
WarRoom Battleground EP 655: Investigating The Crimes Of The Left...
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Stephen K. Bannon
This is what you're fighting for.
Jeff Clark
I mean, every day you're out there, what they're doing is blowing people off. If you continue to look the other way and shut up, then the oppressors.
Stephen K. Bannon
The authoritarians, get total control and total power. Because this is just like in Arizona. This is just like in Georgia. It's another element that backs them into a quarter and shows their lies and misrepresentations is why this audience is going.
Jeff Clark
To have to get engaged. As we've told you, this is the fight.
Stephen K. Bannon
All this nonsense, all this spin, they can't handle the truth.
Jeff Clark
War Room Battleground here's your host, Stephen K. Bannon. It's Monday, the 18th of November, year of our Lord 2024. Welcome back for the second hour of our late afternoon early evening show. Julie Kelly's with us. She has to bounce. Julie, they when we were attacked so viciously, many of us went to prison, some were bankrupted, people ran up massive bills, had their lives disrupted. There's a thousand of the J6ers in jail. I think they came, they got the right to lifers, they're in prison. The school moms at the school boards, just across the board. When they had control of state power, they were as arrogant as you can get. I never heard one time any member of the Magathe mega movement, President Trump or anybody ever said, well, I'm going to leave the country. We are Americans. We believe in this republic. We will fight for this republic even if it means going to jail or going to prison or being bankrupt. We will never stop these whining libs. All they're talking about is getting passports, go bags. I mean, to see them up on these shows every night, whining, whining, whining, hey, if you didn't do anything wrong, not to worry. The reason they're sweating, they know the crimes they have committed and they're going to be held accountable and brought to justice. Julie Kelly, you're working on this nonstop. Your work over the last four years, quite frankly, is going to be the lays, the predicate for many of these investigations. Can you tell us what you're working on and when you think you're going to publish it and come back on the War Room as you've done for the last, I don't know, four years?
Julie Kelly
Yes. Well, Steve, again, thank you for covering my work when very few outlets would do that. But I want to tell you, Tia, what you just talked about. I sat in those courtrooms for the last few years and I watched these smug Prosecutors, these asympathetic, I've called them sadistic line prosecutors. You don't know their names, but I do. And I've watched how they were gratified by destroying the lives of people who they know committed no crime, who had no criminal record, and more importantly, Steve, who had no means to fight this DOJ in government. And they would sit there smugly knowing that these people, whether it was a veteran, whether it was a police officer, whether it was a grandma from Florida, they knew they were sending that American to the wolves before D.C. juries or these reckless, lawless D.C. judges. And I would walk out of those courtrooms and I would say to myself, those degenerates are not going to win. They are not going to prevail. This is not the country and the system my ancestors fought for. And I'll be damned if these prosecutors. I'm not going to name names now, but I will, and I already am to other people. They are not going to do this to this country and to these Americans. So I feel gratified, I feel satisfied that now they are on the other side of this. And more importantly, that J6 defendants know that their tormentors are the ones now being tormented to pick up on your hunted are the hunters. The tormentors are being tormented. They're finding lawyers. They're losing sleep. They're worried their livelihoods will be destroyed. They're worried about their wives leaving them or their children abandoning them because they will be exposed for what they've done now. They are the ones on the other side. And that is something we can all be happy about.
Jeff Clark
Yes. Like we say to all the folks that committed these crimes against American citizens and American patriots, tough break for some swell guys and gals as we come after you for justice, not for vengeance. Julie, where do people go to get your reporting? Look forward to have you back on here.
Stephen K. Bannon
You are a War Room Posse favorite.
Julie Kelly
Well, I'm happy to come on anytime. Declassified with Julie Kelly is my substack. I've got a piece up today about this and also Real Clear Investigations. And I spend a lot of time on X. Julie Underscore Kelly, too.
Jeff Clark
Julie, thank you so much for having on. Tremendous.
Brian Costello
You too, Steve.
Jeff Clark
Thanks, Brother Clark. It would be very easy to say, oh, we got to get vengeance. It's not about that because we have more important things to do. This has to be done to keep the American system right. The lawlessness of DOJ and the FBI, the lawlessness of some of even the state actors like Tish James and the folks down in Georgia, we have to investigate this. Correct? If you're going to keep the system, this has to be totally transparent. Can't be any. It can't be vindictive. But is there any doubt in your mind that we have to do this?
