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MARIA: AND WE BEGIN THIS SUNDAY
MORNING WITH THE VERY SERIOUS
ALLEGATIONS LEVELED AT A SITTING
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
A DEEP DIVE AND BREAKING NEWS
THIS MORNING INTO CLAIMS OF
INFLUENCE PEDDLING AND SELLING
OUT AMERICA WHILE POCKETING CASH
FOR HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY.
AND THE IMPACT TO U.S. NATIONAL
SECURITY.
HERE’S HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN CONGRESSMAN JAMES COMER
WITH ME ON FRIDAY MORNING ON FOX
BUSINESS’ "MORNINGS WITH MARIA."
WATCH.
>> BASED ON THE PACT THAT NINE
DIFFERENT BIDEN FAMILY MEMBERS
HAVE BEEN RECEIVING PAYMENTS
FROM A WEAPON OF HLCs -- WEB
OF LLCs THAT ARE RECEIVING
PAYMENTS FROM ADVERSARIES AROUND
THE WORLD, THE FITS A PATTERN OF
QUESTIONABLE BEHAVIOR THAT THE
BIDEN FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN
DOING TO THE RECEIVE FUNDS.
SO WE TAKE THIS WHISTLEBLOWER
CLAIM VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE KNOW IT EXISTS.
WE KNOW FBI HAS THE DOCUMENT.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THE BIDEN
FAMILY HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF
PAYMENT FROM THE I CHINESE
COMMUNIST PARTY, FROM ENTITIES
THAT ARE STATE-OWNED ENTITIES.
MARIA: CHAIRMAN COMER SENDING A
SUBPOENA TO FBI DIRECTOR
CHRISTOPHER WRAY TO TESTIFY AND
TO PRODUCE A DOCUMENT IN THE
FBI’S POSSESSION THAT, QUOTE,
DESCRIBES AN ALLEGED CRIMINAL
SCHEME INVOLVING THEN-VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND A FOREIGN
NATIONAL RELATING TO THE
EXCHANGE OF MONEY FOR POLICY
DECISIONS.
THIS COMES AS SECRETARY OF STATE
ANTONY BLINKEN CONDITIONS HE
PUSHED FOR 51 INTELLIGENCE
OFFICIALS TO SIGN A LETTER
CALLING THE BIDEN LAPTOP RUSSIAN
DISINFORMATION RIGHT AROUND
THE -- BEFORE THE ELECTION AND
LIED ABOUT IT UNDER OATH AS
SENATOR RON JOHNSON TOLD US LAST
WEEK.
>> ANTONY BLINKEN FINALLY DID
THE COME IN FOR AING VOLUNTARY,
TRANSSCRIBED INTERVIEW IN
DECEMBER OF 2020 BECAUSE HE
WANTED TO BE SECRETARY OF STATE.
WE KNOW THAT HE LIED BOLDFACE TO
CONGRESS ABOUT NEVER E-MAILING
HUNTER BIDEN.
MY GUESS IS HE TOLD A BUNCH OF
OTHER LIES THAT, HOPEFULLY,
WE’LL BE ABLE TO BRING HIM AND
HIS WIFE BACK IN, TELL THEM TO
PRESERVE THEIR RECORDS.
>> IT WASN’T MY IDEA, IT WAS
SOLICITED, AND I THINK THE
TESTIMONY THAT THE FORMER DEPUTY
CORRECTER OF THE CIA, MIKE
MORRELL, PUT FORWARD CONFIRMS
THAT.
MARIA: JOINING ME RIGHT NOW WITH
MORE ON ALL OF THIS IN THIS
SUNDAY MORNING EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW IS HOUSE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, KENTUCKY
REPUBLICAN JAMES COMER.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THANKS VERY MUCH
FOR JOINING US.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MARIA: WHAT CAN YOU TELL THE US
ABOUT THIS LATEST INVESTIGATION
OF INFLUENCE PEDDLING ON A
SITTING PRESIDENT?
I KNOW YOU’RE PLANNING A PRESS
CONFERENCE THIS WEDNESDAY.
