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00:04:39.620 --> 00:04:43.990 he's on. AIPAC and defense contractors. Lockheed Martin and Northrop 69 00:04:44.029 --> 00:04:46.949 Grumman both donated to him. But that's not all. AIPAC 70 00:04:47.029 --> 00:04:51.569 donated $ 390, 000 to Pete Ricketts. The Senate voted on whether 71 00:04:51.629 --> 00:04:54.160 Congress should have a say in the Iran war. Pete 72 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:57.000 Ricketts didn't show up. It failed by one. When it 73 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:01.040 came back, he voted no. Pete Ricketts, delivering to the 74 00:05:01.579 --> 00:05:02.600 military-industrial complex. 75 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:06.740 Now, did you see this? Town Hall's Kyle Olson obtained 76 00:05:06.779 --> 00:05:10.560 hidden camera video of Gavin Newsom recorded by an undercover 77 00:05:10.579 --> 00:05:13.189 journalist in New Hampshire in the middle of this month. 78 00:05:14.230 --> 00:05:19.990 And listen to where Newsom says, admits his party is heading. 79 00:05:20.009 --> 00:05:21.610 I think it's, I mean, I think. 80 00:05:25.089 --> 00:05:27.509 No one is arguing to manage the status quo or 81 00:05:27.569 --> 00:05:29.689 fail more efficiently. 82 00:05:29.889 --> 00:05:34.740 So I think that the DSA, the energy and the 83 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:38.420 desire and demand for bold change, non-incremental change. 84 00:05:38.519 --> 00:05:40.699 Is very much going to be dominant. 85 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:43.290 I mean, that's going to be mainstream democratically. 86 00:05:43.470 --> 00:05:44.230 Absolutely. 87 00:05:44.269 --> 00:05:45.370 No question in my mind. 88 00:05:45.410 --> 00:05:47.050 You can't play in the margins anymore. 89 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:53.319 The whole system's broken. It's completely unbalanced. 90 00:05:53.579 --> 00:05:56.220 And we can't manage to define it. 91 00:05:56.259 --> 00:05:57.699 We have to completely reimagine it. 92 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:01.720 Not even hiding it anymore. That's the man widely expected 93 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:05.300 to run for the Democratic nomination for president. And the 94 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:12.339 DSA on Sunday published a statement titled, Parabens Lula and Brazil. 95 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:18.019 It congratulated Lula with tremendous pride. Declared. that it stands 96 00:06:18.139 --> 00:06:23.759 in solidarity with our comrades. And Lula's Workers' Party boasted 97 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:27.519 that it sent people to accompany both rounds of Brazil's 98 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:31.839 election and said it hopes that work, quote, may serve 99 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:35.019 as the base for a political alternative to the current 100 00:06:35.420 --> 00:06:39.639 state of U.S.-Brazil relations. They even go so far as 101 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:42.459 to accuse Trump of interfering in the election through politically 102 00:06:42.540 --> 00:06:47.889 motivated tariffs. Then they accused Meta of manipulating social media. Meta, 103 00:06:48.449 --> 00:06:51.990 that's Facebook, the same company that censored conservatives for years. 104 00:06:53.329 --> 00:06:57.759 And listen to how they talk about the dictatorship 90 105 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:02.800 miles south of Florida. Last night, Florida, Congressman Byron Donalds, 106 00:07:02.819 --> 00:07:05.959 a Republican nominee for governor, posted this clip of that 107 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:10.750 same Angie Nixon being asked by CBS whether Cuba is 108 00:07:10.829 --> 00:07:11.889 a dictatorship. 109 00:07:11.930 --> 00:07:12.129 Look. 110 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:15.620 Do you consider that Cuba is a dictatorship? 111 00:07:15.980 --> 00:07:18.620 You know, that is what people have told me. I 112 00:07:18.660 --> 00:07:20.379 have never been to Cuba, and so I will have 113 00:07:20.430 --> 00:07:22.730 to take their word for it. And I know you're 114 00:07:22.750 --> 00:07:25.550 going to go into this, how do I feel things 115 00:07:25.589 --> 00:07:29.649 need to be handled with Cuban relations? Right now, this 116 00:07:29.810 --> 00:07:34.629 decades-long failed embargo has yet to change over the regime. 117 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:38.350 She's going to have to take his word for it. 118 00:07:38.819 --> 00:07:45.449 And then talks about the failed embargo. Make no mistake, folks, 119 00:07:45.509 --> 00:07:50.750 they are not hiding any of this anymore. They're telling 120 00:07:50.810 --> 00:07:55.279 you exactly who they cheer for and exactly who they 121 00:07:55.339 --> 00:08:00.420 want locked up. In Brazil, the man who lost was 122 00:08:00.540 --> 00:08:04.000 barred from leaving his own country within hours of the result. 123 00:08:05.259 --> 00:08:11.540 The people cheering get the power here? What happens to 124 00:08:11.579 --> 00:08:14.480 the next candidate that runs against him? You saw what 125 00:08:14.500 --> 00:08:17.680 they were willing to do to President Trump. What happens 126 00:08:17.899 --> 00:08:21.269 when you end up on the wrong side of their prosecutors? 127 00:08:21.870 --> 00:08:26.329 And with one week until the midterm elections here, are 128 00:08:26.370 --> 00:08:29.629 you willing to roll the dice to find out Still 129 00:08:29.689 --> 00:08:36.190 ahead tonight, Brazil's election court confirmed the result at 9.09 130 00:08:36.190 --> 00:08:41.389 Sunday night. And at 9.16, federal police signed a 16-page 131 00:08:41.429 --> 00:08:47.350 request to take Flavio Bolsonaro's passports away. Seven minutes by 132 00:08:47.409 --> 00:08:50.629 Monday's Brazil stock market had its worst day since the pandemic. 133 00:08:51.350 --> 00:08:54.029 What is going to happen next with Brazil? Is Flavio 134 00:08:54.210 --> 00:08:57.289 on his way to the United States to save himself 135 00:08:57.669 --> 00:09:01.549 from Lula's prosecution? Paulo Figueiro joins me next with more. 136 00:09:01.629 --> 00:09:04.490 Then James Comey charged for a third time under the 137 00:09:04.529 --> 00:09:07.990 same law he once told Congress is

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REGARDLESS 156 00:10:18.100 --> 00:10:21.500 OF WHAT HAPPENED ON ELECTION NIGHT, LULA HAD HIS MOVE 157 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:24.690 READY BEFORE THE COUNT WAS EVEN CALLED. 158 00:10:24.710 --> 00:10:26.710 159 00:10:26.730 --> 00:10:28.470 160 00:10:28.509 --> 00:10:29.960 161 00:10:29.980 --> 00:10:36.399 OGLOBO OBTAINED 162 00:10:36.419 --> 00:10:39.840 THE FEDERAL POLICE REQUEST TO SEIZE FLAVIO'S PASSPORTS. THE ELECTION 163 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:43.799 COURT CONFIRMED THE RESULT AT 9.09 THAT NIGHT, BRAZIL TIME. 164 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:49.259 POLICE SIGNED THEIR 16-PAGE REQUEST AT 9.16, SEVEN MINUTES AFTER. 165 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:54.850 THEY HAD IT PREPARED. JUSTICE ALEXANDRE DE MORAES SIGNED OFF 166 00:10:54.889 --> 00:10:59.889 THAT SAME NIGHT WITHOUT CONSULTING BRAZIL'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL. Flavio Bolsonaro 167 00:10:59.970 --> 00:11:02.750 said police were waiting at his father's door on Monday 168 00:11:02.809 --> 00:11:05.990 morning to serve him on the street. They were taking 169 00:11:06.029 --> 00:11:09.970 his passports so he couldn't leave the country. Brazil's Gazeta 170 00:11:10.029 --> 00:11:14.029 de Povo called it pure revenge of the winners against 171 00:11:14.049 --> 00:11:17.059 the losers with the collaboration of a morally compromised judge. 172 00:11:17.419 --> 00:11:21.519 This month, the same justice also canceled Eduardo's passports as well. 173 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:25.379 Flavio missed this morning's deadline to turn in his passports. 174 00:11:26.059 --> 00:11:30.480 Federal police canceled the passports. Flavio's lawyer said they couldn't 175 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:35.980 reach him. And Reuters, the New York Post, CNN, they 176 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:39.990 all reported that Flavio left Brazil. Now he's going to 177 00:11:40.029 --> 00:11:43.690 seek asylum in the United States. And congressmen from Lula's 178 00:11:43.730 --> 00:11:46.830 party have now asked Marais to order his arrest and 179 00:11:46.870 --> 00:11:49.490 an Interpol red notice. But with a candidate having to 180 00:11:49.610 --> 00:11:52.789 flee the country to escape persecution just for running against 181 00:11:53.029 --> 00:11:56.220 the socialist dictator of Brazil. Who's to say that the 182 00:11:56.279 --> 00:11:59.960 socialists slowly taking over the Democratic Party won't see this 183 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:02.220 and think they can get away with the exact same 184 00:12:02.259 --> 00:12:05.240 thing here if they take power in the midterms next week? 185 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:10.490 And with Brazil's right told to just stay home and 186 00:12:10.549 --> 00:12:16.769 Flavio having to flee, who can fight for Flavio? Joining 187 00:12:16.789 --> 00:12:19.149 me now to break this all down and what comes next, 188 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:23.059 Paulo Figueiredo, journalist, host of The Paulo Figueiredo Show, and 189 00:12:23.100 --> 00:12:27.700 grandson of former Brazilian president, Chao Figueiredo. Welcome back, David Pollak, PRIMETIME. 190 00:12:27.779 --> 00:12:30.820 I have been watching what was happening in Brazil. I 191 00:12:30.860 --> 00:12:36.620 watched on election night yesterday. I covered the miraculous, miraculous 192 00:12:36.710 --> 00:12:42.070 victory of Lula against all odds, statistically impossible win. His friend, 193 00:12:42.149 --> 00:12:46.929 his lawyer, extending polls in just certain locations for two hours, 194 00:12:47.409 --> 00:12:52.789 the insane shift in trajectory. And then, of course, 16 195 00:12:52.789 --> 00:12:57.580 minutes later, a warrant to seize Flavio's passports to keep 196 00:12:57.600 --> 00:13:01.919 him from leaving the country. And now reports that he 197 00:13:01.980 --> 00:13:07.120 was able, thankfully, to flee, to escape from Lula's prosecution 198 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:10.070 and de Moraes' prosecution. Now, we don't know if he's 199 00:13:10.110 --> 00:13:12.649 in the United States yet. That's what the reports say. 200 00:13:13.350 --> 00:13:14.990 What is the latest out of Brazil, my friend? 201 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:19.700 Oh, it's very sad. Not only the whole way and 202 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:22.330 everything that happened on the election night, you know, it 203 00:13:22.370 --> 00:13:26.289 was like what you've been covering, the way that they 204 00:13:26.529 --> 00:13:30.629 issued the former lawyer of the Workers' Party received a 205 00:13:30.669 --> 00:13:35.639

