
Episode 4619: Passing Of Responsibility In Texas; FBI Launches Criminal Investigations Of Bennan And Comey ...
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Steve Bannon
This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies because we're going medieval on these people. Not got a free shot. All these networks lying about the people. The people have had a belly full of it. I know you don't like hearing that. I know you try to do everything.
Jonathan Lamb
In the world to stop that, but.
Steve Bannon
You'Re not going to stop it. It's going to happen.
George Papadopoulos
And where do people like that go to share the big lie? MAGA MEDIA I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience.
Steve Bannon
Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved.
Stephen K. Bannon
War ROOM here's your host, Stephen K. Ban.
Steve Bannon
It's Wednesday the 9th of July year overlord 2025. The CEO of 20 Twitter just resigned. Linda Yaccarino, who was hired to add some adult supervision on something that's totally out of control. Sorry lady, you were there. It's on your watch. You're making. You're making hundreds of millions of dollars. You're getting billions of dollars of stock. Sorry lady, that. That's coming a day late and a dollar short. Not just that. The stuff he said about President Trump, the Trump movement, this new third party, all this crazy stuff he's talking about. He's a major defense contractor. Any board of directors. And the board's liable. The board members better start lying because you're going to get caught up in it too. Any board of directors of any defense contractors, number one would have put Elmo on leave, on administrative or psychiatric leave. They would have demanded his security clearance been pulled. They would have done a complete review or your contracts are cut. SpaceX, Starlink, all of it. I'm never gonna talk about the economics. I'll get to that days ahead. The ripoff there. Do you think of Northrop or Grumman or Martin Marietta or Lockheed or tenant one of the shipbuilders or anything? Any of these publicly trade or private companies, if a CEO chairman acted like this, that they would allow that behavior to continue. Are you nuts? You're all liable. This is the way the system works. We're just going to use the system. You're all liable if you can't keep Elmo in his playpen. Right. If you can't, you're responsible. You have a fiduciary. She understands that. What do you think? The hell she's heading out of town? She understands that. Not controllable. And you shouldn't have uncontrollable people as defense Contractors, we have the.
Mayor of Kerrville
Okay.
Steve Bannon
The press is about to start. Poso, you gotta hang on because we get to this big story. Papado saying let's go live to the press conference.
Captain Jason Waldrop
Kerrville I.
George Papadopoulos
Okay, here's our morning update for July 8th. Search efforts continue throughout Kerr County. As of 8am this morning time there are 95 deceased. I'm going to kind of break down the numbers for you. On adults, there's 59 unidentified, 14 children, 36 unidentified, 13. Camp mystic currently still has missing five campers and one counselor. Officials report there are 161 missing people in Kerr county area. Community members are asked not to conduct debris management of their property until directed by law enforcement. There is also a no burn ban in Kerr county at this time until further noticed. Let me give you a visual. I know probably all of y' all have been in our community capturing the aftermath of this disaster. But with that said, also take note that Kerr county is 1100 square miles of beautiful but complex hill country. There are rural areas that may experience extended response times. Areas where cell service is spotty, where the area is single lane bridges and low water crossings. Sometimes evacuations is not the safest. Sometimes it's better to shelter in place. The hill country is not a one size fit all place. First responders from emergency services throughout Kerr county promptly responded to the recent emergency as the situation unfolded. As with other significant events that are emergencies services encounter, this incident will be reviewed. You have my word when it when or if necessary, if improvements need to be made. Improvements will be made. What I'd like to do right now is kind of give you a breakdown. You know, I believe the latest report I had we over have 2100 people out here at some capacity on this incident. As far as Kerr County Sheriff's office right now, what our office is currently doing, it's kind of a. It's an all hands on deck. Everybody we got are out here. But also we have additional 2,000 plus people helping us. But as far as our patrol division, you know right now they're involved in answering calls. You'll have to remember we still got day to day calls we have to handle. But they're also involved in different kinds of rescue and recovery efforts. My CID division, criminal investigation division is assisting with operations at the funeral home. They're also assisting with the identification process. My SOD division, special operations division is in searching through heavy debris with heavy equipment. They're distributing assets for the Texas game wardens. They are also involved in recovery operations. Also they're working with US Special agents on all recovery processes and with the volunteer fire departments. Our communications is overseeing the communication operation liaison with dps, also our emergency management. Thomas is in the EOC center also with my chief. They're both in the EOC center at this time. I brought a couple of the guys. I was going to let Captain Jason Waldrop say a few words. Jason has been in the field, hands on deck this whole time. I hadn't been able to get out of here a lot. There's a lot to manage here. He's actually witnessed several things. He's kind of going to give you a few ideas and updates on what's going on the field, where he's been and what he's been been seeing. And then we'll turn over to Sergeant Jack Lamb. Captain Jason Waldron.
Sergeant Jack Lamb
So this we kind of give you all an update on some of the things that we as the sheriff apartments do. One particular thing that we have done in order to help assist in locating the missing is we've coordinated the team with a local construction company, the Texas Department of Public Safety, some fire departments from within Kerr County, a fire department from Acuna, Mexico and we are looking in Texas Department of Public Safety, some fire departments from within Kerr County, a fire department from Acuna, Mexico and we are looking and searching the deeply impacted flood debris along the river.
Steve Bannon
River.
