>> Jesse: ELECTION
INTERFERENCE AND HYSTERIA IS
BACK.
ACCUSING THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION OF A BRAND-NEW
COVER-UP AFTER DNI
JOHN RATCLIFFE ANNOUNCE THE
SCALING BACK OF IN PERSON
ELECTIONS BRIEFINGS.
RATCLIFF WILL GIVE MOST IN
WRITTEN FORM BECAUSE IT LEAKS
FROM CONGRESS.
>> I WOULD DO EVERYTHING I COULD
TO PROTECT THE UNAUTHORIZED
DISCLOSURE OF CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION ALLOWING PEOPLE TO
LEAK IT FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.
WE’VE HAD A PANDEMIC OF
INFORMATION BEING LEAKED OUT OF
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, AND
I’M GOING TO TAKE THE MEASURES
TO MAKE SURE THAT STOPS.
>> Jesse: OF COURSE
ADAM SCHIFF LEADING THE OUTRAGE
FROM DEMOCRATS, THREATENING THE
DNI, SUBPOENAS AND CLAIMING HE’S
NEVER LEAKED CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION.
>> I HAPPENED.
MY STAFF HASN’T AND I CAN’T WAIT
FOR ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE HAVE DONE, INCLUDING A
LOT OF THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS.
LOOK, DATA LEAKS ARE ALWAYS
IMPROPER AND SOMETIMES ILLEGAL.
>> Jesse: GREG, ADAM SCHIFF
SAID HE HAS NEVER LEAKED AND
LIKE HE HAS NEVER SAID HE HAS
DRAINED.
>> Greg: HOW DARE YOU!
>> Jesse: SORRY COME I DIDN’T
MEAN IT.
>> Greg: THAT HURTS, THAT
HURTS.
I’M NOT GOING TO LEAVE THE
SEGMENT UNTIL YOU APOLOGIZE.
WE HAVEN’T HEARD FROM
ADAM SCHIFF FOR MONTHS AND I
THINK IT IS PROBABLY BECAUSE HE
HAS BEEN HUMILIATED BY THE FACT
NO ONE BROUGHT UP IMPEACHMENT
DURING THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
AND ALSO COME I THINK HE
REALIZES THAT THE IMPEACHMENT
CIRCUS PLAYED SUCH A ROLE IN
TAKING THE ATTENTION AWAY FROM
COVID SO WE COULDN’T GET A JUMP
ON COVID APPEARANCE WHO I’M SURE
HE FEELS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
DEATHS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
AND IF HE DOESN’T COME HE
SHOULD.
I THINK THEY ARE SETTING THE
TABLE FOR JOE’S DEFEAT.
THEY WANT TO PLAN, THEY WANT A
PLAN IN PLACE TO CONTEST THE
OUTCOME BECAUSE THEY SEE BIDEN
POTENTIALLY COLLAPSING IN THE
NEXT MONTH.
>> Jesse: SO THEY WILL REVIVE
THE RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE AGAIN?
DANA, WE TALK ABOUT THE DITCH
METAPHOR BUT WE JUST BROUGHT
BACK SCHIFF.
AND IT FELT LIKE I FELL OFF THE
WAGON.
WE HAVEN’T HAD SCHIFF IN A LONG
TIME.
>> Greg: WHAT IS WITH THE
BOOZE?
>> Dana: WE WERE TALKING THIS
WEEK IN NEW YORK DUMPING AND THE
RECYCLING OF ALL THE WINE
BOTTLES.
APPARENTLY, YOU ARE NOT ALONE,
JESSE.
IT IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE
ACROSS THE NEW YORK
GEORGIA/SHORELINE.
BUT I FEEL LIKE THE
ADMINISTRATION OR THE DNI OFFICE
COULD HAVE HANDLED THE
COMMUNICATION ON THIS LITTLE BIT
BETTER BECAUSE IT WAS JUST SORT
OF PUT OUT THERE WITHOUT A LOT
OF EXPLANATION AND THE FOLLOW-UP
EXPLANATION WAS PRETTY GOOD.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING
LIKE THAT YOU NEED TO DO IT NO
WAY THAT SHOWS YOU ARE LEADING
WITH YOUR FRONT FOOT RATHER THAN
HAVING TO BACKPEDAL.
I DON’T THINK THAT WAS HANDLED
AS WELL AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN.
DO YOU THINK IT IS A PARODY TO
HAVE PEOPLE THAT DID POLITICIZE
INTELLIGENCE COMPLAINING ABOUT
THE INTELLIGENCE OF
POLITICIZING?
WHY ARE THE DEMOCRATS NOT MORE
ANGRY WITH DOING MORE STUFF,
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IF THEY
WERE SO CONVINCED WAS HAPPENING
AT THE TIME?
AND IT IS THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION’S RESPONSIBILITY
TO MAKE SURE THE ELECTION GOES
AS WELL AS IT CAN.
