HELLO, I’M CONGRESSMAN ADAM
SCHIFF WITH TROUBLING NEWS.
TODAY KEVIN McCARTHY REMOVED
ME FROM THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE, ALL FOR DOING MY JOB,
FOR HOLDING TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE
AND STANDING UP TO THE EXTREME
MAGA REPUBLICANS.
WE KNEW IT WOULD BE BAD WHEN THE
REPUBLICANS TOOK OVER BUT IT’S
FAR WORSE THAN WE EXPECTED.
BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU THIS.
THIS IS NOT THE END OF MY FIGHT
FOR OUR DEMOCRACY.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
PLEASE, JOIN US AND CONTRIBUTE
TODAY.
>> Brian: RIGHT ON TIKTOK.
KNOWLEDGE OF THE INTELLIGENCE
APPARATUS.
CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF POSTING
ON CHINESE OWNED TIKTOK HOW HE
GOT KICKED OFF THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE FOR NOT BEING
TRUSTWORTHY.
>> Will: THIS AS MATT GAETZ
WOULD DENY SCHIFF TO HAVE HAVING
ANY ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION WOULD THAT WOULD
PROMPT AN INVESTIGATION.
>> Ainsley: JOINING US FOR
REACTION IS ARKANSAS SENATOR TOM
COTTON.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU, SENATOR.
>> GOOD MORNING AINSLEY.
GOOD TO BE ON WITH ALL OF YOU.
>> Ainsley: GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO THAT AND
WHY SHOULDN’T HE HAVE ACCESS TO
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS.
>> AINSLEY, IT’S REALLY
REMARKABLE, WHO ADAM SCHIFF THE
SENIOR DEMOCRAT ON THE HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE FOR YEARS
GETS REMOVED FROM IT AND THEN HE
IMMEDIATELY GOES ON TO TIKTOK,
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA
APP., A SECURITY AND PRIVACY
TROJAN HORSE IN AMERICA TO
COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.
MAYBE THIS IS ONE REASON HE
SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM IT FOR
NOT HAVING ANY SENSE TO NOT USE
SUCH AN APP.
BUT, MORE SERIOUSLY IS THAT
SPEAKER McCARTHY SAID LAST
WEEK NEITHER ADAM SCHIFF OR ERIC
SWALWELL WOULD GET A SECURITY
CLEARANCE IF THEY WERE IN THE
PRIVATE SECTOR.
JUNIOR IN THE MILITARY OR EYE
AAPPLYING FOR A JOB IN THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
ADAM SCHIFF MISUSED INTELLIGENCE
INFORMATION FROM THE COMMITTEES
FOR YEARS TO LIE ABOUT THE
RUSSIAN COLLUSION HOAX DURING
THE TRUMP ERA.
ERIC SWALWELL HAD A PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH A CHINESE SPY.
SPEAKER McCARTHY MADE THE
RIGHT DECISION HERE.
>> Will: SENATOR, I WANT TO ASK
YOU AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
SENT OUT A REQUESTS TO ALL
FORMER PRESIDENTS AND VICE
PRESIDENTS AS THE SEARCH FOR
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY SEEMS TO EXPAND FROM
DONALD TRUMP TO MIKE PENCE TO
JOE BIDEN.
WHAT -- I WOULD LOVE TO ASK YOU
LIKE HOW BIG A PROBLEM DO YOU
SEE THIS AS CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
FLOATING AROUND, SOME SAY IT’S A
DIRTY LITTLE SECRET INSIDE OF
WASHINGTON, D.C. THAT THERE IS
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS EVERYWHERE.
BUT ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES RICK
SCOTT HAS SAID LOOK I’M A
SENATOR.
I ONLY GET TO SEE CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS INSIDE OF A CLASSIFIED
SETTING.
SO WHICH IS IT?
IS IT THAT CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
ARE REALLY UNSECURED, THAT’S THE
DIRTY TRUTH OR ARE THESE
INDIVIDUALS LIKE JOE BIDEN
TAKING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS OUT
OF A CLASSIFIED SETTING AND IN
SOME INEXPLICABLE MANNER?