Brian Costello
No, Steve. You know, I'll use another homely analogy, right? This is like the bully in the schoolyard. If the bully in the schoolyard spends 40 years trashing people, you know, beating them up, as Julie Kelly was describing, you know, just awful treatment of the January 6th defendants. I think in many ways, their due process rights were violated. I think scooping them up in many cases violated their Fourth Amendment rights because there was the equivalent of a general warrant, which is what the framers didn't want to have done by, you know, using these electronic dragnets for cell phones that were in the area. And, you know, I think. I think all of their criminal constitutional rights, in one case or another or in one respect or another, have been violated as a result of this process. So, you know, you can't not push back on the schoolyard bully. Otherwise, the bully gets worse and worse and worse. And the next time the Democrats are back in office, they're going to think that they really can do absolutely anything they want. They're not going to have any governing chains. And that's not the system we want. We want people to exercise power responsibly. We want people to observe constitutional rights. And we've gotten into like a kind of, as my colleague, my boss, Russ Vogt describes a post constitutional world where we have DOJ cooperating with big tech to censor Americans, as came out from the hashtag Twitter files. We have them, you know, censoring speech about the important Covid issue, which has damaged people's public health, either with the vaccine or from the. The effects of the lockdown and the economic effects of the lockdown. We have, you know, parents who just want to have input into what happens in their schools, you know, their children in their schools, and they're being treated as if they're national security criminals by the National Security division of the DoJ. These are legendary, you know, violations of ordinary Americans, rights that they thought would never be violated. Steve. And it has to be investigated to the hilt. Otherwise, we're just going to see the lawlessness and the stripping of our liberties continue unabated.
Jeff Clark
As an advisor to President Trump and to the soon to be Attorney General Matt Gaetz, do you recommend you do that within the confines of Maine justice? Do you farm it out to a local U.S. attorney or do you appoint a special counsel and get on with it that way, somebody that can just focus on this, this investigation.
Brian Costello
So given the arguments, Steve, that have been made in President Trump's case down in Florida, the Mar A Lago case that Judge Cannon dismissed under two constitutional provisions, the Appointments clause, as to Jack Smith not holding a valid constitutional appointment, and as to the Appropriations clause.
Pat McSweeney
Right.
Brian Costello
I think that we're going to want to evaluate the existing special counsel regulations, and there may be changes or there may be, you know, sort of scrapping those regulations. So for starters, I would do it at Main justice. And then I would also say that just as I believe that the Liz Cheneys and Benny Thompsons of the world and Jamie Raskins were cooperating with the Garland Justice Department. And I think the data on that's going to come out eventually. You know, there's nothing wrong with talking to Republicans in the House and the Senate about any investigations that they set up and then, you know, taking any information from that and then using that for further executive branch investigations.
Jeff Clark
Do I have Pat McSweeney? Is Pat McSweeney. He's not up yet. Pat is. We have Tina Peters, lawyer. A couple things. Number one, you're seeing the Trump proofing of these departments right now. You have the Trump proofing in states where the resistance is going to be Trump proofing departments, particularly over in the Pentagon, they're pulling out manuals about lawful orders, etc. Clearly, the resistance is going to come from the administrative state and the deep state. What is your recommendation to President Trump, to his Attorney General Matt Gaetz, and to the department heads of how they handle this.
Brian Costello
So I think, look, there needs to be a firm hand to tell the career people that when they're given instructions, they're expected to carry them out. And that, you know, if you're going to try nonsense of you're receiving unconstitutional orders. Right. Not every order that is being issued is unconstitutional just because they disagree with it as a policy matter. And, you know, to General Milley, I'd say, you know, and those like him, you know, that includes you. Then I would also say, look, one of the techniques that the deep State uses as Democrat administrations go out is they try to burrow in their political appointees into the career civil service, Steve. And I think there need to be immediate steps taken to review all of those decisions to see whether, you know, the law was actually fully complied with there. And those officials then need to be carefully monitored to see if they're just trying to continue the policies of the Biden and Harris administration. And the last thing I would say is, look, you can't tolerate. Can I tell a quick anecdote about a colleague?
Jeff Clark
Jeff Clark's in the house, baby.
Brian Costello
Well, I think I have told this story once on your show, but I think it was before.
Jeff Clark
Steve, you're like the Bob Newhart of War Room. You never get too emotional. Very, very low key. But go ahead, tell a story.
Brian Costello
Thank you. So here's the story. I had a colleague who was a political appointee at the Environmental Protection Agency, and she supervised several career employees, several career managers. One of them asked her to meet him on the weekend in Dupont Circle. And this is a woman who, you know, was either pregnant at the time, I forget, or had just had her first child, you know, very clearly, you know, a Christian devout woman. And he insisted on taking her. Unbeknownst to her, she just sort of showed up at the address where he was wearing prominently a big shirt that said resistance. You know, he's meeting with his boss at a gay bar and he clearly was trying to send a message that obviously he was going to resist and that, you know, she wasn't really welcome and that he specifically said that, look, you're going to have problems when you tell us what to do because we're really the ones who hold the levers of power. And, you know, I've told that story before because I just think it's remarkable in brazen. I mean, you know, I had some problems with some people at the, in the career ranks at the Justice Department. But no, they never tried anything like that. And it shows like just how out of control, like the farther you get actually from the professionalization of the Justice Department into some other agencies, you can really get off the charts crazy wokeism and resistance type behavior.