OBVIOUSLY, THE GOVERNORS HAVE A
BIG ROLE TO PLAY BUT WHEN IT
COMES TO INTELLIGENCE, I THINK
THE IN PERSON RATINGS MAKE A
LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE IF YOU READ
IT ON PAPER YOU CAN’T ASK
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.
HOWEVER, IF THERE IS A PROBLEM
WITH LEAKING, THERE ARE
CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT.
I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION COULD
HAVE HANDLED THE ROLLOUT BETTER.
>> Jesse: KENNEDY COME I WILL
NOT MAKE AN ALCOHOLIC METAPHOR
BUT I WILL ASK YOU WHAT YOU THIN
>> Kennedy: I THINK
ADAM SCHIFF SHOULD HAVE TO
ANSWER UNDER OATH WHETHER OR NOT
HE HAS LEAKED INFORMATION TO THE
MEDIA.
BECAUSE IT IS ONE THING TO MAKE
AN ASSERTION LIKE THAT AND A
BOLDFACE LIE TO CNN, BUT IF HE
IS GIVING SWORN TESTIMONY COME I
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS
TO SAY BECAUSE I DON’T BELIEVE A
WORD HE IS SAYING WHEN HE SAYS
THAT.
I ALSO THINK ONLY FOCUSING ON
RUSSIA IS A HUGE DISTRACTION.
RUSSIA HAS A TINY ECONOMY
COMPARED TO CHINA.
CHINA’S ECONOMY IS MUCH SMALLER
THAN OURS.
THEY HAVE $13 TRILLION GDP AND
WE HAVE 22 MILLION.
RUSSIA HAS $1.6 TRILLION AND
CHINA HAS A LOT MORE TO GAIN IF
THEY GAIN THE WORLD AND BECOMES
A SINGLE EXISTING SUPERPOWER,
WHICH IS THEIR LONG-TERM
STRATEGY.
AND THEY CAN’T DO THAT UNLESS
THEY AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE
ELECTION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT RUSSIA
DID IN 2016, WHY WOULD THEY BE
THE ONLY PLAYER UP AND THEY WERE
SO MUCH TO GAIN?
AND IF WE HAVEN’T LOCKED THINGS
UP FOUR YEARS LATER, SHAME ON
PEOPLE LIKE ADAM SCHIFF AND
NANCY PELOSI AND EVEN
MITCH McCONNELL FOR NOT DOING
MORE TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF
THE ELECTIONS.
IF THEY ARE THAT VULNERABLE TO
FOREIGN APPEARANCE.
>> Jesse: AND MARK ZUCKERBERG,
DON’T LET HIM OFF.
>> Greg: HOW DARE YOU!
>> Jesse: FINISH IT OFF FOR
US.
SPEAK TO THE CONSTITUTION IS
PRETTY CLEAR ON THIS THAT
CONGRESS IS A COEQUAL BRANCH OF
GOVERNMENT.
THEY ARE IN CHARGE OF OVERSIGHT
AND SPENDING, FUNDING FOR THE
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
SO THEY GET TO KNOW WHAT IS
GOING ON.
THAT IS THE RULE BOOK.
THAT IS WHAT THE CONSTITUTION OF
OUR COUNTRY SAYS.
SO WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY SAYING,
OH, NO, WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE
YOU THIS INFORMATION IN THE WAY
WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO, I THINK IT
JUST LOOKS VERY SUSPICIOUS.
BY THE WAY, I DON’T THINK IT IS
ANY SECRET AROUND TOWN THAT THE
BIG LEAKS WERE NOT COMING FROM
THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE ON THAT
COMMITTEE.
BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE,
TRUMP SAYS --
>> Jesse: WHO ARE THEY COMING
FROM?
>> Juan: I DON’T WANT TO GET
INTO THAT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU
THERE WERE A LOT OF LEAKS AND
THE IDEA THAT TRUMP SAYS THAT
REALLY HE WAS BEING VICTIMIZED
AND THAT RUSSIA, FAKE NEWS
INTERFERED.
EVERYBODY NOW KNOWS RUSSIA DID
INTERFERE.
>> Jesse: EVERYBODY?
>> Juan: AND THE REPUBLICAN
SIDE OF THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE IN RUSSIA CONTINUES TO
INTERFERE.
SO IF THAT IS THE CASE, IF IT IS
THE CASE WHAT TRUMP SAYS NO
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE, FAKE NEWS,
WHAT IS THERE TO LEAK ANYWAY?
>> Kennedy: IS RUSSIA THE ONLY
ONE INTERFERING?
NO, NO, NO.
WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT IRAN,
CHINA AND EVERY OTHER COUNTRY
THAT WANTS TO SCREW WITH OUR
ELECTION.
>> Juan: I THINK WE SHOULD
TALK ABOUT RUSSIA BECAUSE THEY
ARE THE PRIMARY AND THE 2016