Head to d. C. With Tucker Carlson. Have a good night. Tucker good evening and welcome to Tucker Carlson tonight. The fbi conducted a number of politically sensitive investigations in the past couple of years. No single agent has been more involved in more of them than peter strzok. He led the investigation into Hillary Clintons email server and was responsible for changing jim comeys finding to a less serious extreme carelessness. Strzok signed the order launching the federal investigation into collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia, the one that paralyzed
the federal government for a year. And strzok oversaw the interview of Michael Flynn at the white house that led to felony charges. Until August Strzok was a central member of Robert Muellers independent counsel investigation. Peter strzok is a major figure in american political history. His Finger Prints are over things that will send people to prison. It is critical that he is beyond question. Yesterday fox news obtained copies of the famous Text Messages he sent to his mystery. She said maybe you are meant to protect the country from that
menace. What menace would that be . Days before strzok signed off on the start of the fbis investigation of ties between russia and donald trump. Strzok texted this to paige. I want to believe there is no way trump gets elected, but i am afraid we cant take that risk. Its like an Insurance Policy in the event you die before you are 40. The andy is mccain, he came under fire. He was helping to oversee the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Mccabe did not recues himself from that investigation. Top fbi officials met in his office to plan insurance against trump becoming president. About damn time and said Hillary Clinton should win the race 100 million to zero. Strzok ridiculed the trump family. Turn it on this is the man the New York Times described as one of the most experienced and trusted fbi Counter Intelligence investigators. Others paints him as Sherlock Holmes and batman. He sounds like the 6th man of the view. The legitimacy of the investigation depends on the publics faith that the people doing it are unbiassed. Rod rosenstein in testimony today before congress, he insisted this is no problem at
all. Everything is fine. I expressed concern about certain aspects of certain things done by the fbi. In general, working with the fbi agents over decades, i found them to be an Exceptional Group of public servants. Loyal, faithful and dedicated and some of the finest people i know. Tucker rosenstein said he has total confidence in Robert Mueller. It would be difficult for anybody to find somebody Better Qualified for this job. Direct mueller throughout his lifetime has been a dedicated and respected and heroic public servant. After college he volunteered to serve as a marine in vietnam. Tucker he is a vietnam veteran . So is roy moore. Thats an impressive resume point, but what does that have to do with the question . Nothing. Its misdirection. Nobody is attacking mueller as a man. The question is why did mueller hire so many partisan democrats to investigate a republican president . 9 out of 15 are clinton donors. Why did mueller hide the reason for Peter Strzoks demotion . Why has he stone walled congresss many attempts to exercise consitutional over sight to what he is doing . We have a congressman from california join us. He is a democrat. I would think that you would share my interest in seeing this investigation is not only fair but has the confidence of the public. Exactly right. Tucker given that we know that peter strzok was a seething partisan, does it bother you he had a hand in so many key
investigations . The last 2 years . The current fbi director is also partisan. He is a republican. Given money to republican causes around. Within the fbi, there are men and women who are democrat and republican. I would probably say that the majority of the fbi key agents tend to be conservative and on the republican side. Tucker that send to be true, but Robert Mueller himself was so concerned by strzoks part partisan ship he pulled him. As soon as he found out. Tucker he hid for months from congress these texts. Does it bother you that the fbi is stone walling your bodys efforts to get answers . Not at all. This is a criminal investigation under way and investigation of National Security of extreme importance to this nation and the way we run our elections. We ought not be in any way slowing down, harming or stopping or rather in one way or another, causing that investigation to not go forward. Its about our democracy. Its about a Foreign Government involvement. Having to do with the president is just one piece. Tucker here is one piece we think we know. The fbi used this dossier to form its investigation and paid for it. That already happened. The fbi wont answer the question, did they pay for that dossier . Why doesnt your body have the right to know that . Whether they did or did not, the question begins with what is
