The Glenn Beck Program - Best of the Program ｜ Guests： Peter Schweizer & Brittany Patterson ｜ 12⧸2⧸24

00:00:00.000 I have to say, and Stu, I think you'll agree with me,

00:00:02.660 today we cover the least surprising news of the decade.

00:00:07.640 There's been a lot of surprises. 0.96

00:00:09.100 There's been a lot of, holy crap, what? 0.86

00:00:11.560 Didn't see that one coming. 0.73

00:00:13.020 But I think on everyone's bingo card was Joe Biden pardons Hunter.

00:00:19.480 But it means something.

00:00:21.720 We have Peter Schweizer on to talk about it.

00:00:23.960 Also, a story of a woman being arrested for letting her son take a walk.

00:00:28.180 He was 10, two days or three days away from being 11.

00:00:32.980 They live in a town of under 400 people.

00:00:36.340 Sheriff picked him up, arrested mom for being irresponsible. 0.66

00:00:40.700 You don't want to miss that.

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00:02:09.920 All right.

00:02:11.440 Well, let me start here.

00:02:13.600 We've been saying it for decades now.

00:02:16.020 Decades.

00:02:17.520 Power corrupts.

00:02:19.300 Absolute power corrupts.

00:02:21.160 Absolutely.

00:02:21.660 That used to be kind of like a bumper sticker thing back in the Reagan era, you know.

00:02:27.800 These days, I think it's lost its impact.

00:02:31.260 I don't know if people really understand it anymore, even know it.

00:02:36.180 Power corrupts.

00:02:38.100 Absolute power corrupts.

00:02:40.420 Absolutely.

00:02:42.480 Joe Biden has given his blanket pardon to his son,

00:02:47.420 but only for crimes that may have been committed over the last 10 years.

00:02:55.540 Now, this is something that he said he would never do.

00:02:58.520 But I'm not surprised.

00:03:00.020 Really, this is the least surprising story of the decade.

00:03:04.840 We all knew it.

00:03:06.240 We all knew it was coming.

00:03:07.700 Right.

00:03:07.960 Now, this is the privilege of the U.S. president.

00:03:13.660 The final month of office actually accounts for about 92 percent of presidential pardons

00:03:18.360 and sentence commutations.

00:03:19.960 It's fairly normal then for presidents to exercise that constitutional power,

00:03:25.060 and it is his right to do it.

00:03:27.220 It has no constitutional or Supreme Court oversight,

00:03:30.780 so he can do it whatever he wants.

00:03:32.740 It's one of the few powers that we grant the executive office

00:03:37.060 for which there is no check and balance process outlined in the Constitution.

00:03:42.560 It's been used every year since Herbert Hoover,

00:03:46.720 when he pardoned the first Thanksgiving turkey.

00:03:51.480 Legally speaking, Joe Biden giving a blanket pardon to his son

00:03:57.200 for felony crimes that he's actually admitted to in court

00:04:03.160 and sentenced to in court after millions of dollars were spent

00:04:09.460 in not only covering up the crimes but also denying the crimes

00:04:15.020 and all of the corruption that went on with the Justice Department

00:04:20.060 and the FBI and the IRS, all of that now is gone.

00:04:27.200 He admitted it in a book.

00:04:30.800 He admitted it as soon as he knew Dad was going to pardon him,

00:04:35.000 and presidents can do this.

00:04:37.840 They have, you know, whole staffs dedicated to finding criminals

00:04:41.320 who may have gotten the short end of the stick.

00:04:44.180 And if I may pause here just for a Glenn Beck moment,

00:04:46.500 the short end of the stick, you know where that comes from?

00:04:48.880 It's actually a historic reference from the Scottish Gaelic days

00:04:54.700 where they had physical combat where two men would take a tree branch

00:04:58.000 and then kind of like a wishbone, they would break it in half

00:05:02.740 and then they'd beat each other, you know, to death with that stick.

00:05:06.920 So it's like the turkey wishbone except the other person dies.

00:05:11.040 Anyway, back to modern times.

00:05:12.680 The president can give a blanket pardon to a multi-felony son

00:05:19.200 directly in the face of his own Justice Department investigations of the same son.

00:05:25.920 Now, we're at the point where if this was just cocaine and prostitutes,

00:05:31.200 I don't think we'd care that much.

00:05:32.960 I really don't.

00:05:34.480 I mean, it would be bad,

00:05:36.160 but I don't think him doing cocaine and prostitutes 0.76

00:05:40.360 is that much as a surprise. 0.96

00:05:42.700 Would you be that surprised if cocaine and prostitutes,

00:05:45.660 dad was doing them too?

00:05:47.860 No.

00:05:49.600 However,

00:05:50.480 we're talking about money laundering charges

00:05:54.680 to the Biden family.

00:05:57.900 What about the violation of the State Secrets Act?

00:06:02.320 You know that Biden granted his children,

00:06:07.580 including Hunter,

00:06:09.220 security clearance against the recommendations of the NSA

00:06:13.220 and the CIA that warned him over and over and over again,

00:06:18.980 secrets are being leaked. 0.98

00:06:22.240 How about Chinese prostitute spies? 0.99

00:06:25.440 Do you care about that much? 0.99

00:06:26.420 I don't even know

00:06:31.320 how you face yourself in the mirror

00:06:33.480 if you're part of the White House press corps

00:06:35.060 or anybody in the mainstream media

00:06:37.140 who has been saying the whole time,

00:06:39.400 none of this happened.

00:06:40.340 None of this happened.

00:06:40.920 He's not going to pardon you, son.

00:06:42.820 He's not going to need to.

00:06:45.040 I mean, I feel bad in a very small way for KJP,

00:06:49.680 who, you know, has to stand there today

00:06:51.940 to defend what she's been saying the whole time.

00:06:56.420 Uh, uh, no, I, I stand by what the president has said

00:07:01.160 for the last two years.

00:07:02.340 He's been saying it the whole time.

00:07:04.560 Now she's got to say,

00:07:05.820 if it wasn't, if it wasn't the president's son,

00:07:08.800 would he have been prosecuted?

00:07:10.360 Yes, he would have been prosecuted.

00:07:13.940 In fact, he would have been in jail years ago.

00:07:17.600 So when Joe Biden says,

00:07:19.440 yeah, well, there was, you know,

00:07:21.180 there, there was a miscarriage of justice here.

00:07:23.880 I mean, he got special treatment.

00:07:25.500 Yes, he did.

00:07:28.320 You know, the reason why all of this is a big deal

00:07:31.020 is because the justice department and the FBI

00:07:34.320 and the IRS made a deal that one judge said,

00:07:40.600 wait a minute, I've never seen a deal like this.

00:07:43.600 What's going on here?

00:07:44.520 That's why this whole thing came undone.

00:07:49.040 They were trying to sweep it up.

00:07:51.420 Yes, he was getting a sweetheart deal

00:07:54.020 that you wouldn't have gotten.

00:07:55.920 Your son wouldn't have gotten.

00:07:59.340 How are they going to defend it?

00:08:00.800 The same way.

00:08:02.060 The same way.

00:08:03.040 It doesn't matter.

00:08:03.800 This is why I say this is the,

00:08:05.040 this is the least surprising

00:08:06.660 story of the decade.

00:08:11.240 Nobody is surprised by it.

00:08:12.760 We all knew,

00:08:13.280 we knew this was happening when he was running.

00:08:17.720 Now, if Trump is who we think he is

00:08:21.380 or who he's, I hope,

00:08:23.180 going to be an agent of change,

00:08:26.440 he can completely blow the lid off of this

00:08:30.440 and effectively destroy

00:08:31.900 and just destroy any semblance of respect

00:08:36.280 that Biden had left.

00:08:37.960 Even if he can't prosecute Hunter or Joe,

00:08:41.200 that's fine.

00:08:42.060 But he can declassify every single document

00:08:45.760 in the Biden investigation

00:08:47.180 from cocaine to China to the Middle East

00:08:50.740 and destroy not just the Biden legacy.

00:08:54.940 He's already destroyed that.

00:08:58.060 But he can destroy the press.

00:09:01.260 He can destroy everyone that was involved in this,

00:09:04.620 the entire apparatus around it.

00:09:08.280 Biden only granted Hunter immunity.

00:09:13.000 Only Hunter.

00:09:14.980 And by extension, himself.

00:09:17.680 But not the gross military

00:09:20.380 and intelligence industrial complex

00:09:23.440 and the team around them.

