MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
NOW THIS BREAKING NEWS FOR THREE
YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING ON
THE DOUBLE STANDARD OF JUSTICE
THAT EXISTED DURING THE FBI’S
SEPARATE BUT SIMULTANEOUS
INVESTIGATIONS INTO TRUMP RUSSIA
COLLUSION AND HILLARY CLINTON’S
E-MAILS AND HERE IS WHAT
ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR TOLD
ME DURING MY EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
WITH HIM BACK IN MAY.
>> I DO BELIEVE THERE WERE TWO
STANDARDS OF JUSTICE DURING A
PERIOD OF TIME TOWARD THE END OF
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND ALL
I CAN DO ABOUT IT IS APPLY ONE
STANDARD OF JUSTICE, THE RIGHT
STANDARD OF JUSTICE AND MAKE
SURE WE APPLY IT TO EVERYBODY
EQUALLY, AND THAT’S WHAT I’M
TRYING TO DO.
MARIA: JOINING ME RIGHT NOW WITH
BREAKING NEWS IS SENATE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
LINDSEY GRAHAM.
HE HAS AN EXCLUSIVE NEWLY-
DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENT THAT
HE SAYS PROVES THE FBI APPLIED
THAT DIFFERENT STANDARD OF
JUSTICE TO HILLARY CLINTON
VERSUS DONALD TRUMP.
SENATOR IT IS GOOD TO HAVE YOU
THIS MORNING THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
WELL, SO, THIS IS --
MARIA: TAKE US BACK TO 2015.
>> OKAY, SO HILLARY CLINTON IN
APRIL OF 2015 HILLARY MAKES AN
ANNOUNCEMENT I’M RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT.
IT’S PRETTY WELL KNOWN.
IN MARCH OF 2015 THE FBI FINDS
OUT ABOUT A PLOT BY FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT TO LOBBY HER CAMPAIGN
AND FUNNEL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
INTO THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN
ILLEGALLY.
THEY OPEN UP AN INVESTIGATION,
THEY WANT A FISA WARRANT AGAINST
A CLINTON OPERATIVE CONNECTED TO
THE FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.
WHAT HAPPENS?
THE FBI’S CERTAINTH FLOOR SAYS
WE’RE NOT GOING TO LET YOU GET A
WARRANT UNTIL YOU BRIEF THE
CLINTON CAMPAIGN AND IN
OCTOBER OF 2015, FBI PERSONNEL
MET WITH THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN TO
TELL HER ABOUT THE PROBLEM SO
SHE COULD FIX IT AND THEY NEVER
ISSUED THE FISA WARRANT.
THAT WAS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO
BUSINESS.
FORWARD TO 2016.
FOUR COUNTER INTELLIGENCE
INVESTIGATIONS OPENED BY THE FBI
AGAINST THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, THEY
NEVER TELL HIM ABOUT IT SO HE
CAN FIX IT.
THEY GIVE HIM A GENERIC BRIEFING
ABOUT GENERAL THREATS YOU NEED
TO WATCH OUT FOR AS THE CAMPAIGN
NOT ONLY DID THEY NOT MENTION
FLYNN, GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS, ANY
OF THE PEOPLE THEY SENT AN FBI
AGENT INTO THE GENERIC BRIEFING
TO SPY ON FLYNN AND TRUMP TO
MONITOR THEIR BEHAVIOR WHEN THEY
GAVE THEM A GENERAL BRIEFING AND
DID A 302 SUMMARY OF THE
DEFENSIVE BRIEFING AND USED
IT AS A WAY TO SPY ON TRUMP AND
THEY INFORMED CLINTON ABOUT THE
PROBLEM SHE WAS FACING SO
SHE COULD FIX IT.
THE ULTIMATE DOUBLE STANDARD.
MARIA: THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE SO
WE HAVE THESE DOCUMENTS TO SHOW
ON AIR AND THESE DOCUMENTS WHICH
ARE NOW DECLASSIFIED SHOW THAT
THEY FOUND OUT IN MARCH OF 2015,
THAT IN FACT, THERE WAS A
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TRYING TO GET
HILLARY CLINTON ELECTED.
WHICH FOREIGN GOVERNMENT WAS IT?
>> I CAN’T TELL YOU THAT BUT
THERE WAS AN EFFORT BY A FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT TO FUNNEL MONEY INTO
HER CAMPAIGN, THEY PICKED IT UP
IN MARCH, THE FBI WANTED A FISA
WARRANT TO FOLLOW THE ACTIVITY
THE SEVENTH FLOOR THE LEADERSHIP
OF THE FBI SAID NO, YOU CAN’T
GET A WARRANT UNTIL YOU BRIEF
HER.
THEY DID THAT IN OCTOBER.
THEY GAVE HER A CHANCE TO FIX
THE PROBLEM AND I ASSUME SHE DID
THEY NEVER DID THAT TO TRUMP.
