THIS RELEASE OF THE COUNTRY CAN
SEE WHY THE HOME WAS SEARCHED.
>> Ainsley: LET’S BRING IN
KENTUCKY G.O.P.
SENATOR RAND PAUL PAID
GOOD MORNING, SENATOR.
THANKS FOR COMING ON.
WE WERE ALL SAYING WE WOULD TAKE
A BET THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO
UNSEAL THE AFFIDAVIT, BECAUSE
THIS IS THE SAME PERSON THAT
SIGNS THE OKAY TO GO INTO
MAR-A-LAGO. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK THE BURDEN IS ON FBI.
TO INVESTIGATE THEM FOR OVER TWO
YEARS.
SO I THINK THE BURDEN REALLY IS
ON THE FBI.
THEY’VE BEEN WRONG IN THE PAST,
THEY’VE BROKEN THE LAW, AND
USING THESE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
WARRANTS, NOW THEY USE A
DOMESTIC WARRANT, BUT I THINK
THEY NEED TO RELEASE THE
JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS BECAUSE
IT’S EXTRAORDINARY.
WE SHOULDN’T LOSE SIGHT OF THE
FACT THAT THIS HAS NEVER EVER
HAPPENED BEFORE, FOR GOOD
REASON, BECAUSE WE NEED
CONFIDENCE IN THE FBI, THAT THEY
ARE THERE TO PROTECT US AND NOT
TO GO AFTER PEOPLE FOR POLITICAL
PURPOSES.
THAT IT’S NOT A POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED WITCH HUNT.
>> Steve: AND WE HEARD A BAD
ACTOR SANITY YEARS AGO REGARDING
TRUMP AND RUSSIA AND STUFF LIKE
THAT, BUT THOSE PEOPLE OR FIVE
YEARS AGO.
I BELIEVE IT WAS YESTERDAY,
MIKE PENCE HE WAS UP IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE, HE CALLED ON THE
ATTACKS ON THE FBI TO STOP.
HE WAS REMINDING THE
NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY
THAT THEY ARE THE PARTY OF LAW
AND ORDER, AND REPUBLICANS STAND
WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE
AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL.
AND HE SAID THE ATTACKS ON THE
FBI MUST STOP.
>> BUT PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC WE HAVE IS ALLOWING
DISSENT AND HAVING DISCUSSION
OVER GOVERNMENT BEHAVIOR.
FOR EXAMPLE, CHRISTOPHER WRAY
CAME TO MY COMMITTEE AND ASKED
HIM, IS IT APPROPRIATE, DOES IT
MEET THE CONSTITUTIONAL STANDARD
TO USE A FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
WARRANT ON A DOMESTIC POLITICIAN
SUCH AS TRUMP?
ON AN AMERICAN?
AND I INDICATED TO HIM THAT I
THINK IT’S A LOWER STANDARD
BECAUSE A FISA WARRANT ONLY
REQUIRES PROBABLE CAUSE OF A
CONNECTION TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY
OR FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, WHERE AS
THE FOURTH AMENDMENT OF THE
CONSTITUTION SAYS PROBABLE CAUSE
OF A CRIME.
SO I THINK IF I WAS A WARRANT
HAS A LOWER STANDARD, AND
CHRISTOPHER WRAY’S RESPONSE TO
ME -- AND THIS IS THE CURRENT
HEAD OF THE FBI -- IT’S NO BIG
DEAL.
HE THINK IT’S FINE TO USE
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE WARRANTS ON
AMERICANS, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
THINK THAT’S TRUE.
I DON’T, BUT THIS IS PART OF THE
SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL
RUNNING THE FBI.
THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT
UNDERSTANDING, MAYBE, OF WHAT
THEY THINK THE FBI CAN AND
CANNOT DO AND HOW IT SHOULD BE
USED ON AMERICANS.
