 to clear the name
00:23:36.940 of Joe and Hunter Biden?
00:23:38.720 They sent Lev Parnas.
00:23:40.820 Lev Parnas,
00:23:41.760 who was charged
00:23:42.940 with enough crimes
00:23:44.080 and violating
00:23:45.180 our campaign finance laws
00:23:46.760 to, like,
00:23:49.360 serve 50 years
00:23:50.580 but he gets
00:23:51.620 four months.
00:23:53.540 And, like,
00:23:54.280 the big, like,
00:23:55.400 grand criminal conspiracy
00:23:56.900 Mr. Parnas
00:23:57.560 is involved in
00:23:58.240 is using Russian
00:23:59.980 oligarch money
00:24:01.040 to try to get
00:24:02.440 marijuana licenses,
00:24:04.600 which seems odd,
00:24:06.460 and then using
00:24:07.500 that Russian money
00:24:08.340 to plow into campaigns
00:24:09.680 in order to achieve
00:24:10.780 that objective.
00:24:11.540 But the fraud
00:24:12.300 he committed
00:24:12.780 wasn't just
00:24:13.580 on our election system
00:24:14.860 by plowing Russian money,
00:24:16.540 it was also
00:24:17.700 a fraud
00:24:18.300 on his own investors
00:24:19.640 who didn't get it.
00:24:20.740 So I guess,
00:24:21.220 Mr. Bobulinski,
00:24:22.260 as you hear
00:24:23.180 Maxwell Frost,
00:24:25.100 my colleague on the
00:24:25.780 Democrat side,
00:24:26.460 say that Mr. Parnas,
00:24:28.340 fresh off of his
00:24:29.500 prison time,
00:24:30.440 is the most credible
00:24:31.600 witness we've had
00:24:32.680 to address
00:24:33.420 these business dealings.
00:24:34.700 What's your reaction to that?
00:24:35.860 I think it's laughable
00:24:37.260 that the Democrats
00:24:39.080 are asking
00:24:40.020 Lev Parnas
00:24:41.080 to weigh in
00:24:41.660 on my credibility,
00:24:43.160 a convicted felon
00:24:44.260 that served jail time.
00:24:46.160 I have an impeccable record.
00:24:48.060 Now, he warned me
00:24:48.900 earlier in this hearing
00:24:49.640 that they're coming for me.
00:24:51.200 I look forward to that.
00:24:51.820 I said just keep talking.
00:24:52.740 You'll be there soon.
00:24:53.300 I look forward to that,
00:24:54.260 Mr. Parnas.
00:24:54.720 Keep lying.
00:24:55.280 You'll be there soon.
00:24:56.240 Well, and
00:24:56.880 is that a threat,
00:24:58.120 Mr. Parnas?
00:24:58.660 No, it's just the truth.
00:24:59.600 No, did you say
00:25:00.380 they were coming for me?
00:25:01.460 No, I said
00:25:02.100 if you keep lying,
00:25:03.000 you will end up in prison.
00:25:03.780 I'm not lying.
00:25:04.620 You're the one
00:25:05.100 who was lying.
00:25:05.860 Nothing to say.
00:25:06.260 You're the one
00:25:06.700 who went to prison
00:25:07.260 for lying.
00:25:07.280 What am I lying for?
00:25:08.260 Tell me what we're
00:25:08.860 lying for, Mr. Bobaranski.
00:25:10.240 What?
00:25:10.400 You don't even know
00:25:10.800 what you're talking about.
00:25:11.560 What am I lying?
00:25:12.600 You went to prison
00:25:13.540 for lying and defrauding
00:25:14.900 your investors?
00:25:15.720 What am I lying here?
00:25:16.260 What am I lying here?
00:25:17.120 Oh, the list is long.
00:25:18.380 We don't have enough time.
00:25:19.400 I think Mr. Gates
00:25:20.360 only has a minute.
00:25:21.080 I think you're a little scared
00:25:22.020 just like Mr. Gates
00:25:22.860 because Mr. Gates
00:25:23.860 doesn't even ask a question.
00:25:25.040 You're filibustering.
00:25:25.840 I've been here for six hours
00:25:26.940 and not one of your
00:25:27.960 committee members
00:25:28.620 has asked me one question.
00:25:30.180 You want to hear the truth.
00:25:31.020 I asked a question
00:25:33.360 about your illegal
00:25:34.240 business dealing.
00:25:34.740 I've been here for seven hours.
00:25:35.800 Mr. Bobulinski.
00:25:36.540 Ask me some questions.
00:25:37.320 Fraud is a crime, right?
00:25:38.560 Go ahead.
00:25:39.120 Correct.
00:25:39.580 Fraud is a crime.
00:25:40.460 Fraud is a crime
00:25:41.220 and you observed fraud
00:25:43.480 on the part of the Bidens, right?
00:25:44.800 I did.
00:25:45.380 Crystal clear.
00:25:46.400 So much so
00:25:46.940 I had an independent law firm
00:25:48.480 spend $300,000
00:25:49.940 to analyze that fraud
00:25:51.780 and put together
00:25:52.680 a fully ready
00:25:53.700 fileable lawsuit
00:25:54.820 against the Biden family.
00:25:56.760 And bribery is a crime, right?
00:25:58.540 Correct.
00:25:58.780 And what you observed
00:26:00.380 with Joe Biden
00:26:01.420 trying to get you
00:26:02.380 into this business deal
00:26:03.620 with Hunter Biden,
00:26:04.720 what you later learned
00:26:05.800 about that business deal
00:26:06.860 and how the money
00:26:07.360 was flowing
00:26:08.020 from the Chinese
00:26:08.960 Communist Party
00:26:09.780 to Hunter Biden,
00:26:12.020 to other members
00:26:12.620 of the Biden family,
00:26:14.060 did that concern you
00:26:15.880 as a potential feature
00:26:17.220 of money laundering?
00:26:18.680 It did.
00:26:19.300 It did.
00:26:19.820 I started to grow concerned
00:26:21.420 after I met Joe Biden
00:26:23.260 and then I sat down
00:26:24.520 with Jim Biden
00:26:25.100 and he used the term
00:26:25.920 plausible deniability
00:26:27.060 with me
00:26:27.560 and that's a document
00:26:28.660 because I went back
00:26:29.980 to my lawyers
00:26:30.700 and I asked them
00:26:31.940 something is starting
00:26:33.560 to feel unright
00:26:34.340 and they went
00:26:35.000 and hired another law firm
00:26:36.320 to give me a full
00:26:37.340 FCPA workup
00:26:38.640 to go through the details
00:26:40.220 of what could be done
00:26:41.440 and what couldn't be done.
