GOING AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT
THIS BUS FULL OF MIGRANTS FROM
TEXAS.
THE FBI MAY FINALLY BE CLOSING
IN ON CHARGES AGAINST HUNTER
BIDEN AS FORMER JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL SAYS OUTCOME
MAY BE EMINENT.
THEY INCLUDE FAILURE TO PAY
INCOME TAX MONEY LAUNDERING,
VARIOUS TAX CRIME AND LYING WHEN
BUYING A GUN.
IT IS A FEDERAL FELONY FOR A
FEDERAL AGENT TO LEAK
INFORMATION ABOUT A GRAND JURY
INVESTIGATION.
WE EXPECT THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE WILL PROSECUTE SUCH BAD
ACTORS.
SO BASICALLY HUNTER’S LAWYER IS
THREATENING AND WARNING THE
GOVERNMENT OR WHOEVER IT IS
THAT’S LEAKING THIS THAT THAT’S
A BIGGER STORY THAN HUNTER’S
ACTUAL POTENTIAL CHARGES AND
WHAT HE’S DONE WRONG, THAT’S HIS
STATEMENT.
HUNTER HAS BEEN UNDER FEDERAL
INFORMATION INTO HIS OVERSEAS --
INVESTIGATION INTO HIS OVERSEAS
DEALS AND JOINING ME CONGRESSMAN
AND FORMER COMMITTEE MEMBER DOUG
COLLINS.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING FROM THE
WASHINGTON POST ARE TAX CRIMES
THAT HE DIDN’T PAY INCOME TAX OR
HE LIED WHEN BUYING A GUN.
I DON’T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THE
MASSIVE INFLUENCE PEDDLING
THAT’S THE MUCH BIGGER STORY
HERE, THE FACT THAT THIS FAMILY
HAS TAKEN TENS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS FROM CHINESE OFFICIALS
TIED TO THE CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY, YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE
ARE LOOKING AT HERE?
>> GOOD MORNING, MARIA.
THE INTERESTING THING, WHAT
ABOUT DRUGS?
VERY EVIDENT IN PICTURES AND
EVERYTHING ELSE, WHAT ABOUT
DRUGS, WHAT ABOUT THE
SOLICITATION OF PROSTITUTION AND
OTHER THINGS AND THEN AS YOU
SAID, WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER
ISSUES OF THIS INFLUENCE
PEDDLING.
I DON’T KNOW IF THE FBI IS
TRYING TO SPLIT THE HAIR HERE
AND SAY, HEY, WE ARE GOING AFTER
THIS AND NOT GOING AFTER THIS TO
BE POLITICAL.
IT GOES BACK TO UNDERSTANDING
THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
RIGHT NOW IS PERCEIVED BY MANY
TO HAVE TWO SETS OF STANDARDS ON
HOW THEY ARE DEALING WITH
INDIVIDUALS ON HIGH-PROFILE OF
CASES, AT LEAST WE ARE MOVING
FORWARD, MARIA.
SHOCKINGLY WE ARE MOVING FORWARD
AT LEAST IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING
WITH HUNTER BIDEN FINALLY.
MARIA: WE KNOW THAT THERE’S A
WIDE EXPECTATION THAT IS THE
REPUBLICAN WILLS TAKE THE
MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE AFTER
NOVEMBER MIDTERMS AND DO YOU
THINK THAT THIS HAS HAD TO DO
WITH WE HAD PROMISES OF
INVESTIGATIONS AND JAMES COMER,
RANKING MEMBER ON OVERSIGHT WHO
SAID, YEAH, WE WILL BE SENDING
OUT SUBPOENAS AND WE WANT TO
KNOW ABOUT ALL OF THE MONEY THAT
HUNTER BIDEN HAS TAKEN IN, IS
THIS AN EFFORT TO GET AHEAD OF
THAT?
>> IT COULD BE.
