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here's a statement from senator charles grassley. he release d the 1023 report at the time and this is about the informant now being charged. he said the informant behind this was indeed a long-servingsr trusted fbi source used by thein agency for criminal theinvestigations since the oba administration. 2010, to be exact. he was so trusted that the fbi provided him authorization tol "engage in illegal activity for investigative purposes." but when presented with information from a source that the agency so trusted for what, now 14 years, the fbi, as exposed by senator grassley, sat on that 1023 document and did so for years. he was still working for the fbi. without any performance of any due diligence, they never looked into it. so it is clear that, only after senator grassley made the 1023 public, that the fbi then investigated the allegations of the document. senator grassley is absolutely right. s not the first time the fbi was burned by a trustede source. does the namee richristopher steele, for examp, ring a bell? the so-called
here's a statement from senator charles grassley. he release d the 1023 report at the time and this is about the informant now being charged. he said the informant behind this was indeed a long-servingsr trusted fbi source used by thein agency for criminal theinvestigations since the oba administration. 2010, to be exact. he was so trusted that the fbi provided him authorization tol "engage in illegal activity for investigative purposes." but when presented with information from a...
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senator grassley is absolutely right. but this is not the first time that the fbi was burned by a trusted source. does the name christopher steele for example ring a bell? his so called steele dossier, remember? that was the entire basis of the trump-russia collusion hoax. it was all a complete lie, the dossier. hillary clinton's campaign, they paid for the steele dossier. remember? they funneled money, cash or a law firm that hired an opera research firm that then hired former mi6 agent christopher steele, none of the dossier was ever proven to be true. all eyes was christopher steele ever charged? no, i wonder why. but that did not stop the media mob. they ran with that story for three long years, peddling why after lie after lie, conspiracy theory, conspiracy theory after another, you might remember. take a look. >> the salacious allegations laid out in that dossier compiled by a former british agent christopher steele, some of those allegations have been verified. >> the allegations of the dossier have been cooperated
senator grassley is absolutely right. but this is not the first time that the fbi was burned by a trusted source. does the name christopher steele for example ring a bell? his so called steele dossier, remember? that was the entire basis of the trump-russia collusion hoax. it was all a complete lie, the dossier. hillary clinton's campaign, they paid for the steele dossier. remember? they funneled money, cash or a law firm that hired an opera research firm that then hired former mi6 agent...
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domsley astatement fro senator grassley. he released the 1023 report at the tims e. and this is about the fbi informant that is now being charged. he sai d the informant behind the 1023 was indeed long serving, trusted fbi source usedtrusted by the agency for investigations. since the obamcriminala adminisn 2010, to be exact.o in facbet, he was so trustedrove that the fbi provided him authorization to, quote, engage in illegal activity for investigative purposes. but when presented with information from a sourcesw that the agency so trusted for that now 14 years, the fbi as exposed by senator grassley ,they sat on that 1023document document and they did so for years he was still working forfn the fbi and without any performance of any due diligence, they never looked into it. so it's clear that only after senator grassley made the 1023 public did the fbi then investigate the allegationsth of the document. senator grassley is absolutelydi right, but this is not the first time that the fbi was burned by a trusted source. does the name christopher steele for example rin
domsley astatement fro senator grassley. he released the 1023 report at the tims e. and this is about the fbi informant that is now being charged. he sai d the informant behind the 1023 was indeed long serving, trusted fbi source usedtrusted by the agency for investigations. since the obamcriminala adminisn 2010, to be exact.o in facbet, he was so trustedrove that the fbi provided him authorization to, quote, engage in illegal activity for investigative purposes. but when presented with...
