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that little inconvenient truth didn't stop grassley from pushing the biden corruption narrative. in 2022 he cited a new supposed whistle-blower, and grassley pushed smirnov's claims to the hilt. here he is on the senate floor pushing what amounts to a literal russian lie. >> the fbi document shows a criminal bribery scheme. the criminal scheme included joe biden, hunter biden each being paid $5 million for joe biden to take a policy position in favor of foreign nationals. that policy position was ultimately taken. joe biden even bragged about it. what have my democratic colleagues done to investigate that evidence? what has the biden justice department done? >> grassley then recruited his house maga counterparts oversight chairman james comer and judiciary chairman jim jordan who just ran with it. >> do you believe that this is now officially the joe biden bribery allegation, and do you believe that you'll be able to prove that? jim comer. >> i sure home so. i do believe that there's a lot of smoke, and where there's smoke there's fire. >> senator grassley, he's the guy who has w
that little inconvenient truth didn't stop grassley from pushing the biden corruption narrative. in 2022 he cited a new supposed whistle-blower, and grassley pushed smirnov's claims to the hilt. here he is on the senate floor pushing what amounts to a literal russian lie. >> the fbi document shows a criminal bribery scheme. the criminal scheme included joe biden, hunter biden each being paid $5 million for joe biden to take a policy position in favor of foreign nationals. that policy...
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grassley, chuck grassley, a verz of this document. this document called a 1023. there had been a lot of fighting with christopher wray, the head of the fbi, over whether they could be seen at all because he was warning this isn't final information, but republicans demanded it be shown. there was some question in their mind about whether you should see it because i'm sure they knew you would ask questions. do you believe james comer and chuck grassley knew this information was false as they were peddling it on fox and on other right wing news outlets? >> well, i can't say that they knew. i don't know whether or not they knew, but they had every reason to be suspicious of it, and we were repeatedly warned by the fbi that these fd-1023 forms are something taken by an fbi agent, interviewing someone, it could be a narco trafficker, it could be a terrorist. it could be an insurrectionist. who knows who is giving the information? so we were warned that there was no vouching for the credibility of the information that was reported. but they just took the football and th
grassley, chuck grassley, a verz of this document. this document called a 1023. there had been a lot of fighting with christopher wray, the head of the fbi, over whether they could be seen at all because he was warning this isn't final information, but republicans demanded it be shown. there was some question in their mind about whether you should see it because i'm sure they knew you would ask questions. do you believe james comer and chuck grassley knew this information was false as they were...
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grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, booker, cardin, carper, coons, graham, heinrich, king, lujan, murphy, peters, reed, rosen, rubio, schatz, scott of florida, stabenow, tester, welch, whitehouse, and wyden. ms. cortez masto, aye
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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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grassley, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. rubio, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. cleric cleric mr. hoeven -- the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. britt, no. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. braun, no. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. ms. sinema, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, no.
grassley, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, no. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. rubio, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. cleric cleric mr. hoeven -- the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. britt, no. ms. warren,...
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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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senator chuck grassley and ron johnson are demanding more from to know why there was no mention of nine boxes worth of joe biden classified documents confirmed to have been taken by the national archives and records administration from a boston attorney's office back in november of 2022 the senators are calling robert hur's investigation and complete and they sent a letter to christopher wray attorney general merrick garland pushing for answers by next friday. this as we learn that robert hur will be testifying publicly at a house hearing on march 12, joining me not to get ahead of it wisconsin senator member of the homeland security committee ron johnson, it's great to see you, thank you for joining us today. >> great to be on. maria: what was left out and what do you think that we need to understand better about biden's handling of his classified documents? >> we thought it was a large omission from robert hur's report the nine boxes that were taken from the boston office. we believe the fbi has gone through those but there's no mention of the robert hur report, i don't no one that bu
senator chuck grassley and ron johnson are demanding more from to know why there was no mention of nine boxes worth of joe biden classified documents confirmed to have been taken by the national archives and records administration from a boston attorney's office back in november of 2022 the senators are calling robert hur's investigation and complete and they sent a letter to christopher wray attorney general merrick garland pushing for answers by next friday. this as we learn that robert hur...