00:26:42.460 Sounds like high crimes
00:26:43.280 and misdemeanors to me,
00:26:44.160 Mr. Chairman.
00:26:44.660 I yield back.
00:26:45.480 Hunter Biden's deposition.
00:26:46.980 Question.
00:26:47.800 Do you think
00:26:48.280 some of your business associates
00:26:49.580 we've spoken about today,
00:26:50.860 Mr. Archer,
00:26:51.600 Mr. Bob Yolinski,
00:26:52.580 Mr. Golanus,
00:26:53.560 do you think
00:26:54.020 they had an expectation
00:26:55.200 that your dad
00:26:56.120 had any role
00:26:57.160 or involvement
00:26:57.960 in any of your
00:26:58.680 joint business dealings?
00:27:00.260 Answer from Hunter Biden,
00:27:01.700 not an expectation
00:27:02.740 from me.
00:27:03.860 There was never
00:27:04.380 a single time
00:27:05.220 I can remember saying,
00:27:06.480 hey, we'll get my dad involved.
00:27:08.060 Hey, let's get my dad
00:27:09.040 on the phone.
00:27:09.800 Hey, let's, you know,
00:27:11.220 what can we get
00:27:11.980 out of dad for this?
00:27:13.680 Mr. Golanus,
00:27:14.320 what's your reaction
00:27:15.120 to that testimony
00:27:15.820 from Hunter Biden
00:27:16.660 in light of you describing
00:27:18.200 the Biden lift?
00:27:19.380 I think it's patently false.
00:27:23.880 It's belied by emails
00:27:25.700 and I think that there's
00:27:28.000 documentation that says
00:27:29.280 that that's just
00:27:30.100 an untruthful statement.
00:27:31.780 And what I'm trying
00:27:32.600 to understand,
00:27:33.220 Mr. Golanus,
00:27:33.780 is there you are
00:27:34.520 sitting in a prison cell
00:27:35.620 for a financial crime
00:27:37.300 where you were
00:27:38.240 an associate
00:27:39.280 with Hunter Biden
00:27:40.860 and some of the
00:27:41.540 other players there
00:27:42.580 and they're out
00:27:43.980 enjoying Southern California
00:27:45.300 and you're sitting
00:27:46.240 in a prison cell
00:27:47.100 and they've got
00:27:48.340 the ability to come
00:27:49.200 and give this
00:27:49.800 false testimony
00:27:50.560 to Congress.
00:27:51.520 Is it your belief
00:27:52.880 that the Biden
00:27:53.500 Justice Department
00:27:54.620 retaliates against people
00:27:56.740 who speak out
00:27:57.400 against the Bidens
00:27:58.180 and their crimes?
00:28:01.200 I'm living that.
00:28:02.600 I think, to clarify,
00:28:03.980 I took responsibility
00:28:04.880 for my crimes.
00:28:05.620 I pleaded guilty.
00:28:06.440 I've served eight years
00:28:07.420 of clean conduct
00:28:08.560 and I think I've
00:28:09.760 rehabilitated myself
00:28:10.660 quite a bit
00:28:11.160 in that period of time
00:28:12.200 and evidence
00:28:12.960 of track record,
00:28:13.620 but I would say
00:28:14.280 that there is
00:28:14.920 unquestionably
00:28:15.840 a pattern
00:28:17.160 of two tiers
00:28:17.620 of justice
00:28:18.080 and that's
00:28:18.580 become a popularized term
00:28:20.020 and it's something
00:28:20.560 that I've lived
00:28:22.100 experience
00:28:22.920 that I've gone through.
00:28:24.040 You'll back.
00:28:27.000 We are back live.
00:28:28.720 Lev Parnas,
00:28:29.480 you'll remember,
00:28:30.220 was the individual
00:28:30.960 involved in
00:28:32.360 financial campaign crimes.
00:28:35.780 He was taking money
00:28:37.480 for one purpose
00:28:39.060 and using it for another
00:28:40.280 and this was the criminal
00:28:41.980 the Democrats brought in
00:28:43.240 to defend Hunter
00:28:43.980 and Joe Biden.
00:28:44.620 Really remarkable.
00:28:45.840 Lev wanted some
00:28:46.720 questions from me
00:28:47.600 and it seemed
00:28:47.920 from the last clip
00:28:48.700 that he was a little bored
00:28:49.880 so we gave him
00:28:50.480 some questions.
00:28:51.240 Take a listen.
00:28:53.800 Mr. Parnas,
00:28:54.500 how much time
00:28:55.000 did you spend in prison?
00:28:57.240 Four months.
00:28:58.260 Four months.
00:28:59.120 Four months.
00:28:59.620 But you were indicted
00:29:00.480 for crimes that could have
00:29:01.340 resulted in you
00:29:01.900 spending 50 years
00:29:02.840 in prison, right?
00:29:04.340 Right.
00:29:04.760 There were false crimes.
00:29:05.740 The judge saw through.
00:29:06.980 Well, you went to trial
00:29:09.320 and you were convicted, right?
00:29:10.480 I went to trial, correct.
00:29:11.500 And the crime was that
00:29:13.540 you were trying to acquire
00:29:15.060 marijuana licenses
00:29:16.320 and you took money
00:29:18.080 from a Russian oligarch
00:29:19.460 and you tried to use
00:29:20.680 that money to go
00:29:21.900 give political donations
00:29:23.060 and do what you had to do
00:29:23.960 to acquire marijuana licenses.
00:29:25.760 Is that about right?
00:29:26.880 That's what the crime was.
00:29:27.720 That's what the indictment was.
00:29:28.820 Right.
00:29:28.980 It sounds like everyone
00:29:30.440 here today,
00:29:31.080 the only one working
00:29:31.700 for a Russian oligarch
00:29:32.600 was you.
00:29:34.460 Right?
00:29:34.900 I mean, I just heard you
00:29:36.280 It's public information.
00:29:38.200 Yeah, no, I just heard
00:29:39.020 you wax poetic.
00:29:39.760 I got paid $200,000.
00:29:41.320 You know how much I got paid.
00:29:42.020 You were really worried
00:29:42.780 about our democracy
00:29:43.880 and you were here to warn us
00:29:45.380 but you were working
00:29:46.600 for a Russian oligarch
00:29:47.880 wanting to get
00:29:48.540 marijuana licenses
00:29:49.660 but then you didn't even do it.
00:29:51.260 The fraud you committed
00:29:52.320 against the Russian oligarch
00:29:53.680 was that instead
00:29:54.640 you spent the money
00:29:55.520 on yourself.