>> WELL, WILL, RICK SCOTT IS
RIGHT THAT AS SENATORS WE
TYPICALLY REVIEW CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS EITHER IN A SECURE
FACILITY OR MAYBE WITH THE RIGHT
KIND OF STAFFING WHO HAVE
SECURITY CLEARANCES, COURIER TO
OUR PERSONAL OFFICES TO REVIEW
BRIEFLY.
IT MAY BE DIFFERENT IN THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
THIS IS SOMETHING CONGRESS NEEDS
TO REVIEW.
A PATIENTLY THE
HANDLING OF THESE DOCUMENTS IN
TRANSITION FROM PRESIDENTS AND
VICE PRESIDENTS OUT OF OFFICE.
THE MORE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION IS
WHETHER THE MISHANDLING OF THESE
DOCUMENTS, IN ANY OF THESE
CASES, CAUSED ANY DAMAGE TO
NATIONAL SECURITY.
THAT’S WHY REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS ALIKE ARE OUTRAGED
THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION IS
REFUSING TO SHOW US THESE
DOCUMENTS.
WE HAD A HEARING EARLIER THIS
WEEK WITH THE DIRECTOR OF
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND WE DID
NOT SEE A SINGLE DOCUMENT.
DID NOT HAVE A SINGLE DOCUMENT
CHARACTERIZEED BEING TOLD THEY
CAN’T HAPPEN.
ONE OF THE IS NOT ON THE JOB
YET.
THIS IS NOTHING BUT A STONEWALL
TO PREVENT MEMBERS OF THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE FROM
DOING OUR OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITY WHICH IS DISTINCT
AND SEPARATE FROM ANY CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION.
IN FACT, MY COLLEAGUE ON THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE SENATOR
SUSAN COLLINS SAYS THIS IS THE
WORST STONEWALL SHE HAS SEEN IN
26 YEARS IN THE CONGRESS SO I
REALLY CAN’T ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SERIOUSNESS
OF IT UNTIL THE ADMINISTRATION
ALLOWS US TO CONDUCT OUR
LEGITIMATE OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITIES AND UNTIL THEY
DO, THERE IS GOING TO BE
CONSEQUENCES IN THE CONGRESS FOR
THEM.
>> Brian: I KNOW YOU ARE THE
LEGAL GUY NOT SUPPOSED TO JUST
JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS.
IF SOMEONE WON’T LET YOU SEE THE
CONTENTS OF THE DOCUMENTS
KNOWING THEIR OWN PARTY IS GOING
TO HAVE AN ANEURYSM AND BLOW UP
ON THEM ON THE SENATE FLOOR AND
IT’S WORTH THAT TYPE OF
BLOWBACK, HOW BAD ARE THOSE
DOCUMENTS?
HOW INCRIMINATING AND DISTURBING
ARE THEY?
>> WELL, I THINK MANY SENATORS
AFTER THIS WEEK ARE NOW
BEGINNING TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, SENATORS WHO ARE
WILLING TO GIVE THESE FORMER
OFFICIALS THE BENEFIT OF THE
DOUBT NOW WONDER LIKE WHAT COULD
BE IN THESE DOCUMENTS THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION IS SO
STONEWALLING IN SUCH AN
UNPRECEDENTED FASHION?
>> Brian: RIGHT.
>> I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT,
BRIAN, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE’S
DOUBLE STANDARDS.
DONALD TRUMP HAD HIS PERSONAL
RESIDENCE IN MAR-A-LAGO RAIDED.
MIKE PENCE HAD FBI AGENTS
SHOWING UP AT HIS HOME WITHIN
HOURS OF NOTIFYING THE
GOVERNMENT YET WHEN JOE BIDEN
DISCOVERED CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
AT HIS PERSONAL OFFICE, THE FBI
COOPERATED CORDIALLY WITH HIS
PERSONAL ATTORNEYS, ALLOWED
THOSE ATTORNEYS WITHOUT SECURITY
CLEARANCES TO REVIEW THEM.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THESE DOUBLE
STANDARDS IS THAT THERE WERE A
LOT OF LEAKS LAST AUGUST ABOUT
WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAPERS
AT MAR-A-LAGO.
CNN ALREADY HAD A STORY THIS
WEEK ABOUT WHAT WAS AT MIKE
PENCE’S HOUSE.
