Verdict with Ted Cruz - USAID 'aiding' only Themselves, What can the US do to Help the People of Israel & FBI Dir Confirmation Hearing Week In Review

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00:00:05.660 Welcome, it is Verdict with Ted Cruz,

00:00:07.880 The Weekend Review, Ben Ferguson with you,

00:00:10.100 and we had some very big stories

00:00:11.780 that you may have missed that we talked about this week.

00:00:14.280 First up, USAID, the abuse that has been found out

00:00:19.220 of our government tax dollars

00:00:20.920 going to corrupt organizations, even to terrorists,

00:00:25.120 is now all being exposed because of Elon Musk and Doge.

00:00:29.360 So what have we found out?

00:00:31.140 We'll give you the list in just a moment.

00:00:33.540 Also, what are the needs of Israel?

00:00:36.820 Well, Benjamin Netanyahu sat down with Senator Ted Cruz

00:00:39.920 for about two hours talking about exactly what's happening

00:00:43.920 in Israel and what they need from us.

00:00:46.880 We'll break all that down for you as well.

00:00:49.240 And finally, it's going to be a new day at the FBI

00:00:52.580 if Kash Patel can get the votes needed this week.

00:00:55.740 So what did he have to say to Senator Cruz?

00:00:58.840 We have that for you.

00:01:00.260 It is The Weekend Review, and it starts right now.

00:01:03.720 People that listen to the show and conservatives out there

00:01:06.420 said, okay, let's let everybody know

00:01:08.640 where your tax dollars is going

00:01:10.060 after Elon Musk and Doge, yet again, blowing the whistle.

00:01:14.920 They're going to, I mean, they got to be exhausted

00:01:16.580 because they're finding so much waste, fraud,

00:01:19.680 and abuse in our government.

00:01:22.220 And a perfect example of this is USAID

00:01:25.640 and some of the abuse that they found.

00:01:28.500 Walk us through it.

00:01:29.800 Well, I got to say, Elon Musk is doing a fantastic job.

00:01:32.860 He is working around the clock at Doge

00:01:35.460 and really focused on reining in government spending

00:01:39.100 and reining in the absolute abuse,

00:01:41.220 the abuse that you would never see in a private company,

00:01:43.940 but yet in government is commonplace

00:01:47.660 and is a result of politicians funding

00:01:51.460 their own political hobby horse,

00:01:53.720 their own political pet project.

00:01:55.840 And so I got to say, one of the areas

00:01:58.020 that Doge and the new White House has done

00:02:00.680 is freeze funding at USAID.

00:02:04.240 And Democrats in the media

00:02:05.640 have been losing their minds over this,

00:02:07.620 have been lighting their hair on fire.

00:02:09.780 In fact, a bunch of Democrats went to the USAID offices

00:02:13.020 to storm the offices this week, 0.89

00:02:15.060 which was really pretty ridiculous.

00:02:17.380 But they're really, they're very, very upset about it.

00:02:20.260 They're not upset, by the way,

00:02:21.480 about the abuse of the money and the fraud at all.

00:02:23.620 They're just upset that they've lost their power, right?

00:02:26.340 Well, they're upset that the abuse is stopping.

00:02:30.120 But, you know, when reporters have asked me about it,

00:02:32.580 I've said, listen,

00:02:33.880 the president got a mandate from the American people

00:02:37.360 and part of the mandate is to stop

00:02:38.880 the out-of-control spending and debt.

00:02:40.460 And USAID engages in all sorts of abuse.

00:02:43.360 Let me give you some of the examples.

00:02:45.940 USAID spent $1.5 million

00:02:48.520 for advancing DEI in Serbia's workplaces.

00:02:53.860 They spent $2 million

00:02:56.060 for sex changes in Guatemala.

00:03:00.200 They spent $6 million

00:03:01.760 for tourism in Egypt.

00:03:04.800 They paid for, quote,

00:03:07.140 hundreds of thousands of meals

00:03:09.140 that went to Al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters

00:03:12.780 in Syria.

00:03:14.360 They gave funding for the production of opium,

00:03:19.220 the primary ingredient in heroin,

00:03:21.460 in Afghanistan,

00:03:23.000 which benefited the Taliban.

00:03:25.600 Yeah.

00:03:26.000 They spent $1 million

00:03:28.560 to help disabled people in Tajikistan

00:03:32.500 become, quote,

00:03:34.800 climate leaders.

00:03:36.540 They spent $1 million

00:03:38.160 for Hamas-linked charity.

00:03:41.880 And they spent $15 million

00:03:44.420 for contraceptives and condoms

00:03:47.520 in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

00:03:50.840 This is all nonsense. 0.98

00:03:53.260 This is a waste. 0.78

00:03:54.680 And there's a reason Elon Musk is going after it.

00:03:56.980 There's a reason President Trump is going after it.

00:03:59.100 And there's a reason Democrats in the press

00:04:01.020 are horrified that this gravy train is stopping.

00:04:05.480 It is a gravy train,

00:04:07.140 and it's a very, very big one

00:04:08.860 that's costing taxpayers massive amounts of money.

00:04:11.440 Elon Musk said early on

00:04:13.160 that he thought there was probably

00:04:14.840 like 10% waste in our government.

00:04:17.100 He's now changing those numbers.

00:04:19.180 I want to get your reaction.

00:04:20.200 He's saying it could be well above 20%.

00:04:22.880 Yeah, there's massive waste,

00:04:25.700 and it is by design.

00:04:26.860 Understand, it's not just that they

00:04:29.000 picked things out of a hat.

00:04:30.620 These are all ideological.

00:04:32.300 This is the agenda of the radical left.

00:04:34.820 They're funding the agenda of the radical left,

00:04:37.500 but it shouldn't be the taxpayers

00:04:38.700 paying for this nonsense.

00:04:40.700 And let me give you an example

00:04:42.220 of one of the ones that I found,

00:04:43.800 frankly, funniest.

00:04:45.480 AOC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,

00:04:47.800 went off on Elon Musk this week.

00:04:51.160 And listen to what she says. 0.99

00:04:54.840 Her argument is that Elon Musk is a dummy. 0.98

00:04:58.200 Give a listen. 0.99

00:04:59.440 This dude is probably 0.93

00:05:01.580 one of the most unintelligent billionaires 0.98

00:05:04.100 I have ever met or seen, 0.93

00:05:06.980 or witnessed,

00:05:08.320 which, you know,

00:05:10.880 you can probably even glean that

00:05:12.680 from watching these people on TV.

00:05:14.800 Anyways, all of that is to say

00:05:17.020 is that they don't do their homework.

00:05:19.660 Clearly, like,

00:05:21.980 they're putting 19-year-olds

00:05:23.360 in at the Treasury. 0.99

00:05:24.540 This dude is not smart.

