Bret, good evening to you. Donald trumps closest advisers are spinning this indictment to advantage. Meanwhile his former number two, former Vice President mike pence who refused to overturn the results of the election is in attack mode. Former Vice President mike pence running against his old boss is coming out swinging. It wasnt just they asked for a pause. The president specifically asked me and his gaggle of crackpot lawyers asked me to literally reject votes and literally coas would have ensued. Indictment pence allegedly told trump he had no authority to do so, according to the indictment, in response, the defendant told the Vice President youre too honest. Trump is staying positive at least publicly. Posting on social media hours ago thank you to everyone. I have never had so much support on anything before. The 45page indictment lays out an overarching theme. The defendant lost the 2020 president ial election despite having lost the defendant was determined to remain in power.
Indeed deed show up for the first debate. Weve also got Asa Hutchinson who says trump should just drop out before that debate. Hes saying, like, right now. And a former doj official who says Hunter Bidens growing legal mess could become a big mess for his dad too. All of this as the Hawkeye State heats up, 13 republican candidates attending a big dindin in des moines last might. We must provide our country with a new birth of freedom. Theres only one candidate, and you know who that candidate is, whos going to get the job done. We will not back down from the truth. Lets make sure we save our country once and for all. Neil all right. The guy who hosted the whole affair is here today. Who stood out to him . We thought wed ask him here and only here. Welcome, everybody, glad to have you. Hope your weekend is going well. It is hot outside. Well get to that this just a second. In the meantime, lets get the legal drama thats building for both sides of the aisle. Lucas tomlinson tracking it a
senate confirmed directors, and those directors all have a few things in common. they are all white men. they all favor a clean cut look, and each and every one of them, every senate confirmed director since the dawn of the fbi has been a republican. that includes current fbi director christopher wray, who was appointed by donald trump. but you would not get that impression, given the way director wray s fellow republicans attacked him in his agency during a hearing today on capitol hill. when the court says the fbi misled, that s a nice way of saying they lied. how many individuals were either fbi employees, or people that the fbi made contact with, we re in the january 6th entry of the capital? i m going to make the assumption that there is more than one, more than five, more than ten. i will say this notion that somehow the violence at the capitol ungenerous six was part of some operation orchestrate by fbi sources and their agents is ludicrous. your job s review w
was part of some operation orchestrated by fbi agents is ludicrous. your job is to review what they do. your job is to protect the american people from a tyrannical fbi storming the home of a american family. i could not agree more with your description of the fbi being tyrannical. you preside over the fbi that has the lowest level of trust in the fbi s history. people trusted the fbi more when j. ed gar hoover was running the place. respectfully, congressman, in your home state of florida the number of people applying to come work for us is up over 100%. the american people fully understand there is a two tiered justice system that has been weaponized to persecute people based on their political beliefs and that you have personally worked to weaponize the fbi against conservatives. i would disagree with your characterization of the fbi and certainly your description. the idea i m biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to me given my own personal backgro
the fbi has had only eight senate confirmed directors. those directors all have a few things in common. they are all white men. they all favor a clean cut look, and each and every one of them, every senate confirmed director since the dawn of the fbi has been a republican. that includes current fbi director, christopher wray, who was appointed by donald trump. and you would not get that impression, given the way the director wray s fellow republicans attacked him and his agency during a hearing today. on capitol hill. when the court says that the fbi misled, that is a nice way of saying they lied. how many individuals were either fbi, employees, or people that the fbi could make contact with, to be in the january 6th entry of the capital? i m going to make the assumption is there is more than one, more than five, more than ten. i will say that this notion that somehow the violence at the capitol on january 6th was part of some operation orchestrated by fbi sources into