THIS IS THE 5.
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AFTER DAYS OF INTENSE PRESSURE,
ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND
FINALLY SPEAKING OUT ON THE
FBI’S UNPRECEDENTED RAID ON
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S
HOME.
GARLAND DEFENDING THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT’S ACTIONS BUT DID NOT
TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYING HE,
PERSONALLY APPROVED THE WARRANTS
TO CARRY OUT THE RAIDS AND HAS
FILED A MOTION TO UNSEAL IT.
>> JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS FILED
A MOTION IN THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TO UNSEAL A
SEARCH WARRANT AND PROPERTY
RECEIPT RELATING TO A
COURT-APPROVED SEARCH THAT THE
FBI CONDUCTED EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THAT SEARCH WAS A PREMISES
LOCATED IN FLORIDA BELONGING TO
THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
COPIES OF BOTH THE WARRANT AND
THE FBI PROPERTY RECEIPT WERE
PROVIDED ON THE DAY OF THE
SEARCH TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S
COUNSEL WHO WAS ON SITE DURING
THE SEARCH.
UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW MEANS
APPLYING THE LAW EVENLY WITHOUT
FEAR OR FAVOR.
UNDER MY WATCH, THAT IS
PRECISELY WHAT THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS DOING.
I, PERSONALLY, APPROVED THE
DECISION TO SEEK A SEARCH
WARRANT IN THIS MATTER.
>> Judge Jeanine: GARLAND ALSO
DEFENDING THE FBI FROM CRITICISM
IN HOW IT CARRIED OUT THE SEARCH
OF TRUMP’S HOME.
>> LET ME ADDRESS RECENT
UNFOUNDED ATTACKS ON THE
PROFESSIONALISM OF THE FBI AND
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AGENTS AND
PROSECUTORS.
I WILL NOT STAND BY SILENTLY
WHEN THEIR INTEGRITY IS UNFAIRLY
ATTACKED.
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FBI AND
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ARE
DEDICATED PATRIOTIC PUBLIC
SERVANTS.
>> Judge Jeanine: THAT COMES AS
A SOURCE SAYS THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP COMPLIED WITH A SUBPOENA
ISSUED FOR CLASSIFIED RECORDS IN
THE SPRING.
AND IT’S UNCLEAR WHY THE FBI DID
NOT JUST ISSUE ANOTHER SUBPOENA.
AS TRUMP AND HIS TEAM WERE,
QUOTE, COOPERATIVE AND TURNED
OVER DOCUMENTS.
OKAY.
I THINK THE BIG ISSUE TODAY IS,
BESIDES FINDING OUT, FOR A FACT,
THAT MERRICK GARLAND, THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL, DID APPROVE
THE ISSUANCE OF THE WARRANT, IS
THAT THERE IS NO INFORMATION AS
TO WHY THEY CHOSE TO REQUEST A
SEARCH WARRANT BASED ON PROBABLE
CAUSE REGARDING SOMETHING FROM
THE PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS THAT IS
NOT IN A CRIMINAL STATUTE.
BUT THE ISSUE IS, WHY THEY WENT
SO FAR AS A SEARCH WARRANT AS
OPPOSED TO SIMPLY ISSUING
ANOTHER SUBPOENA OR GETTING A
COURT ORDERED SUBPOENA.
WHAT SAY YOU, JESSE?
>> Jesse: HE OWNS IT THIS GUY
GARLAND.
HE SAYS HE CALLED IT SO IT’S ON
HIM NOW.
WE ALL KNOW BIDEN WAS INVOLVED,
YOU DON’T DO THIS WITHOUT THE
PRESIDENT KNOWING, BUT HE’S ON
VACATION WITH HUNTER SO WE’LL
NEVER HEAR FROM HIM EVER AGAIN.
HE COMES OUT AND EVERYONE’S
LOOKING AROUND THE TELEVISION
LIKE WHAT IS HE GOING TO SAY,
WHAT IS HE GOING TO SAY?
HE SAYS NOTHING.
HE SAYS I APPROVED IT, I CAN’T
SAY ANYTHING BUT MY GUYS AREN’T
CROOKIED.
REALLY?
REALLY YOUR GUYS AREN’T CROOKED?
ALL RIGHT, LET’S SEE.
