we struck back too hard on russia on the eve of the election it might inflame it to the point that they might do more damage to our election. pete: you got to do something. rachel: i think conservatives would be a lot more understanding of what happened during the obama years if the obama administration hadn t had its fingers so much in trying to say that trump colluded with the russians. correct. if they didn t boomerang it back around. ed: another thing talked about in the campaign double standard where hillary clinton and the email server was not secure and yet there was this navy sailor who got in a lot of trouble. faced criminal charges. christian saucier, you see him right there, the president yesterday decided i m going to do something about it he promised it. pete: this sailor took a couple photos of his classified submarine innocuous columbusly so. rachel: almost like a memory. memory. pete: he got hit with a year in prison. rachel: and house arrest.
pete: his record has been tainted. he has been pardoned and sarah sanders the press secretary talked about it. listen. the president has pardoned christian saucier a navy submarine. mr. saucier was 22 years old at the time of his offenses and has served out his 12 month sentence. he has been recognized by fellow service members for dedication, skill and patriotic spirit. while serving he regularly mentored younger sailors and served as instructor for new recruits. the judge found that mr. saucier s offense stansdz military service. the president is appreciative of mr. saucier s service to the country. rachel: speak spoke with christian saucier last week. let s take a look at what he said. obviously two different sets of laws in this country. the politically elite and low every level individuals, americans like myself. i think that s very upsetting on a basic level for most people. it should be, at least, that a different standard of justice is applied.
i m hopeful. i m hopeful he will look at this case, me, my family and i have been put through the ringer. we have been punished enough. sandra: that was former u.s. sailor christian saucier on the show earlier this year appealing directly to president trump for a pardon. you may recall he was sent to prison for taking pictures inside a nuclear submarine. saucier pleaded guilty in may 2016 to one count of unauthorized possession and retention of national defense information and sentenced to a year in prison. here is white house press secretary sarah sanders. the president has pardoned christian saucier, a navy submariner. mr. sauce yea was 22 years old at the time of his offenses and served out his 12 month sentence. he has been recognized by his fellow service members
for his dedication, skill and patriotic spirit. sandra: saucier claimed his life was ruined for doing nothing in comparison to hillary clinton sending and receiving highly classified information on a private email server. sandra: developing tonight, president trump hitting the campaign trail tomorrow, working to make sure a pennsylvania district just outside pittsburgh, that he won by 20 points back in 2016, does not turn blue. polls show g.o.p. congressional candidate rick saccone is in a razor tight race with conner lamb to replace tim murphy who resigned in the fall amid a scandal. the president tweeted today i look forward income pennsylvania tomorrow in favor of rick saccone. big crowd expected in moon township. vote rick and see you there. joining me now karl rove former senior advisor to george w. bush and fox news contributor and chris stirewalt is here fox news
lesser offenses. he tweeted huma abedin put classified passwords into the hand of foreign agents. joining me now, a fox news ex plowlsive, the sailor president was referring to, former navy machinist christian saucier. you took photographs of a submarine and threw them out. and they were confidential which is the lowest level of classification. yet you were prosecuted and ended up going to prison. how do you feel about hillary not. it s blatant proof of the double standard of justice and how the department of justice answer the fbi were weaponized