BUT I’M GOING TO REQUIRE PROOF
THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY SOME
SORT OF PROBABLE CAUSE OF A
CRIME, AND I’M SUSPICIOUS THAT
THERE WAS NOT.
>> Steve: THEY HAVE OVERSIGHT,
BUT THE PROBLEM IS OVER THE LAST
WEEK OR SO THERE HAS BEEN SO
MUCH VIOLENT RHETORIC DIRECTED
AT THE FBI, AND I HEARD SOMEBODY
PRINTED THAT IT STANDS FOR
"FASCIST BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION" OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
UNFORTUNATELY NOW THE PEOPLE WHO
WORK AT THE FBI HEADQUARTERS,
THERE ARE DEATH THREATS AND ALL
SORTS OF STUFF.
I HEARD FROM A STAFF MEMBER
THERE, WHO WAS TALKING TO A
COLLEAGUE AT THE FBI, A
COLLEAGUE REALIZED, "OH, LOOK,
I’M WEARING THE WRONG SHOES
TODAY TO WORK," BECAUSE IF
SOMEBODY ATTACKS THE BUILDING
AND THEY’VE GOT TO RUN, CAN’T
RUN IN THOSE HEELS.
SO THEY CAUGHT IN THE
CROSS HAIRS.
>> I THINK THE DEATH THREATS ARE
INAPPROPRIATE AND NOT THE WAY TO
GO AROUND IT.
THERE’S THE POLITICAL PROCESS.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE PEOPLE
IN CHARGE OF CONGRESS, THE
DEMOCRATS, HAVE NOT BEEN
INTERESTED IN OR CURIOUS IN
INVESTIGATING ANYTHING.
WE HAVE A MILLION PEOPLE WHO
DIED FROM COVID, AND I HAVEN’T
HAD ONE HEARING ON THE ORIGIN.
WE FINALLY DID A COUPLE WEEKS
AGO.
I INSISTED ON HEARING, AND THE
DEMOCRATS DIDN’T COME TO MY
HEARING.
THE THING IS THERE’S BEEN A LACK
OF CURIOSITY ON THE PART OF
INVESTIGATION, BUT THERE’S NO
EXCUSE FOR THREATS TO THE FBI,
AND THE THING IS, LOOK, AND
THEY’RE NOT THE ONLY ONE GETTING
THREATS.
I’VE HAD PROBABLY OVER 50
THREATS THIS YEAR.
SOMETIMES I CAN HAVE A DOZEN IN
A WEEK.
WE HAVE MY ADDRESS POSTED
ONLINE, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE
WISHING ME ILL WILL, INJURY, ALL
THE TIME.
SO ALL THE THREADS ARE WRUNG
FROM THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT.
>> Todd: MEANTIME, A BIG SHAKE
UP AT THE CDC, OR AT LEAST
THAT’S WHAT THEY SAY IS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
HERE IS CDC DIRECTOR ROCHELLE
WALENSKY.
"CDC AND PUBLIC HEALTH HAVE BEEN
PREPARING FOR COVID-19 AND THEN
OUR BIG MOMENT, OUR PERFORMANCE,
DID NOT RELIABLY MEET
EXPECTATIONS.
MY GOAL IS A NEW PUBLIC HEALTH
ACTION-ORIENTED CULTURE AT THE
CDC THAT EMPHASIZES
ACCOUNTABILITY, COLLABORATION,
COMMUNICATION, AND TIMELINESS."
SOUNDS GREAT.
ARE YOU CONFIDENT IT WILL
HAPPEN, SENATOR?
>> [LAUGHS]
WELL, THEY SAY PART OF THE ROAD
TO RECOVERY IS ADMITTING YOU
HAVE A PROBLEM, SO I GUESS
THEY’VE NOW ADMITTED THEY HAVE A
PROBLEM.
LIKE SO MANY THINGS AT THE CDC,
THE LEFT HAS MISDIAGNOSE THE
PROBLEM AND THEY ARE GOING TO
MISAPPLY THE SOLUTION.