Jeff Clark
Steve, I want Jack Posobic up on Twitter. And by the way, Pat McSweeney is going to join us in a minute. And Brian Costello, Jack Vasobic has just tweeted out and I'd like your thoughts on this. He's hearing that NSA officials, Wendy Noble, she's deputy director, and that's the Fort Meade nsa, and Melissa Smith, chief of staff, planning to lead resistance against 47, Noem and Gabbard and have also reached out to others around the intelligence community to discuss sanitizing the president's daily briefing per a White House official. Your thoughts, Steve?
Brian Costello
Look, I don't want to prejudge, especially if I might get back to the Justice Department any particular person's case, but I would Say, what is the theory of having a civil service? The theory is that they neutrally serve whatever president sits in the chair. Okay. And that means that that president sets the policy direction for officials to announce that they're going to resist the policy direction of a new incoming president who is the only official in the executive branch who is elected by the people, albeit, you know, through the electoral college mechanism. They are not elected. The president holds all of the legitimacy, and a civil service holds no legitimacy whatsoever. And I believe it breaks the law if it says that it. If it does disobey the president and the political appointees that serve the president and carry out his agenda because the government's so large, the president can't possibly do it all. And if they're not, you know, and if they're saying that in advance that they're not going to obey that, it's even worse.
Jeff Clark
Would that be grounds for an investigation if you were over at Maine Justice?
Brian Costello
Absolutely. I mean, you can be dismissed for insubordination. Right. But if you say, like, across the board for entire categories of cases, I intend to be insubordinate. I mean, that, to my mind, is, you know, prime of face evidence.
Jeff Clark
Sanitizing the president's daily briefing is fairly serious. Would you?
Brian Costello
Yes. You're keeping information from the president that he needs to have so that he can do his job effectively. They're pretending as if they are the keepers of the nation's intelligence and it's not the president. And that's the reverse. The president controls the entire classification scheme. He can classify or declassify whatever he wants while it's classified. You know, if he asks for a briefing to evaluate what he wants to do about it, that is for him to decide. It's not for them to decide for him and say, we can't trust you with this information.
Jeff Clark
Is there any doubt in your mind we're going to have a massive constitutional clash about this coming in the first or second quarter, about the president as chief executive of the government, the commander in chief of the armed forces, and the chief magistrate as laid out by the Constitution. Sir.
Brian Costello
Look, I think they're going to try some shenanigans like Russiagate again, probably, and then, you know, we're going to have to have forcible pushback on that. But in terms of, like, isolated incidences of insubordination, you have to deal with it rapidly.
Jeff Clark
You don't see a mass resistance?
Brian Costello
Well, I see them trying a mass resistance, but I think mass resistance tends to collapse when some people get fired. And they lose their pensions.
Jeff Clark
The French army had a solution for that. Maybe it's too harsh here. Pull, you know, every tenth guy out, shoot them. And it instills the spirit of the guys that are remaining to get out of the trench. You remember the Kubrick film Paths of Glory. That's a metaphor, by the way, when they try to pull us down. Pat McSweeney joins us. Pat is a. Goes all the way back to the Nixon administration as a Republican lawyer. Pat, thank you. Your Tina Peters lawyer. Now, you guys have just put out a big document about her bail, or is it a bond? I thought, Tina Peters is in prison. So how are you trying to get her out? I thought she was starting her nine year sentence, sir.
Pat McSweeney
She requested bond or bail while her appeal is pending, and the judge turned it down. So we have applied to the court of appeals in Colorado for an independent decision on that bond issue. We just followed it yesterday.
Jeff Clark
Is she being treated rather harshly? She's a gold star mother. She's in her 70s. I think Jenna Griswold's had these problems with these codes, right? Is it, Is it, Is she. She got nine years in prison and they shackled her in the courtroom and dragged her off. Is Tina Peters being treated more harshly than you would think for what she's alleged to have done, sir?
Pat McSweeney
Well, let me just rattle off a few things. She's 69 years old. She has no criminal record. She was not convicted of any violent crime. She has no risk of flight. She had no. Rather the district court had no basis for denying promotion. He posited his decision on the fact that she spoke out about election integrity. And she was supported not only by three certified experts, cyber experts, who reviewed the material that she obtained from her own system. She was the Mesa county clerk and recorder. And she was operating under a federal duty, a statutory duty, a criminal statute that required her to preserve all election records. The Secretary of State ordered that those records be deleted. Now, she denies that, but it's. That's a flimsy argument. She ordered that they override, overwrite all of the election records after the election. Knowing that was going to happen, Tina got a qualified expert to make forensic images. It's ironic that what they called a security breach is exactly what the Secretary of State has been guilty of just before the election. Passwords to the system, which Tina was never accused of releasing, but were released after she made those forensic images. The Secretary of State did the same thing and nothing, of course, happened.
