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ELIZABETH: JOINING US NOW
CONGRESSMAN DARRELL ISSA.
CONGRESSMAN, ALWAYS A PLEASURE
HAVING YOU ON.
YOUR REACTION TO THIS,
REPUBLICAN SENATORS RON JOHNSON,
CHUCK GRASSLEY, THEY WANT THE
U.S. ATTORNEY IN DELAWARE
OVERSEEING THE PROBE IN
HUNTER BIDEN, THEY WANT TO KNOW
WHY SENIOR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
OFFICIAL NICHOLAS McQUAID IS
NOT RECUSING HIMSELF FROM THIS
PROBE DUE TO HIS LINKS TO
HUNTER’S LAWYER?
THEY BOTH WORKED AT THE SAME LAW
FIRM.
>> EXACTLY.
ONE OF THE REASONS YOU RECUSE
YOURSELF IS THE APPEARANCE, OR
POSSIBLE APPEARANCE OF CONFLICT.
CLEARLY THERE IS AN APPEARANCE
OF CONFLICT.
YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO OVER
TIME GET RECORDS OF BILLING AND
COMMON HALLWAY DISCUSSIONS WE
WILL BUT BY THAT TIME THE DAMAGE
IS DONE PARTICULARLY ON A CASE
WHERE THERE IS ALREADY BEEN A
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF INSIDER
INFLUENCE AS THERE WAS TO
SQUELCH THIS WHOLE STORY OF
HUNTER BIDEN BEFORE THE LAST
ELECTION.
ELIZABETH: AND, CONGRESSMAN, THE
OTHER WEIRD THING THAT IS GOING
ON NICHOLAS McQUAID, THE
ACTING ASSISTANT ATTORNEY
GENERAL IN THE DOJ’S CRIMINAL
DIVISION, HE WORKED WITH
HUNTER’S LAWYER, CHRIS CLARK AT
THE SAME LAW FIRM, FOR THREE
YEARS BUT THAT JOB DOES NOT SHOW
UP ON McQUAID’S BIO ON THE DOJ
WEBSITE.
WHY DID THAT GET LEFT OUT OF HIS
BIO?
>> WELL, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ONE
OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE THE
LUXURY OF DOING IS NOT
MENTIONING WHICH PARTNERS IN A
LARGE LAW FIRM YOU WORK WITH BUT
THE FACT THAT HE WORKED DIRECTLY
WITH ONE OF HUNTER BIDEN’S
ATTORNEYS MEANS THAT EVEN THOUGH
THIS IS A LARGE INTERNATIONAL
FIRM, IT BECOMES VERY CLOSE AND
PERSONAL WHEN YOU ARE IN THE
HALLWAY OR IN AN OFFICE, OR EVEN
BILLING TIME IN SUPPORT OF THESE
VERY DIFFICULT QUESTIONS, THESE
VERY POLITICAL QUESTIONS.
ELIZABETH: CONGRESSMAN, SENATOR
CHUCK GRASSLEY IS ALSO SAYING
THAT HUNTER BIDEN HAS CLOSE TIES
TO STATE OFFICIALS IN DELAWARE.
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER
OR NOT THIS PROBE INTO
HUNTER BIDEN, WHICH IS OCCURRING
IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE,
WHETHER IT WILL BE ABOVEBOARD
AND THEY’RE GOING TO CROSS ALL
THE Ts AND GET EVERYTHING
DONE?
>> WELL I’M VERY CONCERNED THAT
THE FBI ACTED INAPPROPRIATELY
EVEN IN THE LAST ADMINISTRATION
WHEN IT CAME TO PROTECTING BOTH
HUNTER BIDEN AND HIS FATHER,
THEN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT.
SO OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT A
HOUSEHOLD WORD IN DELAWARE, YOU
LOOK AT THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES, THERE IS NO
QUESTION AT ALL YOU’RE GOING TO
HAVE AN APPEARANCE AT LEAST OF
IT.
BUT LET’S UNDERSTAND, YOU HAVE A
DRUG USER WHO WAS DISAPPEARING
FOR PERIODS OF TIME WHILE THE
VICE PRESIDENT WAS TRYING TO
FIND HIM AND YOU’VE GOT THE
SECRET SERVICE AND OTHER
AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE FBI
AWARE OF HIS DRUG USE HIDING IT.
SO YOU EVEN HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND THE SECRET SERVICE, REALLY
WAS AWARE OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
AND HOW TIGHT VICE PRESIDENT
BIDE WAS VICE PRESIDENT AND HIS
SON WAS COMMITTING CRIMES.
ELIZABETH: EVEN IF THIS DOJ
PROBE, WE DON’T KNOW WHERE IT
WILL END UP, ONCE IT CONCLUDES,
ARE YOU GOING TO PICK IT UP AND
LOOK WHAT IS GOING ON WITH
HUNTER BIDEN?
>> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
WE REALIZE THAT CONGRESS HAS A
ROLE THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ONE,
THAT WE LOOK AT THINGS THAT
MIGHT AFFECT LEGISLATION OR
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.
IN THIS CASE WE’VE GOT TO ASK,
HOW COULD THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY
FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS?
HOW COULD THEY HAVE
HUNTER BIDEN’S LAPTOP SHOWING
MUCH OF HIS WRONGFUL BEHAVIOR
INCLUDING INCOME TAX EVASION IT
APPEARS AND IT DIDN’T GET OUT?
BOTH THE COMPLIANCE SIDE, THE
LEGISLATIVE SIDE REQUIRING
MULTIPLE COMMITTEES TO DO THEIR
WORK, INCLUDING WAYS AND MEANS.
ELIZABETH: TO YOUR POINT,
CONGRESSMAN, SENATORS GRASSLEY
AND JOHNSON, THEY’RE WORRIED
ABOUT THIS PROBE, DOJ,
HUNTER BIDEN POTENTIAL TAX
EVASION, MONEY LAUNDERING,
VIOLATION OF FOREIGN LOBBYING
LAWS, THEY’RE WORRIED IT COULD
BE COMPROMISED BECAUSE IT IS
BEING HELD IN DELAWARE, IT IS
BEING DONE IN DELAWARE.
THEY’RE ASKING WHETHER ANY
WORKERS IN THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S
OFFICE IN BIDEN’S HOME STATE OF
DELAWARE RECUSED THEMSELVES.
THEY’RE UPSET, THEY’RE NOT
GETTING ANY ANSWERS WITH THE DOJ
ON THIS.
>> TO BE HONEST THAT IS WHERE
ELECTIONS MAKE A DIFFERENCE, RON
JOHNSON IS CHAIRMAN NEXT YEAR,
CHUCK GRASSLEY IS CHAIRMAN
AGAIN, WE’LL SEE A VERY
DIFFERENT RESPONSE BY DEFINITION
OR AT LEAST SUBPOENAS THAT CAN
BE ISSUED.
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE BASICALLY
STICKING UP A FINGER TO THESE
SENATORS AS THEY DID DURING
"FAST & FURIOUS" AND OTHER TIMES
WHEN WE WEREN’T IN THE MAJORITY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH
GOVERNMENT WHICH IS ALL IN THE
HANDS OF ONE PARTY THAT PARTY
CAN BE VERY ARROGANT AND RIGHT
NOW THE PARTY OF THE PRESIDENT
IS ARROGANTLY IGNORING THE
LEGITIMACY OF THESE REQUESTS.