00:05:27.000 And the danger in not, 0.92

00:05:30.580 in the lack of intelligence

00:05:32.160 and the lack of expertise

00:05:33.760 that Elon has,

00:05:36.800 I mean,

00:05:37.120 this guy is one of the most

00:05:38.640 morally vacant,

00:05:40.500 but also

00:05:41.460 just

00:05:43.140 least knowledgeable

00:05:45.520 about these systems

00:05:46.980 that we really know of.

00:05:50.560 But the point is,

00:05:52.140 is that

00:05:52.680 what that means

00:05:53.880 is that they're going to hit a button

00:05:56.060 inevitably.

00:05:58.760 They're going to hit a button

00:06:00.200 and things can go sideways.

00:06:02.860 I mean,

00:06:04.020 this is one of those moments

00:06:05.440 where you actually get to watch

00:06:07.260 the you-know-what,

00:06:09.420 the sausage being made

00:06:10.460 in her brain. 0.98

00:06:11.320 She's making it up

00:06:12.800 and pausing as she goes

00:06:14.540 to try to figure out a way

00:06:15.660 to hit a guy

00:06:16.420 that's having massive success

00:06:18.040 at saving taxpayers' dollars.

00:06:20.020 Look,

00:06:20.460 I got to say,

00:06:21.600 I laughed out loud

00:06:23.620 when I listened to that

00:06:24.860 and watched that.

00:06:27.100 It should be

00:06:28.200 a Saturday Night Live skit.

00:06:29.520 Of course,

00:06:29.860 Saturday Night Live

00:06:30.420 wouldn't actually make fun of liberals,

00:06:31.820 so they wouldn't show it.

00:06:33.420 But,

00:06:34.100 listen,

00:06:34.360 you can criticize Elon Musk

00:06:36.260 on all sorts of fronts,

00:06:38.140 but the one front

00:06:38.880 you can't criticize him on 0.99

00:06:40.280 is being a dummy. 0.95

00:06:42.500 I've spent a ton of time 0.98

00:06:43.740 with Elon.

00:06:44.300 Listen,

00:06:44.600 I've been blessed, Ben.

00:06:46.480 I have known

00:06:47.420 a lot of brilliant people.

00:06:49.180 I've known

00:06:49.820 Antonin Scalia

00:06:50.860 and Clarence Thomas

00:06:52.580 and Chief Justice

00:06:53.900 William Rehnquist.

00:06:55.280 I have known

00:06:56.400 brilliant,

00:06:57.500 brilliant scientists

00:06:58.500 and world leaders.

00:07:00.500 And I believe

00:07:01.540 Elon Musk,

00:07:02.180 this is without exaggeration,

00:07:04.080 is the most brilliant man

00:07:05.680 I've ever met.

00:07:06.220 I've spent a lot of time

00:07:07.280 with Elon.

00:07:08.560 If you think about

00:07:09.820 the distribution

00:07:10.420 of intelligence,

00:07:12.220 you assume roughly

00:07:13.160 8 billion people

00:07:14.080 on planet Earth.

00:07:15.040 Intelligence is distributed

00:07:16.140 along a bell curve.

00:07:17.680 Someone is at the bleeding edge

00:07:19.540 of that bell curve,

00:07:20.620 and I think Elon Musk

00:07:21.720 is that person.

00:07:23.060 And,

00:07:23.200 I mean,

00:07:23.680 I've sat with him

00:07:24.480 for two,

00:07:24.980 three,

00:07:25.360 three and a half hours

00:07:26.180 talking with him,

00:07:26.860 and it's fascinating

00:07:28.040 watching his brain work

00:07:29.980 because the guy,

00:07:31.180 it's not even

00:07:32.120 that he thinks

00:07:32.620 outside the box,

00:07:33.580 he doesn't know

00:07:34.500 there is a box.

00:07:36.580 And so,

00:07:37.420 listening to AOC

00:07:38.580 say he's unintelligent,

00:07:41.080 I gotta say,

00:07:42.380 it reminded me

00:07:43.420 of a scene

00:07:44.060 from my favorite movie.

00:07:45.940 Oh,

00:07:46.360 I know where we're going

00:07:47.160 with this one.

00:07:48.120 And so,

00:07:48.740 give a listen

00:07:49.400 to what AOC

00:07:51.760 was saying,

00:07:52.840 and she was really,

00:07:53.560 she was channeling

00:07:54.560 Vecini.

00:07:55.080 Give a listen.

00:07:56.500 You're that smart.

00:07:57.620 Let me put it this way.

00:07:58.600 Have you ever heard

00:07:59.080 of Plato,

00:08:00.040 Aristotle,

00:08:01.180 Socrates?

00:08:02.260 Yes. 1.00

00:08:03.080 Morons. 1.00

00:08:04.080 Really? 1.00

00:08:07.500 So that's AOC.

00:08:09.900 Plato,

00:08:10.940 Aristotle,

00:08:12.040 Socrates,

00:08:13.140 Elon Musk. 1.00

00:08:15.280 Morons. 1.00

00:08:16.660 AOC. 1.00

00:08:17.980 She knows what's right.

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00:08:57.760 Now,

00:08:58.420 on to story number two.

00:09:00.200 Let's talk about

00:09:01.080 the humanitarian side of this

00:09:02.700 and the real needs

00:09:04.780 of the people in Israel.

00:09:07.200 What did Bibi say

00:09:08.660 from that standpoint?

00:09:09.700 Because there is,

00:09:10.660 obviously,

00:09:11.100 a great humanitarian need.

00:09:12.500 We're talking about

00:09:13.120 all this money with dodes

00:09:14.400 that we're finding

00:09:14.980 that we're giving

00:09:15.520 to all these people,

00:09:16.660 many of them

00:09:17.180 that it's just waste

00:09:18.160 and fraud and abuse

00:09:19.300 and absurd things

00:09:20.760 like transgendered plays

00:09:22.060 in certain countries.

00:09:23.720 You know,

00:09:24.400 as an American,

00:09:25.480 I don't mind

00:09:26.340 helping our allies

00:09:27.380 in times of need.

00:09:28.900 Israel is a great example 1.00

00:09:29.960 of this.

00:09:30.660 There is so much money,

00:09:31.880 though,

00:09:32.020 that's being used

00:09:32.760 in such fraudulent ways

00:09:34.240 that I do think

00:09:35.260 there's a hesitancy now

00:09:36.180 to just say,

00:09:36.680 okay,

00:09:37.100 what do you need?

00:09:37.840 Because it seems like

00:09:39.080 everyone was taking from us

00:09:40.800 and abusing it.

