INDUCTED TO THE BASEBALL HALL OF
FAME IN 1974.
A FEDERAL JUDGE WILL DECIDE THIS
WEEK WHETHER TO APPOINT A
SPECIAL MASTER TO OVERSEE REVIEW
OF DOCUMENTS SEIZED FROM FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S MAR-A-LAGO
RESIDENCE IN THIS
UNPRECEDENTEDDED FBI RAID
EARLIER THIS MONTH.
THE JUDGE SAYING OVER THE
WEEKEND SHE IS INCLINED TO
APPROVE THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S Q
MEANWHILE, THE DIRECTOR OF
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE’S OFFICE
IS LEADING AN INTELLIGENCE --
LEADING THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY DAMAGES ASSESSMENT OF
RECOVERED DOCUMENTS.
JOINING ME NOW, FORMER ACTING
U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, MATT
WHITAKER.
ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
YOUR TAKE ON THE POTENTIAL
APPOINTMENT OF A SPECIAL MASTER.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SAYING
DOCUMENTS WERE TAKEN THAT ARE
UNDER ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE
AND HE WANTS AN ACCOUNTING FOR
WHAT WAS TAKEN, WHAT NEEDS TO BE
RETURNED AND IT SEEMS LIKE HE
MIGHT GET IT.
>> GOOD MORNING, JACKIE.
I THINK THAT’S EXACTLY WHERE
WE’RE HEADING.
A SPECIAL MASTER IS GOING TO ADD
A LAYER OF CREDIBILITY THAT
EVERYONE INCLUDING THE FBI
SHOULD WANT IN THIS CASE.
FOR SIX YEARS WE’VE HAD THESE
INVESTIGATIONS INTO TRUMP.
WE HAD THE RUSSIAN COLLUSION
HOAX.
WE HAD THE IMPEACHMENT AND ALL
THE REPORTED INVESTIGATIONS AND
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO NOT
ONLY PROVIDE THE TRANSPARENCY
THAT I THINK IS NECESSARY IN
THIS CASE, BUT IT’S ALSO --
REMEMBER, IT’S NECESSITATED
BECAUSE THEY GRABBED HIS
PASSPORTS AND THIS, TO YOUR
POINT EARLIER, THE OVER-BROAD
SEARCH WARRANT I THINK
NECESSITATES ALSO SOMEONE, A
THIRD PARTY, LIKE A SPECIAL
MASTER, TO LOOK AT ALL THESE
DOCUMENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT
ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGED
INFORMATION, EXECUTIVE
PRIVILEGED INFORMATION AND
PERSONAL RECORDS THAT ARE NOT
INCLUDED IN THE SEARCH WARRANT
WERE NOT SCOOPED UP DURING THE
RAID.
JACKIE: I WANT TO TURN TO
BIDEN’S BORDER CRISIS FOR A
MOMENT WHILE I HAVE YOU BECAUSE
NEARLY 4.9 MILLION ILLEGAL
MIGRANTS HAVE REPORTEDLY CROSSED
U.S. BORDERS SINCE PRESIDENT
BIDEN TOOK OFFICE.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF
THE GOALS HERE, SOME OF THE
REASONS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
MAY BE TURNING A BLIND EYE TO
THIS.
POSSIBLY CHANGING VOTING
DEMOGRAPHICS IN THIS COUNTRY.
YOUR THOUGHTS?
THAT’S A LARGE NUMBER, MATT.
>> THAT’S AN ENORMOUS NUMBER
AND THE CONGRESSMAN EARLIER WAS
TALKING ABOUT HOW BIG OF A
NUMBER THAT WOULD BE IF IT WAS
ITS OWN STATE.
I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF REASONS
MOTIVATING THIS BUT IT’S
CERTAINLY DISRUPTING OUR MAJOR
CITIES.
YOU’RE SEEING D.C. AND NEW YORK
UNABLE TO HANDLE A SMALL
FRACTION OF WHAT TEXAS, ARIZONA
AND NEW MEXICO HAVE TO DEAL WITH
AND SO I THINK IT’S ULTIMATELY
NOT ONLY GOING TO BE POLITICALLY
DISRUPTIVE BUT IT’S ALSO GOING
TO BRING MORE CRIME, MORE DRUGS
AND MORE CHAOS INTO AMERICA AND
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF
THIS AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME
WE HAVE TO SEAL THE SOUTHERN
BORDER.
WE ARE THE MOST GENEROUS COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD, ADMITTING OVER A
MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR TO
PERMANENT LAWFUL STATUS SO I
THINK JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN
COMPLETELY FAILED AT SECURING
THE BORDER, HASN’T EVEN TRIED
AND RIGHT NOW OUR IMMIGRATION
COURTS ARE BROKEN BECAUSE THE
OVERWHELMING NUMBERS ARE UNABLE
TOESTO PROCESS THE MOSTLY FRAUDU
ASYLUM CLAIMS.
