There are a terrible a lot of lies going about in the world of the worst of it is is half of them are true. Thats our story, thanks for sharing it with us tonight, Tucker Carlson coming up next. Tucker good evening and welcome to Tucker Carlson tonight, President Trump is watching yesterday, he has rendered his verdict. He said a former fbi director james comeys testimony is a major victory for the administrations side of the russia story, in effect a complete vindication. President trump yesterday it showed no collusion, no obstruction, that was an excuse by the democrats who lost an election that some people think they shouldnt have lost because its almost impossible for the democrats to lose the Electoral College as you know. You have to run up the whole east coast and you have to win every thing as a thats just what we did. It was just an excuse. James comey confirmed a lot of what i said. Tucker you might be able to find some overstatement in there but heres whats true. As of 8 00 p. M. Eastern time tonight, donald trump is still the president of the United States. That means on the most basic level, his testimony failed to achieve its goal. Removing trump from office was the goal. There was collusion, russia hacked our election, salts are democracy, imperils our way of life. You hear those lines all the time, but nobody in d. C. Actually believes that. Thats why nobody ever explains how exactly it happened or what specifically the effects work because they have no idea and they dont really care. They just want trump gone along with anyone else who was in the way, russia is just a means. First they tried racism, rubber that . He was supposed to be the biggest races, Hillary Clinton based an entire president ial campaign on that, it didnt work. In the end, trump at a higher
percentage of votes from some minority groups, not a good strategy. Somebody creative came up with an idea of trump as a traitor, a russian agent posing as a 70yearold new York Real Estate developer. It kind of worked, half the country seems to buy at and 100 of cnn viewers were all in. Its been all putin ever since then, mike flynn lost his job, others may follow. Now they are trying for Jeff Sessions was not only the Attorney General but probably the most smartest and principal person in the entire administration, hes got to go. And of course hes a russian spy now too. Afterward he went Behind Closed Doors with the senate in details, that conversation was supposed to be secret thats the entire point of a closeddoor meeting, needless to say someone like that almost immediately. Apparently he suggested Jeff Sessions may have interacted with Russian Ambassador sergei because lack in the spring of
2016. May have, suggested, he doesnt really know. Neither does anybody else. Even if its true, who cares . What does it mean a question mark doesnt matter. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi never want to wait for faxes already demanding that sessions resign over it. I did Say On March 2nd that he should resign as Attorney General. Tucker yet he should resign, but with the crime here exactly . Is there evidence Jeff Sessions worked with Russia To ElectPresident Trump . Never has been any evidence of that. Heres what he is accused of doing. Last september, he had met with russians in the office, it was one of the 25 times he met with an advance at her in the course of his official duties. Then he spoke at an event in Global Partners in democracy. Dozens of investors attend at that event which was organized by the obama administration,
probably russia planted there too. After his speech, he spoke to ambassador kislyak who is not a spy, whose job it is to speak to senators. He never hid either of those meetings, he said they took place in his capacity as a senator and had nothing to do with the Trump Campaign. There is zero proof that he is lying about that, but he became under a lot of pressure and recuse himself from any Justice Department investigation. You would think that would end the matter but of course it didnt. This is not about truth or fairness much less protecting this country from foreign threats. Its about toppling lets not lie about it a democratically elected government that the permanent class in washington doesnt like. Collusion with a Foreign Government against the interests of the United States is tantamount to treason, its definitely a moral crime and we would never defend it and we would attack it of course. Theres no evidence it actually happened. This whole story is a hoax, its a lie and those who tell us are beginning to believe. That is the definition of Mass Hysteria commits deeply hurting our country. Otherwise smart people pressed forward as if its all entirely real despite mounting evidence its not real at all. Yesterday jim comey told the senate that a major New York Times story from february that pushed a Russia Collusion narrative was actually garbage. That report for the New York Times was not true, is that a fair statement . In the main, it was not true. The people talking about it often dont really know whats going on are those of us actually know whats going on are talking about it, and we dont call the press to say it you got that thing wrong about this sensitive topic. We just have to leave it there. Spoon the story and question you wont be surprised to learn was based on Anonymous Sources and r he made his remark, and at times admitted he couldnt even find those resources for a response. Whatever, the russians hector democracy, lets find another which to burn. Americas ruling class is going crazy. Victor davis hanson has some perspective on that, hes a retired professor, after