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, to preside over the electoral vote count, and chuck grassley would've absolutely counted those votes anyway donald trump told him to. we know two things about january 6th. number one, donald trump wanted to remain president more than he ever wanted anything in his life. and number two, there were things he would not do to achieve that, crimes he would not commit. because donald trump knew he could not in fact, according to the law, stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody . a day in the life of the trump white house was full of two things, the action of a president out of control, and the decisions of a president who knew he could not do many of the things that he wanted to do. he knew there was no criminal immunity for his conduct. and he often feared making choices that he believed could help him, but wouldn't look good . and they weren't illegal, they just wouldn't look good. and that was enough to stop donald trump. on january 3rd, 2021, the final days of what is now his accused criminal conspiracy to overturn the presidential election, donald trump led a long meeti
, to preside over the electoral vote count, and chuck grassley would've absolutely counted those votes anyway donald trump told him to. we know two things about january 6th. number one, donald trump wanted to remain president more than he ever wanted anything in his life. and number two, there were things he would not do to achieve that, crimes he would not commit. because donald trump knew he could not in fact, according to the law, stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody . a...
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you actually have a number of republican senators from john cornyn to chuck grassley who have said either that hay don't like the bill or that there is no urgency to get to the bill. you know, or chuck grassley made the great point too, why are republicans giving up this thing that democrats want to -- so bad now rather than waiting to use it as part of a negotiation for the entire renewal of the 207 tax cuts? add many that the senate has a great deal on its calendar coming up whether it's immigration, whether it's the ongoing government funding bills, so it could potentially get stalled there both because of lack of appetite and time. paul: yeah. the president, president biden, has endorsed it. and it's interesting, the house vote, there were more republicans against this than there were democrats. that signals who basically thinks they wont in this debate. -- they won in this debate. >>> we have to take one more break. when we come back, hits and misses of the week. ♪ ♪ it's time. yes, the time has come for a fresh approach to dog food. everyday, more dog people are deciding it's ti
you actually have a number of republican senators from john cornyn to chuck grassley who have said either that hay don't like the bill or that there is no urgency to get to the bill. you know, or chuck grassley made the great point too, why are republicans giving up this thing that democrats want to -- so bad now rather than waiting to use it as part of a negotiation for the entire renewal of the 207 tax cuts? add many that the senate has a great deal on its calendar coming up whether it's...
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chuck grassley said the quiet part out loud that he did not think it was an republican's interests to move forward with this bill that could be a win for president biden in an election year. jonathan: what it shows is between the tax bill and immigration bill, the tax bill roaring out of the house and being blocked in the senate by senator grassley, the immigration bill in the senate that no one has seen yet, and yet you have the speaker of the house and donald trump trying to kill it before it gets out, congress is broken. congress is broken. the house is broken, the senate is broken. and really what we are seeing, to pick up on david's point, it is -- what is the word? the metastasization of what happened when justice scalia died. president obama nominated merrick garland to be the nominee, and the senate mitch mcconnell, majority leader at the time, says, no. and it was february. no thanks. we should wait for the presidential election. look where we are now, where legislation can't even get out of either chamber because it would give a win to the president, never mind the real amer
chuck grassley said the quiet part out loud that he did not think it was an republican's interests to move forward with this bill that could be a win for president biden in an election year. jonathan: what it shows is between the tax bill and immigration bill, the tax bill roaring out of the house and being blocked in the senate by senator grassley, the immigration bill in the senate that no one has seen yet, and yet you have the speaker of the house and donald trump trying to kill it before it...
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this is the guy that senator chuck grassley was insisting that this fbi report be revealed to the public, correct? this was the guy who basically provided hours worth of content on fox especially in prime time. this was the guy who james comer, the guy who runs the house oversight committee was relying on as a major source of information and the fbi is saying the guy's a liar. in fact, so much so we're charging with a crime, correct, jake, i mean, look again, what the republicans are saying is that one of the reasons why they were relying on him is that they believed he was credible, that the fbi was using him as an informant and that that gave him credibility. what we've now what we're seeing though in these documents in this indictment is that all of that was factitious he came up with this story after joe biden became the presumptive candidate for the democrats in 2020 and of course, after he had already gone to two republicans to make some of those allegations to chuck grassley and two others reminds me to a degree of during the brett kavanaugh hearings, when all these people were ma
this is the guy that senator chuck grassley was insisting that this fbi report be revealed to the public, correct? this was the guy who basically provided hours worth of content on fox especially in prime time. this was the guy who james comer, the guy who runs the house oversight committee was relying on as a major source of information and the fbi is saying the guy's a liar. in fact, so much so we're charging with a crime, correct, jake, i mean, look again, what the republicans are saying is...
