A VOTE UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
JOINING US TONIGHT FORMER
CONGRESSMAN, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF
THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE,
JASON CHAFFETZ, ALSO A FOX
BUSINESS CONTRIBUTOR AND AUTHOR
OF THE BOOK "THE DEEP STATE."
GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US,
JASON.
LET’S START WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
OF, FIRST, THE REMARKS BY THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL TALKING ABOUT
FOREIGN MALIGNED ACTORS AND
UNDERSTANDING CLEARLY THAT
ANTIFA AND HE ALSO MENTION OTHER
GROUPS BUT DID NOT NAME THEM,
PRESUMABLY ACROSS A BROAD
POLITICAL SPECTRUM BUT, AGAIN,
NOT STATED AS SUCH.
YOUR REACTION.
>> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S BEEN
VERY CLEAR AND VERY PRECISE IN
SAYING THAT THERE ARE OUTSIDE
ACTORS THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF A SITUATION AND INSTIGATING
VIOLENCE X. THOSE PEOPLE NEED TO
BE DEALT WITH.
THEY NEED TO BE TARGETED BY THE
POLICE, THEY NEED TO BE PUT IN
JAIL, THEY NEED TO BE
PROSECUTED.
I’M SYMPATHETIC TO THOSE THAT
WANT TO PROTEST.
I THINK IT’S THE AMERICAN WAY,
PEOPLE HAVE A FIRST AMENDMENT
RIGHT TO DO IT.
BUT THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO
COMMIT VIOLENCE, PROPERTY
DAMAGE, LOOTING, ASSAULT ON
OFFICERS OR MILITARY PERSONNEL,
WE CANNOT STAND FOR THAT EVER.
THAT’S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
AND SO I THINK THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL’S RIGHT, I’M GLAD HE’S
ON TOP OF IT, AND I’M GLAD THAT
THE PRESIDENT DESIGNATED ANTIFA
THE WAY THAT HE DID TO GIVE
FOCUS ACROSS THE NATION TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT ON WHO WE SHOULD BE
LOOKING OUT FOR.
LOU: AND YET WE’RE WATCHING
PRIMARILY DEMOCRATIC MAYORS,
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS, DEMOCRATIC
CITY COUNCILS GIVING, JUST
GIVING A FREE PASS TO
APPREHENDED RIOTERS, LOOTERS.
IT’S REALLY QUITE SOMETHING TO
SEE, AN IDEOLOGICAL ALIGNMENT
AMONGST THOSE BREAKING THE LAW
AND THOSE WHO ARE DESIGNATED TO
ENFORCE IT.
>> AND I HOPE THEY PAY A BIG
POLITICAL PRICE FOR IT.
YOU WERE TALKING EARLIER, LOU,
ABOUT ERIC GARCETTI WHO’S THE
MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES.
NOW WANTING TO CUT THE BUDGET.
IT’S GOING TO BE SOMEHOW VOGUE
TO JUST DEFUND OR GET RID OF THE
POLICE IN THESE -- ARE YOU
KIDDING ME?
AND IF THE L.A. MAYOR IS SERIOUS
ABOUT DOING IT, WHY DON’T WE
START WITH GETTING RID OF HIS
OWN PERSONAL SECURITY DETAIL.
BECAUSE I GOTTA TELL YOU, HE’S
TRANSFERRED ALL AROUND LOS
ANGELES EVERYWHERE HE GOES WITH
L.A. POLICE OFFICERS, THEY’RE BY
HIS SIDE TO PROTECT HIM.
IF HE WANTS TO GET RID OF THE
POLICE, SHOW US WHERE YOUR MONEY
IS, MAYOR.
GET RID OF YOUR OWN SECURITY
DETAIL, THEN TELL ME IF YOU NEED
THE POLICE.
LOU: HE COULD SHOW US WHERE HIS
HEART IS AS WELL IN SOL
SOLIDARITY, HE COULD ELIMINATE
POLICE PROTECTION FOR BEL AIR,
FOR HOLLYWOOD, FOR THE WEALTHIER
AREAS IN LOS ANGELES.
I SUSPECT HE WOULD GET A QUICK
RESPONSE FROM THE CITIZENRY.
I’M JUST GUESSING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> YEAH, I THINK IF THEY GOT RID
OF THE POLICE AND DEFUNDED THEM
THERE AT CITY HALL AND FOR THE
CITY COUNCIL AND ALL THAT, I
THINK THEY’D PROBABLY HAVE A
LITTLE BIT OF AN ATTITUDE
ADJUSTMENT.