the dossier . The dossier has been a template for the investigations. It turns out that much of that dossier has already proven to be accurate and correct. It was important enough that the Intelligence Community informed the president it existed so the president would know these issues are out there and they would be tucker where did that information come from . It came from russian intelligence. Does that bother you. In the dossier. The claim is russian intelligence influenced our election. You said the dossier influenced this investigation. Well, apparently, and we not yet know where all of that information came from. But we know it came from an individual who was involved in the British Intelligence services for 3 decades working
on the russian portfolio. He knew what was going on and had contacts. Some of whom would talk to him russians and others. He put together the dossier. The dossier is an important part of what happened. Its informative. Tucker hold on. Your concern is that a Foreign Government may is influenced our election. Well, we know that they did. Tucker we know that dossier came in part from a Foreign Intelligence Service and the u. S. Government may have paid for part of it. Why wouldnt you be calling the fbi and say what . You gave money to get information from russian intelligence . No. The information came from mr. Steele. Tucker where do you think he got it . From a variety of sources some of whom were russians. Tucker that information provided by the putin government influenced a u. S. Investigation of a sitting president. I think you are going way out on a limb. Tucker i am not. You are. Tucker you are saying thats okay. That information from russian intelligence back up a bit. We know from our Intelligence Agencies who got information from their sources in russia and other places that the russian government attempted to and did engage in influencing the american president ial election. We also know from our Intelligence Agencies that got information from russians, not only did they attempt to influence the president ial election, they attempted to hack into our electorol process. Tucker russian intelligence is influencing a federal investigation into the president. You are way out on a limb. Tucker no, i am not. You said the dossier was the basis of this investigation. No, i said it was an element. It informed tucker the fbi should settle this for us. Did they pay money for that dossier . What was their contact with mr. Steele. Congress cant get answers. Why . It may be interesting but so what . Tucker it would show that a Foreign Government was influencing a federal election. Its not necessarily a Foreign Government. The information of the dossier and the information collected by all of our Intelligence Agencies, some came from sources in russia. We do not this we do know that from all of that gathering of information the dossier being one piece of it,
perhaps a small piece, we know that the russian government at the highest levels attempted and fact did get involved. Tucker i dont understand this. You could tell them to answer your questions and you should. You are you are dealing with a fly on a dogs back. You need to look at the overarching issue. There are things we know. All of our Intelligence Agencies said russia involved itself in the american election. Russia hacked our Electoral System unsuccessfully. Tucker i want more information. We all want information. Tucker thank you. There are tough exchanges during that testimony on capitol hill. Mr. Rosenstein, heres a selection. Any opinion on the lack of the fruit from the poisonous tree via peter strzok . I can tell you if evidence is tainted, and that would raise a concern for me, our cases where we prosecute based on witnesses and documents and not on the agent unless the agent were a witness in the case. That would concern us if there were tainted evidence in the case. Tucker a professor at George Washington law school joins us tonight. What was your take . We didnt learn a whole lot. Tucker no. Many of these questions dont go to witnesses. They dont go to sensitive issues. They go to the role of prosecutors. I dont understand why some of those questions could not be answered. What we have is allegations on both sides of the political
aisle involving political corruption or influence on the department of justice. How did we respond . It would be nice if both parties would say fine, there are so many questions. Lets have an independent and full investigation and be transparent. I think congress with investigate the doj allegations, but we need a commitment on both sides to say the American People have a right to hear it all. We didnt get that today. Tucker we have an obligation to preserve public trust that our system is not corrupt. Thats the point of the independent counsel to take it out of the department of justice. Given that, why in the world would the fbi apparently and the investigation hide these texts from strzok and the knews from the congress for months he was demoted . What was the point of that . I find that perhaps the most
troubling aspect. There was no reason for this information to be with held. Its an example of how agencies thumb their noses at congress. They should have been held in contempt. Congress has a right to this information. Its our government. These are serious allegations. You talk about someone involved we are spending millions and we have a lot at take here. If there are people there who are partisan and biassed we have a right to know about it. Tucker it looks like mueller did the right thing. He has this high level fbi official strzok who stepped out of the lines and he demoted. Why be uncomfortable telling congress . That suggests there is Something Else going right. Youre absolutely right. The only way to sanitize this is