request from his office. partner in the law firm, former 206 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:38.429 partner in his law firm, on behalf of the party 207 00:13:38.470 --> 00:13:42.450 he used to work for, given in order to extend 208 00:13:43.009 --> 00:13:47.879 the duration of the voting. Also, President Trump, even President 209 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:50.620 Trump talked about how bad it was, the extension was. 210 00:13:51.019 --> 00:13:55.779 And also, there's a bunch of of unexplainable things. The 211 00:13:57.440 --> 00:14:03.039 turnout was unprecedented in areas that usually do not have 212 00:14:03.500 --> 00:14:06.539 high turnouts. I mean, some of the things we're now 213 00:14:06.679 --> 00:14:13.549 learning that in hundreds of different voting sessions, Flavio Bolsonaro 214 00:14:13.590 --> 00:14:18.230 miraculously had zero votes and some stuff that the U.S. 215 00:14:18.409 --> 00:14:22.940 audience is familiarized with. I have to remind them that 216 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:25.419 it's worse in Brazil than it is in the United 217 00:14:25.460 --> 00:14:31.450 States because in Brazil, the electoral system is fully electronic. 218 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:36.259 And fully centralized with no paper trail. So what happens 219 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:38.779 is that you go to a place and you type 220 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:41.259 the number of your candidate. It sends to a machine. 221 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:45.740 A machine sends to a central computer to which very 222 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:49.279 few people have access to. And then you just hope 223 00:14:49.340 --> 00:14:53.919 and pray that the results are accurate. Correct. And remember, 224 00:14:54.100 --> 00:14:58.210 the government has a strong influence over these courts. So 225 00:14:58.250 --> 00:15:02.529 it's very much like Venezuela in several senses. So this 226 00:15:02.649 --> 00:15:05.129 is how Lula miraculously, for the first time in the 227 00:15:05.169 --> 00:15:08.759 history of the Republic of Brazil, was able to lose 228 00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:11.860 on the first round, but win on the second round 229 00:15:12.299 --> 00:15:17.379 by a margin that was unbelievable. And even with the polls, remember, 230 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:20.789 all the polls said I believe out of 18 polls, 231 00:15:20.830 --> 00:15:24.090 only two said Lula was ahead. The other said Flavin 232 00:15:24.129 --> 00:15:28.830 was ahead. And normally the polls are inaccurate because they 233 00:15:29.029 --> 00:15:32.289 underestimate the conservative candidate like they did on the first 234 00:15:32.370 --> 00:15:38.340 round and on every single race in the country. So 235 00:15:38.500 --> 00:15:43.269 that's what happened. The other thing that's happening is Immediately. 236 00:15:43.570 --> 00:15:46.750 You said 16 minutes, but I think it was seven minutes. 237 00:15:46.809 --> 00:15:48.889 I was doing my show now, and it was seven 238 00:15:48.970 --> 00:15:53.549 minutes after the Superior Electoral Court proclaimed the result of 239 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:59.759 the election. An order seizing Flavio Bolsonaro's passport was issued 240 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:05.340 by Justice Alexandre Moraes, and he had to give his 241 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:09.250 passport away today. And the reports are that he left 242 00:16:09.309 --> 00:16:15.279 Brazil by a different border and came to the United States. 243 00:16:15.659 --> 00:16:19.379 So I can't talk much about the actual situation in 244 00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:24.370 order to protect Flavio Bolsonaro's safety until he's 100% safe 245 00:16:24.529 --> 00:16:30.480 and well-established. But I can say that he definitely... had 246 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:34.220 to leave Brazil because of the situation. And it's very sad. 247 00:16:34.259 --> 00:16:36.399 How do you call, Dave? How do you call a 248 00:16:36.460 --> 00:16:40.500 country that whoever loses an election has to leave and 249 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:42.899 has his passport seized? I don't know how you call 250 00:16:42.940 --> 00:16:47.440 that in an election that is tainted with so many 251 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:53.340 strong and substantiated allegations. 252 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:57.179 Yeah, well, and you know, this is really a warning 253 00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:59.500 and a wake-up call to the United States. We saw 254 00:16:59.539 --> 00:17:01.269 this here. You and I, I think the very first 255 00:17:01.289 --> 00:17:05.210 time we talked, it was leading up to the 2024 election. 256 00:17:05.289 --> 00:17:08.089 It was actually right after the 2024 election. And we 257 00:17:08.329 --> 00:17:13.519 drew parallels to what happened to Jair Bolsonaro And what 258 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:15.740 happened in the United States with President Trump after 2020? 259 00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:18.380 They tried to put him in jail. They impeached him 260 00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:20.700 after he was president. They wanted to keep him from 261 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:22.740 being able to run for president. They indicted him four 262 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:25.259 different times. They tried to bankrupt him. And then you 263 00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:27.160 look at a place like Brazil. They did the same 264 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:31.000 thing to Lula's former political opponent. And then all eyes 265 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:34.789 were on Brazil for this election. And then what happens 266 00:17:34.829 --> 00:17:38.549 to a senator from Brazil who dares to run against Lula? 267 00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:42.410 They seize his passports within minutes after the election's over 268 00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:47.180 just to really... to set a precedent, don't you dare 269 00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:49.619 run against Lula. Now, I hope he did flee. I 270 00:17:49.660 --> 00:17:51.460 hope he ends up in the United States. I hope 271 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:54.619 he'll get asylum. But this is a warning for Americans 272 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:57.259 because look at

just seven days in the United States. 273 00:17:57.720 --> 00:18:00.900 Look at who wants to be elected. The same Democratic 274 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:04.200 socialists who rushed to congratulate Lula. The man who's trying 275 00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:07.569 to imprison his political opponents. They've threatened their own political 276 00:18:07.589 --> 00:18:09.930 opponents here in the United States and they're congratulating Lula 277 00:18:10.130 --> 00:18:12.990 for doing what he did. This is a fight that 278 00:18:13.049 --> 00:18:15.170 we're going to have to fight here as well, because 279 00:18:15.230 --> 00:18:17.349 if these same people win, they'll do the same thing 280 00:18:17.369 --> 00:18:20.390 they're congratulating, right? They are. 281 00:18:20.470 --> 00:18:23.869 And look, you have to think about it. The biggest 282 00:18:23.930 --> 00:18:28.880 conservative movement in Brazil is the Bolsonaro-ism after Jair Bolsonaro, right? 283 00:18:29.269 --> 00:18:33.200 It's the MAGA of Brazil. It's called Bolsonarism. Out of 284 00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:37.019 the Bolsonaro family, we have right now Jair, the father, 285 00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:41.630 former president, convicted to 27 years or life sentence in prison. 