WEBVTT 00:00.624 --> 00:02.854 IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. 00:02.856 --> 00:05.312 TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN. 00:05.346 --> 00:07.842 JOINING US NOW IS "JUST THE 00:07.877 --> 00:09.859 NEWS" EDITOR-IN-CHIEF JOHN 00:09.860 --> 00:14.125 SOLOMON, AUTHOR OF THE BOOK 00:14.159 --> 00:15.993 "FALLOUT: NUCLEAR BRIBES, 00:16.028 --> 00:18.322 RUSSIAN SPIES AND THE WASHINGTON 00:18.357 --> 00:20.864 LIES THAT ENRICHED THE BIDEN AND 00:20.898 --> 00:21.467 CLINTON DYNASTIES." 00:21.468 --> 00:23.059 JOHN, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:23.060 --> 00:24.481 >> THANK YOU, LOU. 00:24.482 --> 00:27.660 LOU: I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION 00:27.661 --> 00:29.987 TO THESE BLOCKBUSTER ELEMENTS IN 00:30.021 --> 00:31.083 THE WASHINGTON -- THE 00:31.084 --> 00:31.926 WASHINGTON, "THE NEW YORK 00:31.927 --> 00:32.780 POST"MENT. 00:32.781 --> 00:34.830 >> YEAH. 00:34.864 --> 00:39.436 LOU: A BOMBSHELL REPORT ON BIDEN 00:39.437 --> 00:42.964 AND UNCOVERED DOCUMENTS FROM A 00:42.998 --> 00:45.411 LAPTOP HARD DRIVE THAT WAS 00:45.446 --> 00:47.706 OSTENSIBLY LEFT OF IN A COMPUTER 00:47.707 --> 00:50.632 REPAIR SHOP BY HUNTER BIDEN. 00:50.634 --> 00:51.601 YOUR REACTION. 00:51.635 --> 00:53.989 >> WELL, IT’S ANOTHER REACTION 00:54.024 --> 00:56.424 THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE MAN 00:56.425 --> 00:58.383 RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW, 00:58.385 --> 01:00.291 HIS SON WORKED FOR A CORRUPT 01:00.325 --> 01:01.974 UKRAINE OLIGARCH AND HAD ALL THE 01:02.009 --> 01:02.681 ELEMENTS OF CORRUPTION 01:02.682 --> 01:03.466 SURROUNDING THEM IN THAT 01:03.467 --> 01:03.980 RELATIONSHIP. 01:03.981 --> 01:05.659 AND THEN WHEN NEW REVELATIONS 01:05.660 --> 01:07.454 COME OUT THAT MAYBE COULD INFORM 01:07.489 --> 01:09.395 THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, A WHOLE NEW 01:09.429 --> 01:11.102 SET OF AMERICAN OLIGARCHS -- 01:11.103 --> 01:12.384 THOSE WHO CONTROL FACEBOOK AND 01:12.418 --> 01:13.742 TWITTER -- TRY TO KEEP THAT 01:13.777 --> 01:15.463 STORY FROM THE AMERICAN PLUCK. 01:15.465 --> 01:17.725 IT’S THE TALE OF TWO OLIGARCHS, 01:17.726 --> 01:18.695 THE POWERFUL SOCIAL MEDIA 01:18.696 --> 01:20.159 OLIGARCHS THAT CONTROL THOUGHT 01:20.193 --> 01:22.909 NOW IN AMERICA AND THE OLIGARCH 01:22.910 --> 01:25.024 THAT HIRED HUNTER BIDEN WHILE HE 01:25.058 --> 01:25.895 WAS UNDER CORRUPTION 01:25.896 --> 01:27.305 INVESTIGATION, PAID HIM MILLIONS 01:27.340 --> 01:29.144 OF DOLLARS AND MANAGED TO WALK 01:29.178 --> 01:30.028 AWAY WITHOUT BEING PROSECUTED. 01:30.062 --> 01:31.693 IT’S A TRAGEDY YOU CAN STORY, 01:31.728 --> 01:33.216 AND IT’S WHY PEOPLE -- TRAGIC 01:33.217 --> 01:34.402 STORY, AND IT’S WHY PEOPLE HAVE 01:34.404 --> 01:36.708 TO MAKE A HARD DECISION ON 01:36.742 --> 01:37.783 NOVEMBER 3RD. 01:37.818 --> 01:41.398 LOU: YEAH, TO ME, IT IS, FOR ME, 01:41.399 --> 01:42.678 MAKING THINGS EASIER. 