00:00:36.980But Kent, over the last couple of years, as recently as 2024, has made multiple, multiple
00:00:43.040statements praising President Trump, doubling down that Iran needs to be held accountable.
00:00:49.120So why the swift change and why the all of a sudden leaks?
00:00:55.220I guess we're going to have to get to the bottom of that.
00:00:56.800Now, senior administration officials inside the White House say that Joe Kent was, number one, a known leaker and he was cut out from President Trump's intelligence briefings months ago.
00:01:06.880So I guess that tells you a little bit of what you need to know.
00:01:09.940The White House also told DNI Tulsi Gabbard that he should be fired for suspected leaks, but she never did.
00:01:16.000And he has not been part of any Iran planning discussions or briefings at all since they started planning them.
00:01:22.180So I think that all tells you a little bit of what you need to know about who this fellow was.
00:01:27.300I never met him or anything, but I think it tells you who his character is.
00:01:31.840Now, Director of National Intelligence, Holsey Gabbard, swiftly crushed the narrative pushed by the outgoing counterterrorism director,
00:01:39.660making it crystal clear that President Trump acted lawfully, decisively, and with full intelligence backing when he ordered strikes against Iran.
00:01:47.220And Gabbard put out a statement saying,
00:01:48.980Donald Trump was overwhelmingly elected by the American people to be our president and commander-in-chief.
00:01:54.000As our commander-in-chief, he is responsible for determining what is and what is not imminent threat
00:01:58.980and whether or not to take action he deems necessary to protect the safety and security of our troops,
00:02:08.220The Office of DNI is responsible for helping coordinate and integrate all intelligence provided
00:02:12.720to the President and the Commander-in-Chief
00:02:14.780with the best information available to inform his decisions.
00:02:18.840After carefully reviewing all information before him,
00:02:21.920President Trump concluded that the terrorist Islamic regime in Iran
00:02:25.240posed an imminent threat, and he took action based on that conclusion.
00:02:29.660Doesn't get much more simple than that, folks.
00:02:32.460Joe Kent, I think, is probably going to have to explain himself,
00:02:34.880and from what we're being told, he's joining Tucker Carlson tonight at 6 p.m. Eastern Time,
00:02:40.280So maybe we'll get some answers to figure out what exactly his deal was.
00:02:45.680President Trump expressing great displeasure with other countries for turning down his request to send their militaries to the Strait of Hormuz to protect civilian ships and tankers from the radical Islamists in Iran and their minds that they're placing.
00:02:59.900President Trump is not asking these countries for boots on the ground.
00:03:03.420He specifically called out China, France, Japan, South Korea, and the UK,
00:03:07.320and a few others that are affected by this artificial constraint is what he's calling it.
00:03:13.700They should have always been an effort and a team effort is what President Trump says.
00:03:17.560And he says the United States will be sure to remember their refusal
00:03:21.160should they not want to help and they haven't helped.
00:03:24.000And he's not asking for boots on the ground, as I say.
00:03:27.800He's asking for boats, mind-sniffing devices to not protect anybody but civilians who are passing through the strait to ship oil or other commodities that are needed to get in and out of the strait.
00:03:39.600So a great disservice those countries are doing to the rest of the world.
00:03:44.340House Oversight Chairman James Comer subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi for a deposition on Tuesday.
00:03:49.600as she comes under continued scrutiny for her handling of the Epstein Files
00:03:53.740and potential noncompliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
00:03:58.800The deposition is now scheduled for April 14th of this year.
00:04:02.260Bondi and Deputy AG Todd Blancher also scheduled to give a private briefing
00:04:05.340to the Oversight Committee later on this afternoon.
00:04:09.340In an attached letter to Bondi, Comer expressed concerns over noncompliance
00:04:12.800with her Transparency Act that they had passed
00:04:14.880that was signed into law by President Trump last November
00:04:17.460and possible mismanagement of the investigation into Epstein and his associates.
00:04:23.480Going to be an interesting one to see, folks.
00:04:26.120The Senate finally doing a little bit of work.
00:04:28.620Last night successfully launched their floor takeover
00:04:31.320to put the Senate Democrats on the record against President Trump's backed voter ID legislation.
00:04:36.400It's a move to shift the spotlight from the internal GOP divisions
00:04:39.880over Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility Act.
00:04:42.900and the Senate Democrats were ultimately withholding the needed votes to pass the bill.
00:04:49.540Senate Marx's Dem dictator Chuck Schumer saying, quote,
00:04:53.660not a single Democrat will support the SAVE Act. It's a radical bill.