00:09:25.640 All those people can be exposed.

00:09:28.700 All of those people can go to jail.

00:09:31.740 And with the appointment of Kash Patel,

00:09:36.460 I predict it's going to happen.

00:09:42.160 So now, why not hearings?

00:09:43.860 I mean, we could impeach Biden right now,

00:09:48.460 but do you want to spend the money on that?

00:09:51.980 Do you want to spend the time on that?

00:09:56.800 Justice would say yes.

00:09:59.640 Our country demands that we say yes.

00:10:03.120 If we want a country and we have a family

00:10:08.140 that has built billions, I'm sorry,

00:10:11.440 millions of dollars from other countries,

00:10:15.060 why are we in Ukraine?

00:10:17.460 Why is all this money going to Ukraine?

00:10:20.060 Where is it going?

00:10:22.360 Where is it ending up?

00:10:24.820 You know, nobody has followed the money on that one.

00:10:27.500 Why?

00:10:29.120 Why?

00:10:30.040 Is there even more corruption?

00:10:31.800 You know, Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton,

00:10:35.960 they really were the ones

00:10:37.480 that kind of industrialized this whole game.

00:10:41.200 They did it with China, 1.00

00:10:42.780 but everybody turned their head.

00:10:44.180 No big deal.

00:10:45.320 Ah, they're out of office now.

00:10:47.240 Joe Biden perfected it.

00:10:50.500 If we let this family get away with this,

00:10:54.000 what do you think is going to happen

00:10:55.980 the next time a president

00:10:58.120 decides to sell themselves and the office?

00:11:02.940 People must go to jail.

00:11:07.520 The president has every right,

00:11:09.960 every right to pardon his son.

00:11:12.600 But Kash Patel,

00:11:14.800 if he's half the man I think,

00:11:16.760 if he's half the man I know he is,

00:11:21.320 declassify all of it.

00:11:24.180 All of it.

00:11:27.140 Call out the corruption

00:11:28.740 that is everywhere.

00:11:30.520 I have to ask half the country a question.

00:11:40.320 And I know you think, 1.00

00:11:41.420 I know you think that we're stupid 1.00

00:11:44.420 because Donald Trump is a felon. 1.00

00:11:48.960 Is he? 0.99

00:11:50.060 Is he?

00:11:51.400 He's a felon on what?

00:11:54.260 On what?

00:11:55.140 Charges that were brought against him

00:11:59.660 that have never been brought

00:12:01.520 against anyone ever

00:12:03.200 in the history of the country?

00:12:06.140 That's called weaponization.

00:12:09.880 And is it a surprise

00:12:11.320 that they were brought

00:12:12.580 when he was running?

00:12:15.800 You see,

00:12:16.400 the Hunter Biden thing,

00:12:17.580 that should have been in the pipeline

00:12:19.740 years before.

00:12:23.440 But couldn't do it.

00:12:25.140 Because of Biden's

00:12:26.720 grasp on the system. 1.00

00:12:30.900 How stupid are you? 1.00

00:12:34.220 I mean, I'm sorry. 1.00

00:12:34.920 I don't mean to insult you 0.98

00:12:35.840 because you think I'm stupid. 1.00

00:12:38.460 What is it going to take? 1.00

00:12:40.300 You're still donating

00:12:41.420 and supporting the Democratic Party?

00:12:44.560 They just,

00:12:45.560 they lied to you

00:12:47.060 on so many things,

00:12:49.460 but they lied to you

00:12:50.900 about this.

00:12:52.420 They lied to you

00:12:53.620 about the laptop being real.

00:12:55.700 When they knew it was real,

00:12:57.500 the FBI was part of it.

00:12:59.640 They tried to make a deal,

00:13:01.540 an underhanded deal

00:13:02.680 that you would have never gotten.

00:13:04.740 Remember,

00:13:05.500 why would you stand up

00:13:08.140 for someone's

00:13:10.420 extra rights

00:13:12.540 that you would never get?

00:13:14.720 if it's right

00:13:17.880 for them,

00:13:19.340 it has to be right

00:13:20.720 for you.

00:13:21.680 Remember,

00:13:22.340 we lend

00:13:23.880 our rights

00:13:25.240 to them

00:13:26.380 to protect them.

00:13:28.160 They don't have

00:13:28.860 extra rights.

00:13:30.100 They have none.

00:13:31.720 They can't print rights.

00:13:33.920 They come from us.

00:13:35.020 You know,

00:13:47.760 it is so hard.

00:13:49.360 You know,

00:13:49.640 we just went through Thanksgiving

00:13:50.800 and hopefully

00:13:51.560 you had a good Thanksgiving

00:13:52.640 and hopefully

00:13:53.240 you had,

00:13:54.860 you know,

00:13:55.820 you didn't have

00:13:56.300 big battles

00:13:57.080 and fights

00:13:57.760 and everything else.

00:13:59.100 Hopefully,

00:13:59.600 things went well.

00:14:00.620 but I got to tell you,

00:14:03.980 it is hard.

00:14:06.540 I marvel

00:14:08.700 at the blindness

00:14:11.480 of so many Americans.

00:14:14.000 I marvel at it.

00:14:17.040 And I know they think

00:14:18.260 the same of us.

00:14:19.640 I know.

00:14:20.920 That's fine.

00:14:22.660 But we have

00:14:24.020 the Constitution

00:14:25.140 on our side.

00:14:27.360 We are fighting

00:14:28.320 for the,

00:14:28.740 believe me,

00:14:29.480 if Donald Trump,

00:14:31.120 we found out,

00:14:31.920 was selling secrets

00:14:33.260 to Russia,

00:14:36.960 was selling secrets

00:14:39.200 or selling

00:14:40.200 his office

00:14:42.800 to China,

00:14:45.020 I'd be first in line.

00:14:47.140 Be first in line

00:14:48.360 to impeach him.

00:14:49.500 If he was enriching

00:14:50.920 his children

00:14:51.580 exactly the same way

00:14:53.440 that Joe Biden was,

00:14:55.960 I would be for his prosecution

00:14:58.260 and his jail time.

00:15:03.900 Can you say that?

00:15:09.540 Until you can

00:15:10.600 rationally describe

00:15:11.960 to me

00:15:12.400 that this isn't

00:15:14.260 just pure nepotism

00:15:15.940 that utterly

00:15:18.280 destroys

00:15:19.080 Biden's entire career,

00:15:21.020 his entire legacy,

00:15:22.740 his entire presidency,

00:15:24.640 everything that this man

00:15:26.740 does

00:15:27.180 and has done,

00:15:28.600 we now know,

00:15:29.580 for the last

00:15:30.480 10 years,

00:15:32.420 this isn't just,

00:15:34.120 hey,

00:15:34.400 I pardon him

00:15:34.960 for this crime.

00:15:35.660 I pardon him

00:15:36.800 for every crime

00:15:38.420 he may have committed

00:15:39.600 for a 10-year period.

00:15:43.000 I mean,

00:15:48.020 I just,

00:15:48.740 if we meet

00:15:49.500 in the grocery store,

00:15:50.640 you know,

00:15:52.000 God bless you,

00:15:52.880 but if you still think

00:15:53.820 that that's okay,

00:15:54.680 I might just pat you

00:15:55.740 on the head 1.00

00:15:56.120 and send you down 0.92

00:15:56.780 the cereal aisle

00:15:57.620 with the same kind

00:15:58.380 of kindness

00:15:58.780 I show a retarded puppy, 1.00

00:16:00.400 but holy cow. 1.00

00:16:07.320 Justice is more

00:16:08.620 than a specific outcome.

00:16:10.420 It is a philosophy.

00:16:14.140 It's a mentality.

00:16:17.200 It's an absolute.

00:16:19.920 We may not get it right

00:16:21.500 every time

00:16:22.320 because we're human,

00:16:24.260 but we should strive

00:16:26.800 for justice.

00:16:29.340 What if Hunter's crimes

00:16:30.680 were rape or murder?

00:16:35.260 Would that be okay?

00:16:37.700 Would you still support

00:16:39.520 a blanket pardon?

00:16:41.340 Or would you say,

00:16:42.700 no, that's too far,

00:16:44.100 but selling my children

00:16:46.440 and your children

00:16:47.720 into slavery

00:16:49.620 by granting China 0.79

00:16:52.180 and others

00:16:53.080 special access

00:16:54.680 to our White House

00:16:56.240 and to our secrets,

00:16:58.320 that's okay?

00:17:04.860 Good on you.

