>> THERE WAS A LOT OF ATTENTION
ON TWITTER DURING THE ELECTION
BECAUSE OF THE HUNTER BIDEN
LAPTOP STORY.
SO YOU GUYS CENSORED THAT AS
WELL?
>> FIVE OR SEVEN DAYS WHEN IT
WAS BEING DETERMINED WHETHER IT
WAS FALSE.
THE DISTRIBUTION ON FACEBOOK
WAS DECREASED BUT PEOPLE WERE
STILL ALLOWED TO SHARE IT.
>> Gillian: THAT’S MARK
ZUCKERBERG ADMITTING THAT
FACEBOOK REDUCED THE EXPOSURE
AND REACH OF THE STORY ON
HUNTER BIDEN’S LAPTOP ACROSS
THE PLATFORM.
HE SAYS A WARNING FROM THE
F.B.I. ABOUT RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA
BEFORE THE STORY EMERGED LED TO
THIS DECISION.
HE ALSO ADMITS THAT FEWER
PEOPLE AS A RESULT WERE EXPOSED
TO THE STORY.
CRITICS SOUNDED OFF ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
ONE PERSON HERE CALLING IT
COLLUSION.
HOUSE MINORITY LEADER KEVIN
MCCARTHY REACTING IN A TWEET
SAYING DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS
HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY
IGNORING THE FACTS.
WHEN REPUBLICANS ARE BACK IN
CHARGE WE’LL HOLD ALL OF THEM
ACCOUNTABLE.
THOSE ARE FIGHTING WORDS.
LET’S BRING IN RAYMOND ARROYO.
SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GETTING A
LOT OF ATTENTION HERE BUT THAT
STRUCK MY INTEREST, RAY, IS HOW
ZUCKERBERG IS TALKING ABOUT
THIS, RIGHT?
NORMALLY WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT
DECISIONS MADE AT FACEBOOK HE CHALKS EVERYTHING ELSE TO THE
CHALKS EVERYTHING ELSE TO THE
ALL -- ALGORITHM HE IS SAYING
REAL HUMAN BRAINS WERE ON THIS
AND THIS IS WHAT WE DECIDED.
>> THIS IS HOW YOU WASH YOUR
SINS IN THE METAVERSE.
YOU AIR THEM AT AN APROP YOUTH
TIME WHEN THE F.B.I. IS BEING
SCRUTINIZED FOR THE RAID ON
MAR-A-LAGO AND A STEELE DOSSIER.
ZUCKERBERG IS TRYING TO WASH
HIS HANDS ON WHAT’S HAPPENING.
MAKE NO MISTAKE WHAT THIS IS.
THIS IS REALLY THREATENING, THE
LIFEBLOOD OF THE REPUBLIC.
IT IS INFORMATION, FREE AND
FAIR INFORMATION.
HERE YOU HAVE THE F.B.I., IF
ZUCKERBERG CAN BE BELIEVED
LEANING IN AND TRYING TO
CONVINCE A SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORM TO SPIKE INFORMATION
TO PROTECT A POLITICAL PARTY
FOR PARTISAN PURPOSES.
THE PRESIDENT JUST YESTERDAY
SAID THE REPUBLICANS ARE A
THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.
I WOULD ARGUE THE POLITICAL
WEAPONIZATION OF FEDERAL
AGENCIES IS A THREAT TO THE
DEMOCRACY AND ONE WE SHOULD
TAKE -- I DON’T CARE WHO IS
RUNNING THE SHOW, REPUBLICANS
OR DEMOCRATS, YOU CAN’T USE
FEDERAL AGENTS TO DO YOUR
POLITICAL BIDDING.
THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE.
THERE IS A U.S. CODE 595 STATES
VERY CLEARLY A FEDERAL OFFICIAL
MAY NOT USE THEIR AUTHORITY,
WHICH WAS WHAT HAPPENED HERE,
TO IN ANY WAY INTERFERE OR
AFFECT AN ELECTION PARTICULARLY
A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
AND YOU DO THAT AND YOU’RE A
YEAR IN PRISON.
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS.
>> Gillian: HERE IS A
DISCONNECT.
IT DOESN’T SOUND LIKE THE
F.B.I. TOLD ZUCKERBERG OR
ANYONE AT FACEBOOK RUSSIA
DISINFORMATION IS COMING AND IT
IS COMING IN THE FORM OF THIS
HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP STORY.
THAT WAS A LEAP MADE BY
FACEBOOK ACCORDING TO
ZUCKERBERG’S OWN COMMENTS THERE
ON THE RADIO SHOW, RIGHT?
HE IS TRYING TO SAY THEY WARNED
ME AND I ASSUMED THAT THIS WAS
THE RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA.
>> IT’S THE WAY THE GAME IS
PLAYED.
LIKE THE PREDICATE FOR THE RAID
ON MAR-A-LAGO.
IT APPEARS THAT TRUMP IS
DESTROYING DOCUMENTS.
NEXT THING THE FEDS SAY IT HAS
BEEN REPORTED TRUMP IS
DESTROYING DOCUMENTS.
WHO IS LEAKING TO THESE MEDIA
OUTLETS?
ONE GOES HAND IN HAND.
YOU ARE A FEDERAL AGENT GOING
TO ZUCKERBERG SAYING WE’RE
AWARE OF RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION.
THE NEXT DAY THE MEDIA SAYS
LOOK, WE HAVE SOME RUSSIAN
DISINFORMATION HERE.
IT IS THE LAPTOP.
DON’T COVER THIS.
ZUCKERBERG GOT THE MESSAGE.
IT DOESN’T MATTER.
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, THE
F.B.I. NEEDS TO BE SCRUTINIZED
AND CHALLENGED.