exposure to sunlight. They are resisting this exposure. Some of these texts are deeply disturbing. Some are just stupid. Major justice officials going to the Campaign Party of one of the two major candidates. Its stupid. Tucker a lot of these people have political opinions. That doesnt mean they cant do their jobs. If you are an independent counsel and under public scrutiny and you hire 9 out of 15 people who are donors to the other candidate. Is it impossible to find competent investigators who did not just donate to the other Candidates Campaign . There is no lead to come up with a list that can be challenged. I thought muellers appointment
was a mistake. I think he will do a good job. But his connection to comey and his interview for comeys job baffled me he would be on the list. You would think after that start, he would sanitize this team. Tucker public faith is at stake here. It is. Tucker thank you. More evidence of failures and foul play at the fbi. The agency doesnt believe it should submit to oversight of congress and anybody else . Why. We investigate next. When you have a cold, stuff happens. { sneezing ] shut down cold symptoms fast [ coughing ] with maximum strength Alka Seltzer Plus liquid gels. Tucker the many partisan democrat working on Special Counsels Robert Mueller investigation thought the only cause for concern at the fbi, the bureau acted with out right contempt for congress. They dont Tell Congress how much they relied on the Trump Dossier or paid for any of it. Took a leak to get Peter StrzoksText Messages. The fbi forced a Government Watch dog agency to sign a Nondisclosure Agreement to not share Hillary Clintons emails with congress. The fbi is not just ignoring
congress but sabotaging them. A journalist joins us tonight. How can the fbi force a Government Agency to sign that pro preventing congress from seeing the information. Is that illegal . That has never happened before. Congress was so happy about this, they will never agree to do so again. Its unprecedented. What it means is that Vital Information that congress is seeking, namely in this case some of the transcripts of interviews with comeys closest associates cant be turned over to congress because the fbi is pro venting them from doing so. Tucker the whole country has to be the system is not corrupt. When some verdict comes down we can accept. The office of Special Counsel and the fbi are making it hard to have faith in them. Why are they doing this . Well, one thing i want to be clear about. This particular office of Special Counsel is the government body set up to investigate violations. Thats separate from muellers bode. You are right. There can be no faith. When you see the Text Messages and hear the knews that one of the Senior Department prosecutors, his wife worked for fusion gps and he was meeting with them. One of muellers team members was sending emails to sally yates an obama holdover. There can be no faith. The whole reason, trey said the reason we have a Special Counsel
is because you need one when there is too big of a conflict of interest. Its to restore the publics faith. But the conflicts are bigger than the trump and russian investigation. Tucker you had a suggestion for how congress could force the fbi to disclose information. How should congress go about that and make the fbi give up this information . The white house will have to step in here. There is no reason why it should not. This doesnt require President Trump to meddle in the investigation. The white house whether its the Chief Counsel or the president needs to order the fbi to hand over this information and cooperate with congress or appoint a special employee at
the justice department. Its the fox guarding the henhouse. They are the ones as we saw in the text with damaging things to hide. Tucker the whole thing seems out of control. Thanks for your reporting and coming on tonight. Police in las vegas are trying to block information in their investigation to the shooting that took place october 1st . Why . What could they be mugged . Thats next. The ford yearend sales event is in full swing. you are going to be a big surprise. whining aww, i see a big puppy. I see a biig puuppy. Hey greg thats ford, americas bestselling brand. Now get exclusive holiday offers, with 0 financing for 72 months across a full line up. For a limited time, get an additional 1,000 cash back on top of 0 financing for 72 months. Get these exclusive offers during the ford year end sales event. Get these exclusive offers when food is good and clean and real, its ok to crave. And with panera catering, theres more to go around. Panera. Food as it should be. You only earn double withmiles when you buy stuffds, from that airline. Is this where you typically shop . Is this where anyone typically shops . Its time to switch to the capital one venture card. With venture, you earn unlimited double miles on every purchase, everywhere, every day. Not just airline purchases. Seriously. Double miles. Everywhere whats in your wallet . Tucker got another update on the investigation into the mandalay bay shooting from october 1st. Las vegas police announced they are seeking to keep 14 search warrants pertaining to the shooting sealed. The news media are trying to have them published. Unclear why the authorities want to keep those hidden. There are no living defendants being investigated. We will update this story on friday if not before. If you were watching tv the Republican Party suffered an embarrassing set back in alabama. Democrat doug jones defeated roy moore to replace jeff sessions. The loss means alabama that the president won last year will