00:17:06.980 It's not for me,

00:17:08.020 but good on you.

00:17:10.980 And let me just

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00:18:44.100 Peter Swiser is with us now.

00:18:46.020 Government Accountability

00:18:46.940 Institute President,

00:18:48.120 host of The Drill Down.

00:18:50.880 He has also written

00:18:52.900 a myriad of books

00:18:54.860 on corruption.

00:18:56.500 And he spent a lot of time

00:18:58.580 looking into

00:18:59.340 the Biden crime family,

00:19:01.160 as he calls it.

00:19:01.860 Peter Swiser joins us now.

00:19:03.040 Hi, Peter.

00:19:04.340 Hey, Merry Christmas, Glenn.

00:19:05.640 Great to be with you.

00:19:06.500 Thank you very much.

00:19:08.200 This is not surprising to me.

00:19:11.140 I think this is the least

00:19:12.560 shocking story

00:19:14.600 of probably all time,

00:19:17.500 at least in my lifetime.

00:19:19.520 I mean, wow.

00:19:21.060 He lied to the American people

00:19:23.440 and he pardoned his son.

00:19:25.040 Why is this so important, Peter?

00:19:28.020 Or is it?

00:19:28.780 Well, it is important, Glenn.

00:19:31.400 And I think you're exactly right.

00:19:32.940 It's not a surprising thing 0.64

00:19:35.180 that Joe Biden has done,

00:19:36.560 but that should not take

00:19:38.340 the wind out of the sails

00:19:40.320 of people that are very frustrated

00:19:42.560 and angered by this.

00:19:43.760 And here's why.

00:19:45.020 You're exactly right,

00:19:46.200 as you said earlier.

00:19:47.260 The mainstream media

00:19:48.180 is reporting that he is pardoned

00:19:49.900 from the tax

00:19:50.820 and the gun

00:19:51.700 form charges.

00:19:53.720 But the immunity

00:19:55.240 actually covers

00:19:56.100 any crime,

00:19:57.340 any crime.

00:19:58.180 It's blanket immunity

00:19:59.300 that he has committed

00:20:00.580 in the last 10 years.

00:20:01.700 And by the way,

00:20:02.140 the only reason they go back

00:20:03.140 to 2014 is that

00:20:04.620 other than an offense

00:20:05.800 like murder,

00:20:07.020 everything else

00:20:07.760 is phased out

00:20:09.180 because of the statute

00:20:10.600 of limitations.

00:20:12.300 So Hunter Biden

00:20:13.600 is not going to face

00:20:14.380 any consequence for this.

00:20:15.940 But here's why

00:20:16.540 it's even more important,

00:20:17.660 Glenn.

00:20:18.320 We know that

00:20:19.480 when they filed

00:20:20.340 the federal tax charges,

00:20:22.180 this Department of Justice

00:20:23.140 filed them against

00:20:23.960 Hunter Biden

00:20:24.620 six months ago,

00:20:26.200 for which Hunter Biden

00:20:27.120 is now pled guilty.

00:20:28.200 They alluded in those documents

00:20:29.800 to the fact that

00:20:30.600 the proceeds of that money

00:20:32.360 where Hunter didn't pay taxes

00:20:33.720 were part of a

00:20:35.500 foreign influence

00:20:36.620 peddling scheme.

00:20:38.060 That's the words

00:20:39.020 of the Department

00:20:39.880 of Justice lawyers,

00:20:41.460 a foreign influence

00:20:42.680 peddling scheme

00:20:43.760 that was still

00:20:45.200 under federal investigation.

00:20:47.780 So what that means

00:20:49.060 is that Joe Biden

00:20:50.080 has not only

00:20:50.640 rescued his son,

00:20:52.340 he has now kneecapped

00:20:54.480 an investigation

00:20:55.580 that actually involves

00:20:58.160 Joe Biden himself

00:20:59.720 because, of course,

00:21:01.180 the foreign influence

00:21:01.960 peddling scheme

00:21:02.740 was Hunter Biden

00:21:03.780 being paid

00:21:04.700 to talk to

00:21:05.840 and to access

00:21:06.580 his father.

00:21:07.600 So I don't know

00:21:08.720 of any other circumstance

00:21:10.080 when it comes to pardons,

00:21:11.980 and there's a long

00:21:12.600 and varied history of it,

00:21:14.020 where we've had

00:21:14.700 this kind of a situation

00:21:16.020 where a president

00:21:16.920 is effectively

00:21:17.800 ending an investigation

00:21:19.340 that would potentially

00:21:21.280 implicate him

00:21:22.340 in criminal activity.

00:21:24.760 So, and is he covered

00:21:26.420 by this, Joe Biden?

00:21:28.260 Well, what it does

00:21:29.780 is it ends the case, right?

00:21:31.200 If you're looking

00:21:32.040 at Hunter Biden

00:21:33.100 for a fair investigation,

00:21:34.520 for a fair crimes,

00:21:35.940 and you're saying

00:21:36.660 he is now not,

00:21:37.740 cannot be charged

00:21:38.720 with those crimes,

00:21:39.820 DOJ will end

00:21:40.700 the investigation.

00:21:41.380 I wish there were

00:21:42.220 a way that they

00:21:42.800 could continue it

00:21:44.260 in some sort

00:21:45.120 of independent way

00:21:45.960 just to get the facts

00:21:46.820 out of there.

00:21:47.360 But yeah,

00:21:47.760 the criminal investigation

00:21:49.340 is ended.

00:21:50.540 So I don't know

00:21:50.980 how you feel

00:21:51.460 about Cash Patel,

00:21:52.540 but I mean,

00:21:53.680 to me,

00:21:54.340 he is,

00:21:55.840 I hope we go

00:21:57.040 scorched earth 0.70

00:21:57.820 on getting him in

00:21:59.800 because he is

00:22:02.800 a guy who wants

00:22:03.600 to just reveal everything.

00:22:05.000 He wants to

00:22:05.440 declassify an awful lot.

00:22:06.720 I think one of the things

00:22:08.080 that the FBI should do

00:22:09.520 if Cash Patel gets in

00:22:11.140 is just declassify

00:22:12.680 all of it.

00:22:13.580 And, you know,

00:22:14.460 this doesn't cover

00:22:15.520 all of the people

00:22:16.340 in the FBI

00:22:17.240 and all of the people

00:22:19.400 in the IRS

00:22:20.320 or DOJ

00:22:21.420 that was part

00:22:22.560 of this delay,

00:22:23.820 delay, delay

00:22:24.440 and cover up

00:22:25.320 and scheme

00:22:26.020 to make sure

00:22:26.920 they got away with it.

00:22:27.840 And I think

00:22:28.280 the American people

00:22:29.040 should know

00:22:29.500 absolutely every detail.

00:22:32.000 Even though

00:22:32.500 they cannot go to jail,

00:22:34.860 they should be,

00:22:35.680 it should be known

00:22:36.700 what this family did

00:22:39.200 and who was involved.

00:22:41.940 I agree 100%, Glenn.

00:22:44.020 And that's the point, right?

00:22:45.140 Look,

00:22:45.860 you want justice

00:22:46.620 to be done

00:22:47.200 if somebody commits

00:22:47.940 a crime like Hunter Biden,

00:22:49.120 they should serve the time, right?

00:22:50.820 But ultimately,

00:22:51.620 this is not about

00:22:52.760 we're going to get

00:22:53.680 Hunter Biden

00:22:54.740 because we hate the Bidens.

00:22:56.480 It's about justice

00:22:57.540 and it's about integrity

00:22:58.740 of our system.

00:23:00.160 And I do think

00:23:01.160 that Hunter Biden

00:23:01.840 committed offenses

00:23:02.820 that he should go to jail for.

00:23:04.280 But beside that,

00:23:05.440 there is this

00:23:06.280 larger issue

00:23:07.300 and the larger issue is

00:23:08.800 is there a different

00:23:10.140 set of rules

00:23:10.980 for people

00:23:12.140 who are politically connected

00:23:13.840 than there are

00:23:15.180 for ordinary Americans?

00:23:16.360 And let's remember

00:23:17.500 Hunter Biden,

00:23:18.760 you and I first talked

00:23:19.980 about Hunter Biden

00:23:21.180 back in 2018

00:23:22.320 when I wrote a book

00:23:23.540 called Secret Empires.

00:23:24.960 And Glenn,

00:23:25.340 we broke that story together.

