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>> THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN AT THE
TIME WAS USING ALL KIND OF
EUPHEMISM, SECURITY REVIEW,
MATTERS, THINGS LIKE THAT FOR
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WE WERE GETTING TO A PLACE WERE
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND I WOULD
HAVE TO TESTIFY AND TALK
PUBLICLY BIT AND I WANT TO KNOW
WAS SHE GOING TO AUTHORIZE US
THAT TO CONFIRM THAT WE HAD AN
INVESTIGATION.
YES, BUT DON'T CALL IT THAT, BUT
CALL IT A MATTER.
WHY WOULD I DO THAT?
SHE SAID JUST CALL IT A MATTER?
STEVE: INTERESTING STUFF.
YOU REMEMBER THAT SOUND BITE.
MICHELLE MALKIN HOST OF MICHELLE
MALKIN INVESTIGATES ON CRTV
JOINS US.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
STEVE: WE ALL REMEMBER WHEN
MR. COMEY SAID LORETTA LYNCH
ASKED HIM NOT TO TALK ABOUT
HILLARY CLINTON'S INVESTIGATION
BUT HILLARY CLINTON'S MATTER.
LESTER HOLT INTERVIEWED HERE
OVER THE WEEKEND FOR "NBC
NIGHTLY NEWS."
HERE HE IS IS PRESSING HER ON
THAT.
WATCH THIS.
>> I HEARD ABOUT THAT TESTIMONY
AND MY FIRST RESPONSE WAS, WHAT,
YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE ISSUE
HERE?
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER
SPECIFICALLY TALKING WITH HIM AS
WE TALKED ABOUT SENSITIVE THINGS
ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS THIS
WAS A VERY SENSITIVE
INVESTIGATION AS EVERYONE KNEW.
AND THE ISSUE WHEN HE AND I SAT
DOWN AT THAT TIME I THINK WAS
EARLY IN THE FALL OF 2015 WAS
WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE READY AS
A DEPARTMENT TO CONFIRM AN
INVESTIGATION GOING ON.
WHEN WE TYPICALLY DO NOT CONFIRM
OR DENY INVESTIGATIONS INTO
ANYTHING WITH RARE EXCEPTIONS.
WE HAD A FULL AND OPEN
DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AND CONCERNS
WERE NOT RAISED.
BRIAN: NO CONCERNS WERE RAISED.
I DON'T TRUST HER EXPLANATIONS
ANYTHING BUT COGENT.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE?
>> YEAH.
A LOT OF EUPHEMISMS, A WHOLE LOT
OF NOTHING THERE, A LOT OF
FILIBUSTERING BUT FINALLY I
HOPE, GUYS, WE'RE GOING TO GET
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TARMAC
TRYST.
I HAVE TO SALUTE JUDICIAL WATCH
FOR THE FOIA LAWSUITS THAT ARE
DISLODGING A LOT OF THAT
INFORMATION.
I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PART
OF THE 29 PAGESES THAT THEY HAVE
OBTAINED IS THAT THE FBI AT THE
TIME WAS FAR MORE INTERESTED IN
COVERING UP AND FIGURING OUT WHO
THE LEAKER AND WHISTLE-BLOWER
WAS THAN THEY WERE ABOUT THE
ACTUAL MATTER ITSELF.
BRIAN: BUT, MICHELLE, BETWEEN,
McCABE, COMEY, LYNCH, THEY
CONTRIBUTE EACH OTHER.
THEY'RE FINALLY COMING TOGETHER.
WHY IS SHE SPEAKING OUT TWO
WEEKS BEFORE COMEY'S BOOK OUT?
TWO WEEKS AFTER McCABE GETS
FIRED?
SHOULD BE RIGHT BEFORE THE IG
REPORT?
WHY DOES SHE FEEL SHE HAS TO GET
HER STORY OUT?
>> YEAH.
WELL I THINK A LOT OF IT IS THAT
PR COORDINATION AND MAKING SURE
THAT THEY HAVE NARRATIVE
PARALLELISM I SUPPOSE, BUT A LOT
OF IT IS BECAUSE THE HEAT IS ON
THEM BECAUSE OF INDEPENDENT
WATCHDOGS AND REAL MEDIA THAT
ARE DIGGING INTO THIS AND THE
FACT IS THAT THE, THEY TRIED TO
COVER IT UP INITIALLY WHEN THE
FOIA REQUEST WAS PUT FOR ANY OF
THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE
MEETING THEY DENIED THEY HAD ANY
DOCUMENTS AT ALL.