have a democratic senator to at least 2020. There are lessons to learn . A radio host. What did you take away . I wont miss roy moore. I am glad thats over. People said it was a shocker. Oh, this is a sea change. It wasnt a shocker. Even with roy moores previous elections they were close. He is one republican who did not have major success in a lot of ways like President Trump did. What we saw here and the Biggest Issue was the lack of a unified gop. A horrible candidate. The end result of the beginning of what Mitch Mcconnell did. People talk about mo brooks. A candidate that would have been good for President Trump. But Mitch Mcconnell felt luther
strange will be more answerable to him. Thats when Mitch Mcconnell first interfered. The end result was the election last night. Ultimately everyone is saying democrats say this a huge thing. It really isnt. Tucker you are at aing it was meddling by Republican Leaders in washington that caused the chain of events . Right. It still would have been very, very close. Looking at shelby saying i am not telling to you vote for doug jones. But if you right someone in you are voting for doug jones. Heres the difference. It reminded me of the scott brown win in 2010. That was supposed to be a sea change in deep blue massachusetts. Hello elizabeth warren. This is similar. Doug jones will be a senator for
about 2. 5 years. Alabama will 10 elect a republican to that seat. What the republicans and the president must learn here is that the establishment interfered from the beginning, separate from the election last night. And that caused a typical republican debacle. This is the lesson for the president to interfere here. Its not a sea change. Democrats would make a huge mistake thinking this could be applied to other races. It was a unique dynamic and a local experience. It also wont have any longterm impact on what the republicans need to do. But we need to look at the mid terms. Now they have a better chance of expanding their majority in the fall. If the republican establishment wants the majority. I am not sure they do. Tucker i agree with that. I am not sure they do either. Thanks. A student at Harvard University you would have no chance of getting into offered a grovelling apology for a grave sin. He evaluated the attractiveness of the opposite sex. Thats now banned. Details coming up. When it comes to heartburn
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you find someone attractive . Or is that a form of assault . He felt that it was wrong because they had a group of guys sitting around. They were not talking about how intelligent these women. They were ranking these women 1 to 10 according to how hot they were. He felt it was wrong and he was helping a culture of rape on the campus of harvard. Tucker but they were not raping people . Well, harvard has a high incidence of rape and 30 of women graduate from harvard say they are victims of sexual assault. Tucker i dont know where you got those stats. But in this case these men were not planing to go out and assault anybody. Werent they just saying i find this girl attractive . We dont know what they did. Men were behaving badly and are
at campuses across the country and at harvard they are speaking inappropriately about women. Tucker is there a transferrable crime . If women are sitting around and say i think that guy is hot . Women are not committing the rapes. Tucker they are allowed to say that . Women are not harming anyone. Sure. If women are not harming anyone, its no problem is women do this. If men are harming women and they are, thats a problem. Tucker i am just trying to get the standard here. Trying to figure out the new rules. America is different from last week. Some men harm women, no men are allowed to say they find any woman attractive . Because no women harm men, women are allowed to stay they find men attractive. Is that the rule . Its rare for men to be
ojectified and go through sexual assault. Tucker those of us over 40 are looking on in horror. We see the country changing. Changing for the better. Tucker maybe so. But change is hard. Whoever makes these rules, no one gets a heads up on the new rules. They just appear and you are held to account. I am trying to get an accounting of the rules so i dont break them. Society is dictating the rules and saying men cant get away with this behavior anymore . Tucker who is in charge is there a Basement Room somewhere . Women are. Women are speaking up. We have the me too going on. We are holding men to a higher standard and letting men know they cant get away with this. Tucker just to be clear. I could not be more opposed to assaulting or hurting women. I have four in my own house whom i love. I know. Its not you. Tucker i wonder if you thought this true. If its a crime to think or say that a woman is