Sergeant Jack Lamb
Along the river. So these areas are where a lot of this debris is bottlenecked. So it's a lot of large trees, it's a lot of the vehicles, it's a lot of home structures have built up in these areas. So we are using very heavy equipment, excavators, skid loaders to remove this material and do a deep impact search where this is. So what we ask is for those who are out there working, the local residents, the families of the missing, even some of the search teams, if you see these very large excavators working, please avoid these areas. We are trying to control these work sites. We have spotters on the ground so as this material is being removed. We have spotters on the ground so as if material is being removed. We are looking for anything of a sign of a person that may be within this material is up and down the river where we can take apart these materials and hopefully locate some more of the missing. So that's one main thing that we've been doing along the river to help this process.
Jonathan Lamb
Sergeant Lamb, thank you. Morning. Jonathan Lamb, Kerrville Police Department. We want to remind folks that if you've reported a loved one missing and they've returned home safely or been found safely. It's vitally important that you let us know that that person is no longer among the missing. We need to keep an accurate count, as accurate as possible. So if you've reported somebody missing and they've been recovered safely, please let us know. Go to the website kerrvillemissing.dps.texas.gov or call 830-258-1111. Once again, kerrvillemissing. DPS.texas.gov 830258 we are actively looking, actively working to ensure that we have an accurate count so that we know who to look for. And now I want to talk to the people here in this community inside the city limits of Kerrville, people in Kerr County, a few things. We know that folks are beginning to clean up. We have large debris piles. We ask them not to use heavy equipment to take down those debris piles until they've been checked by a search party because it's possible there are victims in that debris pile. We don't want to disturb that. Please give us a call, our non emergency numbers at the Picture police department and the sheriff's department and let us know that you've got a debris pile that needs to be checked before you begin that level of cleanup. Sheriff Litha mentioned the burn ban that's countywide. We need people to respect that. Do not burn during this time. And we continue to ask people to steer clear of the area and let our first responders work again. This operation is ongoing and continuous. Our first responders are trying to get to places to do their jobs and people coming here from outside the community and people within the community who want to go sightseeing, look at the river and see the flood damage. It's making our job very hard. We ask folks to give us room to work. I want to talk a little bit about the events that happened on the morning of July 4th. What the Kerrville Police Department and other first responders were doing in those early morning hours. I don't want to start outside of Kerrville out in Hunt. Now for those of you who went out there yesterday with the governor, you all know that Highway 39 crisscrosses the Guadalupe again and again and again. And all of those low water crossings when they flood, they create islands where you can't get in and you can't get out, trapping people in their homes, trapping people in vehicles. And that's what happened on the morning of July 4th. One of our patrol sergeants lives out there in Hunt and he got up and Got ready to go to work. And he realized when he hit the intersection of FM 1340 and Highway 39 that he was trapped on an island that was Hunt, Texas. And he saw people, dozens of people trapped on roofs. He saw people trapped in swift moving water. He gave them encouragement over his public address system in his vehicle. He told him to be strong, that he would get to him as quickly as he could and to hang on. And he knew he needed help. He went to another detective, Kerrville police department detective, who lives out there, and he woke him up and he said, it's bad. I need you to get your gear on and come find me. And then he went back out. And for 13 hours, those two officers, along with some hunt volunteer, fire department, firefighters and an emergency room doctor, provided care to that hunt community. When it was safe to do so. They waded into the water and they rescued people. They got people down off of roots. They collected them there. At the hunt school, there was a young boy with a pretty severe leg injury that was given first aid treatment throughout the day. Other people came. Many of them were injured. They provided first aid. They coordinated helicopter evacuations for the most critically injured, communicated the situation back to our emergency dispatch center, Kerrville police department. When the waters began to recede, they knew that vehicles would be making their way out there when it was safe to do so. So they went back and forth, clearing out debris to clear a path for those vehicles. They saw helicopters flying back and forth, making recoveries upriver, evacuate in those summer camps. And they were by themselves on that island. That was Hunt, Texas, doing what they do, serving, protecting and helping until about five o' clock in the afternoon, when other emergency workers, high profile vehicles, were able to get out there. And here in town, the early morning hours are still dark. Our officers realized that areas of town that traditionally don't flood were going to flood, and that low lying areas close to the river were in danger. Our officers spent hours going back and forth. In that first hour, they evacuated over 100 homes and evacuated and rescued over 200 people. And to say that doesn't even come close to explaining the actions that took place door to door, waking people up, convincing them that, yes, the floodwaters are coming and you need to leave now. They rescued people out of vehicles, they rescued people out of homes that were already flooding, pulling them out of windows. They entered water. There's a trailer park that flooded in minutes. One officer was there by himself and he realized, I need help. He sounded a siren. Driving up and down those streets that were Beginning to flood, calling on his PA system for folks to wake up and evacuate. And then two other officers joined him through. First thigh deep, then waist deep, then chest deep water as they went from RVs and trailers and rescued people carrying them safety through the water. Out on Old FM 689, there were two people trapped in the water clinging to a tree. Two officers were there when the third one drove up and one of them was wrapping a hundred foot flex line guard hose around his waist to go into the water and rescue those people. And those three officers went into the water and one of them held that hose and acted as an anchor while those other two made their way to those two victims and they were able to evacuate them safely. Folks, I don't know how many lives our KPD team saved in an hour in Kerrville, but I know that this tragedy, as horrific as it is, could have been so much worse. And finally I want to tell you about a member of our KPD team. These guys have been working around the clock. Fourth of July traditionally is an all hands on deck event for us because we hold an amazing concert on the river on July 4th. It was an all hands on deck event for a very different reason. But our officers have been working without time off, without any downtime. 16, 18, 20 hour shifts without complaint. Yesterday was the first day we were able to give a couple of them some downtime. So we sent an officer home to rest. But rather than taking a day off, a much well deserved day off, he got up and he put on his gear and he volunteered to go out on foot with a ground search party. And he spent his day up and down the Guadalupe river going over under around trees searching for victims to try and reunite the missing with their families. I think that is Texans helping Texans in the greatest sense of the word. That's what community is and that's what's important right now. I want to continue to thank y' all for helping us spread the messages that need to be spread. Before I open this up for a very few questions, just ask you to please. I'm sorry. Just ask you to please say your name and who you're with before we do that. Yes, sir. Right here. Oh, I'm sorry. The mayor is supposed to speak now. I apologize, Mr. Mayor. I'm sorry.