BUT THE MAYOR CAN SHOW US BY
EXAMPLE IF THAT’S WHAT HE
BELIEVES, THEN DO IT TO HIMSELF
FIRST AND SEE HOW IT GOES.
GIVE IT MAYBE 72 HOURS, SEE HOW
HE’S FEELING ABOUT IT.
LOU: I THINK THAT’S ABOUT, I
THINK THAT’S ABOUT RIGHT.
PREPOSTEROUS MAYOR.
I MEAN, THAT IS JUST A
PREPOSTEROUS PERSON.
>> YEAH.
LOU: I JUST CANNOT FIGURE OUT A
WAY TO UNDERSTAND, TO COMPREHEND
WHY THE CITY PUTS UP WITH HIM.
LET’S TURN TO RON JOHNSON.
SENATOR JOHNSON REALLY COMMON --
DEMONSTRATING REAL CHARACTER AND
COMMITMENT TO GETTING TO THE
BOTTOM OF OBAMAGATE, AND I HAVE
TO SAY I DO NOTHING BUT APPLAUD
HIM.
AND NOW HE HAS SUBPOENA POWER.
I WOULD SAY JOHN BRENNAN AND A
FEW OTHER FOLKS HAVE GOT SOME
REAL PROBLEMS DEVELOPING VERY
QUICKLY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> VERY DISAPPOINTED IN LINDSEY
GRAHAM FOR DELAYING YET AGAIN AN
INVESTIGATION THAT SHOULD HAVE
STARTED, QUITE FRANKLY, ABOUT
SIX MONTHS AGO.
HATS OFF, THOUGH, TO SENATOR
JOHNSON IN BEING ABLE TO GET
AFTER WHAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
POLITICAL SCANDALS EVER IN THE
HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
AND I’M GLAD THAT SENATOR
JOHNSON IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
HIS CHAIRMANSHIP TO DO WHAT HE
SHOULD BE DOING.
TO DO ANYTHING ELSE WOULD BE
MALPRACTICE.
LOU: AND LINDSEY GRAHAM, MY
GOSH, IT WAS A LOVE FEST,
TELLING ROD ROSENSTEIN
BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, I’M WITH
YOU, AND WE DON’T WANT THE
CREATE TOO MUCH FUSS HERE, SO GO
AHEAD AND DO AS YOU WILL.
IT WAS REALLY A STUNNINGLY
PATHETIC PERFORMANCE FOR A GUY
WHO HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT HE
WAS GOING TO BE A REGULAR, A
REAL INVESTIGATOR AND GET TO THE
BOTTOM THE CORRUPTION, THE
POLITICAL CORRUPTION OF THE FBI,
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR
EFFORT TO OVERTHROW THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS HAVING
SIMPLY A WALK IN THE PARK,
DIDN’T IT?
>> WELL, AT LEAST THEY HAD THE
HEARING.
I THOUGHT SENATOR MIKE LEE,
SENATOR HAWLEY, CERTAINLY TED
CRUZ TOOK IT THE MOST SERIOUSLY,
ASKED VERY POINTED QUESTIONS AND
DREW TESTIMONY -- IT’S PRETTY
STUNNING THAT THE POLITICAL
TARGETING OF AN OPPOSITION
CAMPAIGN, ROD ROSENSTEIN DIDN’T
EVEN READ THE FISA APPLICATION,
IF YET HE’S THE LAST LINE OF
DEFENSE TO MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING’S IN ORDER.
HE SIGNS OFF THAT IT’S VERIFIED
BUT ALSO TESTIFIES THAT HE NEVER
READ IT.
AND HE SAYS HE’S GOING TO TAKE
FULL ACCOUNTABILITY?
I DON’T BUY IT.
THIS IS -- IT’S JUST, IT’S SO
SAD, IT’S SO WRONG.
BUT I GOT, YOU KNOW, ALL OUR
CHIPS NOW ARE ON WHAT MR. DURHAM
AND ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR ARE
DOING BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE
ARE THE PEOPLE THAT LIED TO ROD
ROSENSTEIN, THAT’S WHAT HE
TESTIFIED TO.
IF THEY LIED TO ROD ROSENSTEIN,
THEY SHOULD BE IN JAIL.
THEY SHOULD IS HAVE HANDCUFFS ON
’EM, LOU.
LOU: YEAH, I THINK THERE’S QUITE
A FEW CANDIDATES FOR THAT HONOR
BEING --
>> YEAH.
LOU: AND LIKE YOU, I WOULDN’T
MIND WATCHING THOSE PERSON --
PERP WALKS FOR THE POLITICALLY
CORRUPT IN THE DOJ AND THE
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY UPPER
LEVELS.
IT WOULD BE QUITE, QUITE
SOMETHING.