WHAT WILL WE LEARN WHO? WELL, SENATOR GRASSLEY AND I
WELL, SENATOR GRASSLEY AND I
RECEIVED A TIP ON A
WHISTLEBLOWER, SENATOR GRASSLEY
WAS THE LEAD ON THIS.
WE REVIEWED DOCUMENTS FROM THE
LEGALLY-PROTECTED WHISTLEBLOWER,
HIGHLY CREDIBLE WHISTLEBLOWER
THAT WOULD IMPLICATE BIDEN IN A
PAY FOR PLAY SCHEME IN TRYING TO
SET UP A DEAL TO RECEIVE FUNDS
TO HE AND HIS FAMILY IN EXCHANGE
FOR FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS.
NOW, THAT FITS A PATTERN, MARIA,
OF WHAT WE’VE SEEN WITH THESE
BANK RECORDS.
AND ON WEDNESDAY WE’RE GOING TO
PRESENT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ALL
THE INFORMATION THAT WE’VE
RECEIVED THUS FAR PER INDIANA
THING TO BANK RECORDS.
WE’RE -- PERTAIN THING TO BANK
RECORDS.
WE’RE GOING TO DISCLOSE MANY OF
THE DIFFERENT LLCs, MANY OF
THE DIFFERENT TRANSACTIONS THAT
ALL THESE BIDEN FAMILY MEMBERS
HAVE GOTTEN FROM OUR ADVERSARIES
AROUND THE WORLD.
NOW, WE DON’T BELIEVE THIS WAS
JUST A COINCIDENCE THAT ALL
THESE BIDEN FAMILY MEMBERS WERE
RECEIVING MONEY FROM THIS WEB OF
LLCs INTO THEIR PERSONAL BANK
ACCOUNTS.
WE BELIEVE THIS WAS DONE IN THE
EXCHANGE FOR SOMETHING THAT
THEN-VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND
NOW-PRESIDENT BIDEN WOULD HAVE
DONE.
SO THIS WHISTLEBLOWER IS GOING
TO PROVIDE SOME VERY CRUCIAL
INFORMATION TO OUR
INVESTIGATION, AND WE’VE GIVEN
THE FBI UNTIL MAY THE 10TH TO
PRODUCE THIS DOCK UNIT.
SO -- DOCUMENT.
SO THE BALL IS IN THE FBI’S
COURT WITH RESPECT TO THIS
WHISTLEBLOWER.
MARIA: YOU ARE SURE THAT THIS
DOCUMENT EXISTS?
>> 100%.
MARIA: WHAT IF HAY DON’T RELEASE
THE DOCUMENT BY MAY 10TH
SOMEWHAT IF THEY DECIDE TO
INDICT HUNTER BIDEN FOR HAVING A
GUN ILLEGALLY BEFORE YOUR PRESS
CONFERENCE?
>> MY MESSAGE TO THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE IS VERY LOUD AND
CLEAR: DO NOT INDICT HUNTER
BIDEN BEFORE WEDNESDAY WHEN YOU
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE --
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
THE EVIDENCE THAT THE HOUSE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL PRODUCE
WITH RESPECT OTT WEB OF LLCs,
WITH RESPECT TO THE NUMBER OF
ADVERSARIAL COUNTRIES THAT THIS
FAMILY INFLUENCE PEDDLED IN.
THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S SON, THIS IS ABOUT
THE ENTIRE BIDEN FAMILY
INCLUDING PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
SO WE BELIEVE THERE ARE A WHOLE
LOT OF ACCOUNTS THAT THE IRS AND
THE DOJ DON’T KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE
WE DON’T BELIEVE HEAVY DONE A
WHOLE LOT OF DIGGING IN THIS,
AND WE HAVE.
WE’VE SPENT THE PAST HUNDRED
DAYS PORING OVER BANK DOCUMENTS.
I’VE USED SUBPOENA POWER TO GET
THESE DOCUMENTS.
WE’VE BEEN MEETING WITH FORMER
ASSOCIATES OF THE BIDENS IN
THEIR DIFFERENT
INFLUENCE-PEDDLING SCHEMES.
WE’VE BEEN MEETING WITH
WHISTLEBLOWERS.
WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS FAMILY
WAS DOING.
AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS FROM THE
MEDIA REPORTS THAT WE’RE
GETTING, WHAT THEY’RE LOOKING AT
CHARGING HUNTER BIDEN ON IS A
SLAP ON THE WRIST.
IT’S A CROP IN THE BUCKET.
CROP IN THE BUCKET.
SO WEDNESDAY WILL BE A VERY BIG
DAY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN
GETTING THE FACTS PRESENTED TO
THEM SO THAT THEY CAN KNOW THE
TRUTH.
AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE CAN FINALLY DO WHAT THEY
SHOULD HAVE DONE YEARS AGO.
MARIA: WHAT?
>> WELL, OBVIOUSLY THE
PRESIDENT’S SON’S COMMITTED MANY
CRIMES, MANY CRIMES.
I MEAN, YOU’RE LOOKING AT
POTENTIAL MONEY LAUNDERING.
JONATHAN TURLEY COMES ON FOX ALL
THE I’M AND TALKS ABOUT HE
WAS -- ALL THE TIME AND TALKS
ABOUT HE WAS ESSENTIALLY A
FOREIGN AGENT FOR COUNTRIES LIKE
CHINA.
HE’S AN UNREGISTERED FOREIGN
AGENT.
THESE ARE SERIOUS CRIMES.
YOU’VE GOT POSSIBLE RACKETEER
THING.
I MEAN, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
AND AGAIN, MARIA IT’S NOT JUST
THE PRESIDENT’S SON.
AND WE DON’T BELIEVE THESE
COUNTRIES WERE PAYING THE BIDEN
FAMILY FOR NOTHING.
IF WE BELIEVE THEY WERE GETTING
A RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT,
AND THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT
WOULD HAVE BEEN POLICY DECISIONS
FOR THEN-VICE PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN AND CURRENT PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN.
MARIA: HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU
BELIEVE THE BIDEN FAMILY HAS
TAKEN IN?
HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE YOU BEEN
ABLE TO IDENTIFY OF CASH GOING
TO BIDEN FAMILY MEMBERS?
>> WELL, WE’RE GOING TO THE DIVE
INTO THAT ON WEDNESDAY, BUT IT’S
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS, I CAN SAY THAT.
HOPEFULLY, PEOPLE WILL PAY
ATTENTION ON WEDNESDAY WHEN WE
HAVE THIS PRESS CONFERENCE, AND
THEY CAN SEE ACTUAL BANK
RECORDS.
IF SO, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THING
THAT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WITH
THIS INVESTIGATION, MARIA, AND I
THINK IT WILL MAKE IT EVEN MORE
INTERESTING ON WEDNESDAY, MORE
AND MORE EVIDENCE IS POINTING
TOWARDS JOE BIDEN.
OBVIOUSLY, JOE BIDEN WAS
INVOLVED IN ALL THESE THINGS
DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE’S LIED
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, DESPITE
THE FACT THAT HIS PRESS
SECRETARY CONTINUES TO LIE ABOUT
IT.
WE’VE ALREADY PRODUCED ONE LIAR
FROM ONE LLC TOTALING OVER A
MILLION DOLLARS TO FOUR
DIFFERENT BIDEN FAMILY MEMBERS,
AND NOW WE’RE GOING TO PRODUCE
AN ADDITIONAL FIVE BIDEN FAMILY
MEMBERS.
MORE COUNTRIES, MORE LLCs,
MORE BANK ACCOUNTS.
I MEAN, THIS THING IS MUCH
BIGGER THAN ANYONE WOULD HAVE
EVER PREDICTED.
AND IT ALL POINTS TOWARDS JOE
BIDEN, THE BIG GUY.
MARIA: THIS IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
SO IS THIS MONEY LAUNDERING?
IS THIS RACKETEERING?
WHAT CONCERN THEY WERE JUST
TAKING MONEY AND CHANGING POLICY
DECISIONS AND ANNOUNCING POLICY
DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF AMERICA
AND POCKETING THE CASH.
>> YEAH.
THE LLCs WERE SET UP TO
DISGUISE THE SENDER OF THE MONEY
AND TO DECEIVE THE IRS.
SO THEY WOULDN’T HAVE TO THE PAY
TAXES.
OR ELSE THE COUNTRIES WOULD HAVE
JUST WIRED THE MONEY DIRECTLY TO
THE BIDENS.