Mayor of Kerrville
Good morning everyone. As Jonathan Lamb has said, this is a story of tragedy, but it's also a story of heroes. Captain Walter, thank you for all your done. Every first responder, thank you for all you have done. The recent numbers reported break my Heart. And they break the heart of everyone up here. Everyone who's been working since July 4th. I want you to know, I think it's important for the public to know. I think it's important for the families that know. In that emergency operations center, there's not little silos of departments and agencies. They're working as one team with one goal to find the missing and bring them home. I'm grateful for every first responder, every helper in every field, those who are feeding the hungry, those are providing. Providing shelter to people who have no home, those who are providing clothing who no longer have a wardrobe. I'm also grateful for the generosity of the world. Two companies that are hometown companies, companies that started in Kerrville, Texas, announced today and yesterday that they will be donating to the. The relief effort. Everyone in Kerrville is proud of Heb and James Avery. Artisan crafts. Artisan jewelry had a different name for so long. I'm sorry. Those two companies started here. Their heart is here. We are committed to helping others. After you all go home or go to the next story, we will still be here. We live here. We've lost friends here. If you feel able to donate to the relief fund, the best source we are recommending is the community foundation of the Texas Hill Country. That's the community. Their website is communityfoundation.net. there's a link at the top of that page to help you donate. Now listen, I'm married to a retired first grade teacher.
Steve Bannon
Okay, they've looks like they've lost audio. As soon as we get it back up.
Mayor of Kerrville
So you feel the need to yell.
Steve Bannon
Your questions going back to the conference.
Mayor of Kerrville
I will feel the need to not answer your question. In first grade, they raise their hands. That might be a good start. Yesterday was a disaster and I was embarrassed. Our town was embarrassed. Your viewers were embarrassed. And I don't want that to happen again. I'm going to do something I've been told to do. I'm going to turn it back to Jonathan Lamb to start the question and answer period. However, please make my retired first grade teacher wife proud and raise your hands. Thank you.
Jonathan Lamb
Okay, once again, just say your name, please, and who you're with. And I.
Steve Bannon
Okay, we gotta. There we go. Let's get another feed. Okay.
Stephen K. Bannon
Where an Ingram volunteer fire department commander.
Steve Bannon
Asked a Kerr county sheriff dispatcher for the code red to be issued. Okay, there's. We're gonna try another feed. There's real problems this morning with the feed on this.
Stephen K. Bannon
What happened and what could have happened?
George Papadopoulos
Okay. As I said earlier, with every significant event, you know, we're going, with every emergency, you know, we're going to have to. There's going to be an after action. Please, y', all, listen, those words, after action, okay? Those, those, those questions are going to be answered. I believe those questions need to be answered to the family of the missed loved ones, to the public, you know, to the people that put me in this office. Those need to be. And I want that answer. And we're going to get that answer. And I know that's going to be asked over and over. Please understand that, you know, we don't have. We're not running. We're not going to hide from anything that's going to be checked into at a later time. I wish I could tell you that time. I don't know that time. Let me share something with y'.
Mayor of Kerrville
All.
George Papadopoulos
One of the main things I've been doing is going to visit the family. We still have some of those missed loved ones here. I go visit them twice a day. You know, as a sheriff, you know what, what I want is. I want closure for those people. Okay? And those are important questions.
Steve Bannon
Those are.
George Papadopoulos
We will answer those questions. I wish y' all would bear with me in that. Okay? Bear with me. We'll get them. I can't tell you in a week or two, okay? We're going to get them. I'm not trying to deflect them. Okay. My primary. I mean, I asked you, I've been in this business 36 years. I don't know if any y'.
Jonathan Lamb
All.
George Papadopoulos
How many of y' all have gave notifications? Death notifications? I've done them. What is worse, a death notification or telling somebody I don't know where your loved one was? That's my priority. Okay? Now, please understand that.
Jonathan Lamb
Tammy from the Hill Country Community Journal. Yes, we talked a lot about the.
Steve Bannon
Recovery effort, and it's amazing. But I wonder what we can tell the displaced families. Where do they go? How do they get in touch with fema?
Mayor of Kerrville
I think there's a lot of that.
Steve Bannon
We haven't had a chance to discuss it.
Jonathan Lamb
Right. So unfortunately, I don't have the FEMA number. I know there is a FEMA hotline specifically for this, and I don't have it at my fingertips, and I apologize for that. We are pushing out the recovery information through our social media posts. The First United Methodist Church, 321 Thompson Drive, is still the shelter operation for displaced persons through this disaster. They are fully equipped and still accepting folks. Yes, sir. Lewis, I have A story from the car County League.
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Sergeant Lamb.
Mayor of Kerrville
Yesterday the governor's office said there was 161 missing.