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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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now remember this 1023 that was released by grassley last week. now we know about this form, 1023 that alleges bribery. you have the actual crimes the biden if the bidens have committed, which range from money-laundering to bribery >> now that evidence, that fbi form, you keep hearing about. well, it's all bs at least according to a new federal indictment today, the feds have arrested the informant who accused the president the pocketing millions of dollars. that indictment alleges that alexander smirnov made it all up, that there's no truth whatsoever to what he told investigators about connections between joe biden and hunter biden and that foreign energy company that smirnoff strung together, quote, otherwise unremarkable business meetings and contacts into a non-existent scheme about the biden family joining me now is democratic congressman from florida, jared moskowitz, a congressman. simple question, should republicans and their impeachment inquiry in light of these charges? >> yeah. thanks for having me, abby. yeah. thoughts and prayers to
now remember this 1023 that was released by grassley last week. now we know about this form, 1023 that alleges bribery. you have the actual crimes the biden if the bidens have committed, which range from money-laundering to bribery >> now that evidence, that fbi form, you keep hearing about. well, it's all bs at least according to a new federal indictment today, the feds have arrested the informant who accused the president the pocketing millions of dollars. that indictment alleges that...
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one pathway even involved having senator chuck grassley file a test case before the supreme court. what do you make of that lawyering? is that good lawyering? >> first, how are we only finding out about this now? to me, if january 6th is a multi hour event, and that is a lot different in contacts than multi day planned event. that goes much more strongly to allegations of insurrection, or other criminal allegations that are currently being made. i'm just astonished we're finding out about it now. what you just asked goes to the core of some of the attorney defendants defense. which is basically, hey, where lawyers. we were just musing, waxing on about some of the legal theories that just might work. and by the way, i won't completely denounced that biden said defense. it's available one, i don't think it'll be successful. but look to them to make that argument. some of them -- agreed to plead guilty. but to the extent there attorneys -- mostly in georgia, they are going to argue just legal of vice? that's not that big a deal. and just thinking about it, we're not actually -- >> but
one pathway even involved having senator chuck grassley file a test case before the supreme court. what do you make of that lawyering? is that good lawyering? >> first, how are we only finding out about this now? to me, if january 6th is a multi hour event, and that is a lot different in contacts than multi day planned event. that goes much more strongly to allegations of insurrection, or other criminal allegations that are currently being made. i'm just astonished we're finding out about...
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and he turned out to be an armed dealer that they cannot find grassley came out if this guy and now he's been indicted for having lied to the fbi all of us are aware this reputation that has been gone on for years now must be confronted. we cannot let it just out there. and that's one reason. several weeks ago, i started raising my voice pretty loudly and regularly to combat this you saw what happened to hillary clinton. >> we >> must not allow that to happen. the deal biden. >> so we are not only what you're talking about, but we're expecting to see more coverage of trump in the coming weeks as he faces all of these criminal trials, including one that could be kicking off next month you've expressed concerns in the past about president biden's message breaking through what you called a maga wall. does the campaign, the biden campaign need to actually be more visible in this moment to counter what's going to be pretty much an avalanche of trump legal news in the coming months. >> thanks. i learned early in this business, i started out with the student nonviolent coordinating committee as
and he turned out to be an armed dealer that they cannot find grassley came out if this guy and now he's been indicted for having lied to the fbi all of us are aware this reputation that has been gone on for years now must be confronted. we cannot let it just out there. and that's one reason. several weeks ago, i started raising my voice pretty loudly and regularly to combat this you saw what happened to hillary clinton. >> we >> must not allow that to happen. the deal biden....