AS USUAL WITH THE FBI
FOOT-DRAGGERS WHO ARE FAR MORE
ADEPT COVERING THINGS UP THAN
ACTUALLY DOING THEIR JOBS THEY
HAVE TRIED TO SUPPRESS THE TRUTH
BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
SUCCEED.
AINSLEY: WHO DUE BELIEVE?
WHO DO YOU TRUST?
>> WHO DO I TRUST?
I TRUST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
WILLING TO BE THE WATCHDOGS OVER
THE WATCHDOGS AND I THINK THAT
IN THE END, LOOK, IT WAS COMEY
HIMSELF IS SAID, WELL, THAT
MEETING WAS THE CAPPER, RIGHT?
HE CALLED IT THE CAPPER ON THE
DECISION, ULTIMATELY OF COURSE
THEY LET HILLARY CLINTON OFF AND
THAT, THAT OF COURSE IS WHAT
RUBS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THE
WRONG WAY, THAT THERE WAS STILL
NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
STEVE: LET'S HOPE THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL IS ABLE TO GET TO THE
BOTTOM OF THAT.
HIS REPORT SHOULD COME OUT
WITHIN A COUPLE WEEKS.
MAYBE THIS NEXT MONTH.
MEANWHILE I KNOW YOU'RE FAMILIAR
WITH "DIAMOND & SILK."
THEY'RE ON, SOCIAL MEDIA STARS.
THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD, MICHELLE,
AND THIS IS SOMETHING IS NEAR
AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART, THAT
THEY ARE UNSAFE FOR THE
COMMUNITY ON FACEBOOK AND SO
THEY HAVE ESSENTIALLY
DEMONETIZED THEM.
FACEBOOK NOW SAYS, YEAH WE'LL
GET BACK TO THEM FIGURE OUT WHAT
IS GOING ON HERE.
NONETHELESS UNTIL THEY WENT
PUBLIC THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO
SAY, HEY LOOK, THEY'RE AFTER US
BECAUSE WE'RE CONSERVATIVES.
>> YES.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND DIAMOND AND SILK ARE LATEST
IN A LONG LINE OF SUCCESSFUL AND
ARTICULATE AND POPULAR
CONSERVATIVES WHO HAVE BEEN
STIFLED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO HAVE
TO ENCOUNTER THIS, ONE OF MY
VIDEOS CRITICIZING ISLAMIC
RADICALS WAS YANKED OFF OF
YOUTUBE.
OTHER POP CULTURE CRITICISM --
BRIAN: WHY?
>> BECAUSE IT TOLD THE TRUTH IN
AN UNVARNISHED WAY AND ONLY
AFTER I WENT PUBLIC, JUST LIKE
"DIAMOND & SILK" DID DID THEY
FINALLY COP TO IT.
THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT WILL BE
ERUPTING ON CAPITOL HILL
ESPECIALLY THIS WEEK AS MARK
ZUCKERBERG FACES THE MUSIC.
BRIAN: YES.
>> IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE
PRIVACY ISSUES, THE DATA MINING,
THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY BUT IT
IS ALSO ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
THESE GIANTS IN SILICON VALLEY
ARE TRULY ABIDING BY THEIR
EDICT.
IT IS PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS
DECENCY ACT.
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO RUN A
QUOTE, NEUTRAL PUBLIC FORUM IN
ORDER TO CONTINUE TO ENJOY ALL
OF THE LIABILITY RELEASES THAT
THEY ENJOY AS A RESULT OF ALL
THE MONEY THEY HAVE SHOWERED ON
CAPITOL HILL TO BE EXEMPT FROM
ALL THESE REGULATIONS.
LIKE I SAID, IT IS NOT JUST
DIAMOND AND SILK.
THIS IS WHY, THIS IS WHY I
OPERATE AN INDEPENDENT BLOG,
INDEPENDENT OF ALL THOSE COLD
FORUMS.
THIS IS WHY I AM WITH CRTV WHICH
CREATED AN INDEPENDENT BROADCAST
CHANNEL.
AND I THINK THAT THE MORE THAT
WE EXPOSE THE POLITICAL BIAS OF
THESE GIANTS THE BETTER BECAUSE
THEY PRETEND, AND IT IS A
PRETENSE OF NEUTRALITY THAT IS
THE ULTIMATE PROBLEM HERE.
STEVE: IT IS GOING TO BE A HOT