Steve Bannon
Is that a Kerr county number or.
Sergeant Jack Lamb
Is that a roll up number?
Jonathan Lamb
Where. Where.
Sergeant Jack Lamb
Where are we at with the number of missing?
Jonathan Lamb
It's my understanding that. That the number. The number that the governor referred to was a Kerr county number. And again, I have no reason to doubt out that number. And it was compiled from the best available information. But we are asking folks to make sure that the numbers that we have are accurate. So if somebody has been reported missing and they have now been accounted for, please let us know that so we can revise those numbers and make sure that they continue to be accurate. Yes, ma'.
George Papadopoulos
Am.
Jonathan Lamb
Thank you.
I
Thank you. Yesterday, Governor Abbott's said that two days prior to the disaster he had provided resources and they were here on ground.
Jonathan Lamb
I know this is a question for.
Steve Bannon
You or for the mayor, but he.
I
Said you guys were prepared, that you had those essentials. What happened?
Jonathan Lamb
Did you guys have those resources? Yeah. Listen, I'm going to just say what has already been said. At the appropriate time, all of that is going to be reviewed, checked into. I don't have the answer to that question right now. I don't have that information. And rather than speculate, it would be irresponsible for me to do that. Could you speak on that?
Mayor of Kerrville
Repeat the question, please.
I
Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott said two days prior to the disaster he had provided.
Stephen K. Bannon
The town with more than enough resources.
Steve Bannon
To respond to the disaster.
Jonathan Lamb
Were those resources here? Local. Locals told us they.
I
They didn't see any resources. They didn't see anyone until hours after the disaster.
Mayor of Kerrville
Thank you.
I
What resources did you guys have and why. Why wasn't there any response?
Mayor of Kerrville
Okay. I didn't see the governor's remarks. I haven't seen the governor's remarks. Last night we had a city council meeting and my. I was required to be there and so I came in. I'm sorry, I don't know what resources TDEM had in place at that time. I know when I arrived at the emergency Operations center on the morning of July 4th, there were TDEM personnel there. But what assets they were able to use that morning. I'm sorry, I do not know. Listen, people are yelling and I didn't.
Jonathan Lamb
Really want y' all to.
Stephen K. Bannon
If you offer only three questions, then you're gonna have.
Mayor of Kerrville
And guess what? You're in Carvel and we're gonna do a my way.
Steve Bannon
I understand that.
Mayor of Kerrville
Morgan Chesky, please.
Sergeant Jack Lamb
Mr. Mayor, records show that the concept of flood warnings have Been discussed at least two dozen times by the county. What's the biggest reason that these systems have not gone into place at this point?
Mayor of Kerrville
You know, Morgan, you and I grew up here, and I wasn't in office during those discussions. And frankly, I'm more focused on the future than the past, as you know. What I can say is the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the Texas House have all provided us support, and they have all said this is a priority for the upcoming special legislative session. As mayor of Kerbill, as someone who grew up here, I am grateful for their support, and I look forward to what they propose during the special session. My last question will be. Thank you, sir.
Steve Bannon
Shimon. The lieutenant governor said that on July 3rd that the county judges and city mayors were invited on a daily call Thursday to discuss weather forecasts. Were you on that call? Were you invited to that call? Do you know if the county judge was also on that?
Mayor of Kerrville
I can't speak for the county judge. That would be hearsay. And I'm not going to contradict the information you have, but I will tell you personally, I did not receive a telephone call.
Steve Bannon
You weren't invited to the call.
Mayor of Kerrville
I did not receive a telephone.
Steve Bannon
And you were never given any information about what assets were brought into the.
Mayor of Kerrville
Area, so I wasn't invited to call. I'm not trying to deflect, but I.
Steve Bannon
Don'T know why that would. Why that would happen.
Mayor of Kerrville
Maybe I'm not a local mayor. I can't tell you. All right, thank you, guys.
Steve Bannon
Let me have the only answer, okay? They only taken a few questions. I don't get that. Jack Bosobic, because you kind of, I think, broke it, made this prominent on a. On a. At least a us basis, probably a global basis. Talk to us about what's happening with people prepared, what happened in Austin and your observations about, I think, another. Another great press briefing.
Stephen K. Bannon
Yeah, Steve, I mean, this. This. This mayor I'm watching. I'm flabbergasted. I mean, all. All of these children who died on his watch, and he's up there complaining about the media. He's complaining about having to answer questions. Sir, you're the mayor of this town, okay? You're the mayor of the town. So you got to find out what happened. And you need to provide answers, not just to the community, but to the parents, to everybody, about what went. Went on here, what broke down. And he's saying he doesn't hear, that he didn't know about the conference, that the governor was just there yesterday. What do you Mean he didn't know about the conference. The governor was just there. And the government talked about having resources on July 2nd. So this is what we're all talking about, Steve, and this is what I've been talking about online. What resources were available on July 2nd and what was the order that went down on July 2nd, which was two days prior to the flood. Flood. So regardless of what acronyms or whatever jargon they want to. People use jargon to intimidate. July 2 and Austin denied it.
Steve Bannon
I want to play the clip. I'm going to play the clip and have you come in this room.
Stephen K. Bannon
The Fire Association.
Captain Jason Waldrop
I just don't even have words. Our firefighters are trained for that area. Our firefighters have the equipment, they have the desire, they have the will.
Stephen K. Bannon
They have the power to go up.
Steve Bannon
And actually I know some of those.
Stephen K. Bannon
Girls could have been survived if we.