REMEMBER, THE HOUSE WILL HAVE
ALL THE HEARINGS THEY WANT BUT
YOU’RE STILL DEALING WITH
MERRICK GARLAND JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT.
THEY ARE TRYING TO TAMPER THIS
DOWN.
THEY KNOW THEY WILL BE UNDER A
LOT OF SCRUTINY AND THE
REPUBLICANS TAKE OVER IN
NOVEMBER IN JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
IN THE HOUSE, THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE.
SEE, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON
SOMETHING HERE TRYING TO TAKE
DOWN THE HEAT.
THE PROBLEM IS IT’S NOT GOING TO
WORK.
IT’S TAKEN THIS LONG TO FIGURE
OUT THERE’S CRIMES INVOLVED WHEN
MOST PEOPLE AT LEAST WHAT’S
BEING PRESENTED PUBLICLY, HEY,
SOMETHING IS GOING ON HERE.
IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF
THAT.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS
GOING TO HAVE ROUGH 6 OR 8
MONTHS AFTER THE REPUBLICANS
TAKE OVER THE HOUSE.
MARIA: THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS IN
ILLINOIS WHEN THE STATE WILL DO
AWAY WITH CASH BAIL.
MANY CAN BE BACK ON THE STREETS
BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION OF
INNOCENCE BETWEEN DIFFERENT
STATE ATTORNEYS ARE SUING FROM
LAW GOING INTO EFFECT IN NEW
YORK.
WE KNOW HOW IT’S PLAYED OUT IN
NEW YORK.
CASHLESS BAIL PUTS CRIMINALS OUT
ON THE STREET HOURS LATER.
>> I WORKED ON REAL JUSTICE
REFORM WITH DONALD TRUMP AND
DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS.
YOU CAN DO THIS WITHOUT PUTTING
IN JEOPARDY THE SAFETY OF
AMERICANS.
THERE’S WAYS TO DO THIS AND MAKE
SURE THAT THOSE WHO NEED TO STAY
IN JAIL STAY IN JAIL AND DEAL
WITH THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE
VIOLENCE ON THEIR SIDE AND DEAL
WITH THEM IN PRETRIAL WAYS.
WHEN LEE ZELDIN DONE WAS
ATTACKED THE ATTACKER WAS OUT
BEFORE HE WAS DONE WITH HIS
SPEECH.
IT’S ACTUALLY PROVERSION OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND MAKING OUR
PLACES UNSAFE.
WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE A CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SUPPORT BUT THE SYSTEM
ITSELF SO THAT PEOPLE CAN TRUST
IT AND FEEL SAFE AND THE
PROVERSIONS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM GOING ON IS JUST WRONG
AND WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO
COMMON SENSE.
MARIA: REAL QUICK ON RECENT FOX
NEWS OP-ED, GREAT PIECE, YOU
WRITE, QUOTE, I’D ARGUE THE MOST
URGENT NEED FOR CONSERVATIVE
PRINCIPLES TO ADDRESS RISING
CRIME AND PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY
HAS TO DO WITH THE PRETRIAL
SYSTEM.
TELL US MORE.
>> DEALING WHEN WE FIRST COME IN
AND TAKING VIOLENT OFFENDERS AND
MAKING SURE THEY ARE NOT GETTING
RIGHT BACK OUT AND COMMITTING
CRIMES AND MAKING SURE WE DO --
WE CAN DEAL WITH PRETRIAL
KNOWING THEY WILL BE UNDER
SUPERVISION AND HELP FOR THOSE
FOLKS.
THAT’S WHAT WE DO IN A BETTER
SOCIETY.
HOW DO WE MAKE A BETTER SOCIETY
TAKING CARE OF THE THINGS WE CAN
TAKE CARE OF OUTSIDE IN PRETRIAL
IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE STILL
HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE BUT
MAKING SPACE FOR THOSE WHO
CAN’T.
MARIA: GREAT PIECE AND GREAT
POINT.