00:29:56.880 So, like, was that
00:29:57.720 what you were doing
00:29:58.520 to fight against
00:29:59.120 Russia's aggression?
00:30:00.420 That's a lie.
00:30:00.800 Just taking their money?
00:30:01.760 Well, that's what
00:30:02.280 you were convicted of.
00:30:03.160 But instead of spending
00:30:04.540 50 years in prison
00:30:05.800 you got four months
00:30:07.060 as this hearing continues.
00:30:08.380 I look forward to hearing
00:30:09.020 what Mr. Galanis thinks
00:30:10.180 about how he was treated
00:30:11.400 by the DOJ
00:30:12.180 for telling the truth
00:30:12.980 as opposed to how
00:30:13.780 you're treated for lying.
00:30:14.960 The DOJ didn't listen
00:30:15.820 to the truth
00:30:16.240 because if they
00:30:16.740 were listening to the truth
00:30:17.600 you guys would have been all in jail.
00:30:17.940 The question Mr. Gates had
00:30:19.280 is for Mr. Galanis.
00:30:20.020 They didn't want to hear the truth.
00:30:20.720 You can't handle it, Matt Gates.
00:30:23.560 Look, the truth for you
00:30:25.360 is taking money from Russians
00:30:26.500 to buy marijuana businesses
00:30:27.980 and then going to jail
00:30:29.440 and then coming here
00:30:30.000 to lie about Trump.
00:30:30.840 You should know better
00:30:31.440 than anybody
00:30:32.020 what the DOJ is about.
00:30:34.580 You should know better
00:30:35.500 than anybody.
00:30:36.040 Gentlemen's time's expired.
00:30:39.280 That was the star
00:30:40.400 Democrat witness
00:30:41.360 we got a chance
00:30:42.020 to question
00:30:42.580 and I think expose.
00:30:44.160 So tell me why
00:30:45.220 asks
00:30:45.900 why it took three years.
00:30:48.100 Tony Bobulinski
00:30:48.720 has been making
00:30:49.260 a lot of these claims
00:30:50.160 for quite some time
00:30:50.980 even before the last
00:30:51.880 presidential contest.
00:30:53.240 Why did it take
00:30:53.900 House Republicans
00:30:54.540 until now
00:30:55.400 to get this hearing
00:30:56.560 with Hunter Biden's
00:30:57.360 business partners
00:30:58.020 out there?
00:30:58.820 And the answer is simple.
00:31:00.160 It took too long
00:31:00.660 to get the subpoenas
00:31:01.320 out to Hunter Biden.
00:31:02.780 Kevin McCarthy
00:31:03.580 would never authorize
00:31:04.720 a subpoena to Hunter Biden
00:31:06.000 for all of Mike Johnson's
00:31:07.920 concerning disappointments
00:31:09.800 on spending
00:31:10.360 and we'll get to that
00:31:11.240 later in the program.
00:31:13.220 He did authorize
00:31:14.380 the subpoena
00:31:14.820 to Hunter Biden
00:31:15.600 and that's what finally
00:31:16.800 got the Hunter testimony
00:31:17.940 which allowed us
00:31:18.880 to bring in
00:31:19.640 these business associates
00:31:20.860 and to show
00:31:21.940 how Hunter was lying.
00:31:23.280 Now we of course
00:31:23.800 invited Hunter
00:31:24.480 to be there as well
00:31:25.440 but he didn't want that.
00:31:27.400 He didn't want to be exposed
00:31:29.080 in public
00:31:30.200 in front of his
00:31:31.540 business partners
00:31:32.220 that would just turn
00:31:32.960 to him and say
00:31:33.540 that's a lie dude
00:31:34.720 and the American people
00:31:35.780 would see
00:31:36.420 just with the incarnation
00:31:37.940 of Hunter there
00:31:38.860 alongside Bob Yulinski
00:31:39.880 who was lying
00:31:40.900 and it wasn't Bob Yulinski
00:31:42.240 and you know why
00:31:42.840 it wasn't Bob Yulinski
00:31:43.580 how I know that
00:31:44.720 it wasn't Tony lying
00:31:46.200 because the Democrats
00:31:47.540 never really pushed
00:31:49.000 into the facts.
00:31:50.520 They didn't bring
00:31:51.300 contravening evidence.
00:31:53.400 They didn't say
00:31:54.240 that Bob Yulinski
00:31:54.880 wasn't sufficiently corroborated.
00:31:57.720 They just complained
00:31:58.280 about Trump
00:31:58.860 which is really
00:31:59.640 all they do
00:32:00.300 and probably why
00:32:01.220 the American people
00:32:01.980 are wondering
00:32:02.820 why Democrats
00:32:03.400 don't address
00:32:04.240 their challenges
00:32:05.100 their needs.