Steve Bannon
Had had the best boat crew the day before on scene.
Stephen K. Bannon
I know it, I know it my heart.
Steve Bannon
I know it as a battalion chief, I know it as a former Swiftwater tech myself. And the fact that.
Stephen K. Bannon
We didn't do.
Steve Bannon
It and we let them down is just, it's unconscionable. Jack, how did he know on the second to do this? He's saying, he's basically implying the forecasts were good enough. He knew something big was coming.
Stephen K. Bannon
Sir, he's saying that on the second. And again I'm going off of. And this is the Austin Fire association president off of their press release yesterday. And then of course the statement that we just played and there's he. I watched the whole thing, it was 30 minutes long. And he talked about, went through chapter and verse about how there was deployment order, a pre deployment order that came down on the second. Of course this is based on forecast and based on everything they were looking at in the area, they said hey, it looks like something might be brewing down in Kerrville. Let's pre position some boats. Let's pre position some of these rescue swimmers, the Swift, Swiftwater swimmers, Swiftwater techs that train specifically for the Hill Country. These are world class swimmers out of Austin. And the Austin Fire Department chief, the, this, this, this guy up sitting up there denied it. And supposedly he said that he was worried about the reimbursements from the state. And he said, oh, we're worried about the money. And he said wait, it's all going to be in reimbursed. Don't worry about it. But the Austin fire chief denied the pre deployment. Then on the third, when it was getting worse, they went back again and Said, can we pre deploy? At least now we could see that things are getting worse. He denied it a second time. And then finally, only after the flood struck did they deploy. And they didn't deploy the two boats. They only deployed one. They didn't deploy six swimmers. They only deployed three. So you could have had two boats and three swimmers. And who knows, who knows what could have been done if those swimmers. And I understand. And by the way, nothing against the valor of the police officers and the folks who were there, but don't sit there and tell me that you didn't know something was going on when this order came down on July 2nd and you denied it, sir. So this fire chief up in Austin denied this pre deployment. So something was going down. Somebody knew something was happening on July 2nd and they're all sitting there saying, oh, we didn't know. We wasn't on the call and I didn't hear the briefing. No, stop passing the buck. This guy should resign as, as, as someone who served in the military. Steve, this is a complete abrogation of responsibility. And it's disgusting when you have this many dead kids on your hands.
Steve Bannon
The other thing to note is that they got to bifurcate this. What happened. And the chain of responsibility, like starting now from the recovery operation, the buried lead in this thing for the last couple of days. The guy said yesterday there has not been a live rescue, I think since he said. I thought he said Friday morning, but definitely Friday hasn't been. The rest of it's been recovery. And recovery is horrible. You got to do it thoroughly and as quickly as possible for the families. But you can bifurcate what's happening here and you can bifurcate the press conference.
Jonathan Lamb
We.
Steve Bannon
One part of the press conference should be for the update on the recoveries and where you stand and all the problems in the county and down on the river. The other ought to be taking questions that the media has and people have responsibility to ask, like what happened here. It's, it's, it's current now. It's in the moment. It's, it's something we have to be answered. Not to wait to some commission in three years from now and hide behind it. So I got to bounce because we're so jammed. Geneva. We're going to do Geneva tonight. I had people, we had Joe, Allen and Nora. But because the press conference and others. But, Jack, give me two minutes on your solution because you know the deep state as well as anybody. Your solution on the Epstein situation. Now, since you, you went in for the first, what do you call it? The baloney file or the baloney binder they gave you over the white. The baloney binder.
Stephen K. Bannon
It was a baloney binder.
Steve Bannon
What is your recommendation today?
Stephen K. Bannon
Very fine binder for you and DC.
Steve Bannon
Drano are up in the middle of this thing. What's your guys recommendation? What has to happen today?
Stephen K. Bannon
So, sir, look, here's. Here's the issue, all right? And I'll be fair. I'll be fair. But I'm going to be blunt. The idea that we've got access or that the DOJ has access to everything and you know, is. Is you know that there's just some list sitting around, I get it, okay? I get that it's not really this. This fine list. And here you go, you can have it. I get how that works, right? I've been in the system, I've been on the other side of that table. But don't sit there and tell me there's nothing. When you told me there was something. That's the issue for the AG is you told the entire world there was something. You told us there were files, you told us there were lists. I'm not talking about the kiddie porn. All right, I get that. Right? We don't want that release. We don't. We don't want to. We want to protect those victims. But what we need to do is figure out the investigation. And by the way, when it comes to those victims, were they interviewed? Were the victims interviewed and did people go through. And I understand it's a process, but that's how this works, right? That's how you investigate. And these types of operations and these types of crimes is that you do, unfortunately, have to do it in a careful way. And you have specifically trained people who can do this. You bring in the therapist, etc. But you need to get the names. And for all of these hundreds of victims, where's the interviews? Then you generate leads, Then you figure out what happens. So don't tell me there's nothing. Don't sit there for like. And I will tell it like I'm. Like I'm a joke. Like it's a joke that there's nothing. No, it's absolutely not. Put out everything. You have to start going to the SDNY right now and start declassifying and unsealing everything that you told us existed and we know exists.