286 00:18:41.670 --> 00:18:45.730 He's now serving his time in house arrest after he 287 00:18:45.789 --> 00:18:49.849 almost died in regular prison. You have Eduardo Bolsonaro, his son, 288 00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:52.730 former congressman, the most voted congressman of Brazil, been to 289 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:55.799 your show many times, right now living in the United 290 00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:59.460 States in exile. And allegedly, you now have the former 291 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:03.599 candidate and senator of Brazil, Flávio Bolsonaro, also living in 292 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:06.779 the United States in exile. So America needs to be 293 00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:10.819 aware that there's no other country that people can run 294 00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:15.099 to other than America. So America needs to protect its 295 00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:19.420 freedom because there's nowhere else to go. And you got 296 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:21.940 to think about it because it's the same people that 297 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:24.480 are doing this in Brazil. They are here in American 298 00:19:24.569 --> 00:19:27.829 Democratic Party. So when I see people that have, oh, 299 00:19:28.289 --> 00:19:31.769 I'm not voting this year because I'm mad with whatever 300 00:19:31.869 --> 00:19:34.710 Trump did that person didn't like. I'm like, no, you 301 00:19:34.730 --> 00:19:38.880 don't have that option. You're protecting the only safe haven 302 00:19:39.390 --> 00:19:42.980 of freedom in the world. So if you can vote, 303 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:48.450 get your butt out and vote and vote. on Republicans 304 00:19:48.509 --> 00:19:53.349 because Democrats are made of the same fabric of Lula 305 00:19:53.390 --> 00:19:56.549 da Silva. That's why they support him. Lula da Silva 306 00:19:56.589 --> 00:19:59.690 is heavily supported by the Democrats. You see no word 307 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:04.119 from Democrats about what's going on in Brazil. They actually 308 00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:07.799 supported and congratulated Lula because they're on the same side. 309 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:10.220 Lula was elected, you've got to remember that, with a 310 00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:14.960 strong influence from the Biden administration, all top officials, and 311 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:18.619 a shit ton of money from USAID. So, again, I 312 00:20:18.859 --> 00:20:23.099 just I beg the American people to go and vote 313 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:26.849 on the midterms because the witch hunt they're doing against 314 00:20:26.890 --> 00:20:29.670 Bolsonaro is exactly what they're going to try to do 315 00:20:30.029 --> 00:20:34.069 when they control the Congress after the midterms with American conservatives. 316 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:36.759 And you're exactly right. It's a stark warning. It's an 317 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:39.460 important warning. Americans need to listen up. This isn't about 318 00:20:39.829 --> 00:20:44.390 gas prices. This is literally about a mentality of people 319 00:20:44.750 --> 00:20:46.650 who we know what they'll do when they get power. 320 00:20:46.670 --> 00:20:49.180 I've warned and warned and warned. You only vote for 321 00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:54.609 socialism once. And Brazil is showing us why that's true. Paulo, 322 00:20:54.690 --> 00:20:57.029 thank you so much for being here. Listen, anybody who 323 00:20:57.069 --> 00:21:00.910 wants to follow this that can understand Portuguese, watch Paulo's 324 00:21:00.970 --> 00:21:05.440 podcast for all the latest. The information you're providing is 325 00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:07.700 so important to the American people to see. Just seven 326 00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:09.940 days here. Great warnings. Thank you for being here, my friend. 327 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:11.319 And I'll talk to you again real soon. 328 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:13.079 Thanks for having me, Dave. 329 00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:19.269 Thank you. Coming up, James Comey, speaking of corruption, James 330 00:21:19.369 --> 00:21:22.950 Comey has been charged for a third time, two counts 331 00:21:23.329 --> 00:21:26.690 under the Espionage Act over an alleged leak to the 332 00:21:26.789 --> 00:21:31.319 New York Times in 2016. He calls it an appalling abuse. 333 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:35.839 But in 2017, Congress asked him whether leaking classified information 334 00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:39.519 to the press breaks the law. His answer, yes. Rob Knorr, 335 00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:42.779 host of The Normal America Show, joins me right after this. 336 00:21:49.509 --> 00:21:51.309 For all of our viewers out there asking where to 337 00:21:51.369 --> 00:21:54.029 watch One America News, we'd like to introduce you to 338 00:21:54.210 --> 00:21:56.910 OAN Live. OAN

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That was only the warm-up act because yesterday, 350 00:22:41.910 --> 00:22:47.130 a federal judge in Washington unsealed new charges against the 351 00:22:47.170 --> 00:22:51.529 man who ran the FBI back then, Mr. James Comey. 352 00:22:52.269 --> 00:22:53.190 And here's how he took it. 353 00:22:53.630 --> 00:22:56.970 Well, they're back again. It would almost be funny if 354 00:22:57.029 --> 00:22:59.849 it weren't such an appalling abuse of the Department of Justice, 355 00:23:00.789 --> 00:23:04.670 one that we cannot become numb to. Nothing's changed with me. 356 00:23:04.690 --> 00:23:07.180 I'm still innocent. I'm still not afraid of these people. 357 00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:10.079 And I still believe in the independent federal judiciary. 358 00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:13.380 This is the third time in a little over a 359 00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:16.720 year he's been charged. A judge tossed the first case 360 00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:20.910 over how the prosecutor was appointed. That's on appeal. The 361 00:23:20.910 --> 00:23:27.420 8647 seashells case is still pending in North Carolina. This 362 00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:30.940 one is under two counts under the Espionage Act, sharing 363 00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:34.960 national defense information with someone not entitled to it and 364 00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:39.480 conspiring to do it up to 10 years each. It 365 00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:43.619 goes back to October 5th, 2016, when the New York 366 00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:47.420 Times ran a story on government surveillance of Yahoo email 367 00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:51.849 sourced to two unnamed officials. You know these anonymous sources. 368 00:23:52.190 --> 00:23:55.809 Prosecutors allege Comey directed staff to talk to the Times 369 00:23:55.849 --> 00:24:01.140 reporter and thereby illegally transferred classified information. And a 2020 370 00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:05.940 FBI memo says, declassified and posted last year by FBI 371 00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:09.410 Director Kash Patel, says the bureau's own top lawyer was 372 00:24:09.589 --> 00:24:12.509 one of those two sources. He said the order came 373 00:24:12.589 --> 00:24:15.849 through Comey's chief of staff and he understood it came 374 00:24:16.009 --> 00:24:21.059 from Comey himself. Comey knew the law in March 2017. 375 00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:24.279 House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes asked him point blank look. 376 00:24:24.750 --> 00:24:28.410 Does the unauthorized disclosure of classified information to the press 377 00:24:28.549 --> 00:24:33.279 violate 18 USC 793, a section of the Espionage Act 378 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:38.559 that criminalizes improperly accessing, handling, or transmitting national defense information? 379 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.160 Yes. 380 00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:44.339 Would an unauthorized disclosure of FISA-derived information to the press 381 00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:49.109 violate 18 USC 798, a section of the Espionage Act 382 00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:54.640 that criminalizes disclosure of information concerning the communication and intelligence 383 00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:56.240 activities of the United States. 384 00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:59.119 Yes, in addition to being a breach of our trust 385 00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:01.980 with the FISA court that oversees our use of those authorities. 386 00:25:02.690 --> 00:25:08.279 Section 793 is the same law prosecutors say he broke. 387 00:25:08.930 --> 00:25:11.940 Comey calls this an abuse. Look at the record from 388 00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:17.059 his own FBI. His bureau opened Crossfire Hurricane, the investigation 389 00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:20.140 into the Trump campaign in the summer of 2016. He 390 00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:24.589 signed three of the four Carter Page surveillance applications, and 391 00:25:24.630 --> 00:25:29.569 the inspector general found 17 significant errors and omissions in them. 392 00:25:30.170 --> 00:25:33.289 He admitted under oath that he had a friend share 393 00:25:33.470 --> 00:25:36.369 one of his memos about the president with a reporter, 394 00:25:36.630 --> 00:25:39.779 and the inspector general said he set a, quote, dangerous 395 00:25:39.910 --> 00:25:47.059 example for 35,000 FBI employees. President Trump saw who Comey 396 00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:50.359 was from the start, and he fired him. Last night, 397 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:52.140 he was asked about this case. 398 00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:56.349 Look. No, I don't know too much about it. I 399 00:25:56.369 --> 00:25:59.559 just heard about it. Well, I think he's a dirty cop, 400 00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:02.059 James Comey, but I know nothing about it. He's a 401 00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.779 dirty cop. 402 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:06.440 Prosecutors filed on October 5th, 10 years to the day 403 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:10.109 to beat the statute of limitations. Comey hasn't been indicted. 404 00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:13.009 His lawyers say prosecutors agreed to hold off on a 405 00:26:13.049 --> 00:26:18.069 grand jury while Judge Trevor