YET, WE HAVEN’T HAD A SINGLE
LEAK ABOUT ANY OF THE DOCUMENTS
FOUND AT JOE BIDEN’S OFFICE OR
HOME THAT’S WHY IT’S EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT THAT WE GET TO THE
BOTTOM OF WHAT WAS IN THESE
DOCUMENTS AND WHAT DAMAGE, IF
ANY, WAS CAUSED TO NATIONAL
SECURITY.
AGAIN, THAT’S TOTALLY SEPARATE
FROM THE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT O
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
>> Ainsley: SENATOR, WE ALSO
WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
RUSSIA BECAUSE WE JUST PROMISED
THEM ALL OF THESE TANKS FROM THE
UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA IS
PERCEIVING THAT AS EUROPE AND
AMERICA’S DIRECT INVOLVEMENT SO
THEY HIT UKRAINE WITH MISSILES.
WHAT’S YOUR REACTION?
>> I WELCOME THE DECISION BY JOE
BIDEN AND GERMANY TO PROVIDE
THESE TANKS BUT IT’S LONG
OVERDUE.
THIS IS CONSISTENT TOO WITH JOE
BIDEN’S TIMID, CAUTIOUS APPROACH
TO THIS WAR.
YOU COULD SAY THAT HE EVEN
TEMPTED VLADIMIR PUTIN TO GO FOR
THE JUGGLER WITH HIS WEAKNESS
AND APPEASEMENT OF PUTIN IN
2021. AS THE WAR WAS ABOUT TO
BEGIN AND SINCE THE WAR BEGAN
LAST YEAR, YOU HAVE SEEN A
CONSISTENT PATTERN OF THE
PRESIDENT DECLINING TO PROVIDE
CERTAIN KINDS OF WEAPONS OR
INTELLIGENCE THAT WOULD ALLOW UK
TO DEFEND ITS OWN TERRITORY
WITHIN A FEW MONTHS THEY WILL
PROVIDE THE WEAPONS AND
INTELLIGENCE BUT AT THE COST OF
THOUSANDS OF LIVES MORE LOST
TERRITORY THAT UKRAINE HAS TO
FIGHT TO TAKE BACK RATHER THAN
DEFENDING IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I PREDICT YOU WILL SEE IT AGAIN
IN THE FUTURE WITH LONGER RANGE
MISSILES AND DRONES AND FIGHTER
AIRCRAFT.
THE SIMPLEST AND QUICKEST WAY TO
END THIS WAR IS FOR UKRAINE TO
WIN IT.
AND FOR US TO BACK UKRAINE TO
THE HILT WITH THE WEAPONS AND
INTELLIGENCE THAT ITS ARMY NEEDS
TO DEFEND ITS OWN TERRITORY FROM
UNPROVOKED NATION.
>> Brian: JUST REAL QUICK A
STORY IN THE "NEW YORK POST"
TODAY NOT DENIED THE PENTAGON
SAYS WE DON’T HAVE THE TANKS
AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW IN OUR
STOCKS.
WE DON’T HAVE 31 M 1 A 2 ABRAMS
TANKS TO SEND OVER?
REALLY?
THIS IS AGAIN, PART OF THE
TROUBLESOME DECISION, BRIAN.
>> IF THIS DECISION HAD BEEN
MADE A YEAR AGO.
THESE TANKS MIGHT ALREADY BEEN
IN THE FIGHT.
HOPEFULLY OUR EUROPEAN PARTNERS
WHO HAVE THE GERMAN LEOPARD 2
TANKS WILL BE ABLE TO GET THOSE
MORE QUICKLY INTO THE FIGHT.
IF WE GOT THEM TOE UKRAINE THEY
WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE THEM
IN THEIR TERRITORY OR SPRING
OFFENSIVE TO TRY TO RETAKE THEIR
TERRITORY.
UNDERSTANDABLE YOU CAN’T SNAP
YOUR FINGERS AND PUT A 70-TON
VEHICLE IN UKRAINE AND HAVE THEM
TRAINED AND READY GO GO THAT’S
WHY.
>> Brian: I DO THINK WE WOULD
HAVE 31 LAYING AROUND WITH A
COUNTRY THIS BIG.
>> Ainsley: 31 SEEMS LIKE A LOW