attractive, do you feel like you or women in general might lose something in a society where men are too afraid to say you are attractive . Its not right to see a woman only as an attractive human being. Tucker what if he is i respect you but also find you attractive . Thats not what this writer said. He wanted to speak up. He helped these guys treat women [overlapping talking]. Tucker a question man to woman. You have a little bit of contempt for this guy . He didnt assault anybody. He is feel with selfhatred because he said he thought a woman was attractive. He was sitting around drunk with a bunch of guys. They were saying that women were hot on a scale of 1 to 10. Tucker women are hot you dont know what they did. Thank you. More key players in the rise of facebook are admitting that their website is destroying this country. Can we fix it . Thats next. You might take something for your heart. Or joints. But do you take something for your brain. With an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brainhealth supplement in drug stores nationwide. Prevagen. The name to remember. Wealthy. But now that they have made their billions. More are admitting that the company they created is destroying society. Literally those are the words they used. Former facebook president admitted the website was designed to be addictive and bragged his wealth would let him live to age 160. Now a former vicepresident of the site says facebook is ripping apart the social fabric of how society works. This man is a psychotherapist and author of disconnected. The directness of some former facebook employees is stunning. Its destroying how society works. He says that this thing facebook is destroying society. How should we take this . Lets like a slow dopamine drip. The craveings that take place inside of us. Every like and every bit of attention that we get. They know they have lured people in. The latest gentleman that made the comment feels guilty about it now. Tucker yes. In the people who created the product admit its harming people, destroying American Society and wont let their own kids use, what other Consumer Products in the world would remain unregulated . Its unbelievable. The Silicone Valley executives, there is a school, they dont allow any technology in the
school. Its all paper and pencil. 75 of the students enrolled are the Sons And Daughters of Silicone Valley tech execs. Unregulated that we know is affecting people, what are we going to do about it . I think we will see legislation in the future. Tucker the closest thing i can think of is video gaming and thats heavily regulated. Why not do the same thing with social media . We have to. Video games, as a therapist, i deal with kids on a daily basis. They get sucked into this. They are quiet and they can lead armies to victory. Its very artificial. Thats not real. Reality is you and i having a conversation. Tucker i live in washington. The answer to the question is they have a massive lobbying budget and thats why its not regulated. Thank you very much. Canadian broadcaster was fired from his job for an unforgivable sin. He came on this show and they canned him. He will join us next to explain what happened. What i want, youve got,
i am totally blind. And non24 can throw my days and nights out of sync, keeping me from the things i love to do. Talk to your doctor, and call 8442142424. Something like that. We had a great conversation. But his fellow canadians were upset. He was suspended on the ground he was helping the competition somehow. Now he was fired out right. He joins us one again. Thanks for coming on. You are obviously a powerful guy. Tucker come on, i didnt know i was in canada. I feel for you having been fired myself more than once. We were talking about freedom of speech in canada. You were saying i can say whatever i want in canada and you got fired for saying that . It was 2 weeks ago tonight we were talking about freedom of speech. One person runs the local cable show. Its a popular show. I was told its against the
rules. Why is that . What is the rule . You didnt pay me. We just had a discussion. They said well, fox is competition to us. Later i was suspended. You dont tell everybody i was suspended for 7 days without saying. They thought fox was competition. Then they said now you are fired because you are mocking us. No one likes to be ridiculed as a ridiculous decision. Tucker, you were fired before. Do you know any good agents . Tucker no. [laughing] i dont think we have a bureau up there in toronto. You should get one. There is lots of good stuff going on. We conduct debate about trump and trudeau, once a week. Tucker we have a lot of refugees coming into the country. Come here. Housing vouchers. We will take care of you. [laughing]. Tucker i am serious. I dont need to be taken care of it. I havent sold My Rolls Royce yet. New york and washington are good places to be. You are in good shape, tucker. Tucker you can say whatever you want in this country and no one can fire you for it supposedly. They can put you in jail. Tucker not here they cant. Its a free country. You are always welcome here. Call me when you are in the land of the free and we will have lunch. We are out of time. Tune in tomorrow night and every night at 8 p. M. For the show that is the sworn enemy of lying and smugness