McFadden weighs his motion to dismiss. Look, 406 00:26:18.349 --> 00:26:23.759 this is not retribution. It's accountability. The FBI holds the 407 00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:27.079 most powerful surveillance tools in this country. If the man 408 00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:30.680 at the top gets to decide which secrets leak and 409 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:34.559 which campaigns get watched, well, the rules don't apply. The 410 00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:38.549 rules apply only to you. So will a grand jury 411 00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:43.430 indict him? Once that hold runs out, will a Washington 412 00:26:43.490 --> 00:26:47.390 judge let it go forward? AND WHO ARE THE OTHERS, 413 00:26:47.890 --> 00:26:51.990 KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, PROSECUTORS SAY HE CONSPIRED WITH? IT'S GETTING 414 00:26:52.230 --> 00:26:55.849 VERY INTERESTING, FOLKS. JOINING ME NOW, ROB NOOR, HOST OF 415 00:26:56.029 --> 00:26:59.710 NORMAL AMERICA. ROB, WELCOME TO DAVID POLLACK PRIME TIME. LOOK, 416 00:26:59.849 --> 00:27:01.930 YOU AND I WERE AT A DEBATE. IT JUST AIRED 417 00:27:01.990 --> 00:27:04.829 LIKE A WEEK AGO. THE OTHER SIDE WAS SCREAMING AND CRYING, 418 00:27:05.089 --> 00:27:10.299 WHERE'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY? And now two FBI, senior FBI officials 419 00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:14.759 now have been arrested. James Comey, another superseding indictment on 420 00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:16.880 top of all the other things they've been looking into. 421 00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:19.329 This is what we said was happening. It just takes time. 422 00:27:19.950 --> 00:27:20.390 What do you think? 423 00:27:21.390 --> 00:27:24.910 Yeah, I absolutely agree. Look, it's very important. As you said, 424 00:27:24.950 --> 00:27:25.990 this isn't retribution. 425 00:27:26.049 --> 00:27:26.869 It's accountability. 426 00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:29.880 For me, it's weird to think this because it's been 427 00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:33.440 such a crazy eight years. I think that the Russiagate 428 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:36.849 was the biggest political scandal in the history of this country. 429 00:27:36.910 --> 00:27:39.809 If you go back to the benchmark of Watergate, you 430 00:27:39.829 --> 00:27:42.170 can actually see that that was a couple of bumbling 431 00:27:42.230 --> 00:27:45.349 fools in a hotel. Here we have the most powerful 432 00:27:45.390 --> 00:27:48.799 investigative agency in the history of the world being weaponized 433 00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:50.700 by Democrats to go after Russia. 434 00:27:51.170 --> 00:27:52.069 They're opponents. 435 00:27:52.190 --> 00:27:54.490 And what we see is, as you said, 17 missteps, 436 00:27:54.549 --> 00:27:57.849 including the FBI lied to the FISA court when they 437 00:27:57.890 --> 00:28:01.240 said they talked to the primary subsource and he was truthful. 438 00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:03.200 What they didn't tell him was that he was truthful 439 00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:06.119 in saying it was basically all made up. James Comey 440 00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:08.940 ran this

show. He had agents that were talking about 441 00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:11.960 how they wanted an insurance policy to stop Donald Trump. 442 00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:15.759 Everything we've seen from a pattern of the FBI from 443 00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:17.960 the time of James Comey when Trump came down that 444 00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:22.130 escalator until now shows that they were using lawfare to 445 00:28:22.150 --> 00:28:24.609 go after Trump. They were leaking like a sieve to 446 00:28:24.630 --> 00:28:27.730 go after Trump. And Trump's been hamstringed for now going 447 00:28:27.849 --> 00:28:31.910 on 12 years by these organizations. And it starts with 448 00:28:31.930 --> 00:28:35.210 James Comey. His reputation and what he'll be remembered for 449 00:28:35.269 --> 00:28:39.059 is leading the most corrupt institution in this country as 450 00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:42.380 a weapon for the Democratic Party. And he's destroyed any 451 00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.819 credibility that institution has. 452 00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:46.900 Yeah, and I think he's just another domino to fall. 453 00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:49.119 I mean, this is something Trump has been working on 454 00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:52.529 literally since he was sworn in. Again, these things take time. 455 00:28:52.569 --> 00:28:55.730 We saw the rushed indictment against him and Fannie... Oh, 456 00:28:55.809 --> 00:28:59.650 not Fannie Willis. They're all the same. Letitia James get 457 00:28:59.690 --> 00:29:02.710 thrown out. And we don't want these things to get dismissed. 458 00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:04.240 We want them to stick. So you have to take time. 459 00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:06.220 You have to make sure... You're buttoning up everything. You 460 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.779 have to make sure it can survive a motion to 461 00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:10.900 dismiss because the last thing you want is the left saying, oh, 462 00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:13.920 he's weaponizing the government. It is retribution. We need to 463 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:19.099 have indictments that stick because we want justice. We want accountability. 464 00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:21.160 And the worst thing you can do if you're trying 465 00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:24.740 to get accountability is indict people, have those charges dismissed 466 00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:27.019 with prejudice, and then you can't do anything again. They 467 00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:28.940 go on TV and brag about what they did, and 468 00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:32.869 it emboldens the next generation of corrupt cops. And so 469 00:29:32.910 --> 00:29:35.049 that's why it's so important we get this right. Now, 470 00:29:35.109 --> 00:29:39.289 I think more indictments, more charges, I think more investigations 471 00:29:39.390 --> 00:29:42.690 are going to be ONGOING. ACCOUNTABILITY IS COMING. BUT THIS SHOWS, 472 00:29:43.190 --> 00:29:47.769 THIS SHOWS EVERYBODY WITHOUT A SHADOW OF Trump's own FBI 473 00:29:47.849 --> 00:29:51.210 was during Trump's first term and how important it is 474 00:29:51.230 --> 00:29:53.789 that we reform the FBI. Now, of course, as I 475 00:29:53.890 --> 00:29:56.269 always said, I think reform comes from the top down. 476 00:29:56.309 --> 00:29:58.410 A fish rots from the top down, especially in government. 477 00:29:58.630 --> 00:30:00.710 So you have to reform the leadership and then you 478 00:30:00.750 --> 00:30:03.630 reform the FBI as a whole. We had a former 479 00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:08.819 FBI supervisory special agent on yesterday who basically said the 480 00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:10.619 FBI is filled with great people. There's some bad apples 481 00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:14.019 that got promoted through for political purposes. And we're rooting 482 00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:17.839 those out. So I think we're moving in the right direction, Rob, right? Yeah, 483 00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:19.279 I mean, I think you're absolutely right. 484 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:23.309 It is unfortunate that all my adult life, I'm 42, 485 00:30:23.309 --> 00:30:26.849 my adult life, I've watched corruption from these institutions. When 486 00:30:26.869 --> 00:30:28.970 we finally get a guy that in my area of 487 00:30:28.990 --> 00:30:32.670 the world, rural Pennsylvania, that we supported in Donald Trump, 488 00:30:32.950 --> 00:30:34.910 it seems like all of a sudden, all of these 489 00:30:34.950 --> 00:30:38.759 things were weaponized against him. For example, I can accept 490 00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:41.200 if we're going to have an equal standard and be 491 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:45.539 aggressive going after a president and their administrators. Take far-up uses, 492 00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:47.420 failing to register as a foreign lobbyist. Well, it's one 493 00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:50.849 of the worst-kept secrets in Washington that this is rampant, 494 00:30:51.230 --> 00:30:54.289 that there are people on all sides, law firms, lawyers, 495 00:30:54.369 --> 00:30:58.170 et cetera, that are coordinating and basically lobbying for foreign 496 00:30:58.269 --> 00:31:02.440 entities without registering. Now, James Comey and the FBI decided 497 00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:04.920 that they were going to aggressively go after Paul Manafort. 498 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:06.960 I guess it was the Mueller report that came afterwards. 499 00:31:07.410 --> 00:31:09.490 They go after Manafort for this, and yet in the 500 00:31:09.529 --> 00:31:12.609 indictment it says he worked with Group 1 and Group 2. 501 00:31:12.609 --> 00:31:16.470 Group 2 was the Podesta Group, led by John Podesta, 502 00:31:16.549 --> 00:31:19.980 who was in the exact same position, campaign manager of 503 00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:23.160 Hillary's team, as Manafort was as Trump's team. Of course, 504 00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:26.500 that indictment showed that he was working in 2013. This 505 00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:29.140 was before Trump was even in politics. But who was 506 00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:31.960 in politics?

