this week, the facts finally caught up to two republican-led smear campaigns. let s start with the mess that was thursday s hearing on the so-called weaponization of federal government. for months now, chairman james jordan has promised testimony from, quote, dozens of whistleblowers on how the fbi is unfairly persecuting conservatives. and yet, just hours before jordan s promised blockbuster hearing on that very issue was set to begin, the fbi made a shocking revelation. two of the three self proclaimed whistleblowers who are set to testify have had this security clearances revoked over a question about their allegiance to the united states, reported criminal conduct, personal misconduct, and their handling of sensitive information. so when the hearing began, it quickly descended into chaos. with democratic members on the subcommittee repeatedly calling out chairman jordan for violating house rules by withholding alleged evidence he had gathered. where is the whistleblower
accusations of bribes and an inside look at his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. then fighting back with the free speech organization that is soon to block ron desantis s efforts to ban books in florida schools. i m charles blow in for ayman moyhyeldin. let s get started. this week, the facts finally caught up to two republican-led smear campaigns. let s start with the mess that was thursday s hearing on the so-called weaponization of the federal government. for months now, chairman jim jordan has promised testimony from, quote, dozens of whistleblowers on how the fbi is unfairly persecuting conservatives. and yet, just hours before jordan s promised blockbuster hearing on that very issue was set to begin, the fbi made a shocking revelation. two of the three self proclaimed whistleblowers who are set to testify have had this security clearances revoked over a question about their allegiance to the united states, reported criminal conduct, personal misconduct, an
thank you fo her and robbie kaplan here together, i watching them come out of the courthouse every day during the trial, you d see them come out and they would wait for one another depending on which one would come out for, as they would hold hands and walk out together, holding each other like a united front. seeing them together, seeing them as an indivisible pair in this together in every possible way, really i felt like i understand more about how e. jean got through this. how they did it. it was eye-opening to me and i m glad that they re both over with it. they absolutely needed each other for this to happen. robbie kaplan needed that client, that client needed that lawyer. i ve seen that kind of lawyer find relationship and that kind of bond that happens in a crusade like this. it s very special. it is a closer, and ultimately better bond then a doctor who saved your life. because a crusade goes on longer, for years and years, and has ups and downs. and to see th
you learned the house rules in elementary school, right? the senate rules in high school. this is such an exciting night for me. because we are going to cover once again the single most exciting thing, you can never see in the house of representatives. unfortunately it s almost inexplicable and it is of course the procedure that the democrats are using right now to try to force a vote on a clean debt ceiling bill. the discharge position. the man who filed the discharge petition is joining us tonight. can you believe it? i get to talk to someone, i m mean you can go through a whole lifetime and never meet anyone who filed a discharge position, because it s so rare. and the circumstances of the filing discharge petition were, like the plot of a mission impossible. it is, or, if you will, lawrence, one that has yet to be resolved because we don t know how the drama is going to end, in the end. but it is certainly, he is the person of the hour as it concerns the financial stabi
tonight. can you believe it? i get to talk to someone, i m, you know through a whole lifetime and never meet someone who files a discharge position, because it s so rare. and the circumstances of the filing district petition were, like, the plot of a mission implausible. it is a cape, or if you will, lawrence, one that has yet to be resolved because we don t know how the drama is going to and, in the end. but it is certainly, he is the person of the hour as it concerns the financial stability of the american colin economy. it s going to be, at the end of the, are because we have a lot of other stuff to get through with neal katyal and others, and it s one of those things where you just have to have just a little bit of belief in miracles for it to happen. we will. see i always believe in miracles, lawrence. i m here, aren t? i thank, you. have a good night. i get the joke. thanks alex, thank you. well, if you re tuning into this program in the hope that for the