BUT HAY TRIED TO DO IT THROUGH A
WEB OF HLCs.
I WAS THE DIRECTOR OF A BANK FOR
OVER A DECADE.
THERE’S A TERM THAT BANKS USE
FOR THAT.
IT’S CALLED MONEY LAUNDERING.
AND, OBVIOUSLY, THE BANK
VIOLATIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT
TREASURY.
MANY BANKS SUSPECTED THE SAME
THING.
SO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS
A WHOLE MENU OF OPTIONS TO GO
AFTER THIS FAMILY ON, NOT JUST
THE PRESIDENT’S SON, BUT THIS
FAMILY.
AND IT’S NOT GOING TO BE LYING
ON A GUN APPLICATION OR NOT
PAYING TAXES FOR ONE OR TWO
CALENDAR YEARS.
I DON’T THINK THEY REALIZE HOW
MANY DIFFERENT LL LC AND HOW
MUCH DIFFERENT MONEY THE BIDENS
LAUNDERED INTO THEIR PERSONAL
ACCOUNTS.
SO THERE’S A WHOLE LOT OF
INFORMATION HERE FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO USE,
AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS I DON’T
THINK THEY’RE AWARE OF THE
MAJORITY OF IT.
MARIA: ONE OF THE CRITICAL
DECISIONS THAT THAT THIS
PRESIDENT MADE DURING THE FIRST
COUPLE OF WEEKS OF HIS
PRESIDENCY WAS TO CANCEL THE
CHINA INITIATIVE.
THIS IS A TRUMP-ERA INITIATIVE
WHICH WAS ACTUALLY INDICTING
THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE GETTING
PAID BY COMMUNIST CHINA TO SEND
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND
INFORMATION FROM AMERICA BACK TO
THE CHINA.
SECRETARY POMPEO CLOSED DOWN THE
PYRE HOUSTON EMBASSY -- THE
ENTIRE HOUSTON EMBASSY OVER THE
SURVEILLANCE, THAT AS WELL AS
OTHERS.
IS THE CHINA INITIATIVE
CANCELLATION ONE OF THOSE
DECISIONS THAT JOE BIDEN GOT
PAID FOR?
>> WELL, IT’S THE VERY
SUSPICIOUS WHY HE DID IT.
I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF
THE WORST DECISIONS WITH RESPECT
TO NATIONAL SECURITY THAT JOE
BIDEN MADE AS PRESIDENT.
AND HE DID IT RIGHT OFF THE BAT,
AND THE PERSON THAT HE HAD AT
THE TIME THAT WAS MAKING PITCH
TO THE FBI TO CROP THE CHINA
INITIATIVE -- DROP THE CHINA
INITIATIVE BECAUSE THEY SAID IT
WAS THE RACIALLY PROFILING ASIAN
STUDENTS WAS THE THEN-PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES OF
PENNSYLVANIA WHO IS NOW WIDING’S
APPOINTEE AS AMBASSADOR TO THE
GERMANY.
AND REMEMBER, THE UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA WAS GETTING TENS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM
ANONYMOUS DONATIONS FROM CHINA.
MARIA, THIS STINKS TO THE HIGH
HEAVEN, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT
CHINA HAS SENT BIDEN AND BIDEN A
FAMILY ENTITIES HAS APPARENTLY
IMPACTED MANY DECISIONS THAT
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE
THAT WERE ADVERSARIAL TO EVERY
AMERICAN.
OUR NATIONAL SECURITY IS AT RISK
BECAUSE OF BAD POLICY DECISIONS
THAT JOE BIDEN MADE THAT PUT
CHINA FIRST AND AMERICA LAST.
AND FOR ME TO SEE ALL THESE BANK
RECORDS AND ALL THESE DEPOSITS
FROM THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY
DIRECTLY TO THE BIDEN FAMILY
MEMBERS, I MEAN, IT’S PRETTY
DISGUSTING.
AND I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL WEDNESDAY
TO PRESENT THIS TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
AND I’M ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW THE
MAIN STREAM MEDIA COVERS THE,
BECAUSE "THE NEW YORK POST" --
"THE NEW YORK TIMES," WASHINGTON
POST, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, I DON’T
EVEN THINK THEY COVERED THE
WHISTLEBLOWER THAT SENATOR
GRASSLEY AND I PRESENTED.