Jeff Clark
Pat, is it extraordinary that she's. She's. In jail. Given that she's not a flight risk, She's a gold star mother. She's 69 years old and there's some dispute about the secretary of state might have had the same problem, that she's not out on appeal just as a normal course of business here. And the fact that was a nonviolent crime.
Pat McSweeney
I can't find a single criminal practitioner who has ever faced anything like this before, particularly because of her age after 55. There's a consensus among pediatric corrections people and physicians that people who are incarcerated after age 55 see their age, their aging accelerate. So she is 69 and if she stays in for nine years, there's no question she will not attend her mother, who's 96 her mother's demise, won't even be able to visit her mother. This is outrageous.
Jeff Clark
Where do you stand right now? Where do you stand right now with going to the appeals court on, for the, the bail pending appeal? When do you argue that?
Pat McSweeney
Well, there won't be a hearing on that. They will rule on the papers on that. It's my understanding we have an emergency appeal that we'll file later this month on merits. We do it now, but we have to have the transcript and that's not going to be available for another 20 some days. So we'll have an argument on that in the court of appeals in Colorado. In the meantime, though, unless the court of appeals grants her motion to release her, she's going to still be incarcerated.
Jeff Clark
So, Pat, how do people, where do people go to find out more about this and how do people help? I think the Tina Peterson situation has people throughout the country outraged, the whole thing. What happened, how she tried to try to make sure the elections out there were fair and equitable, how she was rounded up like a common criminal, how she's been treated, the way she, you know, they came back, gave her a nine year sentence. She was shackled in the courtroom and taken away and she's done some, I guess some videos from prison. People get more outraged on this every day. So where do people, where can people go to find more information and if they can help.
Pat McSweeney
Let me send you something, Steve. I hesitate to give you information on the broadcast because of the bar rules. Let me, let me scope that out and send you a contact where people, they certainly can follow her on her website and I don't have that right.
Jeff Clark
In front of me.
Pat McSweeney
She is able to communicate from prison. She's in jail for jail. She's going to be transferred to the corrections state corrections facility if we don't get her released.
Jeff Clark
Well, we got to get her release. So we're the war room, and the war and posse is there to assist you guys. Pat, are you on social media? Have you, have you entered the 21st century yet? Are you on social media?
Pat McSweeney
I was 10 years ago before I left. Started in the 70s. I made everybody get on social. No. And I abjure any connection. In fact, I wasn't. We dropped Skype, had to use my wife's computer. I do answer the telephone. That's about it. But at my age, we're allowed some indulgences.
Jeff Clark
Pat McSweeney, you're a good man and a brilliant lawyer. You've been fighting the good cause on so many great causes for many, many decades. People appreciate you and love you. So thank you so much for joining us tonight.
Pat McSweeney
Thanks for having me.
Jeff Clark
Peters.
Pat McSweeney
I'll send you.
Jeff Clark
Thanks, brother. Full disclosure, Pat McSweeney is one of my oldest friends, and his mom was my mom's, I think, her best friend or close to being her best friend. Pat lived right down the street from me and an absolutely brilliant lawyer and a great role model for everybody coming in the Catholic community in Richmond, Virginia. Jeff Clark, you've been under the gun for a long time. The Tina Peters. President Trump's been under the gun for a long time. Others. Tina Peters is a unique situation, I think, in all of this. A gold star mother who gave the greatest sacrifice. Her son died in a line of duty for his country. Right. They're the equivalent or looked at as almost like the vestal virgins in Republican Rome. Right. Beyond reproach. She's never had a. Never had a crime, never, I mean, nothing. And because she tried to stand up for what she thought as a professional was untoward activity about these machines in Mesa county, she now has nine years in a state prison.
Brian Costello
Sir, I think it's unconscionable, and I think probably many of your viewers and listeners, Steve, watched the judge sentence her and give her a tongue lashing, which that judge, you know, strikes me as a disgrace. That was totally unnecessary. He seemed to have no respect for the fact that she had raised war hero. You know, as a gold star mom, I think it was disgusting. And look, I don't understand how this case even got off the ground, Steve, because there is a federal statute that says you have to preserve election records under penalty of criminal law. Federal criminal prosecution. So why wasn't what she did entirely privileged under that? I don't, I don't get it. Only in you know, a very blue jurisdiction in Colorado. Would you get a result as whacked out as saying that for trying to preserve the records, she's the one who committed the crime.
Jeff Clark
Before I let you go, your idea here on the recess appointments, on a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being metaphysical certitude, it's going to be used. One means we toss it out. Where do you think we stand with your idea about it actually being used for these some of these nominees?
Brian Costello
I think it absolutely should be used. It's a power the president has used since the dawn of the Republic, Steve. And so why should Donald Trump be denied a power that all prior presidents?