THEY NEVER TOLD TRUMP OH, BY THE
WAY, YOU’VE GOT A CARTER
PAGE PROBLEM, YOU’VE GOT A
GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS PROBLEM, AS
A MATTER OF FACT NOT ONLY DID
THEY NOT TELL TRUMP, THEY USED A
GENERIC BRIEFING TO SPY ON TRUMP
, AND IN THE SEVENTH FLOOR
COMES INTO PLAY AGAIN IN 2017.
THE FBI FIELD OFFICE WANTED TO
CLOSE THE FLYNN INVESTIGATION
OUT.
THEY WANTED TO DROP GENERAL
FLYNN FROM CROSSFIRE HURRICANE
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO THERE THERE
THE SEVENTH FLOOR THROUGH PETER
STRZOK TOLD THEM TO KEEP IT UP
SO THE SEVENTH FLOOR IS
INSISTING THAT CLINTON GET
BRIEFED BEFORE YOU GET A
WARRANT IN 2015.
THE SEVENTH FLOOR IS INSISTING
YOU KEEP A SURVEILLANCE OPEN ON
FLYNN WHEN THE PROFESSIONALS
WANTED TO CLOSE IT.
THE SEVENTH FLOOR AT THE FBI WAS
A POLITICAL OPERATION TO THE
2016 CAMPAIGN AND PEOPLE IN THAT
SEVENTH FLOOR NEED TO BE FIRED
AND/OR GO TO JAIL.
MARIA: AND SO THE SEVENTH FLOOR
MEANING THE OFFICES OF JAMES
COMEY AND ANDREW MCCARE ON THE
SEVENTH FLOOR.
THAT WAS THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
FBI.
>> THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU
ALL.
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS ARE GOING TO
TRY TO INFLUENCE OUR DEMOCRACY
FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES.
WE NEED TO HAVE TOOLS TO FIND
OUT ABOUT THAT AND WHEN YOU FIND
OUT ABOUT A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
TRYING TO INFLUENCE A CAMPAIGN,
YOU NEED TO PROTECT THE CAMPAIGN
, NOT SPY ON IT.
THEY DID IT RIGHT FOR CLINTON,
THEY USED THE COUNTER
INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION TO
SPY ON TRUMP.
THAT IS A DOUBLE STANDARD.
THAT IS POLITICAL BIAS, AND I’M
HOPING DURHAM IS LOOKING AT THIS
I CAN NOT TELL YOU HOW
INAPPROPRIATE IT IS TO DO WHAT
THEY DID TO TRUMP.
THEY NEVER TOLD HIM ABOUT THE
PROBLEM, THEY USED THE
PROBLEM AS A WAY TO SPY ON
HIM.
MARIA: AND THEY HAD FOUR
INVESTIGATIONS GOING INTO THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN, RIGHT?
YOU HAD GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS, YOU
HAD CARTER PAGE, YOU HAD GENERAL
FLYNN, AND SAM CLOVISH, WAS THAT
THE FOURTH ONE?
>> YEAH, PAGE, GEORGE
PAPADOPOULOS, FLYNN, AND LET’S
JUST PUT IT THIS WAY, THERE WAS
FOUR.
THEY NEVER TOLD TRUMP BY THE WAY
, WE’RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE
IN YOUR CAMPAIGN, YOU MAY HAVE A
PROBLEM BUT REMEMBER THIS.
THEY FOUND A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
WANTING TO GIVE HILLARY CLINTON
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND THEY
LET HER KNOW ABOUT IT, SO THAT
DIDN’T HAPPEN.
THEY NEVER DID ANYTHING TO
PROTECT TRUMP.
A COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
INVESTIGATION IS SUPPOSED TO
PROTECT THE AMERICAN INTEREST
AGAINST FOREIGN INFLUENCE AND
WHEN IT CAME TO TRUMP THEY
DIDN’T TRY TO PROTECT HIM.
THEY TRIED TO SET HIM UP FOR
FAILURE SO I HOPE SOME
DEMOCRAT CARES ABOUT THIS.
IF IT CAN HAPPEN TO REPUBLICAN,
WHY CAN’T IT HAPPEN TO A
DEMOCRAT?
THIS IS AN ABUSE OF THE COUNTER
INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO
PROTECT AMERICAN FROM FOREIGN
INFLUENCE WHEN IT CAME TO TRUMP
THEY USED THIS AS A TOOL, A
POLITICAL TOOL TO GET A MAN THEY
DIDN’T LIKE AND DIDN’T WANT HIM
TO BE PRESIDENT.
THIS IS A VERY BIG DEAL.
MARIA: SO AND SHE WAS ABLE TO
FIRE THAT PERSON WHO WAS
COMPLICIT IN TRYING TO HELP A
FOREIGNER GET MONEY INTO HER
CAMPAIGN.
SHE WAS ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
>> YES, AND THEY NEVER ALLOWED
TRUMP TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
THEY ACTUALLY USED A GENERIC
BRIEFING TO SPY ON HIM.