00:09:42.580 I think Israel 0.98

00:09:43.520 is very different

00:09:44.580 and that's why

00:09:45.160 I want to bring this up.

00:09:45.920 But what are the needs?

00:09:47.160 So let me say,

00:09:49.300 do you know what

00:09:50.120 the amount of economic aid

00:09:52.200 and assistance is

00:09:53.140 that we give to Israel?

00:09:54.760 How much?

00:09:56.160 Zero dollars and zero cents.

00:09:58.440 Wow.

00:09:58.920 We do not provide

00:10:00.020 economic aid to Israel.

00:10:02.080 Israel's not asking us 0.97

00:10:03.240 for money

00:10:03.740 to feed its citizens.

00:10:05.880 Israel's not asking 0.95

00:10:06.680 for money

00:10:07.200 to provide housing

00:10:08.600 or clothe its citizens.

00:10:09.920 Israel's not asking 0.95

00:10:10.700 for money for relief.

00:10:12.320 The only assistance

00:10:14.940 the United States

00:10:15.840 provides to Israel

00:10:16.960 is military aid.

00:10:19.400 Each year we provide

00:10:20.460 roughly three billion dollars

00:10:22.100 in military assistance.

00:10:23.420 But that's,

00:10:24.120 we do no economic assistance.

00:10:26.280 We're not paying welfare.

00:10:28.820 We are providing

00:10:30.200 military assistance.

00:10:31.340 And do you know

00:10:31.720 why we do that?

00:10:33.320 Why?

00:10:33.880 This is something

00:10:34.620 critically important

00:10:35.540 to understand.

00:10:36.300 We provide military assistance

00:10:37.920 to Israel

00:10:38.880 because it is good

00:10:40.620 for America.

00:10:42.380 Israel,

00:10:43.060 think about this

00:10:43.980 for a second.

00:10:44.460 everyone who hates

00:10:46.680 Israel

00:10:47.320 hates America. 0.65

00:10:49.960 Bingo.

00:10:50.420 And by the way, 0.98

00:10:51.540 those who hate Jews 0.99

00:10:52.680 hate Christians. 0.96

00:10:53.860 And everyone 1.00

00:10:55.340 who Israel

00:10:56.280 is fighting against,

00:10:57.960 they're doing so

00:10:59.800 to protect Israel,

00:11:01.420 of course.

00:11:02.520 Well, there's a reason

00:11:03.060 why it's almost simultaneous.

00:11:04.660 You hear death

00:11:05.200 to Israel chants

00:11:06.020 and death to America chants.

00:11:07.200 A lot of times

00:11:07.720 they're intertwined.

00:11:09.260 The Ayatollah

00:11:10.180 refers to Israel 0.84

00:11:11.420 as the little Satan 0.98

00:11:13.300 and America 0.99

00:11:14.920 as the great Satan. 0.87

00:11:17.260 And so, listen,

00:11:17.940 one of the things

00:11:18.420 I said to Bibi,

00:11:19.080 and I've said this

00:11:19.580 to him many times,

00:11:20.320 I said,

00:11:20.640 thank you. 0.99

00:11:21.460 Thank you for killing 1.00

00:11:22.920 terrorists, 0.99

00:11:24.360 for taking out Hamas, 0.84

00:11:25.660 for taking out Hezbollah. 1.00

00:11:27.080 These are lunatics 1.00

00:11:28.060 that want to murder Israelis 1.00

00:11:29.840 and they want to murder Americans. 0.99

00:11:31.220 And they have. 0.88

00:11:32.420 Look,

00:11:33.080 October 7th

00:11:33.900 was a horrific terrorist

00:11:35.000 attack against Israel,

00:11:36.240 but it was also

00:11:37.060 a horrific terrorist attack

00:11:38.380 against America.

00:11:39.820 Many Americans were killed.

00:11:41.060 Many Americans

00:11:41.500 were taken hostage.

00:11:43.100 And so,

00:11:43.800 we provide military aid

00:11:45.700 to Israel

00:11:46.260 because it keeps

00:11:47.000 America safer.

00:11:48.320 And it also

00:11:49.280 is incredibly

00:11:51.780 frugal

00:11:53.980 as a monetary matter

00:11:55.340 because the benefits

00:11:56.320 we get

00:11:57.000 from Israeli intelligence,

00:11:59.600 the Mossad

00:12:00.320 is one of the most

00:12:02.520 effective

00:12:03.180 and potent

00:12:03.740 intelligence networks

00:12:04.820 in the world.

00:12:06.160 And the Mossad

00:12:07.040 has incredible intelligence

00:12:08.360 on Hezbollah

00:12:09.360 and Hamas

00:12:09.980 on Iran

00:12:10.560 on

00:12:11.380 Al-Qaeda

00:12:12.980 and ISIS

00:12:13.480 and all

00:12:14.400 enemies of Israel

00:12:16.260 but also enemies

00:12:17.140 of America.

00:12:17.980 And historically,

00:12:18.500 they have shared

00:12:19.300 that intelligence

00:12:20.000 with us.

00:12:20.640 If we tried

00:12:22.020 to recreate

00:12:22.880 the benefits

00:12:24.080 we get

00:12:24.800 from Israeli intelligence

00:12:26.320 and their military,

00:12:27.240 it wouldn't cost us

00:12:29.300 three billion dollars

00:12:30.340 a year.

00:12:30.740 It would cost us

00:12:31.580 tens of billions

00:12:32.840 of dollars a year.

00:12:33.880 And so we make

00:12:35.300 that investment

00:12:36.140 because it keeps

00:12:37.080 America safe

00:12:38.400 and they spend

00:12:40.680 that investment

00:12:41.480 to be very clear

00:12:42.620 on taking out

00:12:44.260 the people 0.78

00:12:44.780 who want to kill 1.00

00:12:45.580 Americans. 0.99

00:12:46.320 When you look

00:12:47.220 at the money

00:12:47.720 and you look

00:12:48.360 at what's happening

00:12:49.140 and you look

00:12:50.540 at the meeting

00:12:51.380 today that you had

00:12:52.480 and the needs

00:12:53.260 that are there,

00:12:54.340 I think there's

00:12:54.960 a couple of just

00:12:55.900 overall themes.

00:12:57.320 One,

00:12:58.320 Israel now knows 0.82

00:13:00.140 that America

00:13:00.900 does in fact

00:13:02.060 have their back.

00:13:03.300 Two,

00:13:04.120 they can start

00:13:04.700 sharing intelligence

00:13:05.840 and talk about

00:13:07.260 honest plans

00:13:08.020 to protect Israel 0.72

00:13:08.940 and America

00:13:09.460 because they can

00:13:10.140 trust this administration.

