Trump's former attorney, Rudy Giuliani, turned himself in yesterday morning and had this to say about the case: I feel like I m defending the rights of all Americans, as I did so many times as a United States attorney.
00:26:23.520And I want and I want, you know, and my criticism of the Republicans in Congress applies also to the
00:26:30.160leaders and some of the Republicans seeking the member of the presidency.
00:26:33.280Yeah, I've seen a lack of imagination and a lack of leadership on these corruption issues.
00:26:41.200And, you know, at best, it's like, oh, we've got to let the process lay out or what's going on is
00:26:46.800bad. You know, we can't wait for them to, quote, win the nomination. And we all know how that's going
00:26:51.680to turn out for many of them. You know, they need to be demanding what we're demanding. Right.
00:26:56.880They need to be taking leadership to try to save the country now. We can't wait.
00:27:00.960Who could be in the jail could be in jail during the middle of next year soon, as soon as the
00:27:07.840middle of next year. We're going to take up this next question that I utter right after this quick
00:27:13.920break. Who among them does Judicial Watch's Tom Fenton believe is truly a leader? There are eight of
00:27:21.600them. I can't wait to hear Tom's answer. Can you stay with us? We'll be right back.
00:27:26.880We're back with our friend Tom Fenton, president of Judicial Watch. All right. Let's you blame me
00:27:39.040for raising the issue of the presidential election. So I'll just continue to give you some more ammunition.
00:27:47.200Who among the eight who will be in that debate do you deem to be a prospective leader of the United
00:27:54.560States and indeed the free world? Well, I I'm not I don't endorse candidates.
00:28:02.880So I kind of like highlight what I look for from any leader. Right. Or anyone seeking office from.
00:28:10.400And I want someone who understands the crisis we're in and has a plausible way of dealing with it
00:28:16.640or maybe an implausible way, but it's willing to work to it by provide work for it by providing leadership.
00:28:23.680And, you know, like I was taking with the VEX.
00:28:27.360It's not an endorsement of the VEX, but he specifically talked about basically dismantling the FBI. Right.
00:28:35.360And and and and and passing out its authorities to various other federal agencies.
00:28:41.200And, you know, whether it passes muster, even as a policy, I'm not sure what I'm like.
00:28:48.560Well, this is the this is the sort of thinking we should be expecting from all the candidates.
00:28:53.280What are they going to do to address the crisis where we have federal agencies who think they're above the law, above the Constitution and outside the
00:29:01.600the review and and authority of the American people?
00:29:08.080And to me, that's a crisis. And of course, we also have a crisis where an entire political party
00:29:13.440has decided that they can use the powers of the federal government to try to jail and abuse their political opponents.
00:29:20.800And they've broken the law six ways to Sunday to do that.
00:29:24.720What are you going to do to make sure that they face consequences?
00:29:27.920And I haven't heard much of that, frankly, from anybody.
00:29:32.480And, you know, even President Trump should speak more on that.
00:29:37.280I mean, he's spoken generally about it as to what he'd like to see done.
00:29:41.760But I would if I were him, I would I would firm out the details like presidents have the authority, for instance, to appoint special counsels.
00:29:48.960I think that's what they should be talking about.
00:29:50.560They should be with respect to the Justice Department decision making saying that they're not going to be doing it without my oversight because they report to me.
00:30:03.040They they're they're not a power on to themselves.
00:30:05.520You know, we've got to take back our government from the from the political class and the permanent bureaucracy that certainly in the case of the Justice Department is viciously partisan and liberal.
00:30:20.940It's it's it's all of that and so much more.
00:30:24.900Our government right now, I believe, Tom, is in the hands of the Marxist Dems who are in charge of the Democrat Party, who are in charge of this White House.
00:30:35.100Anyone who thinks that Joe Biden is making profound decisions about national security, domestic policy, cultural issues that cut across our society and will have leave lasting impact for decades to come is crazy.
00:32:15.320Yeah, I think we're in a revolutionary period here in the United States where these rising communists have taken effective control of these institutions, the Democratic Party.
00:32:29.620And I don't and you know me long enough.