00:23:27.160 Nobody would know

00:23:27.880 about Hunter Biden

00:23:28.700 except for the fact

00:23:29.520 that I wrote a book

00:23:30.380 and you said,

00:23:31.260 you know what,

00:23:31.560 this is important,

00:23:32.360 people need to know.

00:23:33.500 Here's the thing,

00:23:34.400 the book came out

00:23:35.560 in 2018.

00:23:36.920 Four months later,

00:23:37.940 the investigation

00:23:39.180 was launched

00:23:40.120 into Hunter Biden's

00:23:41.260 foreign business dealings

00:23:43.000 through the entire time.

00:23:45.380 The Biden family

00:23:46.220 has never admitted

00:23:47.400 to anything.

00:23:48.420 They have lied about it.

00:23:50.180 They tried to short circuit

00:23:51.740 the investigation

00:23:52.660 in the Department of Justice 0.67

00:23:53.800 by that ridiculous plea deal

00:23:55.900 that a judge threw out. 0.62

00:23:57.640 So there's no sense

00:23:58.980 of remorse here, right?

00:24:00.400 There's no sense of,

00:24:01.460 OK, you know,

00:24:02.140 we made a mistake

00:24:02.960 or, OK, Hunter

00:24:04.200 had a drug problem

00:24:05.260 and, yes, he did.

00:24:06.040 He committed these offenses.

00:24:07.680 These are serious charges.

00:24:09.580 Hunter Biden

00:24:10.120 took in millions of dollars

00:24:11.760 and did not pay taxes on them.

00:24:14.760 He got a friend

00:24:15.640 to pay the taxes for him

00:24:17.020 only after a grand jury

00:24:18.780 was convened

00:24:19.820 to charge him

00:24:21.160 for failing to pay those taxes.

00:24:23.460 So this is a larger issue

00:24:25.420 and you're right.

00:24:26.020 People need to know

00:24:27.160 what the cover up is.

00:24:28.680 These things still matter

00:24:29.720 to people.

00:24:30.220 And I think that's the reason

00:24:31.220 you're seeing some people

00:24:32.220 even on the left

00:24:33.200 who are Biden supporters

00:24:34.740 outraged that he's taken this step.

00:24:37.120 So here's here's the biggest thing.

00:24:38.920 If this was just about drugs

00:24:40.540 and prostitutes, 1.00

00:24:42.040 we wouldn't be having 0.99

00:24:42.980 this conversation.

00:24:44.760 Even if it was just about

00:24:46.760 not paying taxes,

00:24:48.120 I don't think we'd be

00:24:49.280 having this conversation.

00:24:51.320 This this is truly,

00:24:54.000 I believe,

00:24:55.500 possible treason

00:24:56.980 when you are selling

00:24:58.900 access to the president

00:25:00.860 and you're doing it

00:25:02.500 covertly

00:25:04.200 and you're involved

00:25:05.680 in a cover up

00:25:06.620 where we don't know

00:25:08.420 what deals were made

00:25:10.640 with possible enemies

00:25:12.240 of our country.

00:25:14.800 That that if

00:25:15.620 if it's not treason,

00:25:16.880 it is a serious crime

00:25:18.720 that can never be repeated

00:25:21.160 by anybody in office.

00:25:23.920 And if we don't stop this,

00:25:26.120 I mean,

00:25:26.320 I I'm convinced

00:25:27.420 this happened

00:25:28.320 because Clinton

00:25:29.520 got away with it

00:25:30.340 with China as well.

00:25:32.220 And they

00:25:32.920 you nailed it, Glenn.

00:25:34.140 You're exactly right.

00:25:35.120 It started with the Clintons,

00:25:36.460 the globalization

00:25:37.180 of corruption

00:25:38.200 and the Bidens

00:25:39.360 have taken it

00:25:39.940 to another level.

00:25:40.840 Here's the thing.

00:25:41.580 You're right.

00:25:42.180 This is not just about drugs.

00:25:44.260 It's not just about

00:25:45.120 the gun purchase

00:25:45.840 and about taxes.

00:25:46.920 Let's remember,

00:25:47.720 we first talked

00:25:48.600 about this in 2018.

00:25:49.700 Hunter Biden joined

00:25:51.540 a Chinese investment fund

00:25:53.460 that was funded

00:25:54.280 by the Chinese government

00:25:55.480 and they started

00:25:56.580 acquiring companies

00:25:57.820 in the United States

00:25:59.420 that had national

00:26:00.820 security implications.

00:26:03.060 They bought a

00:26:03.560 they bought a company

00:26:04.760 in Michigan,

00:26:06.400 his investment firm,

00:26:07.900 Chinese funded investment firm

00:26:09.460 and China's aerospace company,

00:26:12.380 which is their biggest

00:26:13.040 military contractor,

00:26:14.600 together bought

00:26:15.800 a company called

00:26:16.660 Hennigus in Michigan

00:26:17.800 that produces

00:26:18.940 high precision tools,

00:26:21.400 anti-vibration technologies,

00:26:23.260 et cetera,

00:26:23.940 that are vital,

00:26:25.180 vital for national security.

00:26:26.980 And it was Joe Biden

00:26:28.680 and the Obama administration

00:26:30.860 that approved that deal,

00:26:33.000 even though there were

00:26:33.740 serious national security

00:26:35.040 implications.

00:26:36.020 There's another deal

00:26:37.100 where Hunter Biden

00:26:38.060 was involved

00:26:38.780 in a Chinese effort,

00:26:40.120 successful,

00:26:41.040 to acquire mines

00:26:43.020 in Africa

00:26:43.860 that mine strategic minerals.

00:26:45.980 There was a big competition

00:26:47.020 going on

00:26:47.600 between China

00:26:48.200 and the United States

00:26:48.980 to acquire and control

00:26:50.720 important minerals

00:26:52.220 around the planet.

00:26:53.420 Which side was

00:26:54.180 Hunter Biden on?

00:26:55.220 He was paid

00:26:55.940 to be on the Chinese side

00:26:57.680 and the, again,

00:26:59.100 Biden-Obama administration

00:27:00.880 took action favorably

00:27:02.960 that benefited his son

00:27:04.660 to the detriment

00:27:05.780 of the United States.

00:27:06.980 So this is not a

00:27:07.800 quote-unquote

00:27:08.140 victimless crime.

00:27:09.560 It involves paying taxes.

00:27:11.540 It's serious

00:27:12.200 national security implications.

00:27:13.620 And again,

00:27:14.340 to go back to the Clintons,

00:27:15.420 this is exactly

00:27:16.540 the same kind of stuff

00:27:17.820 that happened

00:27:18.400 when the Clintons

00:27:20.080 okayed the selling

00:27:22.640 of our uranium mines

00:27:24.980 to Russia.

00:27:27.620 Yeah.

00:27:28.660 Yeah, exactly.

00:27:29.400 This isn't,

00:27:30.240 this isn't,

00:27:30.880 oh,

00:27:31.140 I got a discount

00:27:32.200 on Chinese food

00:27:33.480 or, you know,

00:27:34.780 I wanted my own panda.

00:27:37.000 This is national security.

00:27:40.040 They have possibly

00:27:41.460 sold our children

00:27:42.960 into slavery

00:27:44.300 because of the technology

00:27:47.320 and in the Clintons' case,

00:27:49.840 the uranium

00:27:51.800 that is important

00:27:54.180 to our national defense.

00:27:57.040 Somebody has to pay for that.

00:27:59.720 They do.

00:28:00.480 And let's remember

00:28:01.280 the money

00:28:02.000 that the Bidens got,

00:28:04.420 we put that at 31 million

00:28:06.500 and the House Oversight Committee

00:28:07.960 has basically the same number.

00:28:10.400 Let's remember

00:28:10.920 who sent that money.

00:28:12.240 These were not people

00:28:13.120 that ran candy factories

00:28:14.480 in China.

00:28:15.240 They're described

00:28:15.740 as Chinese businessmen.

00:28:17.320 Every single one of this,

00:28:18.620 I've laid this out

00:28:19.680 in my book,

00:28:20.960 Red Handed,

00:28:21.500 and we talked about it

00:28:22.420 on your program.

00:28:23.340 Every single one

00:28:24.560 of the five Chinese businessmen

00:28:26.860 who sent millions of dollars

00:28:28.220 to the Biden family,

00:28:29.320 every single one of them

00:28:30.360 has ties to Chinese intelligence.