00:13:12.040 And that seems

00:13:12.580 to be maybe

00:13:13.020 the most valuable

00:13:14.020 part of this.

00:13:15.120 Three,

00:13:15.720 we both have

00:13:16.480 a true,

00:13:18.120 genuine agreement

00:13:19.200 in our foreign policy

00:13:20.600 that we must stop

00:13:22.360 Iran from gaining 0.99

00:13:23.740 that nuclear weapon.

00:13:25.720 And that also means

00:13:26.860 now you've got

00:13:27.800 to figure out

00:13:28.300 how you're going

00:13:28.680 to stop it

00:13:29.180 from happening

00:13:29.880 and that could

00:13:31.100 be using

00:13:32.040 military prowess

00:13:33.500 to do it.

00:13:34.140 Which brings me

00:13:34.820 to my final question

00:13:35.880 to you.

00:13:37.060 Donald Trump's a guy

00:13:38.020 that has been

00:13:38.500 very proud about

00:13:39.340 saying I haven't

00:13:39.940 started any wars.

00:13:42.880 I get us out

00:13:43.840 of wars

00:13:44.400 and I try

00:13:45.380 to end them.

00:13:46.680 Would you look

00:13:47.340 at this as a war

00:13:48.260 or more of a

00:13:49.140 just a straight up

00:13:49.940 attack on a nuclear

00:13:51.000 weapon site?

00:13:52.040 How should Americans

00:13:53.020 look at this?

00:13:54.420 Well, listen,

00:13:54.940 it's important

00:13:55.720 to understand

00:13:56.360 President Trump

00:13:57.540 is right.

00:13:57.960 He's not started

00:13:58.740 any wars.

00:13:59.880 We did not have

00:14:01.060 and in fact

00:14:01.500 he ended wars.

00:14:02.400 He inherited

00:14:02.940 the war with ISIS

00:14:05.520 from Barack Obama.

00:14:07.380 ISIS had a caliphate,

00:14:09.320 had territory

00:14:10.140 about the size

00:14:10.860 of the state

00:14:11.260 of Indiana

00:14:11.820 and Trump

00:14:13.040 within months

00:14:13.780 defeated ISIS

00:14:14.620 altogether

00:14:15.140 and ended that war

00:14:16.400 because they were

00:14:16.880 defeated

00:14:17.200 and conquered

00:14:17.720 the caliphate.

00:14:19.420 There are some

00:14:20.600 who try to say

00:14:21.700 that America first

00:14:23.440 foreign policy

00:14:24.180 is isolationist,

00:14:25.100 is just withdrawing

00:14:25.980 from the world

00:14:26.520 and not engaging

00:14:27.280 with our enemies.

00:14:29.040 That has not been

00:14:30.380 the foreign policy

00:14:31.260 of Donald Trump.

00:14:32.100 It's worth remembering

00:14:33.000 that when President

00:14:33.900 Trump,

00:14:34.740 in his first term,

00:14:36.840 he gave the order

00:14:39.100 to take out

00:14:40.040 General Soleimani,

00:14:41.300 the Iranian leader

00:14:43.640 responsible for the murder

00:14:45.680 of over 600 American

00:14:47.060 servicemen and women,

00:14:48.080 the Iranian leader

00:14:48.940 who had played

00:14:50.160 a critical part

00:14:51.580 in planning

00:14:52.600 terrorist attacks

00:14:55.160 against the United States

00:14:56.980 and against Israel

00:14:58.140 for years

00:14:59.640 and Soleimani

00:15:00.720 along with Nasrallah

00:15:02.580 were probably

00:15:03.760 the two most important

00:15:05.200 terrorist leaders

00:15:06.000 on the face 0.89

00:15:06.680 of the planet

00:15:07.220 and President Trump

00:15:09.160 ordered General Soleimani

00:15:10.480 taken out

00:15:11.200 and Prime Minister Netanyahu

00:15:13.060 ordered Nasrallah

00:15:14.020 taken out

00:15:14.660 and now neither one

00:15:15.800 of them

00:15:16.200 are able

00:15:17.780 to threaten

00:15:18.420 America or Israel. 0.79

00:15:20.500 It's incredible.

00:15:21.040 I'm glad that you guys

00:15:22.440 got to have this meeting.

00:15:23.500 I also just am really thankful

00:15:25.380 as you described it

00:15:27.180 that now I think

00:15:28.120 Israel can trust

00:15:29.600 that they have a partner

00:15:30.980 in the U.S.

00:15:31.640 and they're not trying to

00:15:32.760 they're not having to hide

00:15:33.760 from the United States

00:15:34.820 what they're trying

00:15:35.740 to accomplish

00:15:36.320 and we have the same goals.