Jeff Clark
Has any president ever forced?
Brian Costello
No, not yet.
Jeff Clark
That's the Clark. That's the Clark method. Here you have come up with something or you went back research. It's available, but it would be has never been used in this history of the Republic, correct?
Brian Costello
That's correct. But the Constitution says the power exists, so it exists. And what's the Supreme Court going to do if the power exists?
Jeff Clark
All you got to do is tell Trump it's never been used, but it's in the Constitution. I think we will be lighting a rocket that way. Clark cra where do people get you doing amazing work, Russ. Voting. The team over there rusted up huge podcast day with Tucker Carlson. That is going to be must watch. Russ Vogt, of course, our beloved head of OMB cra. Where do people get you sure.
Brian Costello
I can't wait to watch that myself. Steve. I'm at Jeff Clark us on Getter and X and at Real Jeff Clark on Truth Social. And we're@americarenewing.com we get that is like a Jeff Clark.
Jeff Clark
I can't wait to watch. I mean it's like a. That's like a Jeff. The Bob Newhart of War Room. Jeff Clark. Love you, brother. Thank you for coming by and dropping by. Clark's always up to something. Always thinking, always thinking. He's always thinking. That's what President Trump loves him in the team. Short commercial break Brian Costello, the folks at Sequoia and the folks around him may be a little bit nervous with the new Justice Department. Short break, back in a moment.
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Jack Posobiec
Yes, Steve. One, it's good to see you. Two, I think what McSweeney laid out about aging and when you're incarcerated, I think they might want to study study you on that. You look younger to me, so I.
Jeff Clark
Know I reverse stage.
Stephen K. Bannon
They empowered me.
Jeff Clark
They what did, what did he say? That that age you're supposed to age 5 years for every year in 9x for every year over 55. Come on, man.
Jack Posobiec
I think I have somebody. We might. We might have to fund something at the NIH studying you on that.
Jeff Clark
Check this package out. Come on, Come on. Dude.
Stephen K. Bannon
Came out more empowered than ever. Prison Ripped Costello.
Jeff Clark
Are guys at Sequoia and people associated with them.
Stephen K. Bannon
Are they going to prison?
Jeff Clark
Sir?
Jack Posobiec
Let's hit it. Steve, I just got word that there is an agency and we don't know which one yet. There's only a few it could be. Is looking into how venture capitalists. The Chinese Communist Party has been using venture capitalists to steal intellectual property. There was a moment here while you were incarcerated where Tim Waltz stood up in front of the world trying to make fun of J.D. vance. And he said he didn't even know what venture capital is. And I'm thinking to myself, he should have been watching the war Room for the last two years, but. So venture capitalists who invest in companies are very important to our ecosystem, our innovation. The Chinese government has used this. And now apparently the US Government, after gross negligence, malfeasance, call it whatever you want, protecting their donors, are deciding within agencies to actually look at this. My theory is knowing that Tulsi Gabbard's coming into dhs, Gates is the Attorney General. Radcliffe.
Jeff Clark
No, no, no, no, no. She's. She's coming. She's coming into DNI to control all the. DNI will control all the things. Hang on for a second. I want to. Since you're talking about venture capital, correct me if I'm wrong. I think there was a study, and I believe it was done even by the government, that the Chinese Communist Party, on average, roughly steals. Or is it in these joint ventures, which is they force companies to do it. They extort it, either through extortion or stealing. $600 billion a year in intellectual property generated by American companies and. Or American universities. Am I close? Have you heard that number before? Because I heard the total number comes to almost 4 or 5 trillion dollars of intellectual property has been stolen by the Chinese Communist Party or extorted in these joint ventures where they have to turn it over. Have you heard that number before? Sir?
Jack Posobiec
I've heard that exact number. And you can't even quantify it. Steve. It's, you know, our innovation engine is our economy. So let's take an example. If you're an entrepreneur and you want to start. Let's take a drone company, right? You want to build a particular drone company, whether it's for Commercial use or private use. You go on your pitch. Venture capitalists, right? And some of those venture capitalists like McConnell's brother in law's old company, IDG Sequoia, some of the other ones had separate China subsidiaries. So what they do is they get all your ideas, they get all your intellectual property and then they say, oh, guess what, we're never going to be able to launch this company in China. So they hand it over to guys like Neil Shen who then builds that company in China and uses all the intelligence from the US firm. So you can't even quantify that. Right. China's locked us out in many of these sensitive areas into their market and they've wired themselves into the financial success of the US market and they've wired the US venture capitalists into the financial success of China and the private equity firms. So 600 million is probably a safe number. The damage has been substantial that's been done to the US economy through this important vehicle.