01:42.679 --> 01:45.030 I MEAN, YOU DON’T HAVE TO LOOK 01:45.032 --> 01:47.142 TOO FAR TO SEE THE PROBLEMS WITH 01:47.177 --> 01:48.142 THE FBI, THE DEPARTMENT OF 01:48.176 --> 01:48.732 JUSTICE. 01:48.766 --> 01:50.135 THEY’VE NOT BEEN FORTHCOMING, 01:50.136 --> 01:52.455 THEY’RE NOT HONORING THE PLUCK’S 01:52.490 --> 01:54.243 RIGHT TO KNOW. -- THE PUBLIC’S 01:54.244 --> 01:55.462 RIGHT TO KNOW. 01:55.463 --> 01:57.952 THE DEMS AND THE DEEP STATE IN 01:57.954 --> 02:00.933 EVERY MAJOR INSTANCE ARE ON THE 02:00.934 --> 02:03.139 SIDE OF THE DEEP STATE AND 02:03.140 --> 02:04.387 KEEPING INFORMATION AND 02:04.388 --> 02:06.976 KNOWLEDGE AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC, 02:06.977 --> 02:09.052 AND THE ARE REPUBLICANS AND THIS 02:09.086 --> 02:10.704 PRESIDENT IN EVERY INSTANCE ARE 02:10.739 --> 02:12.446 CALLING FOR TRANSPARENCY, THE 02:12.480 --> 02:14.085 PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS FOR THE 02:14.120 --> 02:18.933 AMERICAN PUBLIC TO SEE AND JUDGE 02:18.967 --> 02:20.343 FOR THEMSELVES. 02:20.377 --> 02:23.022 AND THE FBI, JUST IN THIS CASE 02:23.023 --> 02:25.200 IN THE REPORT OF "THE NEW YORK 02:25.234 --> 02:27.254 POST," WE WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN 02:27.289 --> 02:29.397 ABOUT THIS IF HUNTER BIDEN, IF 02:29.398 --> 02:31.879 IT HADN’T COME TO LIGHT THAT 02:31.881 --> 02:33.663 HUNTER BIDEN HAD RECEIVED A $3.5 02:33.665 --> 02:35.600 MILLION PAYMENT FROM THE WIFE OF 02:35.635 --> 02:37.596 THE MAYOR OF MOSCOW. 02:37.631 --> 02:40.607 THAT TROUBLED THE SHOP OWNER WHO 02:40.642 --> 02:43.728 SAID HE WAS AFRAID AND TURNED IT 02:43.730 --> 02:46.156 OVER TO OTHERS, IN THIS CASE, 02:46.157 --> 02:47.499 RUDY GIULIANI, WHO HE HOPED 02:47.534 --> 02:50.087 WOULD PROTECT HIM. 02:50.088 --> 02:51.036 >> RIGHT. 02:51.071 --> 02:52.348 LOU: YOUR THOUGHTS. 02:52.382 --> 02:54.142 >> ONE EXTRAORDINARY THING, LOU, 02:54.176 --> 02:55.775 IS THE DATE IN WHICH HE TURNS IT 02:55.776 --> 02:56.214 OVER. 02:56.248 --> 02:57.809 THE SUBPOENA SHOWS THAT HE 02:57.810 --> 03:00.746 TURNED THIS ED OVER IN DECEMBER 03:00.780 --> 03:02.487 OF 2019 -- EVIDENCE EVIDENCE. 03:02.489 --> 03:03.614 WHAT WAS GOING ON? 03:03.649 --> 03:05.013 OH, THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF 03:05.014 --> 03:05.462 PRESIDENT TRUMP. 03:05.464 --> 03:06.420 LOU: RIGHT. 03:06.421 --> 03:08.305 >> THIS EVIDENCE SITTING IN THE 03:08.306 --> 03:09.952 FBI’S POSSESSION COULD VERY WELL 03:09.986 --> 03:11.446 HAVE BEEN VERY IMPORTANT EXCULL 03:11.447 --> 03:12.459 PA TOUR EVIDENCE TO THE 03:12.494 --> 03:12.927 PRESIDENT. 03:12.961 --> 03:14.662 THE PRESIDENT WAS BEING ACCUSED 03:14.697 --> 03:16.208 OF PURSUING AN INVESTIGATION OF 03:16.210 --> 03:17.169 HUNTER AND JOE BIDEN WITHOUT 03:17.170 --> 03:17.797 MERIT. 