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. >> chuck grassley >> here's the wrinkle for the fbi. they were in a pickle, they were getting threats from the congressional republicans but chuck grassley and people in congress already had a copy of the document. so that's where they were now. it is true though that in their briefing, what they were told about smirnoff is that he had previously provided valuable information and they had found it found him credible in those previous instances. >> interesting john miller, before these charges, alexander smirnoff did have this extensive history of working with law enforcement and they considered many of much of the information he had provided in the past to be credible and reliable. so how did he allegedly get tied up with all this false information that he says was from russian intelligence well, it's not exactly clear because he admits to talking to russian intelligence officials, at least according to the charging documents and the fbi people that i know who are familiar with his work do say that he worked on cases where the evidence
. >> chuck grassley >> here's the wrinkle for the fbi. they were in a pickle, they were getting threats from the congressional republicans but chuck grassley and people in congress already had a copy of the document. so that's where they were now. it is true though that in their briefing, what they were told about smirnoff is that he had previously provided valuable information and they had found it found him credible in those previous instances. >> interesting john miller,...
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you remember what grassley was saying, "oh, doesn't matter whether he is guilty or not." they want the hunt despite the fact they're chasing ghosts. >> yeah, i've lost track of the number of times republicans have said the quiet part out loud and said, "yeah, we're doing this for political purposes. we're doing this to hurt president biden ahead of his re-election bid, even if there are no facts that support the accusation." they keep saying, "we sure hope we're going to find something," and they haven't yet. this is the latest embarrassment to this impeachment inquiry, but we played sound all morning, that the reporters are asking republicans, saying, well, the very thesis, the foundation of your case has fallen apart because of this informant taking information from russian intelligence officers, and they dispute that. they won't do it. i'll just note this, we know that white house staffers, we reported this morning, received subpoena letters this week saying you have to come and testify, you know, for this impeachment inquiry. one staffer told me he received a letter a
you remember what grassley was saying, "oh, doesn't matter whether he is guilty or not." they want the hunt despite the fact they're chasing ghosts. >> yeah, i've lost track of the number of times republicans have said the quiet part out loud and said, "yeah, we're doing this for political purposes. we're doing this to hurt president biden ahead of his re-election bid, even if there are no facts that support the accusation." they keep saying, "we sure hope we're...
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when chuck grassley was running for reelection at 90 for another six-year term, which is voters gave him, nobody said a word. >> i lived in north carolina. i'm 70 years old. i would not have the stamina to be president. i think it is worth thinking about. at the same time, this is what we have. >> i live in virginia. i am 77 years old. i think president biden is very competent and very knowledgeable. if she has gaffes, i don't event affects his ability. >> nobody said anything about warren buffett or jane fonda or dr. fauci or mick jagger or harrison ford. think involve the people who in their 80's or 90's contributed to society. using martin scorsese needs to take a test before he does his next movie? >> volodymyr zelenskyy is a stellar example. macros, these guys are younger, more energetic than either of the two candidates that we have. >> i have seen some people list that medical cognitive test requirement. i think to myself, do we do this just for the president? >> we worry about implicit bias where we may not know that we have certain biases against certain kinds of people. or
when chuck grassley was running for reelection at 90 for another six-year term, which is voters gave him, nobody said a word. >> i lived in north carolina. i'm 70 years old. i would not have the stamina to be president. i think it is worth thinking about. at the same time, this is what we have. >> i live in virginia. i am 77 years old. i think president biden is very competent and very knowledgeable. if she has gaffes, i don't event affects his ability. >> nobody said anything...