Steve Bannon
You have to. You have to file charges today on the prosecutors that went after a man. And also the judge got to be impeached immediately. Appellate court says no evidence Lack of evidence. Jack, real quickly, 60 seconds. We're in the danger zone on what has happened in the Ukraine. They're coming after Bridge Colby because Bridge Colby was the pivot to Asia guy. The Israeli first guys are coming after him and now the cheerleaders of the Ukraine war because trying to protect America. He said, hey, I think we run it down on Patriot missiles. And thads, give me 60 seconds on the danger of the Ukraine war and us getting sucked in because they're going for Odessa. Brother, you know this. You went down there two years ago and warned the world that this is where it's going to be. And I'm telling you, they want to suck the United States in to a defense of Odessa.
Captain Jason Waldrop
Sir.
Stephen K. Bannon
Look, Stephen, I've still got the sand on my desk from Odessa that I, that I collected from the beach there. And look, when it, when it comes down to it, you know, we live in a real world. We're conservative, so we understand that. We live in a world of resource constraints. Not unless you talk to the neocons and they say, oh, we could fight a war here. We could fight a war against China, we could fight a war against Iran, Iran, we could fight a war against Russia. We can do everything with all of it. No, we live in a real world. And you, you are the ones, the same people, by the way, the Wall Streeters and the GDP firsters, they are the ones who completely sold our manufacturing base out to the Chinese Communist Party. And then they turn around and say, wait, where all the Patriot missile production went. Why are we down to 25% Patriot missiles, 25% of the air interceptors, the air defense, the Thaad missiles, Because they don't exist. Because those networks don't exist anymore. Because you need the entire infrastructure to be able to run a massive global empire army as imperial military that you want wrapping the entire world around. And we just don't have it anymore. We don't have it because you gave, you gave away our manufacturing base to the Chinese. So now when it comes around and it's Bridge Colby saying he's the only one who's just telling the truth. He's the only one telling the truth. So we don't have these interceptors. And if we do give them there, then what are we going to use to protect our bases around the world? And by the way, the homeland. Because I think we ought to care about that for a little bit too. Sorry. This is the real world and this is the situation we're now in.
Steve Bannon
McConnell's team and the Factories.
Stephen K. Bannon
You need workers, money. You need all of that.
Steve Bannon
Yeah. We're here to defend him, Jack.
Stephen K. Bannon
Your Twitter Stingers. We don't even make stingers anymore. They got to bring the guys out of retirement. Nobody knows how to make them, sir. Ugh. Where do you go? I'm fed up today, Steve. I'm fed up today. What can I say?
Steve Bannon
You're fired up.
Stephen K. Bannon
I'm looking at this mayor. He's got me hot.
Steve Bannon
No, no, hobbit.
Jonathan Lamb
No.
Steve Bannon
Hobbits are good hobbits.
Stephen K. Bannon
Oh, you got to raise your hand.
Steve Bannon
I love hobbits. This guy. This guy's like the beta male.
Stephen K. Bannon
Be nice to me.
Steve Bannon
Married to a first grade teacher.
Stephen K. Bannon
I thought this was Texas, by the way. What happened to Texas? Where's. Where's my. Where's. Tough, tough. Texas, man. Don't mess with Texas. Try that in Texas. We're all. And like, I'm a Yankee. Like. Like, I thought you guys are supposed to be tough as boot leather ones. Like. I don't. Sorry, Texas. You just. If this is the guys representing you, you're not being well represented on the national stage right now. Sorry to be the be blunt, but this is the war room, and that's the truth. I'm up at Jack Posobic. I'll be there 2 o'. Clock. And then Charlie and I have got the Thought Crime show. We're taping it later tonight, and that'll go up either to or tomorrow.
Steve Bannon
Perfect. And we'll see at the. Let's get that. We'll see you up at the Student action song.
Stephen K. Bannon
And this weekend. Well, this weekend we'll be in Tampa together.
Steve Bannon
Thank you, brother George Papadopoulos. Thank you for sticking around. You put up a kind of a cryptic tweet yesterday. Then Brennan and Comey now are under criminal investigation. Walk us through what you were talking about. Explain to the audience what you mean. Sir.
Captain Jason Waldrop
Yes, Steve, it's great to be with you. Look, I mean, what a historic moment. You have the FBI, former FBI director, and the former director of the CIA simultaneously under criminal investigation for what looks to be a criminal conspiracy to defraud the US Government, let alone the illegal and the illicit surveillance activities and the interference in the 2016 election and the attempt to basically initiate a coup against a sitting president. So what that ex post that I posted about was. Was when I testified, I testified actually under oath to then Congressman John Radcliffe. Now, of course, he's the director of the CIA at a time when I was one of five witnesses that was invited to the House Oversight Committee. To give testimony under oath about what happened involving Crossfire Hurricane, the various targeting of members of the Trump campaign, the Trump administration, President Trump himself. And then of course, you had the Durham investigation, which basically evolved from that testimony and other testimonies. Now, Durham, as you will feel, as you basically pointed out, was a cover up job. If it wasn't for people like Congressman Matt Gaetz that basically hammered away Durham's testimony, asking him pointed questions about why he didn't dig deep into the, basically the, the origins of the scandal, besides saying that it didn't start the way that Mueller did. I don't think we would have had much to go on. But fortunately now you have people like Cash Patel at the FBI, you have Ratcliffe who's at the CIA and they're once again digging into this stuff, Steve, because when they weren't punished for doing it in 2016, what happened in 2020, the CIA willfully interfered in the 2020 election and they stole it. We can't let them get away with it. And that's why this is so important and why I think this is going to be history making and it's really going to usher in tremendous momentum for MAGA going into the midterms.
Steve Bannon
Let me give me that again. Why do you think this is going to be history making? What are you saying? Going after the perjury charge on Brennan and what they're doing on Comey, that investigation that we now know that the, the Justice Department and FBI are doing, Sir?