00:28:33.100 They either formally worked

00:28:34.460 for Chinese intelligence

00:28:35.560 or they were business partners

00:28:37.440 with the director

00:28:38.660 of the Chinese national security state

00:28:41.820 intelligence operations.

00:28:44.060 So that's who was sending them money.

00:28:46.420 The Bidens gave them

00:28:47.320 nothing tangible in return.

00:28:49.520 There's no service.

00:28:50.540 There's no product.

00:28:51.440 There's nothing.

00:28:52.760 They would send them 0.99

00:28:53.600 $5 million

00:28:54.340 in interest-free,

00:28:56.020 forgivable loan.

00:28:57.060 Who doesn't want one of those?

00:28:59.560 And what did they do in return?

00:29:01.520 They did something in return

00:29:02.840 because they continued

00:29:03.840 to get money.

00:29:05.740 So you're exactly right.

00:29:07.560 And this is an effort

00:29:08.660 by Joe Biden

00:29:09.500 not only to keep his son

00:29:10.460 out of jail,

00:29:11.320 but to short circuit

00:29:12.560 any continued investigation.

00:29:14.940 And look,

00:29:15.340 the American people know

00:29:17.060 there's a difference

00:29:18.420 between corruption

00:29:19.700 where a politician

00:29:21.200 takes money

00:29:22.000 from a paving contractor

00:29:23.620 back in their district.

00:29:24.560 That's wrong

00:29:25.200 and they should be charged.

00:29:26.440 They know there's a difference

00:29:27.620 between that

00:29:28.460 and taking money

00:29:29.520 from a foreign adversary.

00:29:31.220 This is precisely the reason

00:29:32.860 the Democrats

00:29:33.900 tried to come up

00:29:35.160 with the whole

00:29:35.580 Russia collusion thing, right?

00:29:37.180 We're going to pick

00:29:37.920 big, bad Russia. 0.88

00:29:38.980 We're going to make up

00:29:39.660 a bunch of stuff.

00:29:40.820 Well, in the case of the Bidens,

00:29:42.120 it's actually true

00:29:43.560 and it involves China

00:29:45.100 and it's real.

00:29:46.680 And we have got to stop this

00:29:48.220 because you and I know, Glenn,

00:29:49.240 we've talked about corruption

00:29:50.280 a lot over the years.

00:29:51.300 If you allow this kind of stuff

00:29:53.240 to happen

00:29:54.740 and people to get away with it,

00:29:56.720 Washington,

00:29:57.640 yeah, they're going to imitate it.

00:29:59.700 People are going to imitate 0.98

00:30:00.240 on both sides of the aisle

00:30:01.460 and we are going to become Venezuela.

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00:30:11.380 Brittany Patterson

00:30:12.420 is on with us now

00:30:14.380 and also her attorney.

00:30:17.200 Wanted to make sure

00:30:18.120 that she wasn't saying anything

00:30:19.240 that is going to cost her

00:30:20.920 in court.

00:30:21.520 David DeLuca

00:30:22.920 is with the Parents USA.

00:30:26.360 He's an executive director

00:30:27.780 and general counsel.

00:30:29.420 Brittany,

00:30:30.140 tell this audience your story.

00:30:32.800 What happened to you?

00:30:36.840 So, basically,

00:30:38.480 I have two kids

00:30:39.640 that homeschool

00:30:40.340 and two kids

00:30:40.960 that go to public school

00:30:41.980 and anytime I leave the house

00:30:44.220 to run an errand

00:30:45.620 or take somebody

00:30:46.740 to an appointment,

00:30:48.080 the homeschool kids

00:30:48.840 always get the choice

00:30:49.740 to stay or go.

00:30:51.560 So, on this particular day,

00:30:53.000 I had to take my older son

00:30:54.820 to an appointment

00:30:56.660 and so I had to pick him up

00:30:57.980 at school and then take him

00:30:58.940 and I thought that

00:31:00.800 both of my homeschool kids

00:31:03.100 were going to come

00:31:03.800 but when I went back

00:31:05.720 in to holler for them,

00:31:07.480 Soren didn't answer.

00:31:09.100 I waited a minute,

00:31:10.400 you know,

00:31:10.620 hollered again,

00:31:11.360 didn't answer

00:31:11.920 so I figured

00:31:12.520 he just didn't want to come

00:31:13.620 and, you know,

00:31:14.720 he was somewhere

00:31:15.700 out on the property

00:31:16.500 or somewhere in the house

00:31:17.540 where he couldn't hear me

00:31:18.380 or something like that.

00:31:19.520 So, I just went ahead

00:31:20.840 and left

00:31:21.320 and went and picked up my son,

00:31:23.660 took him to the doctor

00:31:24.820 and while we were

00:31:26.820 at the doctor,

00:31:27.980 I got a call

00:31:28.860 from a sheriff's deputy

00:31:30.520 saying that she had

00:31:32.340 found Soren

00:31:33.420 less than a mile

00:31:35.180 from our house

00:31:35.980 in our little tiny town

00:31:37.700 of Mineral Bluff.

00:31:39.420 What's the population

00:31:40.400 of that town?

00:31:42.700 So, I don't know exactly

00:31:43.780 but it's like 350,

00:31:45.360 I think, 370,

00:31:46.500 something like that.

00:31:47.220 So, 370 people?

00:31:50.480 Yes.

00:31:51.440 Okay, all right.

00:31:52.520 So, huge metropolis.

00:31:53.620 It's a four-way stop sign.

00:31:54.180 That's all there is.

00:31:55.040 Okay.

00:31:55.660 There's not even

00:31:56.340 a red light or anything.

00:31:57.940 Okay.

00:32:00.000 So, anyway, you know,

00:32:01.120 she started asking me questions.

00:32:02.720 If I knew he was there,

00:32:04.080 of course, I said no

00:32:05.000 because I didn't

00:32:05.740 and, you know,

00:32:07.640 she seemed very concerned

00:32:09.100 that something terrible

00:32:10.420 was going to happen to him.

00:32:12.960 I was not concerned.

00:32:15.920 So, basically,

00:32:17.520 she ended up

00:32:18.680 putting her in her car

00:32:20.920 and bringing him

00:32:22.020 back to my house

00:32:23.060 and my dad,

00:32:26.400 just for some background,

00:32:27.900 my dad lives

00:32:28.780 in our basement apartment

00:32:29.780 and he's pretty much

00:32:30.780 here all the time

00:32:31.560 because he has a physical

00:32:32.420 disability so he can't drive.

00:32:34.200 Okay.

00:32:34.900 So, there's basically

00:32:35.960 always an adult

00:32:36.760 in the house with my kids.

00:32:38.280 Not that there needs to be,

00:32:39.640 but there always is.

00:32:40.700 Okay, and I just want

00:32:41.580 to make sure your kids

00:32:42.900 are 11, 12, 14, and 16

00:32:46.500 and at the time,

00:32:48.240 Soren, the child

00:32:49.460 that was out walking,

00:32:51.600 was 10, correct?

00:32:53.500 Correct.

00:32:53.900 Okay.

00:32:54.240 Yeah, he was a few days away

00:32:55.760 from turning 11,

00:32:56.560 but he was still 10.

00:32:57.800 Okay.

00:32:57.960 So, they brought him home

00:33:00.960 and dropped him back off

00:33:03.140 at home

00:33:03.720 with my dad downstairs,

00:33:05.400 which is exactly

00:33:06.300 the same way

00:33:06.960 that I left him.

00:33:08.700 And they left

00:33:09.760 and so,

00:33:11.000 he was here,

00:33:12.440 you know,

00:33:12.800 without me

00:33:13.560 or without the police,

00:33:14.840 exactly the way

00:33:15.540 I left him

00:33:16.020 for about 20 minutes

00:33:16.880 before I got home.

00:33:19.120 And so,

00:33:20.220 you know,

00:33:20.560 of course,

00:33:20.900 I had to talk with him

00:33:21.820 because I do tell

00:33:22.620 all my kids,

00:33:23.700 you know,

00:33:23.880 if you want to go somewhere,

00:33:25.140 just send me a text,

00:33:26.340 you know,

00:33:26.520 call me,

00:33:27.000 let me know

00:33:27.540 where you're going to go

00:33:28.760 so that way

00:33:29.260 I just kind of

00:33:29.780 can keep tabs on you.

00:33:31.560 And he obviously

00:33:32.440 didn't do that,

00:33:33.300 so,

00:33:33.700 you know,

00:33:34.580 I gave him a little

00:33:35.220 talking to about that

00:33:36.360 and then we just kind of

00:33:37.280 went about our day

00:33:38.220 and about five hours later

00:33:40.540 around 6.30

00:33:41.680 is when they showed up

00:33:43.500 to arrest me.