Well, Hillary Clinton would have been Secretary of State. 507 00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:35.670 I wonder who they were lobbying to. Anyways, the point 508 00:31:35.750 --> 00:31:38.609 being that we could see that this double standard has 509 00:31:38.630 --> 00:31:41.230 been employed over and over. Crimes that have been committed 510 00:31:41.309 --> 00:31:44.369 by the Democrats are made up about Trump and they 511 00:31:44.410 --> 00:31:47.460 investigate those. So I understand the frustration of people saying, 512 00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:51.119 we want accountability. We want these people that weaponized our 513 00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:52.619 institutions to be held accountable. 514 00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:55.140 But you're absolutely right. This doesn't mean that we could 515 00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.859 do it flippantly. 516 00:31:56.329 --> 00:31:58.670 You also have to keep in mind that the average 517 00:31:58.730 --> 00:32:01.000 person doesn't look into these cases as much as me 518 00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:03.549 and you. And if they see a bunch of exonerations, 519 00:32:03.930 --> 00:32:07.450 they'll start to become sort of angry with the process 520 00:32:07.490 --> 00:32:09.650 in that regard and think that the narrative that the 521 00:32:09.690 --> 00:32:12.099 Democrats are spinning that Trump is just vindictive is true. 522 00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:14.630 So we are starting to see results. We have the 523 00:32:14.690 --> 00:32:17.240 first indictment of Antifa that came out of Dallas there 524 00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:20.779 last year for them attacking ICE officers. We saw that 525 00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:23.480 there are indictments that are coming up in Minneapolis where 526 00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:26.420 they were using Telegram to coordinate attacks against ICE. The 527 00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:29.480 case still goes in Florida, which is looking at sort 528 00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:31.900 of a RICO type case that John Brennan and others 529 00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:34.900 that were higher ups in the intel community to disenfranchise 530 00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:37.589 voters by using their station to use lawfare to go 531 00:32:37.630 --> 00:32:41.029 after Donald Trump, including spying on him. So, yes, I 532 00:32:41.109 --> 00:32:44.029 know that it's easy to get impatient with these things, 533 00:32:44.289 --> 00:32:46.910 but we're seeing more results on accountability that I think 534 00:32:46.970 --> 00:32:49.559 that most people thought would be possible within the first 535 00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:51.039 two years of Trump's second term here. 536 00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:53.599 And it's such a great point you made because you're 537 00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:57.269 exactly right. If Democrats take the House in next week, 538 00:32:57.289 --> 00:32:59.299 which I hope doesn't happen, but we have to prepare 539 00:32:59.339 --> 00:33:02.380 for the possibility. AND IF THEY GET ELECTED IN 2028, 540 00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:05.000 THEY ARE GOING TO TURN AROUND AND WEAPONIZE THIS GOVERNMENT AGAIN. 541 00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:09.559 THEY ARE BRAGGING ABOUT HOW DESPERATELY THEY WANT TO PUT 542 00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:12.539 THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENTS IN JAIL. IF WE ARE NOT CAREFUL 543 00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:15.660 AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ENGAGING IN LAWFARE, THEN 544 00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:18.819 WHAT IS THE ARGUMENT WHEN THEY START ENGAGING IN LAWFARE, 545 00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:20.660 WHICH IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT WE GET THESE THINGS RIGHT, 546 00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:23.069 WHICH IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT WE EXPOSE THESE THINGS. 547 00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:29.859 THERE ARE A LOT OF VICTIMS HERE. And accountability needs 548 00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:32.430 to come for those people, too. Rob, great takes. Great 549 00:33:32.450 --> 00:33:33.789 having you on the show. I can't wait to have 550 00:33:33.809 --> 00:33:36.940 you back on real soon, my friend. Always a pleasure. 551 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.619 Thanks for having me. 552 00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:42.950 Thank you. Still ahead, the director of national intelligence warns 553 00:33:43.410 --> 00:33:47.000 that Iran is plotting against Americans and it has reached 554 00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:51.420 advanced stages. Iranian officials told the New York Times that 555 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:53.339 Americans are, quote, fair game. 556 00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.299 And U.S. 557 00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:58.660 Officials say Iran might try to kill officials on American soil. 558 00:33:59.299 --> 00:34:03.849 The president says it's getting to be decision time. And later, 559 00:34:03.930 --> 00:34:06.569 Nicki Minaj flew to a Trump rally on Air Force One. 560 00:34:06.789 --> 00:34:10.679 The president complimented her from stage, and his critics are 561 00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:14.019 calling it, well, a scandal. She wasn't offended. We got 562 00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:15.239 more on that later. Don't go anywhere. 563 00:34:21.690 --> 00:34:23.489 For all of our viewers out there asking where to 564 00:34:23.550 --> 00:34:26.219 watch One America News, we'd like to introduce you to 565 00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:29.079 OAN Live. OAN Live is the best way to stay 566 00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:31.340 up to date on the hardest hitting news and our 567 00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:33.960 talk shows. And the best part is OAN Live is 568 00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:38.820 only $ 4. 99 per month. Credible, honest, and unbiased reporting at 569 00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:41.280 a fraction of the cost of cable. So just click 570 00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:44.760 on the link at the top of our homepage, OANN.com, 571 00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:47.630 to easily sign up for the news and conservative talk 572 00:34:47.809 --> 00:34:49.070 you can't get anywhere else. 573 00:34:58.000 --> 00:35:02.179 Last night, we talked about Iran's missing uranium and where 574 00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:05.469 it is and who's watching it. But tonight, the question is, 575 00:35:05.849 --> 00:35:10.530 who Iran

is watching? The answer is us. On Friday, 576 00:35:10.610 --> 00:35:13.949 Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton sent Secretary of State 577 00:35:14.269 --> 00:35:17.469 Marco Rubio a memo first obtained by Axios saying, quote, 578 00:35:17.989 --> 00:35:21.909 the lethal plotting efforts by the Iranians against U.S. citizens 579 00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:25.699 have reached advanced stages in both the Middle East and 580 00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:30.699 certain other countries. AGES. THAT'S NOT CHATTER. THAT'S A WARNING. 581 00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:34.480 THIS IS PART OF WHY OUR STATE DEPARTMENT PULLED FAMILIES 582 00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:37.679 OUT OF SAUDI ARABIA AND CUT STAFF IN JORDAN, LEBANON, KATAR, 583 00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:42.449 AND THE UAE. A U.S. OFFICIAL TOLD AXIOS THE REASON? 584 00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:46.909 IRANIAN TERROR PLOTS. AMERICANS SERVING OVERSEAS ARE NOW TARGETS. AND 585 00:35:47.050 --> 00:35:50.489 ONE OFFICIAL TOLD THE TIMES THERE'S SOME EVIDENCE IRAN HAS 586 00:35:50.650 --> 00:35:54.449 OPERATIVES INSIDE OUR OWN COUNTRY WHO ARE, QUOTE, NOT JUST 587 00:35:54.489 --> 00:35:59.139 SIMPLY IRANIAN NATIONALS. The president is weighing his answer. CNN 588 00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:03.139 reports our forces could strike within 96 hours of his order. 589 00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:05.510 Here's President Trump on Fox News this Sunday. 590 00:36:06.090 --> 00:36:08.570 So what happens is I have a decision to make. 591 00:36:08.670 --> 00:36:11.570 Do I finish it off, which would be very easy 592 00:36:11.610 --> 00:36:12.869 to do, or do I make a deal? 593 00:36:13.170 --> 00:36:15.590 That's a decision. 594 00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:17.260 Getting a big decision time, Larry. 