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laura: james comber in addition to senator chuck grassley and jim jordan repeatedly were trying to get a hold of this information that the fbi had from smirnov, the allegations he was making just last summer. comer was calling this informant alexander smirnov a trusted and highly credible informant who had been used by the fbi for decades. so this was a central basis of the house republicans' entire impeachment inquiry into president biden, what they said was the justification for launching that impeachment inquiry. their response to this indictment is they said they were essentially misled by the fbi, that the fbi had had this source for years and that they were simply just adding their information from this document the fbi had. geoff: and the fbi is now using memos that congressional republicans released as part of their indictment against alexander smirnov. what do you see the other potential fallout here? laura: democrats are saying that the entire basis for the house republican impeachment inquiry into president biden is on shaky ground. they have no evidence whatsoever because o
laura: james comber in addition to senator chuck grassley and jim jordan repeatedly were trying to get a hold of this information that the fbi had from smirnov, the allegations he was making just last summer. comer was calling this informant alexander smirnov a trusted and highly credible informant who had been used by the fbi for decades. so this was a central basis of the house republicans' entire impeachment inquiry into president biden, what they said was the justification for launching...
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immigration bill, the tax bill roaring out of the house and being blocked in the senate by senator grassley, the immigration bill in the senate that nobody has seen yet, and yet you have the speaker of the house and donald trump trying to kill it before it gets out, congress is broken. congress is broken. the house is broken, the senate is broken. and really what we are saying, to pick up on david's point, it is -- what is the word? the metastasization of what happens when justice scalia died. merrick garland was nominated to be the nominee, and the senate mitch mcconnell, majority leader at the time, says, no. and it was february. no thanks. we should wait for the presidential election. look where we are now, where legislation can't even get out of either chamber because it would give a win to the president, never mind the real american people who would be helped by both pieces of legislation getting out andgetting to the president's desk for a signature. geoff: i want to bring up the focus of laura baran lopez's report of taylor swift being attacked by right-wing talking heads. what is th
immigration bill, the tax bill roaring out of the house and being blocked in the senate by senator grassley, the immigration bill in the senate that nobody has seen yet, and yet you have the speaker of the house and donald trump trying to kill it before it gets out, congress is broken. congress is broken. the house is broken, the senate is broken. and really what we are saying, to pick up on david's point, it is -- what is the word? the metastasization of what happens when justice scalia died....
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to let a senate democratic republican bipartisan compromise get anywhere, because they -- by senator grassley's own concession, they want the issue more than they want border control. >> right. first of all, with those pictures, it's something that's indefensible. the violence against those police officers is inexcusable. those individuals should be dealt with in the harshest of terms and justice should be meted out. we have had a broken immigration system for the last 20, 25 years, maybe even longer than that. congress can't seem to do what is necessary to fix the problem. as you may recall, president biden on his first day in office sent a comprehensive immigration reform bill to congress. this congress has worked hard to do nothing. as you said, the president, always having to deal with difficult issues, trying to find balance on both sides, because he thinks he works for all of the american people, has had teams on the hill negotiating with the senators. then here comes donald trump, who after yelling crisis at the border said, i didn't mean that, i don't want to close the border. there's a
to let a senate democratic republican bipartisan compromise get anywhere, because they -- by senator grassley's own concession, they want the issue more than they want border control. >> right. first of all, with those pictures, it's something that's indefensible. the violence against those police officers is inexcusable. those individuals should be dealt with in the harshest of terms and justice should be meted out. we have had a broken immigration system for the last 20, 25 years, maybe...
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2020 that is it's treated as gospel by the republicans and i would like to know whether or not senator grassley, who had a copy of this 1023 before the fbi ever gave it, or chairman comer or chairman jordan, all of whom were singing the praises of this the information provided by this source had any idea yeah, whether or not it was completely bogus and was in fact a plant by russian intelligence, which has been trying to metal somewhat successfully in our elections since 2016. >> you're talking about a 1023 that's where there's information initially was reported in correct >> yes, it's a report of a interview that as a confidential human source will provide to his handlers at the fbi to explain the conversations or the information that he has gathered the fbi than writes it down very meticulously so they know exactly cleve what he said that 1023 is the only evidence. the only evidence that the republicans and the house as part of this impeachment inquiry have related to these burisma bribery allegations, and they pushed get that information. chairman jordan oh, they they pushed incredibly hard.