00:33:47.640 Okay,

00:33:48.200 so,

00:33:49.400 yeah,

00:33:49.620 hang on,

00:33:50.100 I just want to bring

00:33:51.320 people up to speed here

00:33:52.720 so you know

00:33:53.940 who you're listening to.

00:33:56.520 She was a kindergarten teacher.

00:33:58.400 She has a master's degree

00:33:59.680 in education leadership

00:34:00.800 and curriculum instruction,

00:34:03.720 professional teaching license

00:34:05.880 in Montana and Georgia.

00:34:07.860 Her husband,

00:34:09.000 Josh,

00:34:09.580 been in education

00:34:10.580 a total of 17 years

00:34:12.080 at all levels,

00:34:13.600 has been the superintendent

00:34:15.040 of schools

00:34:15.800 for seven years.

00:34:17.360 He has a doctorate degree

00:34:18.660 in educational leadership.

00:34:20.020 She left education

00:34:23.220 to go into real estate

00:34:24.220 because the demands

00:34:25.420 of the kids' competitive sports

00:34:27.400 wasn't working

00:34:28.060 with her teaching schedule

00:34:29.260 and that's who

00:34:32.120 you're dealing with.

00:34:33.380 So,

00:34:33.620 you're not dealing

00:34:34.380 with people who

00:34:35.120 just don't know

00:34:35.900 what they're doing.

00:34:36.840 Children,

00:34:37.440 you know,

00:34:38.020 they're teachers,

00:34:39.000 they got a doctorate,

00:34:40.060 they know so much more.

00:34:41.400 these are professional people

00:34:45.440 that have spent

00:34:47.580 their lifetime

00:34:48.780 teaching children

00:34:52.000 and being around children.

00:34:53.560 So,

00:34:53.820 when they came

00:34:54.880 to your door

00:34:55.680 in this town

00:34:56.980 of how many people

00:34:58.220 again,

00:34:58.540 300 and...

00:35:00.300 About 370,

00:35:01.460 I think.

00:35:01.500 About 370 people.

00:35:04.080 So,

00:35:04.560 you know,

00:35:05.580 one of them

00:35:06.900 leaving the other

00:35:07.900 369 at home

00:35:10.760 in their beds,

00:35:11.960 what did they say to you?

00:35:16.340 They didn't really say

00:35:17.660 anything other than

00:35:18.780 they asked me

00:35:19.400 to step outside

00:35:20.280 and put my hands

00:35:21.120 behind my back.

00:35:22.400 So,

00:35:22.960 at that point,

00:35:23.640 I asked why

00:35:24.640 and the female officer

00:35:27.920 said because

00:35:28.600 you're under arrest

00:35:29.640 and so,

00:35:30.860 again,

00:35:31.200 I asked what

00:35:32.080 am I under arrest for

00:35:33.260 and for the second time

00:35:34.680 I didn't get

00:35:35.100 a straight answer.

00:35:35.840 She said for the incident

00:35:37.180 we spoke about earlier.

00:35:39.180 So,

00:35:39.460 then I asked again,

00:35:40.620 so what am I

00:35:41.240 under arrest for

00:35:42.240 and she said

00:35:43.820 child and...

00:35:45.260 or reckless endangerment.

00:35:46.400 I'm sorry,

00:35:46.760 it was reckless endangerment

00:35:47.760 which my attorney

00:35:49.500 has told me

00:35:50.240 is not even a state

00:35:51.160 that exists in Georgia.

00:35:52.620 It could have just been

00:35:53.440 a,

00:35:53.740 you know,

00:35:54.400 her misspeaking 0.87

00:35:55.240 but the point is

00:35:57.140 that

00:35:57.520 and at that point

00:35:58.720 I was going to ask,

00:35:59.860 you know,

00:36:00.540 what was reckless,

00:36:02.900 you know,

00:36:03.120 what led to this

00:36:04.000 and I was going to ask

00:36:04.740 for a warrant

00:36:05.240 that they basically,

00:36:06.880 you know,

00:36:07.380 forced me to turn around

00:36:08.400 put my hands

00:36:08.960 behind my back

00:36:09.460 and told me

00:36:09.840 they weren't going

00:36:10.240 to answer

00:36:10.540 any more of my questions.

00:36:11.800 Oh,

00:36:12.100 okay.

00:36:12.540 That sounds like

00:36:13.600 the Soviet Union.

00:36:14.660 So,

00:36:15.080 when I...

00:36:16.240 Can I jump in?

00:36:17.580 Yes.

00:36:18.500 Go ahead,

00:36:19.620 David.

00:36:20.840 Yeah,

00:36:21.320 and Britt's

00:36:22.700 notes from

00:36:24.100 the body cam

00:36:25.180 what we heard

00:36:26.440 is Britt

00:36:27.260 said,

00:36:28.900 last time I checked

00:36:30.440 it wasn't illegal

00:36:31.580 for a kid

00:36:32.240 to walk

00:36:32.740 to the store

00:36:33.580 and remarkably

00:36:35.380 the deputy

00:36:36.420 immediately says

00:36:37.580 it is when

00:36:38.500 they're 10

00:36:39.100 and I assure

00:36:41.760 everybody

00:36:42.560 it's not illegal

00:36:44.240 for a 10-year-old

00:36:45.400 to be out

00:36:46.120 and about

00:36:46.540 walking,

00:36:47.240 not in the state

00:36:47.920 of Georgia,

00:36:48.380 it's not.

00:36:49.200 So,

00:36:49.440 go ahead,

00:36:49.780 Britt.

00:36:49.900 But,

00:36:50.720 yeah,

00:36:51.020 for her

00:36:51.420 and the deputy

00:36:52.080 to say

00:36:52.620 it is illegal

00:36:53.860 when they're 10.

00:36:54.740 I grew up

00:36:55.900 in a different time,

00:36:56.980 so let's,

00:36:57.620 you know,

00:36:58.040 make no mistake,

00:36:59.060 I'm 60,

00:37:00.000 but I think

00:37:00.900 at about 6

00:37:02.360 I went to the store

00:37:03.500 for a pack

00:37:04.200 of cigarettes

00:37:04.920 for my dad.

00:37:06.860 At 10

00:37:07.940 you could have

00:37:09.500 bought a gun

00:37:10.400 and bullets, 0.91

00:37:12.320 but now,

00:37:13.320 you know,

00:37:13.940 God forbid,

00:37:14.720 in a town

00:37:15.380 where,

00:37:15.820 in my town

00:37:16.540 of 450 people,

00:37:18.780 kids can drive

00:37:19.800 trucks down

00:37:21.360 the road

00:37:22.000 because it's

00:37:22.760 a farming

00:37:23.220 community.

00:37:25.260 Stop treating

00:37:26.180 children like 1.00

00:37:27.380 they're morons. 1.00

00:37:29.000 Anyway, 1.00

00:37:29.420 go ahead.

00:37:30.820 Yeah,

00:37:31.480 well,

00:37:32.160 the point

00:37:32.460 I was going

00:37:32.880 to make

00:37:33.200 is that

00:37:33.620 when I

00:37:34.420 went to jail,

00:37:36.520 I still

00:37:37.120 didn't understand

00:37:38.060 even though

00:37:38.520 I had asked

00:37:39.140 multiple times,

00:37:39.940 I didn't know

00:37:40.480 really what

00:37:41.520 I was being

00:37:42.020 arrested for.

00:37:43.520 I didn't

00:37:44.320 find that out

00:37:45.180 until I

00:37:45.840 got to jail,

00:37:47.580 had already

00:37:48.440 been stripped

00:37:49.260 down and

00:37:49.880 changed and

00:37:50.540 fingerprinted

00:37:51.420 and body

00:37:52.760 scanned and

00:37:53.420 all that stuff

00:37:54.160 and then

00:37:54.600 they hand me

00:37:55.240 the arrest

00:37:55.760 warrant.

00:37:56.260 So,

00:37:56.920 at that point

00:37:57.520 I was able

00:37:58.060 to read it

00:37:58.760 and understand

00:37:59.880 what they

00:38:01.940 thought was

00:38:02.680 the justification

00:38:03.340 for arresting

00:38:04.480 me.

00:38:06.620 Can I just

00:38:07.540 ask,

00:38:07.940 what is this

00:38:08.540 sheriff's name?