595 00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:22.699 Now, Israelis voted today, their first national election since October 7th. 596 00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:26.070 With the highest afternoon turnout on record, President Trump endorsed 597 00:36:26.090 --> 00:36:30.090 Prime Minister Netanyahu twice, telling Israelis, we have to finish 598 00:36:30.150 --> 00:36:34.289 the job that we started. Final Channel 12 poll had 599 00:36:34.429 --> 00:36:39.210 former Army Chief Gadi Issanat's Yishar party at 23 seats, 600 00:36:39.230 --> 00:36:44.960 Likud at 21 seats. And neither block at the 61 601 00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:47.159 it takes to govern. The exit polls are out, but 602 00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:50.820 they're not the final word. The official count runs to Thursday, 603 00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:54.619 and we'll break it all down tomorrow. So if Tehran 604 00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:58.239 is already hunting Americans, what does a deal actually buy us? 605 00:36:58.280 --> 00:37:01.260 And if Israel's next prime minister isn't Bibi Netanyahu, who 606 00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:06.050 finishes the job? Joining me now is the chief intelligence officer, editorius, 607 00:37:06.389 --> 00:37:10.019 Stefano Rittendale. Welcome back, David Pollack, Prime Time. First, let's 608 00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:13.980 take the Iranian kill list, essentially. How much of a 609 00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:17.030 threat is this to the United States? And is this, again, 610 00:37:17.150 --> 00:37:21.050 just yet another reason why Trump is so insistent upon 611 00:37:21.110 --> 00:37:22.389 finishing the job with Iran? 612 00:37:23.630 --> 00:37:25.210 Well, David, first, thank you so much for having me 613 00:37:25.269 --> 00:37:29.900 on again. Look, the reports from the Director of National 614 00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:32.860 Intelligence about this kill list targeting U.S. diplomats in the 615 00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:36.909 Middle East follows a similar pattern that we've seen Iran do, frankly, 616 00:37:36.969 --> 00:37:40.250 for decades, right? I mean, we've seen them specifically target 617 00:37:40.929 --> 00:37:45.309 Israeli citizens and personnel around the world. There was a 618 00:37:45.369 --> 00:37:48.909 famous terrorist attack in Bulgaria. We've seen it in Thailand. 619 00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:53.639 We've seen the Iranians really conduct assassination plots targeting Israel 620 00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:54.039 and U.S. 621 00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.519 Interests. 622 00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:58.530 And this latest one is no different. The key questions 623 00:37:58.590 --> 00:38:00.989 that we obviously would have, that I would have, that 624 00:38:01.090 --> 00:38:03.750 we won't know right now because the information is classified, 625 00:38:03.849 --> 00:38:08.050 is when they say advanced planning, what does that specifically entail? 626 00:38:08.110 --> 00:38:11.039 In other words, are we talking about the Iranians that 627 00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:14.340 have recruited, let's say, host nation citizens to conduct these attacks? 628 00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:17.800 Are these operatives from the IRGC could force that have 629 00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:21.010 been as part of this organization for decades Are these 630 00:38:21.030 --> 00:38:24.449 sleeper cells? Are these members of Hezbollah, their proxy networks? Obviously, 631 00:38:24.489 --> 00:38:26.769 there's a lot of unknowns, but that does show the 632 00:38:26.809 --> 00:38:30.320 sophistication of the IRGC in Iran and their terror plots. 633 00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:33.019 And we have a history of them conducting terrorist attacks, 634 00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:35.400 as well as utilizing drones and ballistic missiles to achieve 635 00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:38.159 their objectives. So obviously, this is something that the State 636 00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:41.420 Department is taking very seriously and is warning American citizens 637 00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:43.179 and American diplomats with evacuations. 638 00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:44.280 But I think the U.S. 639 00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:47.889 Intelligence community and law enforcement are very well prepared to 640 00:38:47.949 --> 00:38:50.309 thwart these terrorist attacks, as we've shown in the past. 641 00:38:51.130 --> 00:38:55.360 So, and again,

this is why a lot of when 642 00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:57.739 people argue, oh, Iran's no threat to the United States, 643 00:38:57.760 --> 00:39:00.530 this whole thing is ridiculous. You know, there are so 644 00:39:00.570 --> 00:39:03.369 many different threats from Iran, not just terror proxies, not 645 00:39:03.409 --> 00:39:06.190 just what you just mentioned. I mean, it's just Iran 646 00:39:06.230 --> 00:39:10.130 has been REALLY JUST SUCH A PAIN. I MEAN, AND 647 00:39:10.210 --> 00:39:12.699 WEAKENING THE IRGC, AND EVEN IF, I'M NOT SAYING WE 648 00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:14.420 REPLACE THE REGIME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE END GOAL 649 00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:17.039 IS THERE BESIDES WEAKENING THEM INTO SUBMISSION AND MAKING SURE 650 00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:19.619 THEY CAN'T BUILD A NUCLEAR WEAPON, BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN'T 651 00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:22.639 DO WHAT PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS DID AND MAKE THEM STRONGER BY 652 00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:24.670 GIVING THEM CASH AND UNLOCKING ALL THEIR ASSETS. WE HAVE 653 00:39:24.690 --> 00:39:26.429 TO WEAKEN THEM TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN'T CARRY 654 00:39:26.449 --> 00:39:29.010 OUT THEIR DEVIOUS PLANS. Now, let's pivot real quick to Israel, 655 00:39:29.070 --> 00:39:31.489 because a lot of people, of course, claim that the 656 00:39:31.530 --> 00:39:34.590 United States is helping Israel in all of this. And 657 00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:38.820 Israel has been a partner in our offensive against Iran. 658 00:39:39.239 --> 00:39:42.940 How significant are these elections to FINISHING THE JOB IN IRAN, 659 00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:45.079 BECAUSE TRUMP SAYS HE'S WAITING UNTIL AFTER THE MIDTERMS. MIDTERMS 660 00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:48.909 ARE A WEEK AWAY. ISRAEL'S VOTING NOW. COULD THE ELECTION 661 00:39:48.929 --> 00:39:51.090 THERE POTENTIALLY CHANGE PLANS HERE FOR US AT HOME? 662 00:39:52.289 --> 00:39:54.050 YOU KNOW, IF I MAY JUST QUICKLY END ON THIS 663 00:39:54.090 --> 00:39:56.469 POINT BEFORE I TRANSITION TO YOUR QUESTION THAT TIES IN ISRAEL. 664 00:39:57.199 --> 00:40:01.179 In 2025, there was another advanced Iranian assassination plot based 665 00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:03.760 out of their embassy in Caracas before Maduro was removed 666 00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:06.920 that targeted the Israeli ambassador in Mexico. So that shows 667 00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:10.030 the Iranian threat in the Western Hemisphere that the U.S., 668 00:40:10.190 --> 00:40:12.429 with assistance of the Mexican government, was actually able to 669 00:40:12.510 --> 00:40:16.150 thwart that was planned out of Venezuela. But to your 670 00:40:16.210 --> 00:40:18.170 point about the elections, I mean, these are very significant 671 00:40:18.210 --> 00:40:20.929 elections that are going on in Israel. But one of 672 00:40:20.949 --> 00:40:23.070 the key questions that I would have is we have 673 00:40:23.110 --> 00:40:25.909 to see how the blocks end. And as you said, 674 00:40:25.949 --> 00:40:30.329 the opposition and Netanyahu, there was

very interesting reporting that 675 00:40:30.449 --> 00:40:34.630 indicates that the Trump administration might be interested in keeping 676 00:40:34.670 --> 00:40:38.349 Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister, but him entering into a 677 00:40:38.389 --> 00:40:42.369 coalition with the opposition and basically removing kind of the 678 00:40:42.429 --> 00:40:45.860 far right elements that have right now really assured that 679 00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:48.599 Benjamin Netanyahu stays in power, right? And so this grand 680 00:40:48.659 --> 00:40:52.539 coalition government, removing kind of these far-right elements of the 681 00:40:52.559 --> 00:40:55.739 Israeli political system right now. It's very hard to see 682 00:40:55.780 --> 00:40:58.349 that right now the opposition would acquiesce to that. Obviously, 683 00:40:58.369 --> 00:41:01.630 there's a lot of bad blood between the opposition and Netanyahu. 684 00:41:01.909 --> 00:41:04.369 But I think Netanyahu might be much more receptive of 685 00:41:04.409 --> 00:41:06.769 that option with the backing of the United States. The 686 00:41:06.789 --> 00:41:08.800 key question is, does the opposition do this? But to 687 00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:11.980 the broader question of, you know, how does Mike translate 688 00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:15.219 for military operations against Iran? Look, the Israeli political system 689 00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:18.440 is a very convoluted, to say the least. We might 690 00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:21.059 complain about the United States. I welcome our viewers to 691 00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:24.639 jump in into the Israeli Knesset and try to understand 692 00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:28.239 how that works. Regardless, it's going to take time for 693 00:41:28.260 --> 00:41:30.969 that coalition government to kind of take place. And similar 694 00:41:31.010 --> 00:41:33.409 to the United States, right, let's look at the November election. 695 00:41:33.710 --> 00:41:36.449 If the Democratic win or the Republican wins, the new 696 00:41:36.510 --> 00:41:39.530 Congress doesn't come into office until January. You can look 697 00:41:39.630 --> 00:41:42.670 outside of a complete blowout, the same situation playing with 698 00:41:42.690 --> 00:41:45.360 the Knesset in Israel. That is time that the U.S. 699 00:41:45.409 --> 00:41:47.369 and Israel can leverage to say, well, we're going to 700 00:41:47.389 --> 00:41:49.909 conduct our military operations now that the elections are done 701 00:41:50.329 --> 00:41:52.949 to meet our overall objectives, whatever it may be, regime 702 00:41:52.989 --> 00:41:55.710 change all the way to degrading the nuclear capability or 703 00:41:55.769 --> 00:41:59.110 the terrorist proxy. So the elections are significant. It will 704 00:41:59.130 --> 00:42:02.309 have a huge impact on 2027. But between now and then, 705 00:42:02.329 --> 00:42:05.070 a lot can happen, and the U.S. and Israeli military 706 00:42:05.090 --> 00:42:07.820 are quickly positioned to conduct operations in no time. 707 00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:09.900 Yeah, I think we're going to see shock and awe 708 00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:14.860 the day after– On November 4th, I think Iran can 709 00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:16.599 set their watch to it. Maybe that gets them to 710 00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:18.539 the negotiation table, and I think they'll be looking back 711 00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:21.780 at that memorandum of understanding, hoping to go back to it. Stefano, 712 00:42:21.840 --> 00:42:23.139 always great to have you on. Thank you so much 713 00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:23.719 for being here, my friend. 714 00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:25.599 David, thank you so much for having me. 715 00:42:26.340 --> 00:42:29.400 Coming up, Nicki Minaj flew to a Trump rally on 716 00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:34.210 Air Force One. The president complimented her from the stage, 717 00:42:34.849 --> 00:42:37.269 but there are some critics that are not too happy 718 00:42:37.309 --> 00:42:40.630 with his comments. But Nicki's own reaction was, thank you, 719 00:42:40.670 --> 00:42:44.190 President Trump. You know, some people are upset on her behalf. 720 00:42:44.849 --> 00:42:46.849 She seems to want no part of it. We break 721 00:42:46.889 --> 00:42:48.360 it all down next. 722 00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:56.679 For all of our viewers out there asking where to 723 00:42:56.739 --> 00:42:59.400 watch One America News, we'd like to introduce you to 724 00:42:59.599 --> 00:43:02.260 OAN Live. OAN Live is the best way to stay 725 00:43:02.360 --> 00:43:04.519 up to date on the hardest hitting news and our 726 00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:07.139 talk shows. And the best part is OAN Live is 727 00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:07.579 only $ 4. 728 00:43:07.340 --> 00:43:07.840 99 per month. 729 00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:12.599 Credible, honest, and unbiased reporting at a fraction of the 730 00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:15.280 cost of cable. So just click on the link at 731 00:43:15.300 --> 00:43:18.889 the top of our homepage, OANN.com, to easily sign up 732 00:43:19.090 --> 00:43:22.269 for the news and conservative talk you can't get anywhere else. 733 00:43:31.190 --> 00:43:36.809 Back in 2014, rapper Nicki Minaj released a song called Anaconda. 734 00:43:37.630 --> 00:43:40.650 Everybody knows the song. Bill Port reported the video set 735 00:43:40.730 --> 00:43:44.929 a Vivo record, 19.6 million views in 24 hours. And 736 00:43:44.949 --> 00:43:48.789 the whole song was a tribute to her, you know, derriere. 737 00:43:49.969 --> 00:43:55.269 The culture called that empowerment. Then on Sunday in Port Huron, Michigan, 738 00:43:55.849 --> 00:43:58.909 the president of the United States made a, let's just 739 00:43:58.949 --> 00:44:03.969 say an observation. Background is this. Nicki flew to the 740 00:44:04.010 --> 00:44:06.610 rally on Air Force One. Trump was retelling a story 741 00:44:06.679 --> 00:44:10.760 about Senator John Husted when he spotted Nicki in the crowd. 742 00:44:10.980 -->

00:44:11.159 Look. 743 00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:13.099 By the way, I looked at one hell of a 744 00:44:13.139 --> 00:44:24.800 beautiful ass before Nicki Minaj. That's hard to miss. That's 745 00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:38.929 stand up. That's hard to miss. Okay, I'm going to 746 00:44:38.949 --> 00:44:41.840 get back to my story. I hope Nikki wasn't insulted, 747 00:44:41.880 --> 00:44:44.380 but we love Nikki. She's been with us for. 748 00:44:44.280 --> 00:44:48.900 A long time. According to Billboard, Nikki stood up, put 749 00:44:48.940 --> 00:44:51.239 a finger in the air, did a spin and a wave, 750 00:44:51.260 --> 00:44:54.380 and then she took the stage, led the crowd in 751 00:44:54.400 --> 00:44:56.900 We Love Trump chant, and told him this. 752 00:44:57.940 --> 00:45:00.400 So, President Trump, it is an honor to stand with 753 00:45:00.440 --> 00:45:03.719 you every single time, and I will continue. 754 00:45:03.300 --> 00:45:07.000 To support you forever and ever. If you run again, 755 00:45:07.019 --> 00:45:08.579 I will support you again. 756 00:45:12.199 --> 00:45:15.369 That night, in a post on X praising Republican candidates, 757 00:45:15.730 --> 00:45:19.909 she wrote, Thank you, President Trump. We appreciate you. The 758 00:45:20.010 --> 00:45:24.360 one woman withstanding to be offended said, Thank you. And 759 00:45:24.400 --> 00:45:26.869 she's been in his corner a while. In January, at 760 00:45:26.909 --> 00:45:30.849 a Treasury Department event, Nikki called herself probably the president's 761 00:45:30.869 --> 00:45:34.710 number one fan and said, the hate actually motivates me 762 00:45:34.750 --> 00:45:38.360 to support him more. Now, to be fair, the comment 763 00:45:38.409 --> 00:45:42.739 did raise some eyebrows, even from her own side, but 764 00:45:42.820 --> 00:45:45.760 nothing Trump said was as awful as what we heard 765 00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:51.840 from the hateful left. So who's upset? Take Tara Setmeyer. 766 00:45:52.460 --> 00:45:56.280 A former Republican who runs the Seneca Project, she posted 767 00:45:56.780 --> 00:46:00.929 that Nicki's backside is, quote, fake, and called Trump a pig. 768 00:46:01.409 --> 00:46:05.150 On Don Lemon's show Monday, journalist Jemele Hill called Nicki 769 00:46:06.030 --> 00:46:10.309 a political prostitute. Then she went further. 770 00:46:10.349 --> 00:46:10.570 Look. 771 00:46:11.070 --> 00:46:12.860 And now you see people like Nicki Minaj, who made 772 00:46:12.900 --> 00:46:18.360 an awful lot of money in hip-hop, aligning themselves comfortably 773 00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:19.340 with white supremacy. 774 00:46:19.760 --> 00:46:22.500 Trump paid her a compliment on something she built a 775 00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:27.000 brand around. His critics insulted her body and her character 776 00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:31.139 because she backed him. The comedians also chimed in. Jimmy 777 00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:34.039 Kimmel and Jon Stewart both did bits on Monday night 778 00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:37.440 and on Fox's The Five. Greg Gutfeld called Trump, quote, 779 00:46:37.500 --> 00:46:40.719 the least sexist person alive, joking he objectifies to both 780 00:46:40.800 --> 00:46:44.980 men and women. The Democrat in that Michigan Senate race, 781 00:46:45.099 --> 00:46:49.320 Abdul El-Said, says Trump was talking about backsides instead of 782 00:46:49.610 --> 00:46:54.769 the issues. Tough words. That's a campaign talking point. Bottom 783 00:46:54.789 --> 00:46:58.809 line is this. A superstar with nearly 27 million followers 784 00:46:58.869 --> 00:47:01.670 on X stood on a Trump stage, and the left's 785 00:47:01.730 --> 00:47:06.230 answer was to mock her and attack her. Trump's crowd 786 00:47:06.429 --> 00:47:09.809 cheered her. So will people be offended by Trump's comments? 787 00:47:10.010 --> 00:47:10.250 Sure. 788 00:47:10.389 --> 00:47:13.880 I'm sure some will be. But Trump is Trump. And 789 00:47:13.889 --> 00:47:16.179 I don't think anyone's going to vote for a socialist, 790 00:47:16.619 --> 00:47:18.420 even if they were offended, at least no one on 791 00:47:18.539 --> 00:47:22.400 our side. Joining me now is author and political commentator, 792 00:47:22.420 --> 00:47:27.590 Shamika Michelle. Welcome to Apollo Prime Time. Look, I saw 793 00:47:27.650 --> 00:47:30.389 this on, what, Sunday, I guess. I didn't think it 794 00:47:30.429 --> 00:47:34.010 was real. I remember saying, no, this isn't real. No, 795 00:47:34.050 --> 00:47:35.730 this isn't real. Even when I saw it on news, 796 00:47:35.769 --> 00:47:38.190 I'm like, no, this isn't real. And then it turns 797 00:47:38.250 --> 00:47:42.329 out it's real. I'm not sure how I feel about it. 798 00:47:43.909 --> 00:47:46.849 You know, my instinct is to support the president and say, OK, whatever. 799 00:47:46.869 --> 00:47:48.650 He's making a joke and nobody seemed to mind. Nikki 800 00:47:48.670 --> 00:47:50.420 didn't seem to mind. She said, thank you, President Trump. 801 00:47:50.460 --> 00:47:53.360 But there is a chance it's offended some people. What's 802 00:47:53.380 --> 00:47:57.710 your thoughts on this? So, yes, I'm with you, David. 803 00:47:57.789 --> 00:48:00.349 Initially, when I saw it, I thought to myself, this 804 00:48:00.409 --> 00:48:02.900 couldn't be real. I clicked off of it because I 805 00:48:02.940 --> 00:48:06.840 thought this is definitely AI. I know for a fact 806 00:48:07.099 --> 00:48:10.719 my president, not my president. I know he didn't say this, 807 00:48:10.780 --> 00:48:13.650 but then turns out, yes, it seems to be real. 808 00:48:13.730 --> 00:48:17.710 And I was completely shocked. And I actually had a 809 00:48:17.750 --> 00:48:21.619 problem with it. simply because President Trump is married, but 810 00:48:21.760 --> 00:48:25.219 also Nicki Minaj is married. And I just thought that 811 00:48:25.420 --> 00:48:30.880 a man should not be commenting on another man's wife's behind. 812 00:48:31.280 -->

00:48:33.679 And so many people are saying, oh, well, you know, 813 00:48:33.760 --> 00:48:36.880 Nicki has talked about her own behind, but she wasn't 814 00:48:36.960 --> 00:48:40.440 doing that in that capacity at the time. So I 815 00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:44.340 just felt like she was well-covered, she was well-dressed. And 816 00:48:44.380 --> 00:48:47.429 I know Trump said it's hard to miss but it's 817 00:48:47.469 --> 00:48:51.130 hard to miss because it's surgically enhanced. But I don't 818 00:48:51.210 --> 00:48:54.210 think just because it's hard to miss means that you 819 00:48:54.250 --> 00:48:57.429 have to comment or point it out. She wasn't there as, 820 00:48:57.590 --> 00:49:02.460 you know, a rapper. She wasn't entertaining. She wasn't uncovered 821 00:49:02.539 --> 00:49:06.500 or half-dressed. And so I thought with the respect that 822 00:49:06.559 --> 00:49:09.800 she presented herself there, It's the same respect that she 823 00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:13.449 should get. We know that Melania has posed nude before, 824 00:49:13.809 --> 00:49:16.489 but we give her respect as the first lady of 825 00:49:16.530 --> 00:49:19.530 the United States. And I don't allow other people to 826 00:49:19.570 --> 00:49:21.780 kind of throw... that in her face. And so it 827 00:49:21.820 --> 00:49:25.679 was the same with me for Nikki. I think she 828 00:49:25.719 --> 00:49:29.710 was operating in a different capacity. The way she presented 829 00:49:29.750 --> 00:49:31.630 herself should have been honored. 830 00:49:32.429 --> 00:49:32.630 Yeah. 831 00:49:32.670 --> 00:49:35.480 You know, and that was initially, You know, I guess 832 00:49:35.519 --> 00:49:37.699 why I felt a little weird about it, too, just 833 00:49:37.739 --> 00:49:40.280 because I was like, yeah, she does that in her professional. 834 00:49:40.300 --> 00:49:42.829 You know, she talks about her butt a lot in 835 00:49:42.869 --> 00:49:45.550 her professional career. But I mean, what people do on 836 00:49:45.610 --> 00:49:47.539 stage and the way they make the music isn't necessarily 837 00:49:47.579 --> 00:49:50.820 the person. And so. I felt like maybe Trump got 838 00:49:50.860 --> 00:49:54.460 a little carried away, as Trump does. But here's the thing. 839 00:49:55.079 --> 00:49:56.739 And again, I'm not going to sit back and be 840 00:49:56.780 --> 00:50:01.349 offended for somebody else. So Nicki Minaj seems to take 841 00:50:01.369 --> 00:50:04.050 it graciously. You know, she did turn around and, like, 842 00:50:04.090 --> 00:50:07.429 kind of wave and And, you know, she doesn't seem 843 00:50:07.469 --> 00:50:09.429 to be offended by it. And so I'm resting in 844 00:50:09.469 --> 00:50:13.659 the sense that she didn't seem to mind. But the 845 00:50:13.739 --> 00:50:17.840 reality is this. It's a rally, right? And the point 846 00:50:17.880 --> 00:50:20.280 of rallies is to get people motivated to show up 847 00:50:20.340 --> 00:50:24.730 and vote. And any opportunity that somebody... Look, you support Trump, 848 00:50:24.829 --> 00:50:28.550 and you're offended. And so, you know, you don't want... 849 00:50:28.989 --> 00:50:31.590 to lose any votes, just even if you're being funny 850 00:50:31.639 --> 00:50:33.539 and making light of a situation, even if Nicki Minaj 851 00:50:33.579 --> 00:50:36.219 didn't mind, it still has the potential to lose votes. 852 00:50:36.239 --> 00:50:38.989 Do you think anybody would stay home as a result 853 00:50:39.030 --> 00:50:40.329 of this, or is this one of those things where 854 00:50:40.349 --> 00:50:42.329 you kind of just roll your eyes and, ah, whatever, 855 00:50:42.369 --> 00:50:42.869 it's just Trump? 856 00:50:44.280 --> 00:50:46.639 Yeah, I think it's just Trump. I think if this 857 00:50:46.679 --> 00:50:50.320 would keep somebody staying home, they were going to stay 858 00:50:50.389 --> 00:50:53.010 home to start with. You know, I'm not offended to 859 00:50:53.050 --> 00:50:55.769 the point that I would stay home or even to 860 00:50:55.809 --> 00:50:59.329 the point that I would be upset or mad with 861 00:50:59.409 --> 00:51:03.130 anybody who thought it was OK. You know, I just 862 00:51:03.170 --> 00:51:06.239 thought it was disrespectful to her husband. I feel like 863 00:51:06.469 --> 00:51:10.320 as a society. We have just started to not respect 864 00:51:10.460 --> 00:51:14.179 men in general. And so for me, this was just 865 00:51:14.260 --> 00:51:17.989 another time where I said, OK, we're not respecting her husband, 866 00:51:18.090 --> 00:51:21.190 you know, even or the position that he's in, because 867 00:51:21.230 --> 00:51:23.710 so many people has brought up his, you know, criminal 868 00:51:23.829 --> 00:51:27.420 record or whatever. Even if you don't respect the man, 869 00:51:27.539 --> 00:51:30.599 respect the position that he's in. And so that was 870 00:51:30.639 --> 00:51:32.420 kind of my take. But I don't think it's going 871 00:51:32.440 --> 00:51:36.420 to keep people staying home unless they just weren't coming 872 00:51:36.500 --> 00:51:38.860 out to start with. I don't think it's that big. 873 00:51:38.699 --> 00:51:39.139 Of a deal. 874 00:51:39.159 --> 00:51:41.280 Yeah, you know, Shamika, you make a great point with that. 875 00:51:41.340 --> 00:51:43.619 It is, you know, you have to respect the husband here, too. 876 00:51:44.119 --> 00:51:46.530 And look, I'm glad Nicki Minaj made light of it. 877 00:51:47.300 --> 00:51:51.139 It really was. It's just a moment. But look, the 878 00:51:51.179 --> 00:51:52.739 focus needs to be on. 879 00:51:54.230 --> 00:51:56.510 Really what the significance of this midterm coming up just 880 00:51:56.590 --> 00:52:00.150 one week from now and what it means to this country. 881 00:52:00.190 --> 00:52:02.239 And certainly, you know, even if you want to call 882 00:52:02.260 --> 00:52:04.159 it a gaffer, just Trump being Trump, I don't think 883 00:52:04.179 --> 00:52:05.820 that's going to move the needle or convince anybody they 884 00:52:05.840 --> 00:52:08.639 should vote for a socialist as a result. So, you know, 885 00:52:09.039 --> 00:52:11.820 it's very interesting. I had to cover it just because 886 00:52:12.300 --> 00:52:14.639 it was just such a crazy story. And I know 887 00:52:14.659 --> 00:52:16.400 a lot of people are wondering if it's real. I'm like, 888 00:52:16.519 --> 00:52:18.760 I got I got to talk about it. Shamika, I 889 00:52:18.780 --> 00:52:20.070 appreciate you being here as always. 890 00:52:21.449 --> 00:52:22.269 Thank you, David. 891 00:52:22.329 --> 00:52:25.570 Thank you. That's our show for tonight. Make sure you 892 00:52:25.590 --> 00:52:29.570 tune in tomorrow. We have Dr. Robert Malone joining us 893 00:52:29.630 --> 00:52:34.429 again because we're not talking enough about health care reform. Remember, 894 00:52:34.510 --> 00:52:38.679 Obamacare ruined health care, made it the unaffordable health care act. 895 00:52:39.159 --> 00:52:41.699 and Republicans have an opportunity to reform it. We're not 896 00:52:41.760 --> 00:52:43.829 talking about it enough, so we're talking about it tomorrow. 897 00:52:44.110 --> 00:52:45.989 And as always, be sure to stay in touch with 898 00:52:46.050 --> 00:52:49.170 us on social media. I'm David Pollak, USA Everywhere, or 899 00:52:49.210 --> 00:52:52.760 send us an email, davidpollakprimetime at oaann.com. 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