Captain Jason Waldrop
No, I don't think actually they're looking at any perjury stuff. I think what they're looking at is a criminal conspiracy. I think the statute of limitations on anything perjury related, especially related to congressional testimony, that's all, that's all evaporated. So I think what they're looking at is a conspiracy. And you know, one thing I'll say, Steve, because, you know, the theme of the week has really been foreign intelligence entanglements with the CIA, with domestic US Intelligence and how they basically coordinate to target individuals or groups for extermination. And I would say that every four years, the most highly anticipated event around the world. It's not the World cup, it's not the Olympics, not the World Series. It's a US Presidential campaign season. Who, what man or woman ascends to the Oval Office has tremendous ramifications for numerous countries all around the world, not just within the United States. And I think that is what is at the actual core of what this scandal was, Steve. It was a CIA led operation that involved foreign intelligence, primarily Western intelligence, that then offsets, I should say, Buck passed this investigation to the FBI and that's why they're looking at both Brennan and Comey simultaneously. It's not simply Comey and it's not about Brennan. They're looking at them as part of a conspiracy. They're not looking at perjury, they're not looking at lying under oath stuff. We're far too detached from going after low level charges like that, especially after the unfortunate fallout from Epstein. Either Bondi, Patel and Ratcliffe and the DOJ goes after the massive charges and the big fish, or I think this is going to be a major impediment going into the midterms. If they go after them the way they do think they will, this is going to be tremendous momentum behind us going into the midterms. And I'm just going to land on this, Steve. We can't forget that it was Mueller's investigation during Trump's first administration that arguably cost us the midterms. If with this new investigation, I think it's going to help us win it.
Steve Bannon
George Social media, where do people go?
Captain Jason Waldrop
You can find me on a at George Papa 19.
Steve Bannon
And dude, what you have been through, probably in the top five of the worst of what they've dragged you through. So you're a warrior. Thank you brother, for coming on here and thank you for being in the fight.
Captain Jason Waldrop
Appreciate it, brother. Thank you.
Steve Bannon
I'd like the guys on our side of the football, the men and women. This is all in our hands. We will be victorious if we don't quit. Isn't that the lesson that Mag has learned? If we refuse to stop, we'll eventually win. Short commercial break Back in a moment.
Jonathan Lamb
We will fight till they're all gone. We rejoice when there's no more.
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All right, so I thought that today was actually going to be an update from a prior story that we'd covered. However, this is the second time at least being covered by mainstream media that now we've seen someone's house bulldozed due to deed fraud. So the Kelly family in Houston are demanding criminal charges be brought against a man named Jerry Gurley and the notary who'd been accused of forging all six of these sibling signatures, stealing their family home, and leaving their lives in ruin. So back in 2017, six grandchildren inherited their late father and late grandfather's home that had been in the family since the 60s. Two years later, this guy Gurley had actually approached them to buy the home, and they had rejected it. He then proceeded to forge their signatures, all of them, file it with the county, and then went on to sell the home to a third party with the help of a fishy title company. The third party ended up bulldozing the home, destroying decades of family photos, home videos, irreplaceable heirlooms, and the family was just destroyed. So flash forward now another four years into 2023. The aftermath of that investigation prompted Harris County Attorney's office to open an additional investigation into the title company that sold to the third party because they had allegedly, we have to always say allegedly, repeatedly defrauded community members in the Houston area. And then earlier this year, the Kelly family was able to reach a civil settlement settlement with Gurley. Excuse me. In which he was ordered to pay them $200,000. But as of last week when this report came in, nothing has been paid. And with all this interest and fees, it's now up to almost $300,000. So the family gets their home bulldozed, and then now can't get a single cent back from this guy within the last, what, six months to almost a year? And the crazy part is this guy allegedly has several other judgments against him and other similar cases, and the family is just stuck there wondering, why is he being held criminally accountable? And I think the attorney. Their attorney said it best. This guy should be in jail.
Steve Bannon
You brought up a term, though. I mean, we brought up a term. You need to define. Give me 60 seconds on shady title company. Because they're part of the problems, too, ma'. Am.
George Papadopoulos
Right?
I
No, absolutely. We're seeing this more and more. All these criminals, they're all these backend syndicates of people with knowledge of the process and then they're getting away with it for years. A lawyer recently in New York had been doing this for 10 years. 11 properties. Matt Cox, who you guys have had on, former criminal, works with us, public advocate. He started out as a mortgage broker. It's all these people with knowledge of this crime that are leveraging these, these homeowners. It's very, very sad. So we just say monitor your property. Your information's out there. Make sure you have a team of experts on your side to get through everything before you get to this point, right before your house ends up bulldozed because it's been sold to another company. And then you can't get your money back and can't get your house back.
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Podcast Summary: Bannon’s War Room - Episode 4619: Passing Of Responsibility In Texas; FBI Launches Criminal Investigations Of Bannon And Comey
Overview
In Episode 4619 of Bannon’s War Room, hosted by Stephen K. Bannon from WarRoom.org, the discussion pivots around two critical issues: the tragic disaster response efforts in Kerr County, Texas, and the burgeoning FBI criminal investigations into former FBI Director James Comey and Stephen K. Bannon himself. Released on July 9, 2025, this episode delves deep into the systemic failures, heroic efforts on the ground, and the political ramifications of high-profile investigations.