Jeff Clark
Walk through the venture capital, remember venture, you kind of have angel round or somehow you got to scrape it together. Then you have venture capital, which is very early stage, then private equity and then you actually do maybe a last round top off before you go public ipo. And then the money managers get in and own the stock. Institutions own the stock. The venture capitalists are absolutely central to the entire innovation economy. You're saying that Sequoia. Because Neil Shen. Tell us about Neil Shen. You're saying Sequoia. And Sequoia, folks, you should understand, is considered. If Goldman Sachs is the premier investment bank in America, maybe the world, Sequoia is considered the premier venture capital firm. Correct. This is not some bucket shop, you know, doing schlock deals. They deal at the highest level. They manage money for the biggest California, you know, CalPERS, Oregon teachers, all the premier, all the premier retirement funds that have great returns have used these guys for years, have they not? So how can you accuse something that is a platinum level in quality of actually being with a guy like Neil Shan, who supposedly has degrees from everywhere and a fine upstanding citizen of being in cahoots with our biggest enemy? Sir.
Jack Posobiec
Yeah, let's just look at Sequoia. So they funded Nvidia, which is the largest company in the world. They funded Google, which is one of the largest companies in the world. They funded Apple, which is one of the largest companies in the world. So those next companies are being created now. So from 2005 till in large part, and thanks to this show and some others that worked closely with us until 2023, they're employing a member of the Chinese government, Sequoia was, and he was bringing these ideas and creating these companies in China. Right. So he funded Alibaba, he funded dgi, the drone company. There's many companies on the military side, like Unitree, which makes military robotic dogs, DJI, the drone company, that have all been funded with US pension money. And even as late as 2022, guys like Gavin Newsom through CalPERS were continuing to fund Sequoia's China funds. So what happens is they fund these China funds, the profits then flow back to not only the partners at Sequoia, but their investors, and they all run cover that, like, hey, everything's copacetic with China. So Moritz, Moritz, Michael Moritz, one of the partners at sequoia, has a $5 billion nonprofit, and you can go look at his forms. And what is he funding? He's funding the aclu, the American Civil Liberty Union, to shut down the DOJ China program, which the Biden administration did several months into it. He's funding a bunch of immigration NGOs that are taking illegal immigrants to the registration, voting. This is all being done with China profit.
Jeff Clark
Why do you say now you're hearing in the community that there is an agency that's actually starting to investigate? Because it's done in broad daylight. I mean, this is not. This is not. People in Silicon Valley know this. People in the military industrial industry know this. People that know China and the CCP know this. This is not. This is hidden in broad daylight. People know Capitol Hill and how the money's washing back in here to Capitol Hill.
Stephen K. Bannon
Finally.
Jeff Clark
You're saying an agency is investigating this. Why would they do it now? Is this because. Is this because Trump's now coming? You have Tulsi Gabbard oversee all the intelligence agency. Or a guy like Ratcliffe will be at CIA, or Pete Hexuth, a disruptor will be a dod, or a guy like Matt Gaetz will be. I know your frustration is FBI and doj, Lisa Monaco and the people at the FBI, now that you're going to have, you know, Todd, President Trump's lawyer over there, as dag, and you're going to have maybe, I don't know, potentially Cash Patel as either the deputy or the head of the FBI. Is that what you think? This, you know, Todd Blanche coming in. Is this why you're having this new energy, looking at Sequoia where for so many years has been dormant?
Jack Posobiec
Yeah, it's people, it's. Listen, it's almost cabinet level. People that would need to open these investigations. Right. So what I believe is happening is they've turned the other way on this stuff for so long now they want to open an investigation. So when these new people come in and they say, what were you doing here? I mean, I have an anecdotal example, just like Jeff Clark did when I was in the FBI giving them billions in capital market crimes by Neil Shen and his cohorts. I was interviewed by two FBI agents who were working with the doj and literally they were out of the Washington field office. And when I went in and looked up their backgrounds, what did you find? They were focused on putting people from January 6th in jail. So you had literally a national security issue, billions in capital market crimes. And the agents that should have been on this full time reporting, you know, grandma and jail for using the bathroom. And I can give you the actual names, like this is. This was what the priority was that was set.
Jeff Clark
Yeah. Oh, no, you have. So Sequoia Capital and all the flunkies have sold our country out for money, for cash money. Understand that one of the first guys through the door on the afternoon of the 20th of January of 2025 will be Brian Costello to tell his tale to a new, reformulated, reformed, slightly Justice Department with new people and also over at the FBI. And it's going to be a high action item because we're tired of having retired, of having our country sold out by venture capitalists and people in capital markets. Brian Costello, your thoughts?
Jack Posobiec
Yeah. I mean, this rolls right up to two people that were very conflicted in this process. Lisa Monaco and Jake Sullivan. Right, Jake Sullivan and the National Security Council and Kirk Campbell were the ones that eventually went in and broke up Sequoia. So they knew there was a problem there. And instead of using the apparatus and the instruments that they're supposed to use, they went in and warned them and broke off the China arms. So Cujo's for doing it, but it's not the way you and I wouldn't have been treated like that. Right. And this all rolled right up to Monaco and her former chief of staff is the head legal person for Sequoia. And, you know, thankfully he hasn't landed. We had. Kevin McCarthy could have done something about this. And what did he did? What did he do? He fired all the people investigating it in house intel with Mike Turner.