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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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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 reported, alexander smirnoff, no he understand of russian disinformation. joe biden department of justice said smirnoff who spent decade on fbi's payroll is a liar who had high level contacts with russian intelligence. democrats think this is grounds for dropping impeachment. jaime raskin saying close the books. >> it is conspiracy theory made up by russian intelligence pumped through smirnoff to america and picked it up and running with the football. they shoiuld close down the circus. will they move on to a new lie? >> even the partisan media wants biden investigation to end. >> given this information, someone acting like russian operative, they are going to have to pull back. what they decide to do, how they decide without having egg all over their face trying to put the blame elsewhere. >> they are the ones that have egg on their faces. democrats dems acting like this whole case is on smirnoff. all four of those things are facts, absolutely. regard whether he is of what confidential source may have had. >> trove of evidence out in the open for years, e-
chuck grassley reported, alexander smirnoff, no he understand of russian disinformation. joe biden department of justice said smirnoff who spent decade on fbi's payroll is a liar who had high level contacts with russian intelligence. democrats think this is grounds for dropping impeachment. jaime raskin saying close the books. >> it is conspiracy theory made up by russian intelligence pumped through smirnoff to america and picked it up and running with the football. they shoiuld close...
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senator chuck grassley announced that two separate justice department field officers, in newark and pittsburgh, found no hits to known sources of russian disinformation. and right before hunter's deposition with house investigators, this arrest is made? giving democrats their fall guy and an excuse to call the entire impeachment russia disinformation? cia mouthpieces are all over msnbc today claiming that the 51 letter-signing intel guys were right. hunter's laptop was russian disinformation. >> those 51 former intelligence officials paid a steep price for signing that letter. the republicans said this was election interference, a bogus attempt to suppress a legitimate story. as it turns out, they were right. they've been proven correct, in the sense that we now know russian intelligence, at least according to the statements of this informant, bolstered somewhat by this indictment, where feeding him information, false information. >> jesse: tomorrow on msnbc, jussie smollett. he was right all along. robert mueller cleared republicans of collusion, but somehow we are back to republicans colludi
senator chuck grassley announced that two separate justice department field officers, in newark and pittsburgh, found no hits to known sources of russian disinformation. and right before hunter's deposition with house investigators, this arrest is made? giving democrats their fall guy and an excuse to call the entire impeachment russia disinformation? cia mouthpieces are all over msnbc today claiming that the 51 letter-signing intel guys were right. hunter's laptop was russian disinformation....
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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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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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. >> yeah, absolutely, you investigate every tip charles grassley brought this tip, smirnov did -- burisma paid hunter biden, that is true we found that he said in there that money was wired to various bank accounts that is true we know that, the part that has never been confirmed is about joe biden, or not, look. we're looking finding new accounts from joe biden every at the end of the day know bidens took over 20 million dollars from with adversary around the world failed to say one thing they did to receive that money. marie: yeah kwa, i think people are so frustrated by politics of all this, amazing to me, that your colleagues just play politics all if time, this is a serious matter security risk if this family has taken millions from chooen no wonder china has arched amped up aggression why is smirnov indicted creates steele walk being around is it not trou steele dossier was garbage that lie of russian collusion with donald trump ripped this country apart no one accountable must be frustrating. >> very frustrating zero confidence i told you, i lost couple ofs in the intelligence comm
. >> yeah, absolutely, you investigate every tip charles grassley brought this tip, smirnov did -- burisma paid hunter biden, that is true we found that he said in there that money was wired to various bank accounts that is true we know that, the part that has never been confirmed is about joe biden, or not, look. we're looking finding new accounts from joe biden every at the end of the day know bidens took over 20 million dollars from with adversary around the world failed to say one...
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senator grassley has a birthday. and kyle chandler. >> we will send it to them but you guys order it ahead because that's a good thing to do. >> stephen: you can just click on that right there and preorder from here, i don't know where that takes you. i apologize ahead of time, i hope it's not a cult, or wherever you buy books. "does this taste funny." >> and my leaving? >> stephen: no! i'm thinking you for writing this book with me. >> i will say this, i think this cookbook should be an example for all couples of hope. [laughter] an example of hope for all couples. >> stephen: why is it an example of hope for all couples? >> because i cannot even chopped celery without you telling me i'm doing it wrong. [boos] but come about, it's all good now and now we've written a cookbook together. i feel like i'm being a little mean. i will back up. >> stephen: i wrote a book. >> it's beautiful! it's beautiful! we did it together! >> stephen: it was an act of love and you made ugly. we should do first drafts before our relation
senator grassley has a birthday. and kyle chandler. >> we will send it to them but you guys order it ahead because that's a good thing to do. >> stephen: you can just click on that right there and preorder from here, i don't know where that takes you. i apologize ahead of time, i hope it's not a cult, or wherever you buy books. "does this taste funny." >> and my leaving? >> stephen: no! i'm thinking you for writing this book with me. >> i will say this, i...