00:38:11.040 The sheriff,

00:38:12.080 not the deputy,

00:38:13.120 the sheriff

00:38:13.660 of your county.

00:38:15.040 So,

00:38:15.540 the sheriff

00:38:16.080 of Fannin

00:38:16.620 county is

00:38:17.300 Dane

00:38:17.640 Kirby and

00:38:18.500 he's been

00:38:19.060 the sheriff

00:38:19.580 for quite

00:38:20.060 some time.

00:38:20.700 I don't

00:38:20.840 know exactly

00:38:21.280 how many

00:38:21.680 years,

00:38:22.000 but several

00:38:22.440 terms.

00:38:23.360 Probably

00:38:23.440 time for

00:38:23.960 him to

00:38:24.200 go away. 0.82

00:38:27.800 When is

00:38:28.480 he up for

00:38:28.920 re-election?

00:38:30.540 You know?

00:38:31.960 I think.

00:38:33.420 Yeah,

00:38:34.020 it's not

00:38:35.740 necessarily

00:38:36.240 matters.

00:38:38.180 I mean,

00:38:38.500 the people in

00:38:39.480 the county

00:38:39.860 can likely

00:38:41.000 become informed

00:38:41.860 and decide

00:38:42.540 what they're

00:38:42.920 going to

00:38:43.140 do,

00:38:43.400 but we

00:38:43.700 don't take

00:38:44.260 a stance

00:38:44.740 about his

00:38:45.780 election

00:38:46.260 or his

00:38:47.020 culpability.

00:38:47.740 No,

00:38:47.940 no,

00:38:48.040 no,

00:38:48.140 I'm not

00:38:48.480 suggesting

00:38:48.860 you do.

00:38:49.500 I am.

00:38:50.840 I am an

00:38:52.980 advocate of

00:38:54.440 sheriffs that

00:38:55.500 follow the

00:38:56.280 Constitution.

00:38:57.720 Sheriffs are

00:38:58.380 there to

00:38:59.200 protect the

00:39:00.200 people of

00:39:00.960 their county

00:39:01.640 from out-of-control

00:39:03.900 government

00:39:05.060 entities.

00:39:06.360 If they

00:39:06.860 become out-of-control,

00:39:08.660 the people have

00:39:09.460 the right and

00:39:10.560 the duty to

00:39:11.500 remove them.

00:39:13.520 So if you

00:39:14.160 happen to live

00:39:14.820 in this county

00:39:15.500 and your

00:39:16.180 sheriff is

00:39:16.840 Dane Kirby,

00:39:18.180 I don't know

00:39:18.940 what you're

00:39:19.360 doing,

00:39:19.980 but I'd be

00:39:20.840 out,

00:39:21.440 I'd be sent,

00:39:22.200 I'd be not,

00:39:22.900 there's only

00:39:23.440 300 and what,

00:39:25.500 70-some doors

00:39:26.880 to knock on,

00:39:27.960 I'd be knocking

00:39:28.780 on every single

00:39:29.720 one,

00:39:30.640 including his,

00:39:32.420 and saying,

00:39:33.380 we need to get

00:39:33.980 this sheriff

00:39:34.660 recalled.

00:39:35.920 But anyway,

00:39:36.680 I digress.

00:39:38.000 It's a bigger

00:39:38.880 county than

00:39:39.480 370,

00:39:40.180 but yeah,

00:39:40.660 I get your

00:39:41.340 point and

00:39:41.900 it's an

00:39:42.520 extraordinarily

00:39:43.080 valid point.

00:39:44.200 Hey,

00:39:44.660 let me throw

00:39:45.460 this in while

00:39:46.220 we're talking

00:39:46.640 about following

00:39:47.420 the Constitution.

00:39:48.840 Really,

00:39:49.500 really significant,

00:39:50.560 the statute

00:39:51.240 Brett was

00:39:52.080 charged with

00:39:52.700 violating is

00:39:54.060 actually called

00:39:54.680 reckless conduct.

00:39:57.260 And hey,

00:39:57.700 in 1997,

00:39:58.920 the Georgia

00:39:59.280 Supreme Court

00:40:00.260 held that

00:40:00.820 statute

00:40:01.460 unconstitutional

00:40:03.360 because it's

00:40:04.760 too vague and

00:40:05.540 gives law

00:40:05.960 enforcement too

00:40:06.560 much power.

00:40:07.360 So how about

00:40:07.820 that?

00:40:08.180 1997.

00:40:09.760 You'd think

00:40:10.160 in,

00:40:10.800 what's the

00:40:11.480 math here,

00:40:11.940 27 years,

00:40:13.620 law enforcement

00:40:14.840 in Fannin

00:40:15.340 County would

00:40:15.820 figure out

00:40:16.320 that that

00:40:16.680 statute doesn't

00:40:17.460 apply?

00:40:19.900 What's the name

00:40:20.320 of this county

00:40:20.920 again in

00:40:21.840 Georgia?

00:40:23.120 Fannin, 0.82

00:40:23.740 F-A-N-N-I-N 1.00

00:40:25.040 county.

00:40:25.380 F-A-N-N-I-N? 0.99

00:40:29.260 Yeah.

00:40:29.920 Fannin

00:40:30.340 County in

00:40:30.960 Georgia.

00:40:31.340 Georgia.

00:40:32.680 Okay.

00:40:34.720 So what's

00:40:35.840 next for

00:40:37.020 you?

00:40:40.840 Well,

00:40:41.840 right now

00:40:43.440 we're just

00:40:44.180 kind of in

00:40:44.860 limbo.

00:40:46.020 There's not

00:40:47.180 been any

00:40:48.020 real communication

00:40:49.380 from the

00:40:50.440 county.

00:40:51.460 There's been

00:40:52.460 no offers

00:40:53.560 put on the

00:40:54.140 table or

00:40:54.880 anything like

00:40:55.480 that.

00:40:56.080 So really

00:40:57.760 kind of it's

00:40:58.360 up to them

00:40:59.100 what happens

00:41:00.940 next.

00:41:01.560 They have

00:41:01.960 multiple

00:41:02.500 options that

00:41:03.300 they could

00:41:03.760 decide on.

00:41:05.300 But in

00:41:06.540 the meantime,

00:41:08.340 David and

00:41:08.980 I have just

00:41:09.420 been kind

00:41:09.820 of raising

00:41:11.100 awareness

00:41:11.600 because before

00:41:13.160 this happened

00:41:13.840 to me,

00:41:15.100 I was living

00:41:15.860 in the dark.

00:41:16.460 I had no

00:41:16.920 idea that

00:41:17.460 this was

00:41:17.820 even possible

00:41:18.700 to happen

00:41:19.600 to anybody.

00:41:22.180 And since

00:41:22.920 I kind of

00:41:23.680 went public

00:41:24.440 and I've

00:41:26.180 just been

00:41:26.500 getting comments,

00:41:27.480 I've even

00:41:27.920 gotten some

00:41:28.620 cards in

00:41:29.820 the mail

00:41:30.300 and emails

00:41:31.720 and stuff

00:41:32.360 like that

00:41:33.000 from people

00:41:34.360 all over

00:41:34.880 the country

00:41:35.440 who some

00:41:36.320 of them

00:41:36.600 have found

00:41:37.080 themselves in

00:41:37.740 a similar

00:41:38.200 situation at

00:41:39.780 some point.

00:41:41.320 And so it

00:41:42.040 kind of opened

00:41:42.460 my eyes that

00:41:43.200 this is

00:41:43.960 something that

00:41:44.740 does happen

00:41:45.680 that I think

00:41:47.240 just a lot

00:41:47.760 of us parents

00:41:48.520 didn't realize

00:41:49.640 was even a

00:41:50.240 possibility of

00:41:51.060 happening.

00:41:51.780 And so I'm

00:41:53.380 just kind of

00:41:53.700 trying to bring

00:41:54.160 that to light

00:41:54.800 that we do

00:41:56.640 still have to

00:41:57.580 kind of fight

00:41:58.360 for our

00:41:58.720 parental rights

00:41:59.500 and make

00:42:00.180 sure that

00:42:00.560 those are

00:42:01.720 something that

00:42:02.300 we get to

00:42:02.760 hold on to

00:42:03.600 because I

00:42:04.980 found that no

00:42:05.800 matter which

00:42:06.220 side of the

00:42:06.700 aisle people 0.99

00:42:07.200 are on,

00:42:07.660 whether they

00:42:08.060 want to be

00:42:08.440 really overprotective

00:42:09.460 or whether

00:42:10.000 they want to

00:42:11.060 let their kids

00:42:11.740 be wild and

00:42:13.180 free,

00:42:13.920 both sides

00:42:14.820 don't really

00:42:15.960 want the 0.55

00:42:16.380 government

00:42:16.680 involved.