THE LAST TIME THEY PLANTED
EVIDENCE ON TRUMP WHICH WAS THE
DOSSIER AND DOCTORED EVIDENCE TO
GET THE WARRANT AND LIED TO THE
JUDGE ABOUT IT SO NOW WE’RE
SUPPOSED TO TRUST YOU GUYS?
NOT HOW IT WORKS.
HE SAYS WE ARE A GOING TO
RELEASE THE AFFIDAVIT AND THE
WARRANT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
HE’S ALREADY BEING SUED IN
FLORIDA BY JUDICIAL WATCH.
THEY’RE THE ONES TRYING TO GET
SOME TRANSPARENCY, HE DOESN’T
KNOW WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT.
NOW, IF YOU HAVE AN
ADMINISTRATION, THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION THAT SPIED ON THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN, INSERTED MOLES
INTO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND WIRE
TAPPED THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, AND
THEN YOU HAVE A BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION THAT RAIDED
TRUMP’S HOUSE, AND RAIDED HIS
LAWYER’S HOUSE, AND THESE PEOPLE
AND SHACKLED THEM AND GAVE THEM
FULL BODY CAVITY SEARCHES.
DID THEY DO THAT TO ANY
DEMOCRATS?
CAN YOU NAME ANY HIGH-PROFILE
DEMOCRAT WHO’S HAD THEIR HOME
RAIDED, THEIR PHONE CEASED,
THEIR COMPUTER CEASED?
ANYTHING?
THEY ONLY LOCK UP REPUBLICANS.
THEY ONLY DO THIS TO TRUMP
REPUBLICANS.
SO YOU DON’T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF
THE DOUBT HERE.
YOU’VE COOKED UP PHONEY
WARRANTS, YOU’VE WORKED WITH
DIRTY PROSECUTORS, WORKED WITH
DIRTY COPS.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE ALL IN THIS
TOGETHER.
SO I DON’T TRUST YOU.
THE COUNTRY DOESN’T TRUST YOU.
IT’S NOW A HE SAID SHE SAID.
APPARENTLY THEY WERE COOPERATING
FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND TRUMP
ACTUALLY POKED HIS HEAD IN AND
SAID HEY GUYS, THERE’S SOME
BOXES YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK
HAVE AT IT.
YOU HAVE TO SHOW INTENT.
REMEMBER, ISN’T THAT WHAT THEY
SAID ABOUT HILLARY?
YOU HAVE TO SHOW INTENT.
WHERE’S THE INTENT?
HE WAS COOPERATING.
THEY HAD LUNCH AT MAR-A-LAGO
WHEN THEY CAME BY A FEW TIMES,
EVERYTHING WAS COPACETIC
PROBABLY TOOK A DIP IN THE POOL.
WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL.
NEXT THING YOU KNOW THEY HAVE
GUYS WITH GUNS SHOW UP?
WAY TOO HEAVY HANDED AND NOW
THEY OWN IT.
>> Judge Jeanine: THE SAME GUYS
TOLD THE PRESIDENT TO DOUBLE
LOCK THE AREA TO PROTECT THE
RECORD.
>> Jesse: AND THEN THEY BROKE
THE LAW.
>> Judge Jeanine: THEN THEY
BROKE THE LAW.
WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THE FACT
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE
HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY WE’RE
RAIDING THE HOME OF A FORMER
PRESIDENT, A POTENTIAL POLITICAL
OPPONENT OF THE SITTING
PRESIDENT, NEVER BEEN DONE IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.
IT TAKES FOUR DAYS FOR THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO COME OUT AND
OWN IT, BECAUSE NEWS WEEK SAID
THAT HE DIDN’T DO WHAT -- HE
WASN’T INVOLVED IN IT.
I MEAN, WHY IS IT THAT WE’VE GOT
TO GO THIS FAR FOR THIS KIND OF
INFORMATION TO COME OUT, WHICH
IS BASICALLY, I APPROVED IT BUT
DON’T ASK ME ANYTHING MORE?
>> THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES, FOR NINE HOURS
THE OTHER NIGHT HAD THE SEARCH
WARRANT AND THE RECEIPT, HIS
LAWYERS, AND HE HAD ACCESS TO
IT.