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doj must investigate whether and when grassley, comer or jordan knew that smirnoff was spreading russian disinformation. he's accusing law make aers of conspiring with you putin. gop slammed goldman for peddling russia hoax 2.0, they point out the committee never talked to or knew the informants name and the fbi said smirnoff was highly credible of. he was paid six figures and was very trusted. joining me now, south carolina congresswoman nancy mace. your reaction to now plunging into politics on all of this? >> well, it's clear that dan goldman has lost his mind yet again. and the oversight committee we've been doing this investigation, the fbi told the oversight committee that this witness was credible and this witness was trustworthy. even jamie raskin last year said in front of the entire world that he was told this witness was credible and so this is just another day and another russia hoax coming out. maria: so do you believe that he lied or do you believe that joe biden and hunter biden accepted $5 million each from burisma? >> i don't believe anything joe biden, hunter biden or j
doj must investigate whether and when grassley, comer or jordan knew that smirnoff was spreading russian disinformation. he's accusing law make aers of conspiring with you putin. gop slammed goldman for peddling russia hoax 2.0, they point out the committee never talked to or knew the informants name and the fbi said smirnoff was highly credible of. he was paid six figures and was very trusted. joining me now, south carolina congresswoman nancy mace. your reaction to now plunging into politics...
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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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a sober reading of the evidence also suggests that these top republicans like jordan, comer and grassley were at least duped by this second-hand russian disinformation and that's the most general way you can put it. they also all back a presidential candidate who goes well beyond duped. donald trump started this whole thing before he ever won a race actively seeking campaign meddling and foreign governments like russia and those calls that he made to russia were heated according to the exhaustive findings in the mueller probe, and so here we are again. back to russia, russia, russia, and i don't know how much you listen to what they say on the right, but there are a lot of trump apologists who claim it's their opponents who obsess with russia and that that's why this keeps coming up. like it's a thing that other people are obsessed with. let me tell you that this russian disinformation campaign partly exposed tonight that that idea that other people are obsessed with russia like so much maga political projection has it exactly opposite. why are we back on russia tonight in our congress,
a sober reading of the evidence also suggests that these top republicans like jordan, comer and grassley were at least duped by this second-hand russian disinformation and that's the most general way you can put it. they also all back a presidential candidate who goes well beyond duped. donald trump started this whole thing before he ever won a race actively seeking campaign meddling and foreign governments like russia and those calls that he made to russia were heated according to the...
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senator chuck grassley at one point reading the claims into the record without naming a witness. the claims have been disproven. the man who made the claims arrested. the same special counsel prosecuting hunter biden is the one who brought the charges against smirnov. >>> other news, the prosecutor going after donald trump in georgia is under investigation herself for what some consider an inappropriate relationship with one of her fellow lawyers. fani willis paid the prosecutor taxpayer money and critics say benefits from that because he spends money on her. so whether they have a relationship and when that relationship started is the question a judge in georgia is trying to figure out. that, and if willis should be replaced as prosecutor in the election interference case. here is a bit of system with a good helping of southern euphemism. >> my question was, you had the place you laid your head. >> when? >> has he ever visited you at the place you laid your head. >> let's be clear because you've lie let me tell you which one you lied in. this is the truth. no, no, no, it is a li
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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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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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. >> now remember justin 23 that was released by grassley last week. now we know about this form 1023, that alleges bribery. the most corroborating evidence we have is that 1023 form from this highly credible, confidential human source? >> now for normal humans out there who aren't really familiar with the code and attend 23. that was the information about from the environment rights and it's memorialized documents, the fbi. now, here's the thing. and everybody should know is that the standard for impeachment? it's in the constitution. it's one can be impeached for treason, bribery, or other high crimes, or misdemeanors. now the constitution's pretty silent on the amount of evidence you need. how you go about it, what it takes to impeach somebody we'll fact is and they've and they've made point, they backed away from those statements in the last day or so saying, well, this is all based on more than one person's testimony, will find, then come kelly evidence to show it whether it's other witnesses that can corroborate what this individual had said, whe
. >> now remember justin 23 that was released by grassley last week. now we know about this form 1023, that alleges bribery. the most corroborating evidence we have is that 1023 form from this highly credible, confidential human source? >> now for normal humans out there who aren't really familiar with the code and attend 23. that was the information about from the environment rights and it's memorialized documents, the fbi. now, here's the thing. and everybody should know is that...