00:32:06.380 Now there was
00:32:06.760 one Democrat
00:32:07.660 during this hearing
00:32:09.700 who made some
00:32:10.800 interesting points
00:32:11.460 and I know
00:32:12.000 you're not going
00:32:12.500 to like this
00:32:12.900 so just get ready
00:32:13.840 to be triggered
00:32:14.560 firebrand audience
00:32:16.380 but Katie Porter
00:32:18.180 Democrat from California
00:32:20.620 if you take
00:32:21.740 this next clip
00:32:22.520 I'm going to play
00:32:23.040 of Katie Porter
00:32:24.000 and filter out
00:32:25.720 all the anti-Republican
00:32:26.960 anti-Trump stuff
00:32:27.760 and just focus
00:32:29.780 on the ethics changes
00:32:32.860 and legislative reforms
00:32:35.580 she's proposing
00:32:36.940 going after the revolving door
00:32:39.820 between lobbyists
00:32:41.300 and members of Congress
00:32:43.940 stopping members of Congress
00:32:45.560 from being registered
00:32:46.480 foreign agents
00:32:47.220 tightening up
00:32:47.940 the bribery laws
00:32:48.880 again not the rhetoric
00:32:50.540 but this is your assignment
00:32:52.140 listen explicitly
00:32:53.340 to the policy prescriptions
00:32:55.220 that Katie Porter
00:32:56.100 lays out
00:32:56.660 and tell me
00:32:57.320 what you disagree
00:32:57.900 with in the live chat
00:32:58.820 take a listen
00:32:59.300 we should have
00:33:02.360 a policy discussion
00:33:03.340 about how to stop
00:33:04.500 government officials
00:33:05.520 from using their positions
00:33:07.300 to get money
00:33:08.400 or favors
00:33:09.280 now that is
00:33:10.340 a real hearing
00:33:11.260 one that nearly
00:33:12.360 every American
00:33:13.800 regardless of party
00:33:15.240 wants us
00:33:16.200 to hold
00:33:16.920 we could start
00:33:18.260 by talking about
00:33:19.240 how senior
00:33:20.200 executive branch officials
00:33:21.580 can leave public service
00:33:22.880 wait just one year
00:33:25.420 and then legally
00:33:26.580 become lobbyists
00:33:27.780 for big corporations
00:33:28.760 scoring their new employers
00:33:30.700 profitable government contracts
00:33:32.320 and favorable regulations
00:33:33.740 they can even be paid
00:33:37.000 by the big corporations
00:33:38.840 during that short one year
00:33:40.960 while they are waiting
00:33:42.200 to become lobbyists
00:33:43.380 as a down payment
00:33:44.940 for their future ability
00:33:46.620 to peddle influence
00:33:48.060 that's wrong
00:33:49.340 for the panel of witnesses
00:33:51.700 by show of hands
00:33:53.360 as Americans
00:33:55.500 would our witnesses
00:33:57.240 support extending
00:33:58.340 this one year waiting period
00:33:59.700 to at least two years
00:34:00.800 no I would
00:34:04.520 okay so there we go
00:34:06.280 Republicans
00:34:06.840 Democrats
00:34:07.640 even convicted criminals
00:34:09.480 everybody
00:34:10.420 supports
00:34:11.720 that we should do more
00:34:13.380 to stop influence peddling
00:34:14.960 this is the kind
00:34:16.360 of good government reform
00:34:17.560 that Americans
00:34:18.580 of all political stripes
00:34:19.880 support
00:34:20.440 and I should know
00:34:21.620 in 2022
00:34:22.400 I passed
00:34:23.700 that exact reform
00:34:25.480 as an amendment
00:34:26.600 to the National Defense
00:34:27.660 Authorization Act
00:34:28.660 with a bipartisan
00:34:29.460 majority vote
00:34:31.060 what happened
00:34:32.620 to that amendment
00:34:33.200 why didn't it become law
00:34:35.800 the answer is simple
00:34:37.740 nearly
00:34:38.620 500
00:34:40.260 former members
00:34:42.240 of Congress
00:34:42.880 worked for lobbying firms
00:34:44.340 and too many people
00:34:45.800 around here
00:34:46.420 want to follow
00:34:47.160 in their footsteps
00:34:47.900 and so don't want
00:34:49.440 to make it harder
00:34:50.060 for government officials
00:34:51.080 to become lobbyists
00:34:52.080 ultimately
00:34:52.900 Democratic leadership
00:34:53.840 under then speaker
00:34:54.640 Nancy Pelosi
00:34:55.380 let the amendment
00:34:56.660 get stripped
00:34:57.560 out of the final bill
00:34:58.860 when I offered up
00:35:00.180 the amendment
00:35:00.640 again during this Congress
00:35:02.160 Republican leadership
00:35:03.200 under then speaker
00:35:04.120 Kevin McCarthy
00:35:04.860 never even put the amendment
00:35:06.480 up for a vote
00:35:07.400 both parties
00:35:09.500 have let us down
00:35:11.360 on fighting
00:35:12.340 influence peddling
00:35:13.280 and tackling corruption
00:35:14.480 but I'm hopeful
00:35:15.740 we can begin
00:35:16.440 a new approach
00:35:17.320 in this very committee
00:35:18.440 let me give you some facts
00:35:20.120 I don't even need
00:35:20.780 a whiteboard for this one
00:35:21.800 495 former members
00:35:24.840 of Congress
00:35:25.320 worked for lobbying firms
00:35:26.660 467 members of Congress
00:35:31.040 take corporate PAC money
00:35:33.560 78 members of Congress
00:35:37.080 violated the Stock Act
00:35:39.240 last Congress
00:35:40.820 clearly we have our work
00:35:42.740 cut out for us
00:35:43.420 so let's start the conversation
00:35:44.760 today
00:35:45.660 on what a bipartisan
00:35:47.400 ethics reform package
00:35:48.800 could look like
00:35:49.660 here are the organizations
00:35:51.580 that could have come today
00:35:52.660 as witnesses
00:35:53.360 so we could have had
00:35:54.580 a productive conversation
00:35:55.860 oversight staff
00:35:58.120 do you have your notebooks ready
00:35:59.360 citizens for responsibility
00:36:00.980 and ethics in Washington
00:36:02.260 common cause
00:36:03.360 project on government oversight
00:36:04.860 public citizen
00:36:05.760 with the right witnesses
00:36:07.480 and the commitment
00:36:09.480 to doing what
00:36:10.340 the American people want
00:36:11.780 this committee
00:36:12.660 can have a real
00:36:14.220 conversation
00:36:15.100 about the problem
00:36:16.520 of influence peddling
00:36:17.780 and we can pass
00:36:19.200 legislation
00:36:19.800 to create badly
00:36:21.180 needed ethics
00:36:22.200 guardrails
00:36:22.980 that would be
00:36:24.320 real work
00:36:25.040 not a real circus
00:36:26.780 I yield back
00:36:28.100 before I
00:36:29.600 recognize
00:36:30.520 Mr. Timmons
00:36:31.060 Ms. Porter
00:36:31.520 I think you are
00:36:33.300 sincere
00:36:33.940 and I
00:36:35.080 look forward
00:36:36.120 to working with you
00:36:37.020 on that
00:36:37.860 legislation
00:36:38.620 Bravo Katie Porter
00:36:42.900 we should have
00:36:43.920 an extended
00:36:44.500 cooling off period
00:36:45.340 frankly I don't think
00:36:46.100 members of Congress
00:36:46.940 should ever be able
00:36:47.900 to be lobbyists
00:36:48.880 I think if you get
00:36:49.900 the privilege of
00:36:50.540 making our nation's laws
00:36:51.580 you don't get to then
00:36:52.440 enter the transfer portal
00:36:53.780 and then go and
00:36:54.580 influence law making
00:36:55.700 for money
00:36:56.720 just a mercenary
00:36:58.460 instead of a patriot
00:36:59.440 and far too many do
00:37:00.820 and I'm glad Katie Porter
00:37:02.000 brought that to fruition
00:37:03.220 and she can count on me
00:37:04.640 as an ally
00:37:05.720 in any effort
00:37:07.060 to try to clean
00:37:07.920 this place up
00:37:08.620 from the corrupt
00:37:09.260 influence of money
00:37:10.120 and it affects both sides
00:37:11.340 and any of you
00:37:11.940 who try to say
00:37:12.860 well you know
00:37:13.480 the whataboutism
00:37:14.300 of well
00:37:14.820 the other side
00:37:15.640 does it worse
00:37:16.180 than we do
00:37:16.840 it's the uniparty
00:37:18.700 it is totally
00:37:19.860 the uniparty
00:37:20.760 who keeps this
00:37:21.580 corrupt system
00:37:22.160 in place
00:37:22.680 and there are
00:37:23.260 few voices
00:37:23.960 that speak out
00:37:25.180 against it
00:37:25.680 and so we have
00:37:26.280 to band them together
00:37:27.140 even if they come
00:37:27.920 from different places
00:37:29.160 in the ideological
00:37:30.040 spectrum
00:37:30.660 one voice
00:37:31.920 that was deeply
00:37:32.540 concerning
00:37:33.140 to me
00:37:33.700 was one we heard
00:37:34.460 today on TikTok
00:37:35.700 encouraging
00:37:36.760 illegal aliens
00:37:38.180 to break
00:37:39.400 into people's homes
00:37:40.580 the Biden border
00:37:41.340 policies
00:37:41.880 have gotten so bad
00:37:43.200 that your home
00:37:44.180 is at risk
00:37:44.700 of invasion
00:37:45.420 promoted
00:37:46.780 and put out
00:37:48.260 by TikTok
00:37:48.840 take a listen
00:37:49.400 and right now
00:37:52.440 there is
00:37:53.360 this TikTok
00:37:54.560 going viral
00:37:56.300 this TikToker
00:37:57.840 is telling
00:37:59.120 illegal migrants
00:38:00.340 to invade
00:38:02.000 Americans
00:38:03.040 homes
00:38:03.680 take them over
00:38:04.860 he tells
00:38:05.800 his half a million
00:38:06.540 followers
00:38:07.060 that U.S.