HE TOLD HIS FRIENDS, FOR THE
LIFE OF ME I CAN’T UNDERSTAND
WHY HE WOULD TELL HIS FRIENDS
AND ALLIES HE DIDN’T HAVE IT BUT
I’LL COME BACK TO THAT.
THE POINT WITH THIS ATTORNEY
GENERAL TODAY, I THOUGHT IT WAS
SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY SHOULD
HAVE HAPPENED A DAY AGO.
BUT HE HAD NO OBLIGATION TO DO
IT BECAUSE JUDGE, AS YOU WELL
KNOW, AND I’M NOT A TRAINED
LAWYER LIKE YOU ARE BUT I’M A
GRADUATE OF LAW SCHOOL, THE
FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS DON’T
COMMENT ON ONGOING
INVESTIGATIONS.
NOW, I’VE HEARD SOME CRITICISM
TODAY STILL ABOUT THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL AND PEOPLE WANTING TO
KNOW MORE.
I WANT TO KNOW MORE ALSO, BUT
THERE’S AN INVESTIGATION
UNDERWAY.
NOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS INNOCENT
UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE.
IN FACT, HE HASN’T BEEN CHARGED
WITH ANYTHING.
I WAS GLAD TO SEE ATTORNEY
GENERAL ALSO EXPLAIN TO THE
COUNTRY THAT THIS IS A
COURT-APPROVED SEARCH WARRANT
THAT HAD ALL THE REQUIRED
INFORMATION THAT A COURT ASKS
FOR IN ORDER TO -- AROUND
PROBABLE CAUSE IN ORDER TO DO
THIS.
DON’T MISTAKE OR MISCONSTRUE
WHAT I’M SAYING ANYONE AROUND
THE TABLE.
I’M NOT ROOTING AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT.
BUT WHAT I DON’T FOR THE LIFE OF
ME, I’LL COME BACK TO WHERE I
STARTED.
IF THE PRESIDENT HAD THE
WARRANT, HAD THE RECEIPT, WHY
WOULD YOU TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND
YOUR SUPPORTERS THAT YOU DIDN’T
HAVE IT AND BLAME AN ATTACK, FBI
AGENTS AND OTHER FEDERAL
OFFICIALS?
FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I DON’T, I
DON’T QUITE UNDERSTAND IT.
BUT I’M HOPEFUL AND PRAYERFUL
THAT, AS THIS INVESTIGATION GOES
FORWARD, THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO I HOPE
EXPRESS HIMSELF.
ALL OF US PROBABLY KNOW, THE
PRESIDENT HAS UNTIL 3:00
TOMORROW TO RESPOND TO THE COURT
IN FLORIDA REGARDING WHETHER OR
NOT THEY SHOULD UNSEAL THE
WARRANT AND THE RECEIPT.
NOW, I DON’T KNOW WHY HE
WOULDN’T JUST SAY RIGHT NOW,
RELEASE IT.
HE HAS UNTIL TOMORROW TO DO IT.
THE RECEIPT AND THE WARRANT ARE
GOING TO GIVE US, I BELIEVE,
SOME ANSWERS TO SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS WE HAVE AROUND THIS
TABLE AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED TODAY.
>> Judge Jeanine: IT IS UP TO
THE COURT AT THIS POINT TO
RELEASE IT AND THE COURT WILL
MAKE THAT DECISION ON MONDAY.
>> BUT, NO, JUDGE, YOU’RE NOT
RIGHT.
THE TRUMP TEAM HAS NOT SAID THEY
WANT TO RELEASE IT.
>> Judge Jeanine: RIGHT.
AND THE COURT WILL DECIDE BASED
UPON WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW.
THE COURT ULTIMATELY DECIDES.
>> BUT THE PRESIDENT SAID HE
DIDN’T HAVE THE WARRANT OR THE
RECEIPT TWO DAYS AGO AND TOLD
HIS FRIENDS HE WASN’T.
>> Judge Jeanine: THE ISSUE WAS,
HER SAYING THAT THEY WERE SHOWN
THE WARRANT, THE ATTORNEYS ON
SIGHT FROM 12 FEET AWAY BUT
THAT’S NEITHER HERE OR THERE.
>> BUT THEY HAVE IT.
>> Greg: I’M SO CONFUSED BY
THIS.
I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT
REALLY IT’S ABOUT THE AFFIDAVIT
NOT THE WARRANT.