THEY SENT AN FBI AGENT INTO THE
BRIEFING TO SPY ON THE
CANDIDATE AND GENERAL FLYNN.
DIANNE FEINSTEIN THEY FOUND ONE
OF HER DRIVERS WAS CONNECTED TO
THE CHINESE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE
THEY TOLD HER ABOUT IT SO SHE
COULD FIRE HIM.
THEY NEVER DID THIS FOR TRUMP.
THEY DID IT FOR CLINTON AND DID
IT FOR FEINSTEIN.
WHY DIDN’T THEY DO THIS FOR
TRUMP?
BECAUSE THEY WERE OUT TO GET HIM
HOW MUCH MORE EVIDENCE DO YOU
NEED THAT THE FBI WAS A
POLITICAL OPERATION IN 2016?
MARIA: REAL QUICK, GOT TO ASK
YOU ABOUT BILL PRESTEP.
BECAUSE THE LAST TIME YOU WERE
ON WITH US YOU TOLD US THAT YOU
WERE GOING TO INTERVIEW HIM THIS
PAST WEEK.
THAT INTERVIEW DIDN’T HAPPEN,
DID IT?
>> NO, HIS LAWYER CONTACTED US
AND PUT CONDITIONS ON THE
INTERVIEW THAT WERE NOT
ACCEPTABLE.
I’M GOING TO SUBPOENA HIM.
IT WAS BILL PRECEPT WHO GAVE A
SENATE INTEL BRIEFING ABOUT THE
RELIABILITY OF THE SUBSOURCE
IN 2018 THAT WHITE
WASHED THE ACTUAL EVIDENCE
THEY TOLD THE INTEL COMMITTEE
THE SUBSOURCE WAS RELIABLE.
WE KNOW IN 2017 IT WAS ALL A
BUNCH OF GARBAGE SO I’M GOING TO
TURN THAT OVER TO DURHAM AND I
NEED THE SENATE INTEL COMMITTEE
TO WORK WITH ME.
YOU WERE BRIEFED BY THE FBI IN
2018 ABOUT THE RELIABILITY TO
SUBSOURCE.
YOU HAD SUSPICIONS AND I’M HERE
TO TELL YOU THAT YOU WERE LIED
TO SO I NEED WORD YOUR HELP TO
GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT.
THIS IS A COMPLETE DOUBLE
STANDARD FROM DAY ONE.
MARIA: HE KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO
CALL, HE HAD INITIALLY SAID I’LL
COME VOLUNTARILY BUT THEN I
GUESS MAYBE HE SAW YOU TALKING
ABOUT IT.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT JUST LAST
WEEK AND HE CALLED AND SAID THE
ONLY WAY HE’S COMING IN WITH
THESE CONDITIONS YOU SAID NO
THERE’S NOT ANY CONDITIONS
AROUND THIS.
>> WE’RE GOING TO GET TO THE
TRUTH.
NOW I’M NOT A PROSECUTOR.
I CAN’T PROSECUTE ANYBODY OR
FIRE ANYBODY.
DURHAM IS A GOOD GUY.
BARR HAS BEEN GREAT IN
DECLASSIFYING THIS , BUT
DIRECTOR WRAY NEEDS TO CLEAN
HOUSE THERE AND THE BOTTOM
LINE IS I DON’T KNOW WHAT MR. P
RECEPT DID OR DIDN’T DO
BUT THE BRIEFING GIVEN TO THE
INTEL COMMITTEE WAS AN ABSOLUTE
LIE ABOUT THE RELIABILITY TO THE
SUBSOURCE, AND I’M GOING TO GET
DOCUMENTS TOMORROW TO FIND
OUT HOW THAT BRIEFING WAS PUT
TOGETHER AND TURN IT OVER TO
DURHAM BECAUSE IT DOES SOUND TO
ME LIKE THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO
MISLEAD THE SENATE INTEL
COMMITTEE, A YEAR AFTER THE FBI
KNEW BETTER ABOUT THE SUBSOURCE.
IF THEY TOLD THE SENATE INTEL
COMMITTEE THE TRUTH ABOUT THE
RELIABILITY OF THE SUBSOURCE
, IT WOULD EXPOSE
THEIR LIE TO THE FISA COURT.
MARIA: SENATOR YOU’RE DOING A
GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF EVERYTHING
ALL OF THESE THINGS AND
COMMUNICATING IT TO OUR AUDIENCE
WE SO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS
MORNING SIR.
>> WHY AM I FINDING THIS IN
AUGUST OF 2020?
WHY HAS IT TAKEN THIS LONG?
I’VE GOT A GREAT STAFF.
WE JUST STUMBLED UPON THIS ,
THERE’S PROBABLY MORE OUT THERE.
MARIA: YOUR STAFF DID A GREAT
JOB, BUT YOU’RE RIGHT.
THE FBI HAS BEEN SITTING ON
DOCUMENTS FOR YEARS, UNWILLING
TO GIVE UP ANY OF THIS STUFF.