00:38:07.780 squatting laws
00:38:08.680 allow it
00:38:09.660 we're back live
00:38:13.480 we've heard
00:38:14.040 how the openness
00:38:15.220 and acceptance
00:38:16.060 of our country
00:38:16.700 has often turned
00:38:17.460 against us
00:38:18.080 in great power
00:38:18.640 competition
00:38:19.220 with China
00:38:20.580 with Russia
00:38:21.500 but here
00:38:22.800 you see
00:38:23.900 just the fact
00:38:25.340 that we have
00:38:26.220 this viral nature
00:38:27.500 to our society
00:38:28.560 allowing someone
00:38:29.940 to spread
00:38:30.460 a message
00:38:31.160 of deep destruction
00:38:32.380 and hate
00:38:33.500 and concern
00:38:34.100 and you know what
00:38:34.720 I wouldn't screw
00:38:35.760 around and do
00:38:36.300 that in Florida
00:38:37.000 F-A-F-O baby
00:38:38.880 we got
00:38:39.360 the stand your
00:38:40.280 ground law
00:38:40.860 in Florida
00:38:41.400 we got the
00:38:41.940 castle doctrine
00:38:42.680 so you break
00:38:43.600 into my home
00:38:44.260 you break
00:38:44.680 into the home
00:38:45.500 of my fellow
00:38:46.100 Florida man
00:38:46.700 and Florida woman
00:38:47.440 and you're
00:38:48.040 likely to be
00:38:49.040 catching some
00:38:49.480 hot lead
00:38:50.020 so if you got
00:38:50.780 plans to break
00:38:51.500 into people's
00:38:52.040 houses
00:38:52.260 and commit
00:38:52.720 forcible felonies
00:38:53.620 against them
00:38:54.080 I suggest you
00:38:54.900 do that
00:38:55.240 in a state
00:38:55.620 that does not
00:38:56.200 have the
00:38:57.000 castle doctrine
00:38:57.780 and a well
00:38:58.660 armed citizenry
00:38:59.620 like we do
00:39:00.700 in the Sunshine State
00:39:01.940 today in the
00:39:03.120 House Armed Services
00:39:03.860 Committee
00:39:04.220 we had the
00:39:04.700 leaders of
00:39:05.180 US policy
00:39:05.960 on Africa
00:39:06.780 and you've
00:39:07.680 heard me talk
00:39:08.500 a lot about
00:39:09.200 the continent
00:39:09.780 on the program
00:39:10.520 not because
00:39:11.300 I think that
00:39:12.100 there is some
00:39:12.840 natural linkage
00:39:13.720 of African culture
00:39:14.780 and society
00:39:15.360 to ours
00:39:15.880 that's the
00:39:16.500 argument other
00:39:16.920 people make
00:39:17.360 about Ukraine
00:39:18.160 I do it
00:39:19.160 because it is
00:39:19.720 a microcosm
00:39:20.760 of the Biden
00:39:21.960 administration's
00:39:23.120 failures
00:39:23.720 the terrible
00:39:24.620 decision making
00:39:25.560 the lack
00:39:26.240 of a strategic
00:39:27.060 envelope
00:39:27.680 for how
00:39:28.660 we're going
00:39:29.080 to generate
00:39:29.860 outcomes
00:39:30.460 based on
00:39:31.000 the pipeline
00:39:31.800 of our actions
00:39:32.680 and one
00:39:33.660 truly
00:39:34.400 and I
00:39:35.180 don't say
00:39:35.720 this lightly
00:39:36.240 but truly
00:39:36.940 one of the
00:39:37.400 dumbest people
00:39:38.180 I have ever
00:39:38.940 questioned
00:39:39.440 is General
00:39:40.300 Langley
00:39:40.740 who is in
00:39:41.680 charge of
00:39:42.420 AFRICOM
00:39:43.160 and doesn't
00:39:43.800 know
00:39:44.080 basic things
00:39:45.720 about the
00:39:46.240 continent
00:39:46.680 or government
00:39:48.000 or warfare
00:39:48.920 it was something
00:39:49.980 take a listen
00:39:50.600 this is
00:39:53.560 Colonel
00:39:54.500 Mamaday
00:39:55.120 Dumbuya
00:39:55.680 and this
00:39:56.660 is a photo
00:39:57.280 of him
00:39:58.340 did we train
00:39:59.440 and equip him
00:40:00.040 by name
00:40:01.040 I cannot
00:40:01.660 identify that
00:40:02.480 that's him
00:40:03.540 with a bunch
00:40:04.420 of US
00:40:04.780 service members
00:40:05.560 outside of
00:40:06.180 our embassy
00:40:06.680 and just
00:40:07.580 months after
00:40:08.260 this photo
00:40:08.740 was taken
00:40:09.280 in 2021
00:40:10.240 he led a coup
00:40:12.160 in Guinea
00:40:12.760 and threw out
00:40:14.040 the leader
00:40:14.980 does that
00:40:15.880 concern you
00:40:16.480 Congressman
00:40:17.600 core values
00:40:19.520 is what we
00:40:20.300 start off with
00:40:21.000 in IMA
00:40:21.480 programs
00:40:22.440 do we share
00:40:23.260 core values
00:40:23.960 with Colonel
00:40:24.380 Dumbuya
00:40:24.780 core values
00:40:25.900 I will repeat
00:40:26.580 that
00:40:26.960 he led a coup
00:40:27.700 we do
00:40:28.120 so I guess
00:40:30.460 my
00:40:30.740 I guess
00:40:31.360 four months
00:40:31.960 after that
00:40:32.440 exchange
00:40:32.880 General Langley
00:40:33.600 you had
00:40:34.720 General
00:40:35.840 Musa
00:40:36.860 Bamu
00:40:37.840 overthrow
00:40:38.980 the government
00:40:39.660 in Niger
00:40:40.440 it won't
00:40:41.960 surprise anybody