JACKIE: IN TEXAS BORDER PATROL
AGENTS SAY THEY FOILED A
DANGEROUS HUMAN SMUGGLING
ATTEMPT.
THREE ILLEGAL MIGRANTS WERE
CRAMMED INTO THE TRUNK OF A CAR.
IT’S REALLY DEVASTATING TO SEE.
YOU WONDER, KAMALA HARRIS,
YOU’RE THE BORDER CZAR.
THAT ISN’T EVEN PAYING ATTENTION
TO THIS.
YOU SEE PHOTOS LIKE THIS, WE
TALKED ABOUT FENTANYL COMING
ACROSS THE BORDER AS WELL.
IT’S REALLY HEART-BREAKING.
>> YEAH, WHEN I WAS A U.S.
ATTORNEY AND I SAW SEVERAL
PEOPLE PULLED OUT OF A TRUNK, I
SAW SOMEONE PULLED OUT FROM
BEHIND THE BACK SEAT OF A SINGLE
CAB PICKUP TRUCK, I MEAN,
OBVIOUSLY THE SOUTHERN BORDER IS
CONSTANTLY UNDER ASSAULT,
ESPECIALLY AT THE SOUTHERN
BORDER.
THE MAIN VULNERABILITIES ARE THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE CROSSING THE
BORDER INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD
OF DRUGS, FENTANYL COMING ACROSS
THE BORDER.
WE PUT ALL THE RESOURCES THAT
SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR DRUGS AND
ILLICIT, ILLEGAL IMPORTS, WE’RE
TAKING THEM OFF OF THAT REVIEW
AND PUTTING THEM ON RECORDING
THESE ASYLUM CLAIMS AND TRYING
TO DOCUMENT THESE FOLKS WHO ARE
COMING ACROSS OUR BORDER
ILLEGALLY.
THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS BROKEN AND
THE MORE PEOPLE THEY’RE TRYING
TO PUT THROUGH IT, IT’S CAUSING
ALL SORTS OF DISTORTIONS THAT
ARE MAKING US LESS SAFE AND I
FEAR FUTURE ATTACKS FROM
TERRORISTS THAT HAVE COME IN
THROUGH OUR POROUS SOUTHERN
BORDER IN THE FUTURE.
JACKIE: THESE ARE ALL MAJOR
ISSUES THAT MANY PEOPLE ACROSS
THE COUNTRY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.
LEE.
>> MATT, THERE’S A LOT OF
PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO SAY THAT IF
YOU STOP IMMIGRATION, THERE’S A
LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
COME HERE AND THIS IS WHAT
AMERICA WAS FOUNDED ON.
IS THERE A WAY TO SORT OF WEED
THEM OUT SO WE CAN STOP THE BAD
FROM COMING IN AND KEEP THE GOOD
FOLKS COMING IN?
BECAUSE I’M SO TIRED OF THE
ARGUMENT SAYING IF WE WANT TO
CHANGE IMMIGRATION THAT YOU MUST
NOT CARE ABOUT THE GOOD PEOPLE
THAT ARE TRYING TO COME IN.
>> YEAH, LEE, THAT’S JUST NOT
TRUE.
I MEAN, WE ARE -- LIKE I POINTED
OUT, NOT ONLY GENEROUS.
THE REAL CHALLENGE IS CHAIN
MIGRATION WHERE IF YOU GET HERE
THEN YOU CAN BRING IN OTHER
MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY.
WE SHOULD MOVE TO A MERIT BASED
SYSTEM THAT WE TAKE THE BEST AND
A BRIGHTEST FROM AROUND THE
WORLD TO HELP OUR COUNTRY GROW
AND PROSPER.
AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT EVERY
OTHER COUNTRY DOES THIS EXCEPT
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND WHILE WE ARE GENEROUS, WE
CAN’T JUST TAKE ALL THE LOW
SKILLED, UNEDUCATED PEOPLE FROM
AROUND THE WORLD AND JUST
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO COME HERE,
COME HERE ILLEGALLY AND THEN
THEY’RE HERE UNTIL ULTIMATELY WE
DON’T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO
REMOVE THEM AND SO WE NEED A
RATIONAL SYSTEM THAT WORKS.
WE NEED ONE THAT SERVES THE
AMERICAN INTEREST AND THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AND THE SYSTEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
UNFORTUNATELY, WHILE GENEROUS,
IS NOT BUILT TO HELP THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
JACKIE: FORMER AG MATT
WHITAKER, WE REALLY APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME THIS MORNING AND YOUR
INSIGHTS AS ALWAYS.