THE QUESTION IS CAN THEY BE AT
THIS POINT GIVEN THE PATTERN,
THE PEDIGREE AND WHAT WE’VE
SEEN IN RECENT DAYS AND CAN YOU
HAVE A FAIR ELECTION WHEN YOU
HAVE FEDERAL AGENCIES CRASHING
INTO THE MIDDLE OF THEM?
I’M NOT SURE AT THIS POINT.
>> Gillian: I DON’T KNOW IF
YOU’VE HEARD ABOUT THIS BUT
PAUL PELOSI IS GETTING THE BOOT
FROM THE POLICE GROUP WHOSE
MEMBERSHIP CARD HE FLASHED WHEN
HE WAS ARRESTED FOR DUI.
THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
IS REVOKING HIS LIFETIME
MEMBERSHIP CALLING HIS CONDUCT
THAT DAY A POOR REFLECTION ON
THEIR GROUP.
IN A STATEMENT THEY SAY THIS.
THE MERE PRESENTATION OF THIS
IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIALS MADE
IT APPEAR HE WAS PRESENTING
THEM FOR PREFERENTIALAL
TREATMENT WHETHER IT WAS THE
CASE OR NOT.
THIS ANSWERS MY QUESTION THAT I
HAVE HAD SINCE DAY ONE.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE
DO?
THEY DRIVE AROUND AND MAKE
DONATIONS AND GET A CARD AND
THEN EVERY TIME THEY GET IN
TROUBLE WITH THE LAW THEY GO
AROUND FLASHING IT?
I HAVE NO IDEA THAT HAPPENED.
>> I CALLED A FEW COPS I KNOW
WHO ARE IN LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND THEY ALL HAVE
THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
COLLECT BENEFITS FOR OFFICERS
AND THEY SOLICIT BENEFITS AND
GIVE YOU A BADGE OR CARD.
AND THEY TELL ME PEOPLE DO USE
THOSE FOR MINOR INFRACTIONS.
RUNNING A RED LIGHT OR SPEEDING.
SOMETIMES THEY SHOW THAT AND
THEIR I.D. AND THE COPS
THINKING NICELY SAY I WILL GIVE
YOU A WARNING THIS TIME.
BUT DID PAUL PELOSI REALLY
THINK HE WOULD GET IN A MAJOR
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, HURT SOMEONE
ELSE, RIP A FENCE OFF THE
HIGHWAY IN NAPA AND FLASH HIS
LITTLE MEMBERSHIP CARD AND GET
OFF?
I DON’T THINK SO.
LOOK, HE HAS BEEN HIT WITH A
DUI.
EIGHT HOUR WORK PROGRAM AND
THREE YEARS OF PROBATION, BUT I
CUT THE GUY A LOT OF SLACK.
HE IS MARRIED TO PELOSI,
PROBABLY HITTING A COUPLE OF
VINOS AND HE WILL WELCOME EIGHT
HOURS OUT OF THE HOUSE, WHO
KNOWS?
>> Gillian: SHE SAID NOW THAT
HE HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THAT.
>> FOR WHAT?
>> Gillian: HAS HE?
FOR RAMMING INTO SOMEBODY
ELSE’S CAR WHILE DRUNK.
SHE SAYS HE HAS TAKEN
RESPONSIBILITY.
I DON’T KNOW WHO HE HAS TAKEN
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT WITH,
DO YOU?
>> NO, I DON’T.
IF YOU WATCH THE VIDEO OF HIS
ARREST, DIDN’T LOOK LIKE HE WAS
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY THERE.
HE DIDN’T WANT TO SUBMIT TO THE
BREATHALYZER.
I WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO PULL
OUT THE AARP CARD AND AAA CARD
TO TRY TO GET OFF.
NONE OF IT WORKS.
YOU ARE IN A MAJOR TRAFFIC
ACCIDENT AND DRINKING WHEN YOU
SHOULDN’T BE AND WAY OVER THE
BLOOD ALCOHOL LIMIT.
HE GOT WHAT HE DESERVED.
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN
WORSE HAD HE NOT BEEN NANCY
PELOSI’S HUSBAND.
>> Gillian: PERHAPS.
THE WHITE HOUSE SENIOR
COMMUNICATION ADVISOR IS
JOINING THE LONG LIST OF AIDS
LEAVING THE VICE PRESIDENT’S
OFFICE.
HE WILL JOIN THE WEST WING AS A
DEPUTY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR.
WE KNOW AT LEAST 13 KEY STAFF
HAVE LEFT THE V.P.’S TEAM.
REPORTS DESCRIBE HER OFFICE AS
A TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT COMES
AS SHE IS ON VACATION IN HAWAII
WITH HER HUSBAND.
THEY ARRIVED THERE THE DAY
BEFORE PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED
THE NEW SPENDING BILL INTO LAW
AND DAYS BEFORE HE ANNOUNCED
HIS STUDENT LOAN BAIL-OUT PLAN.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> THE GRAPHIC YOU SHOWED LOOKS
LIKE SURVIVOR AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE SEASON.
YOU SEE ALL THE CONTESTANTS AND
ONE-BY-ONE THE SQUARES GO BLACK.
>> Gillian: THAT IS WHAT
WORKING IN THE ADMINISTRATION
IS LIKE.
>> WHEN YOU SEE ALL OF THIS
FACING FORWARD STAFF.
MOST OF THESE PEOPLE DEAL WITH
THE PUBLIC, NOT THE POLICY SIDE
OF GOVERNMENT.
THERE IS A REASON THEY’RE
JUMPING SHIP.
CHIEF OF STAFF, SPOKESMAN,
DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY AND
COMES DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF
PRESS OPERATIONS AND SPEECH
WRITER LEAVING YOU IT IS A
PROBLEM OF THE PERFORMANCE IN