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here is senator chuck grassley quoting the lies the witness we now know as smirnov told the fbi. >> this fbi generated document based on information provided to the fbi by a highly credible, long-serving fbi confidential human source. the fbi document shows a criminal bribery scheme. >> now, he's being imprecise. the fbi document shows a source told them about a scheme, not that the scheme had happened or that the fbi was taking it seriously. >>> president biden is in l.a. this morning, comes up to the bay area this afternoon for more fundraisers. new financial data provided by the campaign shows biden out-raising his presumed challenger, donald trump, by quite a bit. the startling difference is the difference between the democratic national committee and the republicans, the dnc reports $17 million on hand. the rnc $9 million, but it owes an additional $3 million in debt. >>> former president trump talked for the first time about the death of russian opposition leader navalny last night. trump saying navalny, who returned home to russia after seeking medical treatment the first time he
here is senator chuck grassley quoting the lies the witness we now know as smirnov told the fbi. >> this fbi generated document based on information provided to the fbi by a highly credible, long-serving fbi confidential human source. the fbi document shows a criminal bribery scheme. >> now, he's being imprecise. the fbi document shows a source told them about a scheme, not that the scheme had happened or that the fbi was taking it seriously. >>> president biden is in l.a....
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in fact, here is senator chuck grassley quoting the lies the witness, we now know is smirnov, told the fbi. >> this fbi generated document based on information provided to the fbi by a highly credible long-serving fbi confidential human source. the fbi document shows a criminal bribery scheme. >> he's being imprecise. the fbi document shows a source told them about a scheme, not that the scheme had happened or that the fbi was taking it seriously. >>> president biden is in l.a. this morning and comes to the bay area this afternoon for more fundraisers. new financial data provided by the campaigns show biden out-raising his presumed challenger, donald trump, by quite a bit. but the really startling difference is the difference between the democratic national committee and the republicans. dnc reports $17 million on hand, rnc $9 million, but it owes an additional $3 million in debt. and let's not forget nikki haley. she has the least amount of money compared to biden and trump. but the takeaway is people are continuing to contribute, bringing in at least $10 million last month. she has y
in fact, here is senator chuck grassley quoting the lies the witness, we now know is smirnov, told the fbi. >> this fbi generated document based on information provided to the fbi by a highly credible long-serving fbi confidential human source. the fbi document shows a criminal bribery scheme. >> he's being imprecise. the fbi document shows a source told them about a scheme, not that the scheme had happened or that the fbi was taking it seriously. >>> president biden is in...
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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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chuck grassley reported this informant, alexanderbidens smir, was thoroughly vetted by two separate fbi field offices, which found, quote, no heads of russian disinformation. now, joe biden's departmentment of justice says smirnov,de who spent over a decade on the fbi's payroll, giving them credible information, is a liar who had high level contacts with russian intelligenceel. democrats think this is grounds for dropping impeachment. it's the democrats favorite talking point now. and jamie raskin is already saying, close the books. >> it's a conspiracy theory made up by russian intelligenc e pumped through smirnov into america. >> and then they've picked it up and they've been running with the footbalerica ant upl e. >> but it should be over now. they should close down the circus. >> it's over. what will they do? will they just move on to a nedw lie, a new conspiracy theory? >> even the partisan media wants wants the biden investigation to end. >> given bide this new information g about somebody who is acting more like a russiaiv thin operae than anything else. i think, you know,o pull
chuck grassley reported this informant, alexanderbidens smir, was thoroughly vetted by two separate fbi field offices, which found, quote, no heads of russian disinformation. now, joe biden's departmentment of justice says smirnov,de who spent over a decade on the fbi's payroll, giving them credible information, is a liar who had high level contacts with russian intelligenceel. democrats think this is grounds for dropping impeachment. it's the democrats favorite talking point now. and jamie...