watching our hearings yesterday, where you more or less convinced that donald trump and his associates worked with the russians. I was less, i think hes sort of a tragic figure the more he tries to salvage hes character of the more he denigrates it. Almost everything he said it wasnt logical. It wasnt the habit of the fbi to comment on Ongoing Investigations but all of our information about Donald Trumps came from the fbi leaks. We know on three occasions he went out into the public and commented on the status of the investigation on Hillary Clinton. It didnt make sense. He wrote a memo because he said after trump it was such an extraordinary conversation, he felt so compromised that he might have to record on a government computer. On government car come on government time, yet he also testified that Loretta Lynch did not suggest but gave him a direct order an intrusion into investigation. And yet he didnt go out and
write a memo on that occasion. This a lot of things that dont cooperate with each other. Loretta lynch is at the core of all of these because it undermines almost everything he said. When he said he was shocked that trump hinted that he would like to see flynn and treated well, she gave him a direct order and unlike trump or she apparently resisted, he did not resist that pressure. He was very upset about trumps suggestions but it had no effect on the investigation which we know continued and then he didnt object to trump the way he didnt object to Loretta Lynch is pressure either. He didnt go to Jeff Sessions or any subordinates. It was just not convincing. You brought up the New York Times piece that february article was a signature moment that developed, it was based on Anonymous Sources. He was using euphemisms when he
said he doubted the veracity based on the sources. All of that is a euphemism for unmasking and reverse targeting surveillance. Its the subject of a subpoena by the house intelligence committee. It may be the subpoenas have any veracity that Samantha Power or susan rice or john brennan were using surveillance of foreign operatives to find information about political appointments, unmasking those names and licking them the to the press. No wonder the New York Times says it can find the original sources because they are either under cepeda or their subordinates shortly will be. No wonder comey doesnt want to get anywhere near that story because there may have been people in the fbi who were doing the same thing with those people. Tucker i would never claim that the Trump Administration or the president s himself are blameless, i dont think they are. I think they made a lot of mistakes and its frustrating to watch. It does seem to me that hes democratically elected, he is
the president and a group of unelected people, bureaucrats mostly are trying to undo the results of that election. Im not a conspiracy not. You see that happening . Yeah, absolutely. Barack obama right in the middle of the investigation, an Ongoing Investigation said there was nothing there. We know president s say all sorts of things and confidential conversation, thats one thing. The second is this is sort of a narrative that is political in origin because it tries to delegitimize trump, theres no evidence of collusion. It puts pressure on purple State House Members they should be very careful about aligning themselves with trump on key issues if they can calcified or ossify the house that seems to be weak. Finally, there is one narrative that seems a very foreboding, did the obama administrations
oath and he would be willing to swear to that under oath. Would you be willing to speak under oath . President trump 100 . If Robert Mueller wanted to speak with you about that . President trump i would be glad to tell them what i just told you. Tucker it was hard with the impeachment triggered democrats are hoping for but i told her to spend to their advantage all day. I found it quite stunning. Its not everyday you have a former director of the fbi saying he couldnt trust the president. I think comey came across as an honest man under oath against a president who Doesnt Focus On Muscle Tension of telling the truth. He demanded loyalty, he wanted the case against his friend to go away and he obsessively hounded the fbi director. I think we saw confirmation in his restless testimony detailing the frightening reality of President Trumps pattern of contempt for justice. Tucker democratic