03:17.798 --> 03:19.656 THIS HARD DRIVE RAISES THE 03:19.690 --> 03:21.332 STRONG POSSIBILITY THIS WAS A 03:21.366 --> 03:22.596 LOT OF MERIT TO INVEST HUNTER 03:22.598 --> 03:23.691 AND JOE BIDEN. 03:23.725 --> 03:25.616 IT’S A TRAGEDY THAT THE FBI, IF 03:25.650 --> 03:27.145 IT POSSESSED THAT HARD DRIVE AT 03:27.179 --> 03:29.434 THAT TIME, FAILED TO PRODUCE IT 03:29.469 --> 03:31.817 TO THE DEFENSE LAWYERS OF THE 03:31.819 --> 03:32.210 PRESIDENT. 03:32.211 --> 03:35.271 LOU: DO YOU THINK THAT THE FBI 03:35.305 --> 03:38.083 IS ANY LESS CORRUPT NOW THAN IT 03:38.117 --> 03:40.565 WAS IN THE OBAMA ERA? 03:40.566 --> 03:43.155 >> IT’S A HARD WORD FOR ME TO 03:43.156 --> 03:44.641 USE TO SAY CORRUPT AND FBI 03:44.675 --> 03:46.109 BECAUSE I SEE SO MANY GREAT LAW 03:46.110 --> 03:47.234 ENFORCEMENT AGENTS EVERY DAY 03:47.268 --> 03:48.512 THAT DO AMAZING WORK. 03:48.547 --> 03:50.810 BUT THERE IS A CULTURE AT THE 03:50.844 --> 03:51.748 FBI WITH THE TICKET-PUNCHERS 03:51.782 --> 03:53.273 THAT WORK IN WASHINGTON TO 03:53.274 --> 03:54.537 PROTECT THE AGENCY, TO PROTECT 03:54.572 --> 03:55.449 THEMSELVES AT THE TRUTH OF 03:55.451 --> 03:56.001 EXPENSE. 03:56.002 --> 03:58.453 AND YOU SEE THAT DAY IN AND DAY 03:58.455 --> 03:58.907 OUT. 03:58.908 --> 04:00.727 TODAY JUST GIVE US ANOTHER 04:00.729 --> 04:01.308 EXAMPLE. 04:01.343 --> 04:04.336 THE PRESIDENT LAST WEEK SAID 04:04.337 --> 04:05.768 RELEASE ALL DOCUMENTS, NO 04:05.770 --> 04:06.157 REDACTIONS. 04:06.191 --> 04:08.263 I COULD READ THAT TWEET AS GOOD 04:08.264 --> 04:10.483 AS ANYONE, BUT TODAY THEY STILL 04:10.484 --> 04:11.403 HAVE REDACTIONS. 04:11.404 --> 04:13.087 THE PRESIDENT SAYS I WANT 04:13.088 --> 04:14.022 ACCOUNTABILITY. 04:14.056 --> 04:16.577 THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ALLOWS 04:16.611 --> 04:18.966 BRUCE OHR TO RETIRE TO ESCAPE 04:19.001 --> 04:20.317 THE SORT OF ACCOUNTABILITY HE 04:20.351 --> 04:21.788 WAS ABOUT TO GET FOR HIS ROLE IN 04:21.822 --> 04:22.578 THE RUSSIA CASE. 04:22.612 --> 04:24.540 THE SWAMP IS STILL IN CHARGE OF 04:24.541 --> 04:26.112 WASHINGTON IN MANY WAY, AND THE 04:26.113 --> 04:28.262 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT -- REALLY 04:28.296 --> 04:30.923 MORE, OR TRULY THE FBI IS AT 04:30.924 --> 04:32.313 REALLY GROUND ZERO OF A 04:32.348 --> 04:33.704 BUREAUCRACY THAT HAS GONE ASTRAY 04:33.738 --> 04:36.338 AND HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED BY IT 04:36.340 --> 04:38.179 NEW DIRECT OR, CHRIS WRAY. 04:38.213 --> 04:38.780 LOU: YEAH. 04:38.814 --> 04:41.101 IT’S -- I WILL TELL YOU, I THINK 04:41.136 --> 04:42.286 WE’RE A LONG WAYS FROM HAVING AN 04:42.288 --> 04:43.201 FBI -- 04:43.236 --> 04:44.458 >> I AGREE WITH YOU. 04:44.460 --> 04:45.745 LOU: -- WE CAN RESPECT. 