00:15:38.380 Yes,

00:15:39.000 and by the way

00:15:39.940 another aspect of it

00:15:41.140 so look

00:15:41.940 the efforts

00:15:42.740 to attack Israel 0.72

00:15:44.900 you saw them

00:15:47.580 directly through terrorism

00:15:49.020 through October 7th

00:15:50.140 you saw them

00:15:50.740 through Hamas 0.98

00:15:51.420 and Hezbollah

00:15:51.960 and to be clear

00:15:54.480 the Biden administration

00:15:56.260 was responsible

00:15:57.260 for a very substantial

00:15:58.560 part of the funding

00:15:59.640 for that October 7th attack

00:16:01.940 but you also saw it

00:16:04.240 through lawfare

00:16:05.000 through using

00:16:06.040 international institutions

00:16:07.860 to go after Israel 0.99

00:16:08.940 and one of the most

00:16:09.600 profound examples

00:16:10.600 of that

00:16:11.120 is the International Criminal Court

00:16:13.120 which has indicted

00:16:17.720 Bibi

00:16:18.280 for committing war crimes

00:16:21.060 and that decision

00:16:22.400 is grotesquely false

00:16:24.400 it was an anti-Semitic attack

00:16:26.260 on Israel

00:16:26.920 but it is also

00:16:29.020 a profound threat

00:16:30.260 to America

00:16:31.880 Israel is not a party

00:16:33.300 to the International Criminal Court

00:16:35.580 neither is America

00:16:36.460 and the International Criminal Court

00:16:37.960 there's a real risk

00:16:40.160 of it being used

00:16:41.360 to go after

00:16:43.020 American officials

00:16:44.340 and American soldiers

00:16:45.360 the same enemies

00:16:46.640 of Israel

00:16:47.320 want to use

00:16:48.640 the ICC

00:16:49.340 to accuse

00:16:50.740 American soldiers

00:16:51.760 of committing war crimes

00:16:52.880 when we stand up

00:16:53.720 to terrorists

00:16:54.320 and so

00:16:54.980 you know

00:16:56.140 just

00:16:56.540 a few days ago

00:16:59.060 in Congress

00:16:59.660 we voted on legislation

00:17:01.300 to sanction

00:17:02.660 the International Criminal Court

00:17:04.780 and I'll tell you

00:17:06.020 it was really sad

00:17:06.940 every Democrat

00:17:08.720 in the Senate

00:17:09.420 except one

00:17:10.100 except John Fetterman

00:17:11.060 voted no

00:17:11.560 they all voted

00:17:12.200 against Israel 0.70

00:17:12.920 amazing

00:17:14.100 and to be clear

00:17:16.700 is there going to be

00:17:18.120 hell to pay politically

00:17:19.140 you think for this

00:17:19.960 I mean the Democratic Party

00:17:20.940 has become

00:17:21.520 really

00:17:22.480 a lot of their leaders

00:17:23.620 are just straight up 0.71

00:17:24.180 anti-Semitic

00:17:25.200 is there going to be

00:17:26.300 hell to pay for that

00:17:27.140 at some point

00:17:27.740 well there hasn't been

00:17:29.480 so far

00:17:30.100 and the Democrats

00:17:30.800 feel that there are

00:17:31.720 no consequences

00:17:32.740 Chuck Schumer

00:17:33.640 was among the leaders

00:17:35.100 who met with Netanyahu

00:17:36.600 and was trying

00:17:37.280 to give excuses

00:17:38.180 for why

00:17:38.940 he and all the other

00:17:40.680 Democrats

00:17:41.220 voted against

00:17:42.560 sanctioning the ICC

00:17:43.960 today

00:17:45.600 President Trump

00:17:46.840 issued sanctions

00:17:47.680 as president

00:17:48.240 and they were

00:17:48.600 very strong sanctions

00:17:49.720 that's one thing

00:17:50.640 Bibi was very happy about

00:17:52.340 is he now had a president

00:17:53.940 that would stand up

00:17:54.820 to the International Criminal Court

00:17:56.600 for going after him

00:17:57.580 look

00:17:57.760 Bibi is not able 1.00

00:17:59.040 to travel to much of Europe

00:18:00.420 because they're European nations

00:18:02.520 who have threatened

00:18:03.220 they will arrest Bibi 1.00

00:18:04.440 if he steps foot

00:18:05.400 on their soil

00:18:06.140 that is a profound attack

00:18:09.020 on the government

00:18:10.400 of Israel

00:18:10.840 think about it

00:18:11.580 that there are many

00:18:12.160 European countries

00:18:12.920 that he simply won't go to

00:18:14.240 now let me ask

00:18:15.980 a simple question

00:18:16.760 to anyone listening

00:18:17.520 Trump

00:18:18.700 sanctioned the ICC

00:18:20.800 today

00:18:21.200 why didn't Joe Biden

00:18:22.220 the ICC did this

00:18:23.800 under Biden's presidency

00:18:24.880 and the answer is

00:18:25.840 I think the Biden

00:18:27.400 administration

00:18:28.000 wanted the ICC

00:18:29.440 to go after

00:18:30.460 Benjamin Netanyahu

00:18:32.440 and I think we're going

00:18:33.120 to see facts

00:18:33.820 come to light

00:18:35.180 in the weeks

00:18:36.360 and months ahead

00:18:37.280 that show some

00:18:38.080 real complicity

00:18:39.220 of the Biden administration

00:18:40.780 for the lawfare

00:18:42.200 attacking Israel 0.98

00:18:43.960 and that really

00:18:44.960 underscores the difference

00:18:46.440 one election can make

00:18:48.800 and thank God

00:18:49.800 we have a president

00:18:50.540 now who will stand up

00:18:51.520 for America

00:18:52.060 and who will stand up

00:18:53.720 and stand alongside Israel

00:18:55.120 as before

00:18:56.280 if you want to hear

00:18:57.100 the rest of this conversation

00:18:58.320 on this topic

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00:19:33.940 I want to get back