Jeff Clark
Yeah, Derek. Derek Carvey. And put Mike Turner the. Was it from Dayton, Ohio, the vestryman who suppressed this? Lisa Monaco, you're dirty. Lawyer up, baby. Because somebody may be Coming to investigate you on so many different fronts. But put Sequoia Capital on your bingo card because we're coming for you. For Sequoia Capital and all the partners of Sequoia Capital. You guys are dirty. You sold this country out to the Chinese Communist Party. And judgment day is coming. Costello, I strongly recommend you up your security, brother. Where do people find you on your. Particularly on Twitter, formerly known as X.
Jack Posobiec
Yeah, on X it's just bp, Costello. I've still tried to keep some parts of my life simple, Steve.
Jeff Clark
Yeah, up your, up your. Up your security. We can make some recommendations. Brian Costello, your patriot and hero.
Jack Posobiec
Thank you, Steve.
Jeff Clark
The selling out of this country by these financiers, venture capitalists, hedge fund managers. You know, it was Charlie Gasparino put out that President Trump has now reached out and looking for advice from Larry Fink for who should be, I don't know, National Economic Council, nec and also Secretary Treasury. You know, we're the biggest supporters of President Trump. The show has had his back, will have his back through all these confirmations. But yo, yo, Larry Fink may be the railhead for everything that's wrong with Wall street, from DEI to climate to everything he tried to force the companies to do. I mean, Mr. President, please, please, you're killing us. Try anybody but Larry Fink. But listen, the oligarchs on Wall street, the oligarchs in Silicon Valley, if we're to sort this country out. And this is why Gates is so important, this is why the people around Gates, I mean, if you look at the other nominees of President Trump, like Todd Blanche and others, the team over at justice, some of the other teams have not been filled out yet enough, like in defense, at dni, at CIA, at dhs, to name a couple. Threes, obviously Agriculture. We started the show tonight with Nicole Shanahan. We'll have her back on. I love the fact that it's kind of the wingman for Bobby Kennedy and where Kennedy's at Health and Human Services, taking on big Pharma, taking on the big medical companies to get our arms around this fiasco that is medicine in the medical community in the United States. And big pharmacy, she's coming at it through usda. We love that the process for getting these people approved is going to be brutal. And that's why we need. We have Jeff Clark and this is one of the smartest guys in town. They're coming up with innovative ideas all the time. I'm a big believer that President Trump should not have to rely upon the recess Appointments. And the reason is the Republican Party and particularly the Senate would not have the majority unless it was for the broad shoulders of President Trump. Let me repeat. President Trump took a bullet to the head and four months later won in a landslide. The American people had four years. We were bombarded that we're, you know, we hate democracy, we're fascists, we're Nazis, we're deplorables, we're garbage. All of it relentless. And they had every tool of state power to crush us. And we prevailed. We prevailed in prevailing. And particularly for you in the Senate that just weren't in the fight. And most of you were not in the fight. A couple of three were Tuberville and some others, Hawley and some others. Most of you were not in the fight. To deny President Trump the government he wants is outrageous and we just cannot allow it to happen. I'm a big believer that the Republicans have to give him advice and advice and consent and then give their consent and we move on to deconstruct the administrative state and take on the deep state. But Jeff Clark and others are coming up with innovative constitutional ways that if he has to, he uses recess appointments. So we're going to get into, we'll be deep into this tomorrow. We're also going to talk about the war over the judges. There are 47 slots for judges that the Democrats have not filled yet. Elizabeth Warren is all over that. She wants to jam his mate through. They've kind of forgotten how important this is. She has not very smart and very tough and we're going to combat that one because remember, if President Trump can walk in on day one and have like 45 judges to fella. Come on, man. Look what we found under the Christmas tree. Okay, we're back at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and time. War Path Coffee. Look at this big thing. I got my War path right here. Mariners blend this. A dark roast. Took us years to perfect this taste. Gill and the team just go to Warpath Dot coffee slash war room or Bannon. I think you do either. War Room. Check out the 5,000 five star reviews from folks just like you Folks have been watching the show. Once you start using War Path, you will not go back. I doubt. I guarantee it is. I'm a coffee aficionado. Some may even say a junkie. I love my War path the way we start every day here in the war room in the pre dawn hours in the Imperial capital. Also sacred human health. Grass fed beef liver is just one of the products. Trevor and the team there cranking them out. Information all over the website. Sacredhumanhealth.com check that out today. Get a discount too by putting in I think okay when the man comes around from the Book of Revelations I guess an homage. An homage to the Five Horsemen of the Deep State Apocalypse. President Trump's nominees for these major departments. Until tomorrow morning at 10:00am Eastern Standard Time. I'll be up on Getter Grace and others on other social media all night long. Check us out. A lot of news going. I'll be putting some stuff up later tonight. We will see you tomorrow morning when you will be in the world.