00:42:17.720 They want to

00:42:18.160 be able to

00:42:18.500 make those

00:42:18.920 decisions as

00:42:20.340 parents.

00:42:21.080 And so it's

00:42:21.680 just been

00:42:22.080 interesting to

00:42:22.720 see that even

00:42:23.280 though we might

00:42:24.440 have philosophical

00:42:25.580 differences on

00:42:26.760 how to approach

00:42:27.620 parenting that we

00:42:28.420 can still agree

00:42:29.060 on that same

00:42:29.580 thing.

00:42:30.260 I mean if you're

00:42:30.820 sending your kid

00:42:31.480 out to go to

00:42:32.000 the store to

00:42:32.440 pick up some

00:42:32.900 extra ingredients

00:42:33.600 so you can

00:42:34.260 cook crack in

00:42:35.560 the basement,

00:42:36.280 that might be a

00:42:37.380 problem.

00:42:38.180 But letting your

00:42:39.160 kid go for a

00:42:40.680 walk to the

00:42:41.460 store is

00:42:42.160 absolutely normal.

00:42:44.380 The country is

00:42:45.320 out of control

00:42:46.400 when it comes to

00:42:47.460 everybody and

00:42:48.560 everything is a

00:42:49.860 danger.

00:42:50.360 It's not.

00:42:51.700 We're creating a

00:42:52.960 society where

00:42:53.860 kids are

00:42:55.440 still kids

00:42:57.180 when they're

00:42:57.640 30 years old

00:42:58.700 and they don't

00:42:59.120 know what to

00:42:59.660 do.

00:43:00.820 Give your kids

00:43:01.780 credit.

00:43:03.780 You're on point

00:43:05.720 there.

00:43:06.220 Absolutely.

00:43:07.180 Let me throw a

00:43:07.840 plug in for an

00:43:08.520 organization called

00:43:09.320 letgrow.org and

00:43:11.340 they publish

00:43:11.860 statistics and

00:43:13.700 advocate for

00:43:14.500 parents providing

00:43:15.400 more responsibility

00:43:16.420 and freedom for

00:43:17.320 their children

00:43:17.760 because it's

00:43:18.220 better for kids.

00:43:19.500 And one of the

00:43:20.020 things they do

00:43:21.120 is dispel this

00:43:22.180 notion of

00:43:22.960 that kids are

00:43:23.940 going to be

00:43:24.320 kidnapped and

00:43:25.160 snatched off the

00:43:26.040 side of the

00:43:26.460 road so you

00:43:27.180 should never let

00:43:27.800 your kid be

00:43:28.280 alone.

00:43:29.160 CDC says, to

00:43:30.400 the extent any

00:43:31.120 of us trust the

00:43:31.880 CDC, but the

00:43:33.880 CDC far and

00:43:34.880 away the most

00:43:37.360 danger that a

00:43:38.360 child is in is

00:43:39.900 when they're in

00:43:40.380 an automobile.

00:43:41.340 So what did

00:43:41.740 this deputy do?

00:43:43.200 Put them in

00:43:43.640 a car and

00:43:46.020 driving them

00:43:46.700 during which

00:43:47.840 could have

00:43:48.360 been in a

00:43:48.740 wreck and

00:43:49.900 even maybe

00:43:51.000 more dangerous

00:43:52.520 could have

00:43:53.480 been one

00:43:53.800 of those

00:43:54.080 calls, shot

00:43:54.940 fired, officer

00:43:56.120 down, this

00:43:57.260 deputy would

00:43:58.000 have wheeled

00:43:58.720 right to the

00:43:59.520 scene and

00:44:00.200 taken this

00:44:00.740 kid right into

00:44:01.640 an active

00:44:02.080 shooter.

00:44:02.740 Don't put

00:44:03.420 kids in the

00:44:04.020 back of a

00:44:04.500 car because

00:44:04.960 you're going

00:44:05.480 to give them

00:44:05.820 a ride home.

00:44:07.100 Leave them

00:44:07.400 alone.

00:44:09.440 It's

00:44:09.900 unbelievable.

00:44:11.320 Thank you

00:44:11.960 both.

00:44:12.440 I appreciate it.

00:44:13.740 The website

00:44:14.680 where you can

00:44:15.120 find out more

00:44:15.800 and I imagine

00:44:16.780 you're looking

00:44:17.260 for more people

00:44:17.860 to share their

00:44:18.400 stories and to

00:44:19.340 get involved is

00:44:20.540 parentsusa.org

00:44:22.440 parentsusa.org

00:44:25.700 David, Brittany,

00:44:27.520 thank you very

00:44:28.060 much.

00:44:28.500 I really want

00:44:29.760 to keep track

00:44:30.580 of this.

00:44:31.020 Stay in touch

00:44:31.420 with our

00:44:31.720 producers.

00:44:32.280 We'll stay in

00:44:32.720 touch with you

00:44:33.180 but I'd like to

00:44:34.180 hear about the

00:44:34.660 developments.

00:44:35.540 Thank you.

00:44:36.280 Thanks Glenn.

00:44:37.000 Thanks for

00:44:37.320 having us.

00:44:37.740 You bet, David

00:44:38.460 and Brittany.

00:44:38.860 Let me

00:44:39.640 Sheriffs, you

00:44:46.140 are the last

00:44:47.440 line of defense

00:44:49.380 when the

00:44:51.040 FBI comes

00:44:52.340 into your

00:44:53.320 county, your

00:44:54.660 job is not

00:44:55.680 to assist

00:44:56.680 the FBI.

00:44:58.460 Your job

00:44:59.720 is to make

00:45:00.780 sure the

00:45:01.280 FBI comes

00:45:02.120 to you

00:45:03.020 first and

00:45:04.840 says this is

00:45:05.820 the information

00:45:06.540 we have on

00:45:07.140 one of the

00:45:07.560 citizens in

00:45:08.200 your county

00:45:08.860 and then you

00:45:10.200 say I'm

00:45:11.460 coming with

00:45:12.100 you.

00:45:12.820 You are the

00:45:13.560 one to make

00:45:14.660 sure the

00:45:15.320 FBI is under

00:45:16.740 control in

00:45:17.840 your county.

00:45:19.380 Your job

00:45:20.820 is to

00:45:21.300 protect the

00:45:22.260 citizens in

00:45:23.440 your county.

00:45:24.480 If I'm

00:45:25.400 living in a

00:45:26.680 little teeny

00:45:27.600 town and my

00:45:29.020 kid is walking

00:45:30.040 down the

00:45:30.620 street, I'm

00:45:32.540 sorry but I'm

00:45:33.680 not one that's

00:45:34.840 still wearing a

00:45:35.860 mask.

00:45:36.300 I'm not

00:45:36.920 mentally insane. 0.57

00:45:39.600 My kid is

00:45:40.640 safe.

00:45:42.320 Stop the

00:45:43.280 madness.

00:45:43.880 This sheriff

00:45:44.720 should be

00:45:45.180 recalled.

00:45:45.660 Dane

00:45:46.180 Kirby in

00:45:47.400 Fannin

00:45:48.060 County in

00:45:49.000 Georgia.

00:45:50.400 Dane

00:45:50.760 Kirby.

00:45:51.680 Is it

00:45:52.060 Dave?

00:45:52.560 No, it's

00:45:53.120 Dane

00:45:53.500 Kirby.

00:45:54.440 Dane, I'm

00:45:56.060 sorry but I

00:45:58.960 might remember

00:45:59.820 your name and

00:46:00.860 might remember

00:46:01.700 to remind

00:46:02.760 people you

00:46:04.100 should be

00:46:05.140 recalled for

00:46:06.560 what you've

00:46:07.240 done to an

00:46:08.060 average citizen

00:46:08.980 that you are

00:46:10.140 supposed to

00:46:10.760 protect in

00:46:11.400 your county.

00:46:11.900 na na na na

00:46:13.880 na na na

00:46:14.080 na na

00:46:16.280 na na na na

The Glenn Beck Program - December 02, 2024

Best of the Program ｜ Guests： Peter Schweizer & Brittany Patterson ｜ 12⧸2⧸24

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