2020 that is it's treated as gospel by the republicans and i would like to know whether or not senator grassley, who had a copy of this 1023 before the fbi ever gave it, or chairman comer or chairman jordan, all of whom were singing the praises of this the information provided by this source had any idea yeah, whether or not it was completely bogus and was in fact a plant by russian intelligence, which has been trying to metal somewhat successfully in our elections since 2016. >> you're...
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i'm so grateful for senators boozeman, capito, cassidy, collins, grassley, hoeven, kennedy, moran who gave a very impassioned speech on the floor. god bless him. murkowski, romney, rounds, sullivan, thune, tillis, wicker, young and yes, senator mitch mcconnell. so, obviously there have been a lot of republicans, willie, who have done vladimir putin's bidding. very grateful for those republicans who stood up and, you know, john thune said -- i won't say exactly what john thune said in a closed door meeting. just stood up and basically told everybody to stop being wimps. to stand up, defend our allies and do the right thing. and these republicans senators we should all be very grateful that they did just that. >> they did. and there's a group of them that did not who quiver under threats from donald trump, of course. and have said, with straight faces, i'm not going to do anything for ukraine until we can do something about the damn border. they serve in the unite states senate that just came up with a deal for the border. i know we're a broken record. this was their entire argument las
i'm so grateful for senators boozeman, capito, cassidy, collins, grassley, hoeven, kennedy, moran who gave a very impassioned speech on the floor. god bless him. murkowski, romney, rounds, sullivan, thune, tillis, wicker, young and yes, senator mitch mcconnell. so, obviously there have been a lot of republicans, willie, who have done vladimir putin's bidding. very grateful for those republicans who stood up and, you know, john thune said -- i won't say exactly what john thune said in a closed...
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senator chuck grassley of iowa criticized the measure, saying it could help president biden's re-election campaign. >> what is -- >> here we go again. >> what is going on? >> what is it? telling semafor yesterday, "passing a bill that makes the president look good, mailing out checks before the election means he could be re-elected, then we won't extend the 2016 tax cuts." it is important to note the bill doesn't include a check for americans. we'll also note that in march of 2020, just ahead of the presidential election, congress approved a $2 trillion covid relief bill that included a $1,200 check for americans. the democrat-controlled house overwhelmingly approved that legislation, and then president trump was quick to take credit for it, signing the checks himself. >> yeah, such hypocrisy. >>> a group of prominent social media ceos faced bipartisan anger on capitol hill yesterday in a hearing before the senate judiciary committee. >> senators confronted the tech leaders for not doing enough to protect young people from the dangers of their platforms, including sexual predators, addict
senator chuck grassley of iowa criticized the measure, saying it could help president biden's re-election campaign. >> what is -- >> here we go again. >> what is going on? >> what is it? telling semafor yesterday, "passing a bill that makes the president look good, mailing out checks before the election means he could be re-elected, then we won't extend the 2016 tax cuts." it is important to note the bill doesn't include a check for americans. we'll also note...
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chuck grassley says they're coming to kick down your door. >> and kill middle class americans. >> they're going to kick down your door and kill you. that's the mindset of, again, of the extremes, but it's a powerful extreme that runs the conversation on guns on the right. >>> we're getting some jobs numbers coming up here in a couple of minutes. we want to read the markets. moving higher already. anticipating hopefully for the country, a good number. we'll bring you those numbers and some insight. >>> plus, as promised, larry david and susie essman. and larry will answer for his crimes. >> crimes against muppets. >> we'll be right bag. muppets. >> we'll be right bag. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ ( bell ringing) customize and save with libberty bibberty. liberty bushumal. libtreally blubatoo. mark that one. that was nice! i think you're supposed to stand over there. oh am i? thank you. so, a couple more? we'll just...we'll rip. we'll go quick. libu smeebo. libu bribu. limu bibu...and me. doug: he's an emu! only pay for what you need. jingle: ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >>> all o
chuck grassley says they're coming to kick down your door. >> and kill middle class americans. >> they're going to kick down your door and kill you. that's the mindset of, again, of the extremes, but it's a powerful extreme that runs the conversation on guns on the right. >>> we're getting some jobs numbers coming up here in a couple of minutes. we want to read the markets. moving higher already. anticipating hopefully for the country, a good number. we'll bring you those...