>> Judge Jeanine: THAT’S THE
QUESTION I’M GOING TO ASK YOU.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE SEARCH
WARRANT, BECAUSE I SIGN THEM
FROM HOME.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE INVENTORY.
THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS
THE BASIS UPON WHICH THE WARRANT
WAS ISSUED.
WHAT WAS THIS JUDGE TOLD THAT
WOULD GIVE HIM PROBABLE CAUSE TO
SAY A CRIME WAS COMMITTED ON
SOMETHING THAT IS NOT A CRIMINAL
ACT, A PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS ACT
UNLESS MAYBE IT’S ABOUT
SOMETHING ELSE.
>> Greg: I DON’T KNOW, IS THAT
THE QUESTION?
I WAS JUST MAKING THE POINT I
THINK IT WAS ABOUT THE AFFIDAVIT
AND NOT THE WARRANT BUT ANYWAY.
>> JUDGE, YOU’VE SIGNED WARRANTS
IN THE WARRANT.
>> Judge Jeanine: WHAT’S IN A
WARRANT?
>> YEAH, WHAT’S IN A WARRANT.
I’M ONLY SAYING THEY SHOULD
RELEASE THE WARRANT.
>> Greg: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT --
>> I DIDN’T MEAN THE INTERRUPT
YOU.
>> Greg: THAT’S ALL RIGHT.
MERRICK GARLAND SAID WE HAD TO
DO THIS BECAUSE WE COULDN’T DO
IT ANYOTHER WAY.
THAT’S CIRCULAR NONSENSE.
SORRY YOUR HONOR I HAD TO KICK
THE DOG BECAUSE I COULDN’T NOT
KICK THE DOG.
HE’S A PERFECT BUREAUCRAT GLAD
HE’S NOT A SUPREME COURT JUDGE,
HE CAME OFF BADLY.
WHEN HE DESCRIBES THE FBI AS
PATRIOTIC SERVANTS, I WOULD
AGREE.
BUT WHO ELSE ARE PATRIOTIC
SERVANTS THE IRS AGENTS AND
WE’VE BEEN MAKING FUN OF THE IRS
SINCE 1862.
THE FACT IS, THAT IS OUR RIGHT
TO CRITICIZE PATRIOTS AND
NON-PATRIOTS ALIKE.
THE THINGS WE SAY ABOUT LAWYERS,
WE’VE BEEN SAYING FOR THOUSANDS
OF YEARS.
WE’VE BEEN WISHING HARM ON THEM.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Greg: SO THIS IDEA THAT WE
CANNOT CRITICIZE OR DENIGRATE
ANYONE FOR FEAR THAT SOMEONE
ELSE IN THIS COUNTRY WILL DO
SOMETHING CRAZY, IN TWO WORDS,
SCREW YOU.
BECAUSE THAT IS A TRICK TO SHUT
YOU UP.
THEY’RE BASICALLY SAYING, HOW
DARE YOU, YOU CAN’T DO THAT.
NO, NO, NO.
WE ACTUALLY COME.
AND COMING FROM PEOPLE IN THE
MEDIA WHO DELIGHTD IN THE ORGY
OF POLICE DENY GRAYINGS AS
VIOLENCE WAS ACTUALLY OCCURRING,
AS THE RIOTS WERE HAPPENING, AND
SAYING HORRIBLE THINGS.
THEN YOU HAVE THE MEDIA AND THE
FBI MONITORING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR
THREATS LOOKING AT ONLINE
MESSAGE BOARDS.
THAT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF
MONITORING EVERY SPORTING EVENT
FOR HECKLING.
YOU KNOW?
IF YOU WANT TO FIND THAT THREAT
OR OPINION OR ANYTHING, YOU CAN
FIND IT.
I BET I COULD FIND A DEATH
THREAT AGAINST DANA PERINO.
I PROBABLY COULD.
PROBABLY FROM KILMEADE.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU ARE
GOING TO FIND IT.
SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A WAY TO
KEEP YOU TO -- KEEP YOU FROM
TALKING.
AMAZING STORY ABOUT THIS IS WHAT
IF NOTHING IS THERE.
WHAT IF IS REALLY IS ABOUT BLAND
DOCUMENTS.
HOW BAD DOES GARLAND LOOK THEN
MAKING A HOW ABOUT STAIN OUT OF
A MOLE HILL.
