MARIA: JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU
JUST SAID YOU BELIEVE ANTONY
BLINKEN LIED TO YOU UNDER OATH?
>> YES, HE DID.
HE SAID HE DID NOT E-MAIL HUNTER
BIDEN.
NOW WE HAVE THE E-MAILS.
WE KNOW HIS WIFE USING HER
PRIVATE E-MAIL ADDRESS WHEN SHE
WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE
DEPARTMENT WAS BASICALLY A
CONDUIT BETWEEN HER HUSBAND AND
HUNTER BIDEN AS WELL.
CHERYL: THAT WAS WISCONSIN
SENATOR RON JOHNSON SPEAKING TO
MARIA ON SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES,
HE IS ACCUSING ANTONY BLINKEN OF
LYING TO CONGRESS ABOUT HIS
COMMUNICATIONS WITH HUNTER
BIDEN. HE IS CALLING FOR LAWMAKERS TO
HE IS CALLING FOR LAWMAKERS TO
SUBPOENASUBPOENA BLINKEN AS HIS
OFFICIALS SAY BLINKEN AND THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN COORDINATED A
LETTER CLAIMING HUNTER BIDEN WAS
DISINFORMATION.
JOINING US NOW, THE FEDERALIST
SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR BENJAMIN WINE
GARDEN.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
YOUR REACTION TO WHAT RON
JOHNSON SAID TO MARIA YESTERDAY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
AND THIS LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER
INSTANCE OF A SENIOR LEVEL
OFFICIAL IN A DEMOCRAT
PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION
PERJURYING HIMSELF AND THE
QUESTION IS, WILL THERE BE ANY
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR IT AND WHAT
WILL IT LOOK LIKE?
LET’S NOTE THAT THE HOUSE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON WEAPONIZATION
HAS ALREADY ASKED TONY BLINKEN
TO PRODUCE RECORDS OF ALL OF HIS
COMMUNICATIONS AROUND THE
CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE WHO
CREATED AND SIGNED THAT
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY SO-CALLED
LETTER CALLING THE HUNTER BIDEN
LAPTOP STORY DISINFORMATION.
THIS WAS NOT ONLY THE ULTIMATE
DIRTY TRICK ON THE EVE OF AN
ELECTION AND HUGE ABUSE OF THE
TRUST OF THE AMERICAN POOL AND
THE INTELLIGENCE -- AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY, BUT TONY BLINKEN
SEEMS TO HAVE PLAYED A PIVOTAL
ROLE AND IT’S THE HEIGHT OF
ELECTION INTERFERENCE AND
SOMEBODY HAS TO BE ACCOUNTABLE.
MARIA: TO ACCUSE THE SECRETARY
OF STATE OF PERJURE IS A VERY
SERIOUS ACCUSATION.
RON JOHNSON AND ANYONE ELSE THAT
WILL QUESTION HIM ON THIS WILL
HAVE TO COME UP WITH PROOF.
DO THEY HAVE THE EVIDENCE TO
SUPPORT THEAL HE LEE GAS
STATION.
YOU CAN -- ALLEGATION.
YOU CAN SAY SOMETHING, BUT
YOU’VE GOT TO BACK IT UP.
>> I THINK IT’S ULTIMATELY GOING
TO COME DOWN TO A POLITICAL
QUESTION RATHER THAN A LEGAL ONE
WHICH BY THE WAY IF YOU LOOK AT
IMPEACHMENT, HIGH CRIMES AND
MISDEMEANORS IS A POLITICAL
JUDGMENT, NOT A LEGAL ONE.
AND ULTIMATELY I THINK WHERE
THIS GOES IS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO HAVE A CHOICE AT
THE END OF THE DAY TO HOLD
LEADERS TO ACCOUNT FOR BEING
DISHONEST WITH THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY A
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ISN’T GOING
TO TAKE CRIMINAL REFERRAL OF THE
SECRETARY OF STATE OR THE
PRESIDENT OF COURSE AND
ULTIMATELY THEN I BELIEVE IT
COMES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
THAT WILL BE THE CHOICE FOR
2024.
DO YOU BELIEVE THE COUNTRY IS
BETTER THAN FOUR YEARS AGO AND
DO YOU WANT PRINCIPLES IN THE
ADMINISTRATION LIKE THOSE THAT
LIE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND
ABUSE OUR TRUST.
CHERYL: THIS COULD BE SOMETHING
THAT WE DON’T SEE WITH HEARINGS
OR BLINKEN BEING CALLED IN, IT’S
A POLITICAL STORY, MAYBE NOT A
HE LEGAL ONE AGAINST BLINKEN.
>> I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE
HEARINGS AND EXTENSIVE OVERSIGHT
WITH RESPECT TO BLINKEN BUT I
THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE
THE FINAL VOTE.
CHERYL: 2024, THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO
HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DE SANTIS
EXPECTED TO BE IN IOWA ON
MAY 13th.
TRUMP WILL HOLD A RALLY.
DE SANTIS WILL HOLD FUND RAISING
EVENTS.
DE SANTIS HAS A BIG LEAD IN FUND
RAISING, RAISING 110 MILLION SO
FAR.
HE HAS NOT MADE THE OFFICIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT.
JOHN CATSIMATIDIS IS RULING OUT
SUPPORTING THE DE SANTIS.
HE SAYS THE GOVERNOR DOESN’T
RETURN PHONE CALLS AND PLENTY OF
HIS FRIENDS LIVING IN FLORIDA
FEEL THE SAME WAY.
YOUR REACTION TO THAT?
>> FIRST, IT’S VERY CLEAR HAD TH
AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE A
TWO PERSON RACE EVEN THOUGH THE
SECOND PERSON HASN’T YET
AANNOUNCED.
I THINK IT’S VERY CLEAR THERE
HAS BEEN ALL SORTS OF SNIPING
FROM BOTH THE TRUMP AND DE
SANTIS CAMPS THROUGH THEIR
SURROGATES AND THE RACE IS ON.
AS YOU KNOW, THE WAR CHEST IS
SUBSTANTIAL.
THAT’S WHY I THINK THAT
ULTIMATELY THOUGH THERE’S A HUGE
GAP IN THE POLLS AT THIS POINT,
THAT DE SANTIS CAMP HAS DUG IN
FOR A LONG AND PROTRACTED BATTLE
AND I THINK ALL THIS SCUTTLEBUTT
WE’RE SEEING, THERE’S A LOT OF
NOISE.
ULTIMATELY THE SIGNAL WILL BE
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE POLLS WHEN
DESAN YOU IS THE DOES FORMALLY
ANNOUNCE.
MARIA:.CHERYL: EXPECTATIONS IS
GETS THE GO AHEAD FROM THE
LEGISLATURE, WHICH I BELIEVE HE
HAS, THEN IT’S PROBABLY TIME TO
GO AND WE’LL SEE SOME RON DE
SANTIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
CURRENT CROP OF GOP PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES FOR 2024.