SO THAT’S WHAT WE’VE HEARD ON
SOCIAL MEDIA FROM THE FORMER
PRESIDENT.
I’M JOINED BY LARA TRUMP, THE
FORMER PRESIDENT’S
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW MARRIED TO ERIC
TRUMP.
HE’S THE FORMER 2020 SENIOR
CAMPAIGN ADVISER TO THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN AND A FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR.
LARA, VERY GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH
US.
I’M SURE THERE’S A LOT GOING ON
IN YOUR HEART AND MIND AS YOU
WATCH THIS UNFOLD.
WE’RE NOT INSENSITIVE TO THAT.
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO WHAT
MERRICK GARLAND HAD TO SAY?
>> I’M KIND OF SHOCKED TO TELL
YOU THE TRUTH THAT IT TOOK THREE
DAYS FOR HIM TO GIVE US NO
INFORMATION.
A LOT OF AMERICANS WERE LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING, ANYTHING THAT
THEY COULD LOOK TO FROM THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT WOULD RE
REASSURE THEM THAT THIS WAS NOT
A POLITICAL ATTACK, THAT THEY
WERE OVERLY AGGRESSIVE.
BREAKING IN TO THE HOME AND
RAIDING THE HOME OF A FORMER
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
THAT IS A BIG DEAL.
SHOCKING BY THE WAY THE WAY THAT
THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE
GOING TO DO THIS IN A LOW-KEY
MANNER.
AND THEN TO HEAR THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL TELL US WE SHOULD BE
TRUSTING THE FBI.
THEY’RE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN.
I HAVE FRIENDS THAT WORK WITH
THE FBI AND THEY ARE -- MANY OF
THESE PEOPLE ARE GREAT
INDIVIDUALS, BUT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME TRUSTING
AN AGENCY THAT USED FABRICATED
DOCUMENTS TO GET A FISA WARRANT
TO KICKOFF THE RUSSIA COLLUSION
HOAX.
LOOK AT THE WAY THAT PARENTS
HAVE BEEN TARGETED AT SCHOOL
BOARD MEETINGS.
YOU HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS
NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE
FACT THAT A WHISTLE-BLOWER OR
SEVERAL AT THE FBI HAVE RECENTLY
TOLD US THEY’RE TRYING TO COVER
UP INFORMATION OVER THERE FOR
HUNTER BIDEN.
THIS IS WHERE THE FBI CHOSE TO
FOCUS.
AS AN AMERICAN, I CAN TELL YOU,
I’VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE REACH
OUT TO ME THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS
SAYING WE CANNOT SLEEP.
OUR STOMACHS ARE IN KNOTS.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU
SUPPOSE WILL EVER HAPPEN IN
AMERICA.
YET HERE WE ARE.
WE’RE SUPPOSED TO ACCEPT WHAT
THE A.G. SAID.
WE HAVE NO INFO.
>> Martha: A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
FOR YOU.
ONE IS THIS ISSUE OF AN
INFORMANT OR A MOLE, SOMEONE WHO
REACHED OUT TO THE FBI AND
INDICATED THAT THEY NEEDED TO
COME BACK AND EVEN ACCORDING TO
THESE REPORTS DIRECTED THEM TO
WHERE THEY WOULD FIND IT.
WHAT IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT
SAYING ABOUT THAT?
>> HE HAS NO INFORMATION ON
THAT.
>> Martha: IS HE CONCERNED ABOUT
THAT?
>> WE’RE SHOCKED TO HEAR THAT.
SADLY, LOOK AT HIS WHITE HOUSE.
LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE OUT
FOR SABOTAGE AT ALL TIMES.
SEEMS LIKE YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO
LOOK BEHIND YOUR BACK ESPECIALLY
WHEN YOUR LAST NAME IS TRUMP.
THERE’S ALWAYS SOMEBODY OUT TO
GET YOU.
I DON’T KNOW IN PARTICULAR THAT
HE’S FOCUSED ON THIS ONE.
A GENERAL SENSE OF YOU HAVE TO
LOOK OUT FOR YOURSELF.
>> Martha: LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID IT WAS
NOT POSSIBLE TO DO IT ANY OTHER
WAY.
HE SAID WE WOULD LIKE TO GO IN
UNINTRUE SIEVE AS POSSIBLE.
IN THIS CASE IT WAS NOT
POSSIBLE.
SUGGESTING THAT THEY HAD TRIED
OTHER MEASURES TO RETRIEVE WHAT
THEY WANTED TO GO YET AND THAT
THEY WERE STONEWALLED IN SOME
WAY.
WERE THEY STONEWALLED DURING
THAT THREE-MONTH PERIOD AFTER
THE INITIAL MEETING WHICH WE
KNOW WAS VERY CORDIAL ACCORDING
TO OUR REPORTS.
>> YEAH, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
IN FACT, THE LAST WORD SPOKEN ON
JUNE 3 WHEN THE INVESTIGATORS
CAME IN IS THEY WERE TOLD
ANYTHING YOU NEED, LET US KNOW
BY MY FATHER-IN-LAW VERBATIM.