IF THEY DON’T HAVE A PICTURE OF
TRUMP MAKING OUT WITH PUTIN.
THIS IS A BUST.
>> Judge Jeanine: WHAT IS
AMAZING THOUGH THEY CAN DUMP ON
COP AS SERIAL RACIST MURDERERS
BUT DON’T YOU DARE DUMP ON THE
FBI.
SO DANA, BACK TO YOU WITH THE
ORIGINAL QUESTION.
THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT THEY USE
THE LEAST INTRUSIVE MEANS
AVAILABLE TO SEIZE EVIDENCE, AND
THERE IS NOTHING, ESPECIALLY
WITH A HISTORY OF COOPERATION, A
HISTORY OF HANDING OVER 15
BOXES, THAT SUGGESTS THAT A
COURT ORDER WOULDN’T HAVE
WORKED.
>> Dana: YEAH, AND ALSO STRANGE
IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WE HAVE NO
VIDEO.
REMEMBER WHEN THEY --
>> Judge Jeanine: THEY TOLD THEM
TO TURN OFF THE TVs AND THE
VIDEOS.
I WAS TOLD THAT BY ERIC TRUMP.
>> Dana: RIGHT.
SO HOWEVER IT HAPPENED, WE HAVE
NO VIDEO.
WE DON’T EVEN HAVE VIDEO OF THE
FBI ARRIVING.
REMEMBER WHEN THEY WENT AFTER
ROGER STONE’S HOUSE THEY ALERTED
CNN.
SO MERRICK GARLAND IS SAYING,
KIND OF CLEVER, RIGHT?
WE DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING, NOBODY
HAD TO KNOW BECAUSE WE DIDN’T
SAY ANYTHING.
THE PRESIDENT’S THE ONE WHO MADE
IT PUBLIC BUT THAT WAS THE
PRESIDENT’S PREROGATIVE TO DO
THAT AS WELL.
EVERYTHING THAT MERRICK GARLAND
SAID TODAY COULD HAVE BEEN SAID
IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT ON MONDAY
NIGHT AND THEN YOU WOULDN’T HAVE
HAD THE NEWS WEEK STORY EVERYONE
TALKING ABOUT HOW GREAT THIS
NEWS WEEK STORY IS TURNS OUT NOT
TRUE.
THEY SAY MERRICK GARLAND DIDN’T
EVEN SEE IT.
NOW MERRICK GARLAND COMES OUT
AND SAYS ACTUALLY I DID.
THEY COULD HAVE COME OUT MONDAY
NIGHT AFTER THE PRESIDENT
REVEALED THE INFORMATION AND
THEN YOU WOULDN’T HAVE HIM IN
FRONT OF THE CAMERAS NOT
ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM THE
PRESS.
THERE’S A REASON WHY MERRICK
GARLAND IS AT THE TOP OF LIST
FOR REPUBLICANS IF THEY TAKE
BACK THE HOUSE THEY WANT TO
INVESTIGATE.
TALKING ABOUT THE SCHOOLS,
REMEMBER, DOMESTIC TERRORISTS.
TALKING ABOUT THEY DID NOT DO
ANYTHING AT THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT TO PROTECT SUPREME
COURT JUSTICES BEING ATTACKED
AND JUDICIAL CRISIS NETWORK JUST
PUT OUT A MILLION DOLLARS ADD
TALKING ABOUT THAT.
THAT’S BEFORE THIS EVEN HAPPENED
AND THAT JUST ALL HAPPENED
TODAY.
SO THE LAST THING I’LL SAY
BECAUSE IN THE FEED BLOCK WE’RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE WHITE
HOUSE AND I HAVE A LOT ABOUT
THAT.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW A
DOCUMENT CAN BE THIS CRITICAL.
UNLESS IT HAS -- YOU WANT THE
PICTURE, YOU’RE SAYING IF IT HAS
A PICTURE OF PUTIN AND TRUMP
MAKING OUT.
SHORT OF THE NUCLEAR CODES BEING
WRITTEN ON THESE DOCUMENTS IN A
LOCK BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, I JUST
DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW A
DOCUMENT COULD WARRANT THIS KIND
OF WARRANT.
>> Judge Jeanine: ESPECIALLY IF
YOU HAVE TO I HAD WHERE IT IS,
YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO SAY IT WAS