00:40:42.620 here
00:40:43.060 that we
00:40:43.700 trained him
00:40:44.240 the person
00:40:45.420 who overthrew
00:40:46.220 the democratically
00:40:47.040 elected government
00:40:47.860 in Niger
00:40:48.220 went to the
00:40:49.240 National Defense
00:40:49.980 University
00:40:50.500 trained at
00:40:51.060 Fort Benning
00:40:51.560 Georgia
00:40:51.920 so do we
00:40:53.540 share core
00:40:54.120 values
00:40:54.700 with Musa
00:40:56.080 Bamu
00:40:56.940 Congressman
00:40:59.000 let me just
00:40:59.460 go ahead
00:40:59.700 and state
00:41:00.140 that
00:41:00.620 core values
00:41:03.260 is what we
00:41:03.760 start off
00:41:04.180 with
00:41:04.420 but there
00:41:05.240 is no
00:41:05.580 syllabus
00:41:06.020 for
00:41:06.800 overthrowing
00:41:07.720 the government
00:41:08.100 not in
00:41:09.480 our institutions
00:41:10.320 well they're
00:41:11.400 learning it
00:41:11.860 pretty well
00:41:12.500 even in the
00:41:13.240 absence of
00:41:13.740 a syllabus
00:41:14.160 right
00:41:14.500 because
00:41:14.900 if you
00:41:15.580 look at
00:41:16.220 Chad
00:41:17.280 Burkina
00:41:17.700 Faso
00:41:18.100 Mali
00:41:18.860 Mauritania
00:41:19.680 Niger
00:41:20.240 in a lot
00:41:21.680 of these
00:41:21.960 countries
00:41:22.460 the coup
00:41:23.720 is led
00:41:24.780 by someone
00:41:25.360 we trained
00:41:26.140 now I put
00:41:27.040 in the
00:41:27.220 National Defense
00:41:27.800 Authorization
00:41:28.400 Act a
00:41:28.840 requirement
00:41:29.420 for you to
00:41:30.260 issue us
00:41:30.820 a report
00:41:31.500 as to how
00:41:32.400 many coup
00:41:33.040 leaders
00:41:33.580 our taxpayers
00:41:34.800 have funded
00:41:35.640 the training
00:41:36.100 for
00:41:36.420 that report
00:41:37.560 is due
00:41:37.880 tomorrow
00:41:38.340 will we be
00:41:39.800 getting it
00:41:40.120 on time
00:41:40.620 I'll do a
00:41:42.300 follow-up on
00:41:42.740 that Congressman
00:41:43.320 well this
00:41:43.940 was the
00:41:44.580 follow-up
00:41:45.060 right
00:41:45.300 because first
00:41:46.060 I asked
00:41:46.600 you in
00:41:47.760 that clip
00:41:48.180 how many
00:41:48.820 coup leaders
00:41:49.480 did we train
00:41:50.220 you didn't
00:41:51.160 know
00:41:51.560 and so then
00:41:52.400 I put it
00:41:52.760 in the
00:41:52.960 law for
00:41:53.360 you to
00:41:53.640 tell me
00:41:54.180 the law
00:41:54.840 requires you
00:41:55.360 to tell
00:41:55.620 me by
00:41:55.900 tomorrow
00:41:56.320 so can
00:41:57.280 you give
00:41:57.500 us a
00:41:57.740 preview
00:41:57.980 of coming
00:41:58.340 attractions
00:41:58.820 you get
00:41:59.760 that
00:41:59.940 you'll get
00:42:00.380 your answer
00:42:00.880 Congressman
00:42:01.620 but let
00:42:02.500 me say
00:42:02.860 there's no
00:42:04.300 correlation
00:42:04.880 and there's
00:42:05.820 no causation
00:42:06.580 of U.S.
00:42:07.220 training
00:42:07.560 to these
00:42:08.900 members
00:42:09.300 well that's
00:42:09.680 what I'm
00:42:09.940 trying to find
00:42:10.540 out
00:42:10.820 because
00:42:11.140 in like
00:42:11.920 a dozen
00:42:12.420 countries
00:42:13.200 the coup
00:42:14.120 leaders
00:42:14.420 are people
00:42:14.860 we trained
00:42:15.320 like
00:42:15.480 what a
00:42:16.040 difference
00:42:16.380 a year
00:42:16.720 makes
00:42:17.120 March 16th
00:42:18.780 2023
00:42:19.480 Secretary
00:42:20.440 Blinken
00:42:20.980 calls Niger
00:42:22.120 quote
00:42:22.680 a model
00:42:23.560 of resilience
00:42:24.340 a model
00:42:25.480 of democracy
00:42:26.360 a model
00:42:27.380 of cooperation
00:42:28.320 one year
00:42:30.240 and one
00:42:30.840 day later
00:42:31.460 Dr. Wallander
00:42:32.560 the spokesperson
00:42:33.980 of the Nigerian
00:42:35.180 military
00:42:35.780 Colonel
00:42:36.920 Amadou
00:42:37.780 Amabramay
00:42:40.020 says
00:42:40.860 quote
00:42:41.280 the American
00:42:42.180 presence
00:42:42.820 in the
00:42:43.300 territory
00:42:43.700 of the
00:42:44.040 Republic
00:42:44.420 of Niger
00:42:44.900 is illegal
00:42:46.180 a year
00:42:47.780 and a day
00:42:48.320 after
00:42:48.800 our government
00:42:49.880 said they
00:42:50.380 were the
00:42:50.680 model
00:42:51.060 of resilience
00:42:51.760 and democracy
00:42:52.780 they are
00:42:53.540 throwing us
00:42:54.200 out by the
00:42:54.740 scrubs
00:42:55.020 of our
00:42:55.460 neck
00:42:55.760 and so
00:42:56.300 is it
00:42:57.040 safe to
00:42:57.520 say
00:42:57.860 that this
00:42:58.680 failed
00:42:59.040 General
00:42:59.420 Langley
00:42:59.800 it's safe
00:43:03.680 to say
00:43:04.040 that there's
00:43:04.480 no correlation
00:43:05.380 or causation
00:43:07.120 of U.S.