IT’S NOT THAT THEY ACTED TOO
SPARINGLY.
THE PROBLEM IS THEY ACTED TOO
QUICKLY AND NOT BASED ON
SCIENCE.
IT WASN’T THAT THEY WERE WAITING
AROUND FOR SCIENCE, THEY WERE
REACTING EVERY WEEK WITH AN
EDICT THAT CONTRADICTED THE
PREVIOUS WEEK’S EDICT.
THEY ALSO COMMISSIONED STUDIES
THAT COMPLETELY DISMISSED THE
IDEA THAT YOU’VE GOT IMMUNITY
FROM COVID AFTER HAVING HAD IT.
SO HOW CAN YOU DO A STUDY OF
WHETHER A VACCINE OR A BOOSTER
WORKS IF AN ARM OF THE STUDY IS
NOT PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACTUALLY
ALREADY HAD THE DISEASE?
IF YOU DISCOUNT HAVING THE
DISEASE, MOST OF THE STUDIES ARE
WORTHLESS.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST, IF THEY WANT
TO REORGANIZE, IS HUMILITY.
I THINK THEY NEED TO STEP BACK
AND GET INTO THE ADVICE GAME,
NOT THE MANDATE GAME.
WITH MASKS THEY SHOULD HAVE SAID
THE EVIDENCE IS INCONCLUSIVE AND
FOR THE MOST PART MASKS DON’T
WORK.
IF YOU ARE AT HIGH RISK OR
SITUATION WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE
OF A FAMILY MEMBER, YOU MIGHT
WANT TO WEAR A MASK, BUT THERE
IS NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE OF ANY
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED STUDY THAT
MASKS ACTUALLY REDUCE THE
INCIDENCE OF THE PUBLIC SPHERE
OF THE TRANSMISSION OF THE
DISEASE, AND THEN YOU MAKE YOUR
OWN DECISION.
INSTEAD, THEY BECAME SO OBSESSED
AND THOUGHT THEY KNEW THE TRUTH,
THEY WERE SO ADAMANT THAT THEY
KNEW THE TRUTH THAT THEY WERE
GOING TO TELL EVERYBODY WHAT TO
DO AND WHAT TO WEAR, AND THAT
WAS A MISTAKE, A LACK OF
HUMILITY.
IF THE ORGANIZATION SAYS THAT WE
ARE GOING TO BE HUMBLE, TRYING
TO LOOK FOR THE SIGNS AND WHEN
IT’S EQUIVOCAL GIVE ADVICE, NOT
MANDATES, THAT’S WHAT I WOULD
SUGGEST TO THEM.
>> Ainsley: SENATOR, LET’S GO
DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER,
BECAUSE FOX NEWS, WE HAVE A
REPORTER DOWN THERE
WHO -- BILL MELUGIN -- WHO
WITNESSED THE NATIONAL GUARD OF
TEXAS, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
ABBOTT, TO LOCK THE GATE ON THE
BORDER OF THIS PRIVATE PROPERTY
IN HIS MAJOR CROSSING AREA IN
EAGLE PASS TO DENY ENTRY.
BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE WHAT
HAPPENED NEXT.
WE WITNESSED THE BORDER PATROL
AGENTS COME ALONG WITH A KEY,
THEY OPEN UP THE GATES OF THESE
ILLEGALS STANDING OUTSIDE AT THE
GATE COULD COME THROUGH, AND
THEN HAD TO PROCESSING.
ALL THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD
STANDING THERE WATCHING THIS
HAPPEN.
WE ARE ALSO LEARNING THAT
REPUBLICANS ARE QUESTIONING
WHETHER OR NOT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION HAS CONTACTED
AMTRAK AND IF THEY WILL USE
FEDERAL FUNDS TO TRANSPORT SOME
OF THESE ILLEGALS THROUGHOUT OUR
COUNTRY USING AMTRAK TRAINS.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
>> I THINK IT IRONIC THAT WE
WON’T LET THE WORLD’S GREATEST TENNIS PLAYER IN BECAUSE HE’S
TENNIS PLAYER IN BECAUSE HE’S
NOT VACCINATED, NOVAK JOKE OF DJ
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD CHANGE THE
LAW.
