ACCORDING TO SENATOR CHUCK
GRASSLEY.
HERE NOW IS JAMES TRUSTY, FORMER
DOJ PROSECUTOR.
JAMES, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WHAT’S YOUR TAKE ON THIS STORY
AND THIS REPORT THAT THE DOJ AND
THE FBI ARE BURYING DIRT ON
HUNTER BIDEN?
>> WELL, IT’S VERY WORRYISOME.
I MEAN, LOOK, THE STARTING
POINT’S A GREATER CONTEXT, SEAN.
WE HAD THIS STRETCH OF FBI
LEADERSHIP BEING UNBELIEVABLY
POLITICIZED WITH JIM COKE BY,
ANDY -- JIM COMEY, ANDY
McCABE.
WHAT I WANTED TO SEE WITH
DIRECTOR WRAY IS A CLEAN BREAK,
A GUY THAT SAYS WE’RE GOING TO
HANG ’EM HIGH AND CLEAN THE
SPORT UP.
WE NEVER GOT THAT, AND WRAY WAS
ALLOWED TO STAY ON UNDER BIDEN,
AND NOW WE’RE GETTING THESE
THINGS -- I DON’T WANT TO
OVERREACT TO A CONGRESSIONAL
LETTER OR A CONGRESSMAN VOUCHING
FOR THE CREDIBILITY OF A WITNESS
WE HAVEN’T SEEN, BUT IT’S
WORRISOME, AND IT’S CONSISTENT
WITH THE HIGH-LEVEL
POLITICIZATION OF FBI THAT WE
SAW.
AND ONE OTHER THING, SEAN.
WHEN YOU PLANT THIS
DISINFORMATION BY SAYING, OH, BY
THE WAY, THAT INVESTIGATION
YOU’RE WORKING ON, AGENT SMITH,
IT’S ALL RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION,
IT’S NOT JUST THAT YOU THROW OFF
THAT AGENT AND THROW OFF THE
INVESTIGATION, BUT YOU CREATE
EXCULPATORY MATERIAL IN THE CASE
FILE, WHAT THEY CALL BRADY
MATERIAL, SO IF THERE IS A
CHARGE SOMEDAY THE PROSECUTOR
HAS TO TURN THAT OVER TO THE
DEFENSE.
IT MIGHT BE THE STUFF OF
REASONABLE DOUBT WHEN THERE
WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN REASONABLE
DOUBT.
SO IT’S A VERY DAMAGING
SABOTAGE, IF IT’S TRUE, THAT
THEY’RE SAYING THESE HINGES TO
OTHER FBI AGENTS.
SEAN: BUT, JAMES, THIS IS A HIGH
PROFILE CASE.
IT’S THE PRESIDENT’S SON.
CAN THIS INFORMATION BE BURIED
OR DO THEY HAVE TO GET APPROVAL
FROM THE TOP?
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT GOES TO
CHRISTOPHER WRAY OR MERRICK
GARLAND?
DO THEY HAVE TO APPROVE THAT
THEY’RE GOING TO BURY IT?
>> I DON’T THINK THEIR
COMMUNICATIONS WOULD REACH UP TO
THE DIRECTOR OF A.G. LEVEL.
ACCORDING TO THE LETTER, THEY
APPEAR TO REACH TO THE ASSISTANT
SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE
WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE, SO
THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME
MANAGERIAL SIGN-OFF.
IT’S NOT GOING TO BE THE HIGHEST
REACHES, BUT, OF COURSE, IF
YOU’RE OVERSEEING A SENSITIVE
CASE LIKE HUNTER BIDEN, YOU
SHOULD CERTAINLY BE AWARE OF THE
FILE AND THE CASE HISTORY AND
ANY OF THESE TYPES OF
SHENANIGANS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
SEAN: WELL, ESPECIALLY AFTER
POLITICS AND THE DOJ AND FBI IN
THE TRUMP YEARS, RIGHT?
I MEAN, YOU WANT TO HAVE A
SYSTEM IN PLACE WHERE WE DON’T
THINK THE SYSTEM PLAYS
FAVORITES.
LADY JUSTICE IS BLIND AS SHE
WEIGHS JUSTICE FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, AND RIGHT NOW I THINK,
JAMES, A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE
THAT THERE’S ONE STANDARD FOR
REPUBLICANS, AND THERE’S A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STANDARD
FOR DEMOCRATS.
AND THAT’S BAD FOR AMERICAN
JUSTICE.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, WELL PUT.
AND, LOOK, THINK OF IT THIS WAY,
YOU HEAR THIS ATTORNEY GENERAL
EVEN RECENTLY COMPLETELY
INVESTED IN JANUARY 6TH SAYING
THINGS LIKE NOBODY IS ABOVE THE
LAW, WE’RE A RULE OF LAW NATION.
THAT’S GREAT, I AGREE WITH THAT
CONCEPT.
BUT HE DOESN’T SEEM TO BE ABLE
TO BRING HIMSELF TO USE THE SAME
PHRASING WHEN HE’S TALKING ABOUT
THE BIDEN FAMILY.
AND THAT’S THE BIG INTEGRITY
TEST WE’RE GOING TO SEE, DOES
THIS ATTORNEY GENERAL MET THE
INVESTIGATION, DOES THIS FBI LET
THE INVESTIGATION PROGRESS TO
ITS NATURAL CONCLUSION, OR ARE
POLITICS TRUMPING JUSTICE IN
THIS ERA?
SEAN: YOU KNOW, IT FEELS LIKE
THERE’S A TWO-TIERED SYSTEM.
AS AN OBSERVER OF THE
INSTITUTION, IF YOU’RE MANY
CHARGE, JAMES, HOW DO YOU CLEAN
THIS UP?
HOW DO YOU BRING CREDIBILITY
BACK TO OUR FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT WHETHER IT’S THE FBI
OR THE DOJ?
>> YEAH, I MEAN, LOOK, NOT GOING
TO BE OVERNIGHT, AND A LOT OF
IT’S WHAT YOU DO, NOT WHAT YOU
SAY.
YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE AN
ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT SAYS I
WANT TO UTE THE PATRIOT ACT
AGAINST PARENTS IN VIRGINIA.
YOU DON’T WANT AN ATTORNEY
GENERAL THAT FOCUSES ALMOST
EXCLUSIVELY ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND
DOESN’T SEEM TO INVEST HEAVILY
IN STREET VIOLENCE.
AND AS I SAID ABOUT JANUARY 6TH
VERSUS THE BIDEN FAMILY, A LOT
OF IT’S IN THE DOING.
BUT I THINK A CLEAN ARE SWEEP ON
THE MANAGEMENT LEVEL WHERE A
DIRECTOR COMES IN AND SAYS NO
MORE OF THIS, NO SPECIAL
EMPLOYEES TO LEAK THINGS TO THE
NEW YORK TIMES, NO KOWTOWING TO
THE POLITICS OF THE MOMENT.
WE’RE GOING TO BE THE PREMIER
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, I THINK
THAT’S OVERDUE, AND I’M AFRAID
WE’RE NOT SEEING IT FROM CHRIS
WRAY AT THIS POINT.
SEAN: I THINK THAT’S RIGHT.
YOU WANT MANAGERS WHO SQUARE
MORE ABOUT JUSTICE AND LESS --
CARE MORE ABOUT JUSTICE AND LESS