00:43:07.860 training
00:43:08.200 to a coup
00:43:09.060 happening
00:43:09.500 period
00:43:10.220 it certainly
00:43:11.640 isn't
00:43:12.060 there's no
00:43:12.520 causation
00:43:13.040 or correlation
00:43:13.580 to the
00:43:13.860 training
00:43:14.160 we do
00:43:14.780 creating
00:43:15.420 more
00:43:15.700 stability
00:43:15.980 I'm trying
00:43:16.440 to ascertain
00:43:17.020 whether or not
00:43:17.400 all this money
00:43:17.880 we spend
00:43:18.200 in Africa
00:43:18.700 makes the
00:43:19.340 place less
00:43:19.820 stable
00:43:20.120 or more
00:43:20.460 stable
00:43:20.820 and just
00:43:21.460 for a
00:43:21.780 country
00:43:22.000 lawyer
00:43:22.240 like me
00:43:22.800 if we're
00:43:23.300 funding
00:43:23.620 the coup
00:43:24.120 leaders
00:43:24.540 that probably
00:43:25.700 strikes me
00:43:26.200 as making
00:43:26.460 it less
00:43:26.880 stable
00:43:27.160 now are
00:43:27.680 you aware
00:43:28.260 of the
00:43:28.720 Iranian
00:43:29.280 efforts
00:43:30.040 to now
00:43:30.820 mine
00:43:31.300 in Niger
00:43:31.820 General
00:43:33.100 Langley
00:43:33.440 Conister
00:43:35.240 we could
00:43:35.500 talk about
00:43:35.900 in a
00:43:36.080 classified
00:43:36.360 section
00:43:36.840 on that
00:43:37.420 well I mean
00:43:38.360 Fox News
00:43:39.140 is reporting
00:43:39.740 it
00:43:40.000 they're saying
00:43:40.980 that Iran
00:43:41.440 is working
00:43:42.520 on economic
00:43:43.800 arrangements
00:43:44.240 to get
00:43:44.620 uranium
00:43:45.120 from Niger
00:43:45.980 so
00:43:46.980 well in a classified
00:43:47.760 session we're
00:43:48.260 talking real
00:43:48.940 intel
00:43:49.280 yeah I guess
00:43:50.840 I mean
00:43:51.280 we've spent
00:43:51.920 more than
00:43:52.160 500 million
00:43:52.940 in the country
00:43:53.580 what can you
00:43:55.120 say we've got
00:43:55.640 for that 500
00:43:56.300 million
00:43:56.620 as we sit
00:43:57.100 here today
00:43:57.560 if it's like
00:43:58.640 being turned
00:43:59.080 into an
00:43:59.400 Iranian
00:43:59.760 mine
00:44:00.280 the Russians
00:44:01.240 are the
00:44:01.600 preferred
00:44:01.860 security
00:44:02.300 partner
00:44:02.740 and we're
00:44:04.220 training the
00:44:04.680 coup
00:44:04.820 leaders
00:44:05.160 there was
00:44:07.780 a buy
00:44:08.340 down on
00:44:08.960 an insurance
00:44:09.900 policy for
00:44:10.960 protecting
00:44:11.500 the homeland
00:44:12.680 I don't think
00:44:14.340 we're doing
00:44:14.720 that though
00:44:15.220 I don't think
00:44:16.340 there's evidence
00:44:17.040 to suggest
00:44:17.660 that
00:44:17.820 that's your
00:44:18.040 opinion
00:44:18.260 you went
00:44:19.040 to Niger
00:44:19.480 I respect
00:44:20.060 your opinion
00:44:20.500 okay but
00:44:20.900 General Langley
00:44:21.380 you went
00:44:22.040 to Niger
00:44:22.520 and you
00:44:23.820 went to
00:44:24.140 have a
00:44:24.580 meeting
00:44:24.920 with the
00:44:25.800 people
00:44:26.120 we trained
00:44:27.120 who overthrew
00:44:28.220 the democratically
00:44:28.900 elected
00:44:29.240 government
00:44:29.680 and Fox
00:44:30.380 News is
00:44:30.800 reporting
00:44:31.180 that you
00:44:31.600 didn't even
00:44:32.040 get a
00:44:32.360 meeting
00:44:32.540 with the
00:44:32.800 principal
00:44:33.100 decision
00:44:33.520 maker
00:44:33.820 is that
00:44:34.160 right
00:44:34.420 I had
00:44:37.080 a meeting
00:44:37.400 with my
00:44:37.880 counterpart
00:44:38.240 well here's
00:44:39.400 the quote
00:44:39.740 sources say
00:44:40.500 last week's
00:44:40.980 meeting with
00:44:41.300 the junta
00:44:41.640 was extremely
00:44:42.400 difficult
00:44:42.860 the administration's
00:44:44.300 envoys
00:44:44.880 did not get
00:44:45.920 to meet
00:44:46.400 with Niger's
00:44:47.220 principal
00:44:47.780 decision maker
00:44:48.580 is that a
00:44:49.280 true statement
00:44:49.820 or is that
00:44:50.180 a false
00:44:50.520 statement
00:44:50.780 my responsibility
00:44:52.180 is to meet
00:44:52.680 with my
00:44:52.980 counterpart
00:44:53.380 not
00:44:54.180 not
00:44:54.460 not
00:44:54.900 I would
00:44:55.300 just
00:44:55.520 book a
00:44:58.100 meeting
00:44:58.420 you know
00:44:59.300 since it's
00:44:59.760 the model
00:45:00.140 of democracy
00:45:00.680 gentlemen
00:45:00.900 times expired
00:45:01.680 we are back
00:45:04.720 live
00:45:05.080 those are
00:45:05.460 painful
00:45:05.840 discussions
00:45:06.400 but they
00:45:06.800 need to be
00:45:07.100 had because
00:45:07.640 as you
00:45:07.960 heard you
00:45:08.420 have invested
00:45:09.000 500 million
00:45:10.040 dollars into
00:45:10.960 the country
00:45:11.840 of Niger
00:45:12.600 and what we
00:45:13.940 have for it