04:45.746 --> 04:48.024 AND I BELIEVE THE AMERICAN 04:48.025 --> 04:49.900 PEOPLE HOLD THE FBI IN OUTRIGHT 04:49.935 --> 04:52.356 CONTEMPT, BECAUSE THE PUBLIC’S 04:52.390 --> 04:54.917 RIGHT TO KNOW, THE CONCEPT OF 04:54.918 --> 04:57.757 EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW, IT 04:57.792 --> 04:59.299 JUST ISN’T HAPPENING. 04:59.300 --> 05:00.101 >> YEAH. 05:00.102 --> 05:01.508 LOU: IF YOU’RE A REPUBLICAN, 05:01.509 --> 05:02.750 GOOD LUCK TO YOU. 05:02.784 --> 05:04.893 THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO IT. 05:04.894 --> 05:06.378 THE DEMOCRATS, DON’T WORRY. 05:06.412 --> 05:09.114 WE’LL BURY IT, WE’LL SIT ON IT. 05:09.115 --> 05:10.647 I DON’T CARE WHETHER IT’S 05:10.648 --> 05:12.920 BENGHAZI, WHETHER IT’S BRUCE OHR 05:12.921 --> 05:16.187 AND HIS INVOLVEMENT, GPS -- I 05:16.188 --> 05:18.258 MEAN, THESE, THIS SWAMP IS SO 05:18.259 --> 05:20.216 ENTRENCHED, I THINK THAT THE 05:20.217 --> 05:23.349 PRESIDENT, I THINK ALL OF US 05:23.350 --> 05:26.353 UNDERESTIMATED JUST HOW STRONG 05:26.354 --> 05:29.540 AND ENTRENCHED IT REALLY IS. 05:29.541 --> 05:32.182 MEANWHILE, MEANWHILE, IF I MAY, 05:32.183 --> 05:34.075 LET’S TURN TO DECLASSIFYING THE 05:34.109 --> 05:35.978 DOCUMENTS AND YOUR REACTION TO 05:35.979 --> 05:37.043 THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYING, 05:37.077 --> 05:38.348 WELL, WE HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC 05:38.382 --> 05:38.730 ORDER. 05:38.764 --> 05:40.561 WE CAN’T JUST HEAR FROM THE 05:40.562 --> 05:41.586 PRESIDENT ON TWITTER. 05:41.588 --> 05:43.372 >> WELL, THE PRESIDENT -- I 05:43.373 --> 05:44.967 THINK I SAID THIS ON YOUR SHOW 05:45.001 --> 05:46.349 LAST NIGHT, THE PRESIDENT COULD 05:46.384 --> 05:47.564 JUST SIGN AN ORDER, AND IT WOULD 05:47.598 --> 05:48.124 HAPPEN. 05:48.158 --> 05:50.745 I THINK HE SHOULD JUST SIT AT 05:50.746 --> 05:52.447 HIS DESK, SIGN THAT ORDER, AND 05:52.448 --> 05:53.716 LET’S SEE IF THE BUREAUCRATS 05:53.717 --> 05:54.627 STILL DRAG THEIR FEET. 05:54.628 --> 05:56.657 I THINK THEY’LL COME UP WITH A 05:56.658 --> 05:58.227 HUNDRED EXCUSES, BUT IF YOU WANT 05:58.261 --> 06:00.433 TO SIGN AN ORDER, WE’LL PUT IT 06:00.434 --> 06:01.837 UP ON JUSTTHENEWS.COM, EVERYBODY 06:01.838 --> 06:03.858 CAN SEE IT, AND THEN WE’LL FIND 06:03.859 --> 06:06.574 OUT IF THE FBI AND THE JUSTICE 06:06.608 --> 06:08.543 DEPARTMENT ARE GOING TO DO THE 06:08.577 --> 06:09.153 FOOT-DRAGGING, THE 06:09.187 --> 06:09.658 EXCUSE-MAKING. 06:09.659 --> 06:11.603 IT’S ALL DESIGNED TO KEEP THE 06:11.604 --> 06:13.039 AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THE DARK EVEN 06:13.040 --> 06:14.365 WHEN YOU HAVE BILL BARR AT THE 06:14.367 --> 06:15.783 HEAD OF THE AGENCY. 06:15.784 --> 06:19.036 IT’S TIME FOR THE PRESIDENT TO 06:19.037 --> 06:20.294 CALL THEIR BLUFF. 06:20.295 --> 06:22.313 SIGN AN ORDER, MAKE IT PUBLIC, 06:22.314 --> 06:23.807 GIVE ’EM 24 HOURS. 06:23.808 --> 06:24.354 IT SHOULDN’T TAKE LONG.