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Podcast Summary: Bannon’s War Room – November 19, 2024
Introduction
In the November 19, 2024 episode of Bannon’s War Room, host Stephen K. Bannon and co-host Jeff Clark delve into pressing national issues, focusing on governmental overreach, the integrity of the judicial system, and the influence of foreign powers on American institutions. The episode features insightful discussions with experts Julie Kelly, Brian Costello, Pat McSweeney, and Jack Posobiec, offering a comprehensive look at the challenges facing the United States.
1. The Fight Against Authoritarianism
The episode opens with Stephen K. Bannon emphasizing the ongoing struggle against authoritarian forces within the government. He states, “[00:09] This is what you're fighting for,” setting the tone for a discussion on resisting governmental overreach. Jeff Clark echoes this sentiment, highlighting the consequences of inaction: “[00:10] If you continue to look the other way and shut up, then the oppressors... get total control and total power.”
Bannon draws parallels to recent political climates in states like Arizona and Georgia, suggesting that right-wing audiences are compelled to engage in the fight to expose lies and misrepresentations by those in power.
2. Interview with Julie Kelly: Exposing Judicial Overreach
Julie Kelly joins the conversation to shed light on the treatment of January 6th defendants and other activists by the Department of Justice (DOJ). She shares her firsthand experiences in the courtroom, describing prosecutorial behavior as “[01:00] sadistic line prosecutors” who “destroyed the lives of people who they know committed no crime.”
Key Points:
Notable Quote: “[02:14] They are not going to prevail. This is not the country and the system my ancestors fought for.”
Kelly emphasizes the importance of continued vigilance and support for those unjustly prosecuted, encouraging listeners to follow her work on platforms like Substack and Real Clear Investigations.
3. Brian Costello on DOJ and FBI Lawlessness
Brian Costello provides a critical analysis of the DOJ and FBI, accusing them of “lawlessness” and violating constitutional rights. He compares the DOJ’s actions to a “bully in the schoolyard,” arguing that unchecked power leads to further erosion of civil liberties.
Key Points:
Notable Quote: “[06:00] We have to investigate this to the hilt. Otherwise, we're just going to see the lawlessness and the stripping of our liberties continue unabated.”
4. Investigating Sequoia Capital and CCP’s Intellectual Property Theft
Jack Posobiec joins the discussion to address concerns about Sequoia Capital’s alleged involvement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in stealing American intellectual property (IP). Posobiec details how venture capital firms like Sequoia facilitate the transfer of U.S. innovations to China, undermining national security and economic integrity.
Key Points:
Notable Quote: “[40:10] Sequoia was... employing a member of the Chinese government, Sequoia was, and he was bringing these ideas and creating these companies in China. So he funded Alibaba, he funded DJI...”
5. Pat McSweeney on Tina Peters’ Incarceration
Pat McSweeney discusses the case of Tina Peters, a 69-year-old gold star mother who faces a nine-year prison sentence. McSweeney argues that Peters is being unjustly punished for her efforts to preserve election integrity in Mesa County, Colorado.
Key Points:
Notable Quote: “[19:29] She was supported not only by three certified experts, cyber experts, who reviewed the material that she obtained from her own system. She was the Mesa county clerk and recorder.”
McSweeney calls attention to the unprecedented nature of Peters’ case, emphasizing the need for public support and legal advocacy to challenge her incarceration.
6. Strategic Recommendations and Future Outlook
Throughout the episode, panelists advocate for strategic actions to counteract governmental overreach and protect constitutional rights. Brian Costello emphasizes the necessity of utilizing recess appointments for key judicial and executive positions to enable President Trump to reshape the DOJ and other agencies more effectively.
Key Recommendations:
Notable Quote: “[25:25] I think it absolutely should be used. It's a power the president has used since the dawn of the Republic, Steve.”
Conclusion
The November 19, 2024 episode of Bannon’s War Room presents a fervent critique of current U.S. governmental practices, emphasizing the need for active resistance against perceived authoritarianism and foreign interference. Through compelling interviews and strategic discussions, Bannon and his guests outline a roadmap for safeguarding American liberties and restoring constitutional governance.
Listeners are encouraged to engage with the topics discussed by following experts like Julie Kelly and Brian Costello, staying informed about ongoing legal battles, and supporting initiatives aimed at protecting the nation’s integrity.
Notable Quotes with Timestamps
Key Takeaways
For more detailed insights and ongoing discussions, listeners are encouraged to tune into future episodes of Bannon’s War Room and engage with the featured experts through their respective platforms.