00:19:36.680 to the big story

00:19:37.860 number three of the week

00:19:38.820 you may have missed

00:19:39.560 I want to move on

00:19:41.160 to another big issue

00:19:42.400 and that is

00:19:43.140 confirmation hearings

00:19:44.420 Cash Patel's

00:19:45.640 was at the end

00:19:47.140 of last week as well

00:19:48.320 and we are now

00:19:49.500 seeing a lot of people

00:19:51.180 that are getting

00:19:51.860 their audios

00:19:53.060 see you later

00:19:54.520 thanks for serving

00:19:55.600 you're out of a job

00:19:56.940 in the deep state

00:19:58.320 this is another reason

00:19:59.500 why we need to get

00:20:00.240 Cash Patel

00:20:01.080 in there quickly

00:20:01.980 let's talk about

00:20:03.340 where that is

00:20:03.900 and also you had

00:20:04.840 a very interesting

00:20:05.780 back and forth

00:20:06.600 with him

00:20:06.980 over some of the

00:20:07.960 things that the left

00:20:09.440 is trying to attack him on

00:20:11.040 well the hearing

00:20:12.760 the Democrats

00:20:14.340 went after Cash Patel

00:20:16.240 furiously

00:20:17.240 as I said

00:20:18.600 on Hannity

00:20:19.360 last week

00:20:20.080 the hearing

00:20:22.380 reminded me

00:20:23.280 of Shakespeare's

00:20:24.820 Macbeth

00:20:25.340 it was a tale 1.00

00:20:26.400 told by an idiot 1.00

00:20:27.260 full of sound 1.00

00:20:27.960 and fury

00:20:28.380 and signifying nothing

00:20:29.480 the Democrats

00:20:31.060 did not get any traction

00:20:32.240 they were foaming

00:20:33.300 at the mouth

00:20:33.820 they were coming

00:20:34.400 after him

00:20:35.200 ferociously

00:20:36.720 and yet

00:20:38.080 I don't think

00:20:38.580 they moved

00:20:38.960 a single vote

00:20:39.580 I think Cash Patel

00:20:40.840 will get confirmed

00:20:41.840 now

00:20:42.880 every Democrat

00:20:44.260 on the committee

00:20:44.760 is going to vote no

00:20:45.560 and my guess is

00:20:46.460 every Democrat

00:20:47.060 in the Senate

00:20:47.560 is going to vote no

00:20:48.440 on him

00:20:48.880 but I think

00:20:50.100 we will get

00:20:50.900 we might get to 53

00:20:52.680 but we will at a minimum

00:20:54.040 get to 50

00:20:54.840 with J.D. Vance

00:20:55.700 breaking the tie

00:20:56.560 and I don't think

00:20:57.700 the hearing moved

00:20:58.660 a single vote

00:20:59.460 when my questioning

00:21:01.340 occurred

00:21:01.880 you know

00:21:02.780 the week before

00:21:03.620 I had spent

00:21:04.380 a couple of hours

00:21:05.740 helping moot

00:21:06.980 Cash Patel

00:21:07.600 helping get him ready

00:21:08.620 I actually got to play

00:21:09.820 Sheldon Whitehouse

00:21:11.420 who's a very liberal

00:21:12.260 senator

00:21:12.620 in the moot

00:21:13.720 and I gotta say

00:21:14.700 it was fun

00:21:15.280 just raving at him 0.53

00:21:16.400 screaming at him

00:21:17.300 I tried to insult him 1.00

00:21:18.720 I was a total jerk 0.99

00:21:20.080 in the moot 1.00

00:21:20.760 which if you're doing

00:21:21.560 a moot well

00:21:22.220 Explain for people

00:21:23.540 that don't know

00:21:24.000 how this works

00:21:24.720 you get people

00:21:26.060 and I've gotten to do this

00:21:27.140 a couple of times

00:21:27.820 it's really fun

00:21:28.700 you get somebody ready

00:21:30.080 for a confirmation hearing

00:21:31.460 and many people

00:21:33.600 like you just described

00:21:34.640 you play the other side

00:21:36.400 you try to get them ready

00:21:37.760 for what they're going to face

00:21:39.040 and the setting

00:21:40.400 that you do it in

00:21:41.320 was this more relaxed

00:21:42.440 or was it more formal

00:21:43.360 I don't know

00:21:43.920 it was done exactly

00:21:44.900 like a hearing

00:21:45.540 he was sitting at a table

00:21:46.620 we were around him

00:21:47.940 like firing questions

00:21:49.420 at him

00:21:49.880 and sometimes you do it

00:21:51.980 this way

00:21:52.320 sometimes you don't

00:21:53.160 but in this instance

00:21:54.020 they gave me

00:21:54.780 the role of Sheldon Whitehouse

00:21:56.640 who's one of the most

00:21:57.420 partisan Democrats

00:21:58.240 on the committee

00:21:58.880 I've served with Sheldon

00:21:59.920 13 years

00:22:01.140 I know him well

00:22:02.100 and so you know

00:22:03.500 I mean I was screaming

00:22:04.700 at him

00:22:05.320 and my questions

00:22:07.240 were wildly unfair

00:22:08.480 but you gotta get ready

00:22:11.320 for wildly unfair questions

00:22:12.680 I was not trying

00:22:13.640 to be nice to him

00:22:14.360 in the mood

00:22:14.660 because that

00:22:15.280 if you're doing that

00:22:16.580 you're not doing

00:22:17.120 your job in a mood

00:22:17.960 and I gotta say

00:22:19.780 he did

00:22:21.020 so it was interesting

00:22:21.880 in the mood

00:22:22.260 a couple of times

00:22:23.300 like Cash

00:22:24.560 would try to pop back

00:22:25.640 and we would stop

00:22:26.360 and say look

00:22:26.960 it's not your job 0.91

00:22:28.320 to punch the Democrats 0.97

00:22:31.060 in the face 1.00

00:22:31.620 in this hearing

00:22:32.340 my advice

00:22:34.100 by the way

00:22:34.660 to every hearing nominee

00:22:35.880 is be boring

00:22:38.200 right now

00:22:40.180 today

00:22:40.480 you've got the votes

00:22:41.320 to be confirmed

00:22:42.000 from the Democrats

00:22:43.600 perspective

00:22:44.200 the only way

00:22:44.740 they can change that

00:22:45.900 is get you

00:22:47.460 to say something

00:22:48.260 in the hearing

00:22:49.000 where you

00:22:50.280 you step on a landmine

00:22:52.120 and blow yourself up 0.90

00:22:53.240 if you don't do that 0.93

00:22:55.200 you will be confirmed

00:22:56.200 and you will go do the job

00:22:57.480 the president

00:22:57.960 has asked you to do

00:22:58.840 and so

00:23:00.520 a good role

00:23:02.960 of a hearing

00:23:03.520 you know

00:23:03.800 someone you know

00:23:04.480 very well

00:23:05.060 is John Ashcroft

00:23:06.500 so when I was

00:23:08.820 a young baby lawyer

00:23:10.080 I was part of the team

00:23:12.360 that helped prepare

00:23:13.700 John Ashcroft

00:23:14.720 for his confirmation hearing

00:23:16.920 to be attorney general

00:23:17.940 and I was

00:23:19.440 you know

00:23:19.720 30 years old

00:23:20.560 a baby lawyer

00:23:21.160 but I'd been on the Bush campaign

00:23:22.740 and Ashcroft gets nominated

00:23:23.900 to be AG

00:23:24.380 so I remember

00:23:25.320 we're prepping him

00:23:26.500 and just like

00:23:27.960 with Cash Patel

00:23:28.880 we were asking

00:23:29.760 horrible questions

00:23:30.900 we were asking

00:23:31.560 I mean

00:23:32.800 we were just

00:23:33.480 just

00:23:33.900 and in the prep session

00:23:36.040 Ashcroft would get pissed

00:23:37.320 and he'd yell at us