their collusion, based upon the evidence, there was no collusion. The fact that russia included the mic intruded into our election process should be troubling to everyone. Nobody saying it didnt happen. Tucker im sick it didnt happen. Theyre not 22 Intelligence Agencies in this country there are 17 and that includes the coast guard. Not one person who was ever made that allegation to me has explained how they affected the outcome at all. They didnt have the election, they did alter the election, the whole thing is a hoax. We know that it was hacked. Director, yesterday said there was no doubt whatsoever it said from the senate. We dont know what the effect is we dont willing to give it out. We dont know whether people voted for donald trump or Hillary Clinton because of the hacking. What we do is know was that there was hacking, it involved exposing internal workings of the democratic party. We do know that. Thats up for debate. Spill not not only is it up for debate. Everything is up for debate because nothing is settled. What you have is a lot of mindless people who dont know any details nodding in unison, on a host of other subjects in washington, the truth is if you go and look at the details, the dncs servers were never examined by the u. S. Government by the fbi because the clinton people wouldnt allow that. Actually it is an open question, there is no evidence at all. All we can say is that you say that hacking didnt happen or we didnt know whether hacking happens but the director of the fbi, under oath so that hacking happened there was no doubt. Tucker who did it is the question, senator burr asked director, he said i have no doubt that russia interfered with our election process. Tucker what does that mean . Nobody wants to get into details because they dont know the answer. Two different questions, the questions are did it happen . I think that has been decided. Did it happen, what the effect is, im willing to give you interactive bipartisanship, and willing to give you we dont know the effect but we know what happened. Tucker we dont know the details. Is not a meaningful claim unless we can explain what the clay means. It happened we dont know the effect. Tucker you can repeat it as much as you want, but its meaningless unless its companied by details and is not. The Attorney General of the United States is loathed by the left, i think thats legitimate. They are now trying to take them out of commission to the extent that he artie has been on the ground that he is somehow collaborating with the russians. To his internal disk credit and shame suggested on a cowardly way yesterday with Attic Splitting what he meant. Im asking overly simple question. This guy come at the Attorney General brushed elbows with the Russian Ambassador, does that make him a collaborator with the russian government . What we know is that at least two times last summer during the course of his worth so much work
as an advocate and surrogate for the Trump Campaign, Attorney General sessions met with russian individuals. One of them probably being the Russian Ambassador. What we also know is he did not properly disclosed that when asked during his Senate Confirmation hearing in either the prefilings and his actual testimony. Im not even going to call it a crime. What we know is what he met with them, we also he did not disclose it. This is why he voluntarily recused himself. Tucker we dont know actually paid the Washington Post reports that Director Comey says there was a third contact undisclosed. Tucker he said he didnt know. The Washington Post is reporting that the mic. Tucker i think he gave depression appeared he recused himself tucker lets be totally bill, lets stop the innuendo. If you speak to the Russian Ambassador at an event organized by the obama Obama Administratn knocked acting for your there is nothing wrong with that, not qualifying for the campaign activity, is totally nonsinister and now people are claiming that that is enough that he should resign. Tucker i hear you do disclose that in your preamble. We dont know that Public Events at the rnc were the limits of his contact with russia. Again, he should have disclosed it. If nothing else, even if those contacts were not sinister, he should have disclosed and he failed to. Im not saying its a climb stomach crime. Spoon teenagers disclose it if he met with the russians in his capacity as a Trump Campaign surrogate. That was not the question he was asked in his confirmation hearing. He was asked if at any time in the course of last year. Tucker it does not mean hes working on behalf of the
russians. You need to explain why you did it. Tucker your impugning the russian domestic repetition of decent men for politics and its wrong. If you met with them for totally innocuous purpose is to say yes i did and this is why. I dont know, thats the reason. It should have been up for question if one of the judiciary committee. Tucker think this moment is degrading our standards of justice . At all . I dont. Its been Calling Names because they talk to people in the part party. Tucker nancy pelosi who some kind of leader. Said he should resign over this. He did not disclose contact of russians when asked under oath. Whether or not he did for innocent purposes or not he didnt disclose it, thats a problem. Tucker thank you for sitting to my last and final russia segment. President trump seemed satisfied with what happened, what if ann coulter think she was watching too. 240 years of american capitalism finally giving up with what we never do we need it, its called a general neutral beer, will tell you more. New bike . Yeah, cause i got allstate. If you total your new bike, they replace it with a brand new one. Thats cool. I got a new helmet. We know steve. Its good to be in good hands . Were not professional athletes. But that doesnt mean were giving up. Im in this for me. For me. Along with diet and exercise, farxiga helps lower blood sugar in adults with Type 2 Diabetes