00:45:14.700 is an
00:45:15.560 opportunity for
00:45:16.520 uranium mining
00:45:18.060 expansion for
00:45:19.000 Iran
00:45:19.600 military expansion
00:45:21.020 for Russia
00:45:21.760 and our
00:45:22.680 opportunity to
00:45:23.440 train the next
00:45:23.920 generation of
00:45:24.480 coup leaders
00:45:24.940 that's basically
00:45:25.960 what you got
00:45:26.880 for 500 million
00:45:28.020 and by the way
00:45:28.700 that's where
00:45:29.020 things are going
00:45:29.460 best in
00:45:29.960 Africa
00:45:30.300 that was
00:45:31.480 the place
00:45:31.880 Tony Blinken
00:45:32.500 said was
00:45:33.640 the centerpiece
00:45:35.280 of our
00:45:36.520 strategy for
00:45:37.440 democracy
00:45:38.180 and cooperation
00:45:39.480 unbelievable
00:45:41.760 and it's
00:45:42.500 happening
00:45:42.760 everywhere
00:45:43.240 in the world
00:45:44.040 now before
00:45:44.560 we go
00:45:44.980 I want to
00:45:45.420 make mention
00:45:45.880 of this
00:45:46.340 trillion dollar
00:45:47.060 spending bill
00:45:47.620 that the
00:45:47.880 House of
00:45:48.180 Representatives
00:45:48.620 is set
00:45:49.060 to vote
00:45:49.420 on tomorrow
00:45:49.980 I will
00:45:50.920 be voting
00:45:51.540 emphatically
00:45:52.700 against this
00:45:53.800 continues to
00:45:55.540 advance an
00:45:56.120 unconstitutional
00:45:56.920 process
00:45:57.760 unconstitutional
00:45:58.620 agencies
00:45:59.440 it doesn't
00:46:00.180 secure the
00:46:00.660 border
00:46:00.980 it funds
00:46:01.520 Planned
00:46:01.820 Parenthood
00:46:02.340 it funds
00:46:03.000 earmarks
00:46:03.600 for all
00:46:04.100 kind of
00:46:04.720 LGBTQ
00:46:05.480 AI
00:46:06.420 XYZ
00:46:07.860 stuff
00:46:08.320 and
00:46:10.220 what does
00:46:11.140 it do
00:46:11.380 for the
00:46:11.640 American
00:46:11.940 people
00:46:12.400 higher
00:46:13.720 prices
00:46:14.240 more
00:46:14.780 inflation
00:46:15.620 larger
00:46:16.880 debts
00:46:17.360 growing
00:46:18.160 deficit
00:46:18.680 and no
00:46:19.600 political
00:46:19.980 courage
00:46:20.420 to take
00:46:20.880 it on
00:46:21.200 now I
00:46:21.780 know we
00:46:22.240 only have
00:46:22.940 like a
00:46:23.320 one or
00:46:23.740 two seat
00:46:24.140 majority
00:46:24.540 on a
00:46:24.940 given
00:46:25.120 day
00:46:25.360 but I
00:46:25.920 would
00:46:26.080 rather die
00:46:26.720 on the
00:46:27.160 field
00:46:27.440 politically
00:46:28.000 than
00:46:28.700 continue
00:46:29.220 to
00:46:29.560 surrender
00:46:30.120 to
00:46:30.700 America's
00:46:31.360 defeat
00:46:31.880 and
00:46:32.200 demise
00:46:32.760 and
00:46:33.240 surrender
00:46:33.680 is
00:46:33.920 precisely
00:46:34.560 what
00:46:35.300 this
00:46:35.500 omnibus
00:46:35.900 spending
00:46:36.200 bill
00:46:36.420 does
00:46:36.680 it
00:46:36.840 surrenders
00:46:37.220 on the
00:46:37.500 border
00:46:37.820 it
00:46:38.220 surrenders
00:46:38.560 on the
00:46:38.860 budget
00:46:39.180 it
00:46:39.560 surrenders
00:46:39.860 on the
00:46:40.200 bureaucrats
00:46:40.860 that are
00:46:41.140 choking
00:46:41.480 out
00:46:41.780 the
00:46:42.140 economic
00:46:42.540 freedom
00:46:42.900 of our
00:46:43.280 citizens
00:46:43.680 I
00:46:44.180 will
00:46:44.360 vote
00:46:44.660 against
00:46:45.000 it
00:46:45.180 I
00:46:45.360 will
00:46:45.520 speak
00:46:45.900 out
00:46:46.120 against
00:46:46.420 it
00:46:46.600 I
00:46:46.740 will
00:46:46.880 debate
00:46:47.220 against
00:46:47.520 it
00:46:47.700 I
00:46:48.080 will
00:46:48.220 do
00:46:48.360 everything
00:46:48.680 I
00:46:48.880 can
00:46:49.140 to
00:46:49.280 encourage
00:46:49.780 my
00:46:50.300 colleagues
00:46:50.740 to
00:46:50.960 join
00:46:51.260 me
00:46:57.160 not
00:46:57.300 discuss
00:46:57.800 from
00:46:58.140 my
00:46:58.320 congressional
00:46:58.700 office
00:46:59.220 but
00:47:00.060 they'll
00:47:00.280 see me
00:47:00.640 and so
00:47:01.180 will
00:47:01.380 you
00:47:01.600 thanks
00:47:02.360 for
00:47:02.500 tuning
00:47:02.680 in
00:47:02.840 to
00:47:02.940 firebrand
00:47:03.380 today
00:47:03.720 much
00:47:04.420 appreciated
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00:47:10.580 the rumble
00:47:11.160 app
00:47:11.560 with the
00:47:12.260 notification
00:47:12.820 so that
00:47:13.320 you get
00:47:13.840 the word
00:47:14.920 each and
00:47:15.280 every time
00:47:15.620 we go
00:47:15.880 live
00:47:16.220 to bring
00:47:16.600 you
00:47:16.740 exactly
00:47:17.280 what's
00:47:17.700 happening
00:47:17.980 from the
00:47:18.280 United States
00:47:18.620 Congress
00:47:18.980 in real
00:47:19.460 time
00:47:19.760 thanks
00:47:20.240 again
00:47:20.520 roll
00:47:20.860 the credits
00:47:27.160 you
00:47:40.280 you