00:23:38.600 and

00:23:39.400 and

00:23:39.760 and we'd say

00:23:41.040 we'd say

00:23:41.460 Senator you're exactly right

00:23:42.640 that that question

00:23:43.640 was terrible

00:23:44.400 it was

00:23:44.880 it was unfair

00:23:45.740 it was dishonest

00:23:47.140 it was abusive

00:23:48.020 Senator can we remind you

00:23:50.800 you have the votes right now

00:23:51.940 like

00:23:52.600 they want you

00:23:53.600 to get pissed

00:23:54.620 and so I was glad

00:23:56.000 he yelled at me

00:23:56.640 and he yelled at the other people

00:23:57.560 in the mood

00:23:57.920 because that

00:23:58.480 it got it off his chest

00:23:59.960 and

00:24:00.760 and I still remember

00:24:01.680 you go back

00:24:02.180 and watch Ashcroft's

00:24:03.300 confirmation hearing

00:24:05.000 and there was one exchange

00:24:07.000 and I'm paraphrasing

00:24:07.880 it was 24 years ago

00:24:09.300 but

00:24:09.580 but he had given a speech

00:24:11.800 about the second amendment

00:24:12.940 and he had talked about

00:24:14.760 the second amendment

00:24:15.720 that the framers

00:24:16.520 had intended

00:24:17.060 as a second amendment

00:24:18.220 as a check

00:24:19.600 on tyranny

00:24:20.580 from

00:24:20.900 from the government

00:24:21.620 and Ted Kennedy

00:24:23.480 who was questioning him

00:24:24.460 goes

00:24:24.700 tyranny

00:24:25.620 from our government

00:24:27.620 the American government

00:24:29.220 you know what that is

00:24:30.380 treason man 1.00

00:24:31.500 I say you're a traitor 1.00

00:24:32.700 and he like screams 1.00

00:24:34.460 at the top of his lungs

00:24:35.620 calling Ashcroft a traitor

00:24:37.720 and at the actual hearing

00:24:38.920 Ashcroft

00:24:39.560 I don't think his heartbeat

00:24:40.920 exceeded 65 beats a minute

00:24:42.920 and he very calmly said

00:24:44.020 Senator

00:24:44.320 if I'm confirmed

00:24:45.040 as Attorney General

00:24:45.900 I will follow the law

00:24:47.620 and I will enforce the law

00:24:48.960 and it got confirmed

00:24:50.280 so

00:24:51.660 Cash Patel likewise

00:24:53.060 he got some of his yelling out

00:24:55.260 at the mooters

00:24:55.860 actually

00:24:56.180 though not much

00:24:56.980 he did a good job

00:24:57.720 of not losing his cool

00:24:58.780 in the moot

00:24:59.920 and then in the hearing

00:25:01.040 I think he did an excellent job

00:25:02.500 when it came to my turn

00:25:04.520 they had been beating him up a lot

00:25:07.120 on January 6th

00:25:08.620 and so I wanted to give him a chance

00:25:10.160 to get out some basic facts

00:25:12.100 so give a listen

00:25:13.380 to my cross-examination

00:25:14.960 of Cash Patel

00:25:16.640 this past week

00:25:17.540 on his confirmation hearing

00:25:19.820 for director of the FBI

00:25:21.200 you will be

00:25:23.860 and have been accused

00:25:24.780 of just about everything

00:25:25.820 they can

00:25:26.340 but I want to focus

00:25:27.220 on what several Democrats

00:25:28.420 have done recently

00:25:29.560 which is trying to blame you

00:25:32.680 for the violence

00:25:33.440 that occurred

00:25:34.100 on January 6th

00:25:36.480 which even in the annals

00:25:38.420 of ridiculous attacks 0.74

00:25:40.840 this one really takes the cake 0.98

00:25:44.120 so let's just

00:25:44.840 let's just focus

00:25:45.660 on some facts

00:25:46.600 let me ask you a question

00:25:48.440 what role did you occupy

00:25:51.140 in the days

00:25:53.300 immediately before January 6th

00:25:55.560 Chief of Staff

00:25:56.220 of the Department of Defense

00:25:57.220 you were the Chief of Staff

00:25:59.160 at the Department of Defense

00:26:00.720 yes sir

00:26:01.440 so to be clear

00:26:02.800 you were not rioting

00:26:04.060 at the Capitol

00:26:05.260 no sir

00:26:05.820 where were you physically

00:26:08.360 on January 6th

00:26:10.400 in the office

00:26:10.940 of the Secretary of Defense

00:26:11.980 in the Pentagon

00:26:12.440 and what were you doing

00:26:15.520 on that day

00:26:16.700 on that day specifically

00:26:18.600 responding to

00:26:19.820 preparing to

00:26:20.740 mobilize and deploy

00:26:21.800 the National Guard

00:26:22.680 once we got the lawful request

00:26:24.540 from the local

00:26:25.140 governing authority

00:26:26.000 which was the mayor of DC

00:26:27.220 and the Speaker of the House

00:26:28.240 now how many days

00:26:29.920 in advance

00:26:30.600 were you working

00:26:31.600 to prepare

00:26:32.100 the Department of Defense

00:26:33.020 to help secure

00:26:33.860 the Capitol

00:26:34.340 on January 6th

00:26:35.400 days in advance

00:26:36.360 Senator

00:26:36.700 we were in the Oval Office

00:26:37.820 on an unrelated

00:26:38.580 national security matter

00:26:39.780 with the President

00:26:40.340 of the United States

00:26:41.100 the Secretary of Defense

00:26:42.220 the Chairman

00:26:42.700 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

00:26:43.800 and myself

00:26:44.400 and the President

00:26:45.660 authorized up to 20,000

00:26:47.340 plus National Guards

00:26:48.360 men and women

00:26:48.940 to secure

00:26:49.880 any security measures

00:26:51.080 necessary related

00:26:51.740 to the Capitol

00:26:52.300 so we were moving

00:26:53.880 to the fullest extent

00:26:55.020 of the law

00:26:55.560 before the requisite

00:26:57.420 request came

00:26:58.560 from a local

00:26:59.100 governing authority

00:26:59.780 days ahead of time

00:27:00.760 and while you were

00:27:02.240 Chief of Staff

00:27:03.160 at DOD

00:27:03.840 how many times

00:27:05.120 did DOD

00:27:05.920 approach Capitol Police

00:27:07.980 and ask

00:27:08.720 if they needed

00:27:09.400 National Guard assistance

00:27:10.420 I believe those letters

00:27:12.140 are well documented

00:27:13.040 numerous instances

00:27:14.800 and numerous

00:27:16.560 of those instances

00:27:17.480 they were

00:27:18.240 those requests

00:27:19.120 were shut down

00:27:20.200 now am I correct

00:27:21.660 that the Capitol

00:27:22.200 Sergeant at Arms

00:27:23.080 said assistance

00:27:23.780 was unnecessary

00:27:24.440 that's correct

00:27:26.040 Senator

00:27:26.420 who did the

00:27:28.860 Sergeant at Arms

00:27:29.520 report to

00:27:30.060 the Speaker of the House

00:27:31.200 that would have been

00:27:32.260 Nancy Pelosi at the time

00:27:33.400 is that correct

00:27:34.060 yes Senator

00:27:35.460 and and

00:27:37.360 would that also be

00:27:39.100 Chuck Schumer

00:27:40.260 then the Senate

00:27:40.800 Majority Leader

00:27:41.400 the Sergeant at Arms

00:27:43.100 yes Senator

00:27:43.600 reports up there

00:27:44.420 did

00:27:46.340 Mayor Bowser

00:27:47.780 the Democrat

00:27:49.640 elected mayor

00:27:50.660 in D.C.