A DAY OR SO LATER, THEY WERE
ASKED TO PADLOCK THAT OFFICE
THAT HAD THE FILED IN THAT THEY
WERE INTERESTED IN.
THEY FOLLOWED THAT TO A TEE.
THE NEXT THING WE KNOW, HERE WE
ARE ON MONDAY MORNING GETTING A
CALL SAYING THE FBI IS ON THE
DOOR STEP OF MAR-A-LARGO.
SO TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THERE WAS
NOTHING MORE THAT COULD HAVE
BEEN DONE.
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT HAPPENED
IN THE INTERIM THAT WOULD HAVE
WARRANTED SUCH AN AGGRESSIVE
HEAVY-HANDED APPROACH TO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
SPECIFICALLY AND ESPECIALLY WHEN
IT’S A FORMER PRESIDENT.
>> Martha: CAN YOU CONFIRMED
THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN THE FBI AND THE FORMER
PRESIDENT OR HIS LAWYERS BETWEEN
THAT JUNE 3 MEETING AND THE
PADLOCK DISCUSSION AND MONDAY
MORNING?
>> I JUST SPOKE TO HIS LAWYER
MOMENTS AGO BEFORE I CAME ON
WITH YOU.
THAT’S WHAT I WAS TOLD.
THAT WAS THEIR LAST
COMMUNICATION, WAS MANY -- A
COUPLE DAYS MAYBE AFTER JUNE 3
TO CONFIRM THAT THE PADLOCK HAD
BEEN PUT IN PLACE.
OTHER THAN THAT, THAT’S ALL THAT
THEY HEARD.
>> Martha: DID THEY HAVE ANY
FEELING ABOUT WHO THIS INFORMANT
PERSON MIGHT BE?
>> NO.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT’S NEWS TO A
LOT OF PEOPLE.
I DON’T KNOW THAT THAT IS THE
CASE TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
THAT IS A BIT OF HEARSAY.
I THINK THE FBI ALLUDED TO THAT.
TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THERE’S NO ONE
HOFF CONCERN, THERE’S NO ONE
THAT WE WOULD EVEN CONSIDER
COULD HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.
QUITE FRANKLY, WE DON’T KNOW
WHAT THEY WOULD SAY.
>> Martha: HOW WOULD YOU
CHARACTERIZE HOW THE FORMER
PRESIDENT IS DOING?
IS HE NERVOUS, CONCERNED,
ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS OR NOT?
>> I DON’T THINK HE’S
SPECIFICALLY ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS.
I THINK IT’S JUST AN OVERALL
FEELING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE
ARE WE IN THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA WHEN THIS SORT OF THING
COULD HAPPEN?
YOUR TWO PREVIOUS GUESTS LAID IT
OUT WELL.
YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT MAN,
LOOK AT THE BIDENS.
LOOK AT THE CLINTONS.
THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF
CRIMINALITY AND COVERING IT UP
AND THERE’S NOTHING DONE TO
THEM.
WHY IS IT ONLY THE TRUMP FAMILY
AND DONALD TRUMP THAT SEEMS TO
CONTINUE TO HAVE THINKS WITCH
HUNTS AGAINST HIM?
HIS CONSTANTLY ATTACKED.
WE KNOW THAT FROM THE DAY HE
CAME DOWN TO ESCALATOR AND SAID
HE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
SO IT’S AN OVERALL FEELING OF
MORE OF THE SAME.
SADLY YOU GET USED TO IT AT A
CERTAIN POINT NOT THAT ANYONE
SHOULD.
IT’S REALLY CONCERNING THIS SORT
OF THING IS ABLE TO TAKE PLACE
IN AMERICA BECAUSE IT’S
SOMETHING THAT WE EXPECT TO SEE
IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.
>> Martha: YOU’RE NOT ALONE IN
THAT FEELING FOR SURE.
BEFORE I LET YOU GO, ANY IMPACT
ON HIS DECISION MAKING PROCESS
AND WHEN HE MAY ANNOUNCE THAT HE
IS LIKELY OR IS GOING TO RUN
AGAIN?
WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THIS ON
THAT?
>> WELL, I THINK HE KNOW WHAT’S
HE’S GOING TO DO.
FOR AMERICANS, THIS JUST
SOLIDIFIED A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM
BEHIND DONALD TRUMP.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE HE’S
BEEN GIVEN SUCH A RAW DEAL SO
MANY TIMES.
LOOK AT THE INCREDIBLE THINGS
THAT HE DID WHEN HE WAS
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
WITH SO MUCH SCRUTINY, SO MUCH
INCOMING, WITH SO MUCH PRESSURE
ON HIM.
HE GOT SO MANY GREAT THINGS
DONE.
MAN, DO WE NEED DONALD TRUMP
BACK NOW MORE THAN EVER.
THIS COUNTRY IS IN A DIRE
SITUATION.
I THINK THEY KNOW HE’S THE GUY
THAT CAN GET IT DONE.
SO I THINK PEOPLE NOW MORE THAN
EVER WANT DONALD TRUMP TO RUN
FOR PRESIDENT IN 2024.
THIS JUST SOLIDIFIES A LOT OF