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ELIZABETH: JOINING ME NOW IS ARI
FISHER, FORMER WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY FOR PRESIDENT
GEORGE W. BUSH.
ARI, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WE LOVE HAVING YOU BACK ON.
SO BURIED DEEP DOWN IN PRESIDENT
BIDENNEN’S ORDER TO CANCEL THE
KEYSTONE PIPELINE WAS ANOTHER
ORDER TO SUSPEND PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER TO
PROTECT AMERICA’S POWER GRID.
TRUMP’S ORDER BLOCKED ANY
FOREIGN ADVERSARY LIKE CHINA
FROM PUTTING THEIR OWN
TECHNOLOGY AND MACHINERY IN OUR
NATION’S BULK POWER SYSTEM THAT
DELIVERS POWER TO THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY.
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
>> I DON’T KNOW, LIZ.
THIS IS BAFFLING.
I CAN ONLY WONDER DID SOMEBODY
IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
OVERLOOK THIS?
I CANNOT IMAGINE THEY WOULD HAVE
DONE THIS WILLFULLY.
I DON’T THINK THIS IS A PARTISAN
ISSUE, DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN
MATTER.
SO THE BENEVOLENT SIDE OF ME
SAYS THEY JUST MISSED IT.
THEY SHOULDN’T DO IT.
NEED TO GO BACK TO RESTORE IT.
RUSSIA USED CYBER WARFARE TO
SHUT DOWN THE ELECTRIC GRID IN
THE WAR WITH UKRAINE.
WE DO NOT WANT TO LET ANY
FOREIGNER, ANY ADVERSARY DO
ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO AMERICA’S
GRID.
IF ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE
SELF-RELIANT IT OUGHT TO BE OUR
GRID SCOOT BULK POWER SYSTEM,
INCLUDES ELECTRIC POWER
SUBSTATIONS, TRANSFORMERS, HIGH
VOLTAGE POWER LINES, ANYTHING
THAT MOVES POWER FROM ELECTRIC
PLANTS TO CONSUMERS.
BIDEN ORDER, OMB, YOU HAVE TO
LOOK AT THIS FOR 90 DAYS.
WASN’T THE SOLAR WIND STORY
SHOWED RUSSIA ALREADY CYBER
HACKED OUR SOFTWARE RUNNING OUR
SYSTEMS INCLUDING NUCLEAR
ENERGY?
WHY DO THIS?
WHY WEAKEN CYBERSECURITY
DEFENSES.
YOU POINT OUT UKRAINE.
YOU’RE RIGHT.
WE JUST DON’T GET IT?
>> THAT IS WHY I SAY THIS IS
BAFFLING.
MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
JUST GOT CAUGHT UP IN OVERREVIEW
OF ALL THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO
REVIEW THEM FOR A PERIOD OF TIME
AND THEY DIDN’T REALIZE THEY HAD
THIS ONE IN THERE AS PART OF THE
NORMAL REVIEW.
LOOK, NEW ADMINISTRATIONS DO
REVERSE A LOT OF THEIR PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATIONS EXECUTIVE
ORDERS.
THAT IS WHY LAWS ARE BETTER THAN
EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
WHOEVER FOLLOWS JOE BIDEN WILL
DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO
JOE BIDEN.
YOU HAVE TO DO IT SMART, DO IT
RIGHT, YOU NEVER EVER JEOPARDIZE
NATIONAL SECURITY.
ELIZABETH: LET’S LOOK AT THIS,
HUNTER BIDEN, HIS FATHER,
JOE BIDEN, INDICATED YES HE IS
PROUD OF HIS SON HUNTER, COMING
OUT WITH A BOOK.
HUNTER BIDEN, ARI, STILL OWNS A
10% STAKE IN CHINESE EQUITY FUND
FINANCED WITH 1 1/2 BILLION
DOLLARS FROM CHINA.
HE PROMISED TO GET RID OF THE
STAKE BUT HE HASN’T.
SHOW YOU WHAT THE FUND INVESTED
IN.
INVESTED IN BIG TIME ENERGY
PROJECTS THAT COMPETE WITH THE
U.S. THIS IS HUNTER BIDEN’S BHR
FUND.
THE OTHER THING TOO, WHEN YOU
LOOK WHAT IT IS INVESTED IN, IT
IS INVESTED IN CHINESE GENERAL
NUCLEAR, ARI.
THAT IS A COMPANY THAT THE DOJ
CHARGED WITH STEALING NUCLEAR
TECHNOLOGY AND STEALING U.S.
SECRETS FROM THE U.S. AND THE,
AN EXECUTIVE FROM THAT COMPANY
WAS SANCTIONED AND CHARGED.
SO WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS
BHR THAT HUNTER STILL OWNS A
STAKE IN?
>> LOOK, THIS IS ETHICAL LEVEL
HIGHLY WORRISOME.
YOU KNOW WHAT STOPS PEOPLE
MAKING ETHICAL MISJUDGMENTS LIKE
THIS, THE PRESSURE OF THE PRESS.
WHEN THE PRESS POUNDS ON AN
ADMINISTRATION AND THEY ASK
ABOUT FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEY
WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANY
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT
COULD PUT THE PRESIDENT IN AN
EMBARRASSING SPOT, JUST AS
HUNTER BIDEN DID SELF-ADMITTEDLY
WHEN HE WAS ON THE BOARD OF
BURISMA, UKRAINE, AN ENERGY
COMPANY WHEN JOE BIDEN WAS IN
CHARGE OF FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN
UKRAINE.
HE LATER ADMITTED IT WAS A
CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
SHOULDN’T HAVE DONE IT.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT WENT TO
THEN VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
IF THE PRESS DOESN’T BANG AN OUT
ABOUT THESE THINGS, PEOPLE IN
GOVERNMENT CAN SWEEP IT UNDER
THE RUG.
THE PROBLEM, LIZ, ONLY PEOPLE
RAISING ISSUES ARE CONSERVATIVE
NETWORKS.
NEW YORK TIMES, NBC, ABC, CNN
THEY’RE GIVING THE BIDEN FAMILY
A PASS.
THIS IS NOT ISSUE OF A PASS.
THIS IS AN ISSUE TO DRAW A BLACK
LINE.
ELIZABETH: SENATE REPUBLICANS
INCLUDING CHUCK GRASSILY, RON
JOHNSON, THIS IS A SERIOUS
ISSUE.
TAKE OUT THE NAMES.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
IT IS ABOUT PUTTING YOUR
NATION’S SECURITY AT RISK.
YOUR FINAL WORD, ARI?
>> DON’T FORGET HUNTER BIDEN
ALSO RECEIVED $500,000 FROM THE
WIFE OF THE MAYOR OF MOSCOW.
WHY?
THIS IS INFLUENCE PEDDLING.
THIS IS WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO
FAMILIES OF FIRST, FOR THE
PRESIDENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS
IF THE FAMILY CAN’T STOP IT,
PUBLIC PRESSURE HAS TO.
HUNTER LOOKS LIKE HE WANTS TO
KEEP MAKING MONEY OFF OF THESE
DEALS.
ELIZABETH: ALL RIGHT.
ARI FLEISCHER.
YOU’RE TERRIFIC.