00:27:51.660 either request

00:27:52.760 or allow

00:27:53.300 National Guard

00:27:53.900 assistance

00:27:54.380 she put in writing

00:27:55.580 on the days

00:27:56.720 leading up to

00:27:57.200 January 6th

00:27:58.100 a declination

00:27:58.840 for National Guard

00:28:00.020 additional support

00:28:00.860 and that letter

00:28:01.860 is available

00:28:02.260 publicly to the world

00:28:03.240 so so

00:28:04.040 and and just

00:28:04.780 to to speak

00:28:05.880 English for folks

00:28:06.740 at home

00:28:07.140 a declination

00:28:07.860 meant she said

00:28:08.600 no don't send

00:28:09.600 National Guard

00:28:10.220 is that right

00:28:10.680 yes sir

00:28:11.240 let me ask you

00:28:14.260 a simple question

00:28:15.000 because from the

00:28:15.580 questioning from my

00:28:16.340 Democrat colleagues

00:28:17.160 they might think

00:28:17.740 otherwise

00:28:18.180 do you condemn

00:28:19.840 violence against

00:28:20.600 law enforcement

00:28:21.180 all of it

00:28:22.080 and by the way

00:28:23.900 is that true

00:28:24.700 whether the violence

00:28:25.600 is right wing

00:28:27.300 or left wing

00:28:28.020 or anywhere else

00:28:28.920 there is no

00:28:29.720 discriminating

00:28:30.620 between types of

00:28:31.480 violence against

00:28:32.080 law enforcement

00:28:32.580 and do you believe

00:28:35.200 those who assault

00:28:36.260 and commit violence

00:28:37.200 against law enforcement

00:28:38.660 should be prosecuted

00:28:39.940 and and should be

00:28:41.200 sent to jail

00:28:41.940 especially those 0.99

00:28:43.100 that kill them 0.98

00:28:44.140 let me ask you 0.98

00:28:46.060 how many years

00:28:46.700 have you worked

00:28:48.220 in public service

00:28:48.920 about 16

00:28:50.360 senator

00:28:50.780 and how many years

00:28:52.280 have you worked

00:28:52.780 in particular

00:28:53.340 in law enforcement

00:28:54.420 and prosecution

00:28:55.620 and national security

00:28:56.580 over a decade

00:28:58.120 senator

00:28:58.620 you know

00:29:00.560 I have to say

00:29:01.340 it is 0.94

00:29:02.160 ludicrous 0.88

00:29:04.800 but sadly predictable 0.83

00:29:05.900 that democrats

00:29:08.000 are endeavoring

00:29:08.860 to tarnish you

00:29:09.800 to paint

00:29:11.800 a false

00:29:14.020 caricature

00:29:15.100 based on

00:29:16.640 innuendo

00:29:17.200 and smoke

00:29:18.280 and so you're

00:29:19.000 working to protect

00:29:19.980 the capital

00:29:20.500 on January 6th

00:29:21.680 and yet they're

00:29:22.160 trying to blame you

00:29:23.320 for the violence

00:29:24.800 that occurred

00:29:25.440 let me ask you

00:29:28.880 to this

00:29:29.240 just as a

00:29:29.860 straightforward

00:29:30.220 matter

00:29:30.820 what is the job

00:29:34.380 of the FBI

00:29:35.320 and what will

00:29:37.820 the FBI's role

00:29:39.080 be

00:29:39.580 if and when

00:29:40.780 you are confirmed

00:29:41.520 as its director

00:29:42.560 the simple motto

00:29:44.680 on the website

00:29:45.600 of the FBI's

00:29:46.340 homepage

00:29:46.600 is to protect

00:29:47.340 American citizens

00:29:48.220 and uphold

00:29:48.880 the constitution

00:29:49.660 if I am confirmed

00:29:51.080 as the next director

00:29:51.940 of the FBI

00:29:52.460 that's what we're

00:29:53.600 going to do

00:29:54.080 and redirect

00:29:54.620 resources

00:29:55.280 and making sure

00:29:55.960 that occurs

00:29:56.520 every single day

00:29:57.620 thank you

00:29:59.000 for your

00:29:59.300 willingness

00:29:59.580 to do so

00:30:00.440 and this

00:30:01.100 committee

00:30:01.500 will hold

00:30:02.320 you to account

00:30:03.060 on restoring

00:30:04.060 integrity

00:30:04.700 at the FBI

00:30:05.460 and I thank you

00:30:06.180 also for your

00:30:06.780 commitment

00:30:07.120 to transparency

00:30:07.880 I think that

00:30:09.220 is incredibly

00:30:09.940 important

00:30:10.440 to bringing

00:30:10.880 back integrity

00:30:11.840 and I'm

00:30:12.520 grateful for it

00:30:13.180 wouldn't it be

00:30:13.680 nice if the

00:30:14.300 media would

00:30:14.760 fact check

00:30:15.540 the Democrats

00:30:16.460 on the committee

00:30:17.320 that were

00:30:17.680 trashing him

00:30:18.500 trying to

00:30:18.880 connect him

00:30:19.380 to January 6th

00:30:20.200 like he was

00:30:20.620 an insurrectionist

00:30:21.700 in their words

00:30:22.440 and just tell

00:30:23.700 the story

00:30:24.100 of what he was

00:30:24.520 actually doing

00:30:24.980 I'm so thankful

00:30:25.860 that you asked

00:30:26.460 those questions

00:30:27.160 yeah don't hold

00:30:28.560 your breath

00:30:28.900 on that

00:30:29.240 the media

00:30:29.920 has their

00:30:30.420 story to tell

00:30:31.160 and they're

00:30:31.440 not going

00:30:31.660 to let facts

00:30:32.340 get in the way

00:30:32.860 so last question

00:30:34.300 on this

00:30:34.780 this is a really

00:30:35.600 important position

00:30:36.880 being in charge

00:30:37.700 of the FBI

00:30:38.260 when are you guys

00:30:39.820 going to actually

00:30:40.440 get to vote

00:30:41.000 on this

00:30:41.480 so we will vote

00:30:42.800 on Kash Patel

00:30:43.800 in a week

00:30:44.380 so this week

00:30:45.000 there'll be

00:30:45.340 a markup

00:30:46.520 but the way

00:30:46.980 the Senate

00:30:47.300 Judiciary Committee

00:30:48.160 works is

00:30:49.480 the minority

00:30:50.000 has a right

00:30:50.860 on any vote

00:30:52.160 to hold it over

00:30:53.040 for a week

00:30:53.640 and delay it

00:30:54.200 for a week

00:30:54.700 so they will

00:30:55.600 do that this week

00:30:56.460 and so they'll

00:30:57.020 delay that

00:30:57.760 now Pam Bondi

00:30:59.620 will be confirmed

00:31:00.360 on the floor

00:31:00.840 of the Senate

00:31:01.260 this week

00:31:01.800 so by the end

00:31:02.400 of this week

00:31:02.980 she'll be

00:31:03.380 Attorney General

00:31:04.160 next week

00:31:05.840 we'll vote

00:31:06.640 on Kash Patel

00:31:07.460 and Judiciary Committee

00:31:08.380 and then I'll go

00:31:08.980 to the Senate

00:31:09.340 floor after that

00:31:10.160 as always

00:31:11.320 thank you for

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