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so, if you were james comer, jim jordan, chuck grassley, are there many other republicans who pushed smirnoff's claims, this all incredibly embarrassing, considering that you've likely been pushing russian disinformation for months. but what is more embarrassing, and frankly more frightening, is that they were warned. republicans went all in on smirnoff's claims despite the fact that they were told repeatedly by the fbi that the information smirnoff was providing was completely uncorroborated. they were warned. and they still went on national television to say things like this -- >>> house oversight terman james comer says he and his colleagues plan to drop a bombshell. >>> it's gonna be judgment day tomorrow for the white house. >>> yet the confidential fbi informant who's basically saying that joe biden took $5 million from burisma. >>> the informant was a highly valued human source for the fbi. >>> a trusted highly credible informant -- >>> a trusted confidential informant -- >>> they had a credible source, one of their good sources -- >>> this is a very crucial piece of our inves
so, if you were james comer, jim jordan, chuck grassley, are there many other republicans who pushed smirnoff's claims, this all incredibly embarrassing, considering that you've likely been pushing russian disinformation for months. but what is more embarrassing, and frankly more frightening, is that they were warned. republicans went all in on smirnoff's claims despite the fact that they were told repeatedly by the fbi that the information smirnoff was providing was completely uncorroborated....
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and i wonder if when you look at this you wonder if james comer, jim jordan, chuck grassley in the senate, if they have fallen for this apparent russian disinformation campaign, but not just that, they've amplified it >> well, in that lie told by mr. smirnoff he's been the foundation of the entire impeachment investigation for more than a year and they've continued to defend it right up until last week when smirnoff was indicted for lying to the fbi and filing false statements, creating a false documentary record. this revelation is really explosive because it really ties the whole thing together. we know that putin has been trying to interfere in american elections and successfully interfering in american elections since 2016 when 17 us national security agencies found that he had been engaged in cyber surveillance and cyber espionage against the dnc, against hillary clinton. then in 2020, when even donald trump's own treasury department issued sanctions against putin for his interference in the 2020 election. and now it leads all the way up to the 2024 election were there continuing to
and i wonder if when you look at this you wonder if james comer, jim jordan, chuck grassley in the senate, if they have fallen for this apparent russian disinformation campaign, but not just that, they've amplified it >> well, in that lie told by mr. smirnoff he's been the foundation of the entire impeachment investigation for more than a year and they've continued to defend it right up until last week when smirnoff was indicted for lying to the fbi and filing false statements, creating a...
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ask right now is why only after pronounced political pressure from people like james comer and chuck grassley, did the special prosecutor do a complete one at and begin to kind of treat this reporting is something that that needed to be dealt with investigatively. >> republicans had complainant, they weren't getting all the information on this informant, but they believed what he said, hook line and sinker how do you think it got this far before the fbi and ultimately the doj has a whole realized just how many lives had been told well, i think it's significant that the bureau tried to resist turning over the >> 1023 to congress. and that's likely because in that period of time, they were trying to corroborate what had been told to them. the 1023 is we know is raw source according it is not an opinion about whether or not the reporting is accurate is simply are the fbi's way of documenting what the source tells you. we also know from the indictment that they went through a pretty extended process of investigating the recording. they talk to his associates, they looked at his communications in
ask right now is why only after pronounced political pressure from people like james comer and chuck grassley, did the special prosecutor do a complete one at and begin to kind of treat this reporting is something that that needed to be dealt with investigatively. >> republicans had complainant, they weren't getting all the information on this informant, but they believed what he said, hook line and sinker how do you think it got this far before the fbi and ultimately the doj has a whole...
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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...