MARIA: EXTRAORDINARY.
>> I MEAN, THAT’S A PRETTY BIG
STORY, A CREDIBLE WHISTLEBLOWER.
MARIA: YEAH, THAT’S
EXTRAORDINARY.
>> THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES WAS TRYING TO
SHAKE DOWN A FOREIGN NATIONAL IN
EXCHANGE FOR FOREIGN POLICY
DECISIONS.
MARIA: ANOTHER DECISION THAT
WE’VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST WAS
THAT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
THAT BIDEN SIGNED AS VICE
PRESIDENT BACKING IN 20 THE 13.
THAT -- 2013.
THAT ALLOWED HUNDREDS OF CHINESE
COMPANIES TO TRADE ON U.S.
EXCHANGES AND NOT FOLLOW ANY
U.S. AUDITING RULES.
THAT ENABLED THESE COMPANIES TO
ENTER AMERICA AND GET HUGE MONEY
RAISING FROM U.S. INVESTORS.
WAS THAT ONE OF THE DECISIONS?
>> WELL, I MEAN, THAT’S OOH
ANOTHER VERY BAD DECISION THAT
PUT CHINA FIRST AND AMERICA
LAST.
YOU KNOW THIS, MARIA, I USED TO
WATCH YOU ON CNBC ALL THE TIME.
I MEAN, A PUBLICLY-TRADED
COMPANY HAS TO GO THROUGH SO
MANY COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS, SO
MANY AUDITING REQUIREMENTS, AND
HE JUST9 WITH THE STROKE OF A
PEN ALLOWS CHINESE COMPANIES TO
GO IN AND BYPASS ALL OF.
IT PUTS CHINA AT ANOTHER
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OVER THE
UNITED STATES IN ATTRACTING
AMERICAN CAPITAL.
MARIA: UNBELIEVABLE.
>> THIS PRESIDENT HAS ALWAYS PUT
AMERICA LAST AND CHINA FIRST,
AND I THINK THE WALL WITHS ARE
COMING IN ON THIS FAMILY.
AND WEDNESDAY’S GOING TO BE A
BIG DAY WITH RESPECT TO THE
TRANSPARENCY AND WITH RESPECT TO
CREDIBILITY OF CONGRESSIONAL
INVESTIGATIONS.
MARIA: REAL QUICK BEFORE YOU GO,
I’LL BE FOCUSED ON WEDNESDAY,
AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO THE GET
YOU BACK AFTER THAT PRESS
CONFERENCE.
BUT WHAT IF THEY DO NOT A HERE
TO THIS? -- ADHERE TO THIS?
WHAT IF THEY REFUSE TO TURN OVER
THAT MEMO?
WHAT ARE YOU GOING ANOTHER THE
ABOUT MERRICK OR GARLAND, THE
HEAD OF THE DOJ?
WHAT ABOUT CHRIS -- CHRISTOPHER
WRAY AT THE FBI?
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
WHAT LEVERS DO YOU HAVE IF THEY
SAY, NO, WE’RE NOT GIVING YOU
ANY DOCUMENTSESOME.
>> SENATOR GRASSLEY AND I HAVE A
PLAN B.
WE HOPE TO TO NOT HAVE TO EMPLOY
PLAN B, BUT WE WILL.
SO I’M STILL -- I’VE STILL GOT A
LITTLE BIT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE
MAJORITY OF THE EMPLOYEES AT THE
FBI AND THE THE DOJ.
NOT THE TOP, I LOST CONFIDENCE
IN THE TOP A LONG TIME AGO.
BUT FLOIP THERE WILL BE
ENOUGH -- HOPEFULLY THERE WILL
BE ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT WILL PUT
PRESSURE ON THE LEADERSHIP TO DO
THE RIGHT THING AND BE
TRANSPARENT WITH THE HOUSE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
MARIA: OKAY.
WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THANKS VERY MUCH.
WE WILL BE WAITING FOR YOUR NEWS
ON WEDNESDAY.
HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE