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ACTUALLY SAID. >> OKAY.
JOINING ME NOW, I'M EXHAUSTING MYSELF THERE.
YOU REMEMBER, OF COURSE, THE SENATE JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE ON
CRIME AND TERRORISM. WELL, THE TESTIMONY WAS GIVEN
TODAY. I'M GETTING A LITTLE DISCUSSED
WITH SEAN SPICER AND THOSE PEOPLE.
THEY'RE TALKING LIKE -- NORTH KOREANS.
IN THE SENSE OF ALL MIMICKING THEIR BOSSES LATEST TANTRUM.
>> SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS
COMPROMISED. THE QUESTION IS WHY, THEN, TWO
DAYS LATER THEY ALLOWED FLYNN TO BE ON THE CALL WITH PUTIN AND
THE PRESIDENT FOR AN HOUR AND THEN ALLOWED THEM TO REMAIN FOR
16 MORE DAYS AFTER THAT, A TOTAL OF 18 DAYS.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT HE WAS COMPROMISED.
I WAS THE ONE THAT ASKED BOTH DIRECTOR CLAPPER AND THE FORMER
ATTORNEY GENERAL YATES ABOUT THE FACT THAT ISN'T THIS BLACKMAIL
WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE HIRE RANKING OFFICIAL SAYING ONE
THING ON TAPE AND THEN ANOTHER THING, LYING TO THE VICE
PRESIDENT AND THEN ANOTHER THING IN PUBLIC, ISN'T THAT MATERIAL
FOR BLACKMAIL. THEY BOTH DEFINITIVELY SAID YES.
>> ANY WAY TODAY, THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE JAMES CLAPPER WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT, HERE IS WHAT
HE SAID. >> JUST A STANDARD COMMENT, A
GENERAL COMMENT, I DON'T THINK IT WAS -- I DON'T THINK IT WAS A
GOOD PRACTICE, PUT IT THAT WAY. >> SENATOR, WHAT DO YOU MAKE
ABOUT SOMEBODY GRABBING A CHECK, SOME OF THESE SPEECHES, $34,000
FROM RNT WHICH IS THE PROPAGANDA ARMY ARM OF THE RUSSIANS, YOU
KNOW WE'RE TAKING PROPAGANDA MONEY.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE TAKING IT FROM SOME OF THE FAVORITE COOK
BOOKS. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE TOLD TO
PROP GANDIZE AND YOU'RE A GENERAL AND YOU DON'T TELL YOUR
SUPERIORS YOU DON'T CHECK IT IN. I MEAN, THIS IS THE STUFF, YOU
KNOW. YOU'RE TAKING MONEY FROM OUR OUR
ENEMY AND YOU'RE KEEPING IT SECRET.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT 34,000 IS IN RUE BELLS, IT SEEMS THAT'S A
PRETTY GOOD DINNER TICKET FOR SHOWING UP AND GIVING A SPEECH.
>> THIS IS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IN INTELLIGENCE FOR YEARS AND
YEARS AND YEARS, KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT RUSSIAN TV IS ALL ABOUT.
I DON'T THINK DIRECTOR CLAPPER COULD HAVE BEEN CLEARER TODAY
WHEN HE SAID THIS IS STILL GOING ON, THAT RUSSIA HAS BEEN
ABSOLUTELY EMPOWERED BY WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN
THIS LAST ELECTION AND THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER DOING SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, NOT INFORMING HIS SUPERIORS.
IT IS COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS. AND, AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE LEARNING
TODAY IS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WARNED PRESIDENT TRUMP ABOUT
THIS AND HE STILL CONTINUED TO STICK WITH FLYNN.
>> I THINK THE BIG THING YOU JUST SAID THERE IN THAT RAP UP,
WITH CLAPPER, CLAPPER SAID IT BETTER.
THIS IS ON GOING. THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM OF THE
PAST. THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO
LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE. IN YOUR CAREER YOU'LL BE DEALING
WITH THIS FOR YEARS, DEALING WITH THE RUSSIANS.
>> I WANT TO SEEN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION I'VE BEEN CALLING FOR
IT SINCE JANUARY 4th. WHEN FOUR OF US STOOD THERE AND
YES THIS IS ABOUT GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT FLYNN DID AND
WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATION DID. IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING US IN 2018
AND 2020. RIGHT NOW AS ONE PARTY, NEXT
TIME IT WILL BE THE OTHER PARTY, THIS IS ABOUT OUR DEMOCRACY, THE
CYBER ATTACK IN FRANCE. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
>> IT'S THAT RECENT IN FRANCE. I NOTICE THE SENATOR CAME OUT
AND SAID THE SAME EXACT THING,

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