00:32:31.760I don't really like to get into too many Democrat versus Republican discussions because I try to stick to the ideology.
00:32:39.880But there is a party apparatus here that has decided that, you know, we don't believe in the rules anymore.
00:32:45.620We don't believe in the Constitution and we can argue whether they ever did, but that's a political fight.
00:32:51.040But when they disavow the First Amendment, when they attack folks and try to jail them for exercising their First Amendment rights,
00:32:59.420when they promote the mutilation of children through transgender extremist surgeries, mass abortion with tax dollars,
00:33:08.500racialism, segregation and separatism, race-based decision making and discrimination and embrace that.
00:33:18.500I mean, when they try to blow up the Supreme Court.
00:33:21.940You know, and stand aside as people threaten the lives of justices and intimidate them.
00:33:27.620You know, this is a very, very dangerous period for the country.
00:33:31.640And and and when they try to jail a former president and the leading candidate, you know, that's not America.
00:33:39.180That's not America. And we're in a post-constitutional period.
00:33:43.340And I don't think, you know, the positive of this, Blue, and I don't know what you think.
00:33:47.140I think a little bit of leadership goes a long way and just a little bit more leadership from the right people in the right positions
00:33:54.660can go a long way to getting this country back back righted.
00:33:59.140Right. And get the republic shored up, get the rule of law implemented.
00:34:03.740And, you know, you keep on fighting, you know, to constrain government and to protect our liberties.
00:34:09.220But we've got to kind of we need a captain to to get us through this crisis and back to safer waters.
00:34:16.420These are dangerous waters we're in. That's for sure.
00:34:18.740And I think the question you're you're raising, Tom, tells us it tells us very well and very loudly what our real problems are.
00:34:31.760We have a business class in this country, oligarchs among them, the most of the wealthiest people in this country would be called oligarchs if there were any other country.
00:34:45.440So I call them oligarchs. They're American oligarchs.
00:34:48.140But nonetheless, oligarchs, they are not stepping up.
00:34:51.640Not one billionaire has stood up and said, you know, we should think about what the implications are of this political persecution of Donald Trump, a former president,
00:35:02.540what the implications are for our society, for our culture, for for the good of our young people and the and their futures.
00:35:10.560The rule of law, the Constitution and the likelihood that we can preserve a republic in the midst of such an affront against decency and law and our Constitution.
00:35:22.440Not one billionaire has stood up and said this is wrong and the Democrats should step back.
00:35:29.180Instead, they've been funding every candidate they can find one after the other to replace Donald Trump,
00:35:36.780who is the presumptive nominee without question and the and certainly the the leader of the Republican Party.
00:35:43.340They have no problem with 700 years of prison time facing him.
00:35:48.580And and after eight years in which only wrongdoing of the Justice Department, the FBI, the intelligence agency,
00:35:58.600none has been discovered about the man they've tried to impeach twice, drawn a special counsel,
00:36:15.520Does this you see what happens when one one billionaire raises his head, Donald Trump?
00:36:20.460Why would it's a signal not only to the everyday Americans, but it's a signal to the billionaire class.
00:36:25.940You raise your head, we'll lop it off.
00:36:27.760I mean, you know, Musk, you know, tries to make Twitter more free, not exactly completely free in terms of free speech and such.
00:36:36.580And, you know, the justice, all the agencies of the Biden administration start trying to destroy him.
00:36:43.120And so, you know, no billionaire can stand against the government if the government wants to jail him or harass him.
00:36:50.720And and I think that explains in large measure why the business class is, you know, there's an ideological silliness to a lot of what they do.
00:38:05.020But that's why I am I, you know, that's why Judicial Watch is so active.
00:38:10.680And I know that's why you're so concerned as a patriot that we've got to really take strong action now,
00:38:16.140use all the tools available to us in this under our glorious Constitution and our other rights to retrieve our republic and to shore it up.
00:38:27.020Tom Fenton, president of Judicial Watch.
00:38:29.480Tom, we appreciate you being with us today, and we always appreciate your knowledge, your insight and the incredibly critical, important role that Judicial Watch performs as a watchdog over those rights that you speak of and this republic we all we all love.