ANYONE CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF
COMING IN, THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY
BE PLACED BACK ON THE OF THE
SIDE.
NO PROCESS, NOTHING.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT NOT DOING
NORMAL PORT OF ENTRY, YOU SHOULD
GO BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
RIVER IMMEDIATELY.
BUT WE’D HAVE TO CHANGE THE LAW.
THE DEMOCRATS LOVE ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION AND SO THEY HAVE NOT
BEEN WILLING TO.
BUT THERE IS A COMPROMISE TO BE
HAD.
I WOULD SAY THAT EVERYONE SHOULD
BE DEPOSITED ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE RIVER, BUT AS A
COMPROMISE WE SHOULD INCREASE
LAWFUL IMMIGRATION AND PUT MORE
RESOURCES TO ALLOW MORE PEOPLE
TO COME AND APPLY IN A NORMAL
FASHION AT THE PORT OF ENTRY.
BUT I WOULD HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE,
AND ONCE YOU DID THAT FOR ABOUT
SIX MONTHS -- WHILE I WAS NOT
OPPOSED TO THE WALL, I THINK YOU
COULD DO IT WITH HELICOPTERS AND
WITH MAYBE 50 STATIONS ALONG THE
BORDER, AND YOU COULD HAVE IT
DONE IN A MONTH.
ZERO TOLERANCE, EVERYBODY GOES
BACK.
BUT RIGHT NOW THE LAW IS IF YOU
SET FOOT OVER HERE YOU ARE
ALLOWED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF
PROCESS AND IT NEVER REALLY
COMES TO FRUITION AND YOU ARE
SENT TO ANOTHER PART OF THE
COUNTRY, THEN YOU HERE TO STAY.
IT’S A TERRIBLE PROCESS NOW.
>> Steve: ARE THE PEOPLE OF
KENTUCKY DELIGHTED THAT,
ACCORDING TO THE ADMINISTRATION,
INFLATION IS AT ZERO?
BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THEY’VE BEEN
SAYING BECAUSE THERE WAS NO
MONTH OVER MONTH INCREASE.
WE ARE JUST STUCK RIGHT NOW AT
8.5%.
PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY DON’T KNOW
IT’S NOT ZERO.
>> I THINK WHEN THEY HEAR THAT
FROM BIDEN’S LIPS, THEY
WONDERED.
THEY’RE STILL GOING TO THE GAS
PUMP AND PAYING $4 PER GALLON OR
MORE.
THEY’RE STILL GOING TO THE
GROCERY STORE AND PAYING 30-40%
MORE FOR EGGS, MEAT, ET CETERA.
PEOPLE ARE DRIVING, PEOPLE WHO
ARE GOOD HARDWORKING PEOPLE IN
KENTUCKY AND STRUGGLING AND THEY
QUIT GOING ON VACATION AND
EVERYBODY BRINGS THE PRICE DOWN.
THE COST OF INFLATION IS DEAD
AND THEY ARE STILL GETTING AN
EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF MONEY
THAT’S NOT BEEN SPENT YET.
CITY GOVERNMENTS HAVE IT, COUNTY
GOVERNMENTS HAVE IT, AND STATE
GOVERNMENTS.
I WOULD ESTIMATE HALF OF THE
MONEY THEY PRINTED UP, THAT THE
FEDERAL RESERVE LOANED IT TO THE
GOVERNMENT, HALF OF IT IS STILL
SITTING IN THE COFFERS OF
GOVERNMENT AND HASN’T BEEN
SPENT.
WHEN IT SPENT, THERE’S GOING TO