1. The Texas Disaster and Local Response
The episode opens with a heated exchange between Steve Bannon and his guests, expressing frustration with mainstream media portrayals and emphasizing the gravity of the situation in Texas.
a. Press Conference Insights
George Papadopoulos, speaking at [00:22], provides a grim update on the disaster in Kerr County:
“As of 8am this morning time there are 95 deceased... 161 missing people in Kerr County area” ([00:22]).
He outlines the ongoing search and rescue operations, emphasizing the complexity of the terrain:
“Kerr county is 1100 square miles of beautiful but complex hill country... evacuations are not the safest. Sometimes it's better to shelter in place” ([00:40]).
b. Law Enforcement Efforts
Captain Jason Waldrop and Sergeant Jack Lamb detail the extensive efforts undertaken by local law enforcement and emergency services:
“We are using very heavy equipment, excavators, skid loaders to remove this material and do a deep impact search” ([07:11]).
They highlight the coordination between various agencies and the challenges posed by the disaster's scale.
c. Mayor of Kerrville’s Address
At [19:24], the Mayor of Kerrville delivers an impassioned speech, balancing grief with gratitude:
“This is a story of tragedy, but it's also a story of heroes... we live here. We've lost friends here” ([19:24]).
He acknowledges the community's resilience and urges support through donations:
“If you feel able to donate to the relief fund, the best source we are recommending is the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country” ([21:35]).
The Mayor also addresses criticisms regarding the preparedness and response efforts, maintaining a focus on future improvements:
“We're more focused on the future than the past... this is a priority for the upcoming special legislative session” ([28:38]).
2. Passing of Responsibility and Critique of Officials
A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to scrutinizing the actions of local and federal officials in the wake of the disaster.
a. Criticism of the Mayor’s Response
Stephen K. Bannon openly criticizes the Mayor's handling of the situation, questioning the adequacy and timeliness of the response:
“All of these children who died on his watch, and he's up there complaining about the media... You got to find out what happened” ([30:56]).
He highlights perceived gaps in communication and preparedness, suggesting accountability for the loss of lives.
b. Discussion on FBI Investigations
The conversation shifts to the FBI's criminal investigations into Stephen K. Bannon and James Comey:
George Papadopoulos elaborates on the nature of these investigations, framing them as part of a broader conspiracy against the Trump administration:
“The FBI, former FBI director, and the former director of the CIA simultaneously under criminal investigation for... a criminal conspiracy to defraud the US Government” ([41:37]).
Stephen K. Bannon emphasizes the political motivations behind these investigations, portraying them as attempts to undermine the MAGA movement:
“This is a complete abrogation of responsibility... it's disgusting when you have this many dead kids on your hands” ([32:32]).
3. Systemic Failures and Responsibility
The hosts delve into systemic issues that exacerbated the disaster's impact, particularly focusing on preparedness and resource allocation.
a. Lack of Pre-Deployment Resources
Stephen K. Bannon criticizes the Austin Fire Department for not pre-deploying rescue resources despite forewarnings:
“On July 2nd, they knew something was coming... they didn't deploy the two boats. They only deployed one” ([32:18]).
He argues that higher authorities failed to act on critical intelligence, leading to unnecessary loss of life.
b. Chain of Responsibility
There’s an exploration of the chain of command and accountability, questioning why responsibility was deflected by higher officials:
“This is the way the system works. We're just going to use the system. You're all liable if you can't keep Elmo in his playpen” ([02:32]).
Steve Bannon advocates for immediate accountability rather than deferral:
“Don't sit there and tell me that you didn't know something was going on when this order came down on July 2nd” ([32:32]).
4. Political Ramifications and Future Outlook
The episode concludes with broader political commentary, linking the disaster response to ongoing national issues and future elections.
a. Impact on Midterm Elections
Captain Jason Waldrop and Stephen K. Bannon discuss how the FBI investigations could galvanize the MAGA base, potentially influencing midterm elections:
“This is going to be tremendous momentum behind us going into the midterms” ([43:59]).
b. Geopolitical Concerns
The dialogue touches on international tensions, notably the Ukraine war, and its implications for U.S. defense and economic policies:
“We're down to 25% Patriot missiles... because they don't exist anymore” ([38:39]).
c. Economic Threats and BRICS Summit
Steve Bannon warns about the BRICS nations' efforts to displace the U.S. dollar as the global currency, calling it the "Rio Reset":
“The Rio reset in July marks a pivotal moment when BRICS objectives move decisively from a theoretical possibility towards inevitable reality” ([46:55]).
Notable Quotes
George Papadopoulos at [00:22]:
“As of 8am this morning time there are 95 deceased... 161 missing people in Kerr County area.”
Captain Jason Waldrop at [41:37]:
“The FBI, former FBI director, and the former director of the CIA simultaneously under criminal investigation for... a criminal conspiracy to defraud the US Government.”
Mayor of Kerrville at [19:24]:
“This is a story of tragedy, but it's also a story of heroes... we live here. We've lost friends here.”
Stephen K. Bannon at [30:56]:
“All of these children who died on his watch, and he's up there complaining about the media... You got to find out what happened.”
Conclusion
Episode 4619 of Bannon’s War Room provides a multifaceted exploration of the disaster response in Kerr County, Texas, highlighting both heroic efforts and systemic shortcomings. Concurrently, it delves into the contentious FBI investigations targeting high-profile figures like Stephen K. Bannon and James Comey, framing them within a larger narrative of political maneuvering and accountability. Through passionate discourse and critical analysis, the episode underscores the pressing need for transparency, responsibility, and resilience in both local and national spheres.