Government Corruption Exposed, John Solomon Breaks Down the Russia Collusion Allegations, Ghislaine Maxwell’s Immunity Bid & The View's Liberal Bias

Summary

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Episode Title: Government Corruption Exposed, John Solomon Breaks Down the Russia Collusion Allegations, Ghislaine Maxwell’s Immunity Bid & The View's Liberal Bias
Release Date: July 31, 2025
Host: Bill O'Reilly
Guest: John Solomon

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I. Introduction and Current Updates [00:00 - 06:30]

Bill O'Reilly opens the episode by addressing recent developments and logistical updates. He mentions attempts to secure appearances from Curtis Sliwa and Democratic Congresswoman Laura Gillen, who canceled her initial booking to discuss new immigration legislation. O'Reilly emphasizes his commitment to delivering reliable news despite such setbacks.

Notable Quote:

"I'm reporting to you. Remember that. I'm reporting to you." ([02:45])

II. Main Topic: Criminal Investigation into Russian Collusion Allegations [06:30 - 27:32]

A. Overview of Allegations [06:30 - 09:11]

O'Reilly introduces John Solomon from Washington to dissect the ongoing investigation into Russian collusion allegations. The discussion centers on the belief within the MAGA and conservative circles that the Russian interference narrative is fabricated by the Obama administration to tarnish Donald Trump’s 2016 election bid.

Notable Quote:

"MAGA and the committed right believe that there was a conspiracy from President Obama on down to create a phony story that Putin interfered with the US election of '16 to favor Donald Trump." ([04:05])

B. Timeline of Events and Key Figures [09:12 - 20:14]

John Solomon outlines a detailed timeline starting from July 2016, highlighting critical moments:

1. July 2016:

   • Russian Intercepts: U.S. intelligence intercepts conversations suggesting Hillary Clinton approved a plan to fabricate a Russian scandal to shift focus from her email controversy to Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia.
   • Debriefing Obama: CIA Director John Brennan briefs President Barack Obama about the intercepts, signaling their seriousness.

   Notable Quote:

   "That Hillary Clinton had personally approved a plan to demonize President Donald Trump by suggesting he was in cahoots with Russia to hijack the 2016 election." ([08:10])

2. Subsequent Actions:

   • Alexander Downer’s Involvement: An Australian diplomat with ties to the Clintons contacts the FBI, leading to the initiation of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.
   • Formation of Fusion Cell: President Obama convenes a national security meeting to investigate Russia’s involvement, involving key intelligence figures like James Clapper and John Brennan.

3. Steele Dossier Introduction:

   • On July 5, 2016, the Steele dossier is introduced to the FBI, coinciding with James Comey’s decision to clear Hillary Clinton, raising suspicions about coordinated efforts to manipulate the investigation narrative.

4. Intelligence Community's Assessment:

   • September 2016 sees the release of an intelligence community assessment stating that Vladimir Putin did not aim to favor either candidate significantly, contradicting earlier claims.

5. Obama’s New Assessment in December 2016:

   • Despite consensus, President Obama orders a new intelligence assessment, which later suggests a 180-degree flip, implicating Putin in favoring Trump.

Notable Quotes:

"He wants some clarity." ([20:50])
"That's a crime." ([27:32])

C. Media and Institutional Responses [20:15 - 25:52]

O'Reilly and Solomon critique the media’s role, particularly the New York Times and Washington Post, for awarding Pulitzers to reports they allege were based on fraudulent information regarding Russian interference.

Notable Quote:

"The Washington Post, the New York Times split a Pulitzer Prize for journalism reporting on a phony story that didn't exist." ([04:50])

They discuss potential indictments, highlighting figures like Hillary Clinton, John Brennan, and James Comey. Solomon anticipates further revelations with the upcoming release of a classified annex from the Durham report, expected to expose deeper layers of the alleged conspiracy.

Notable Quote:

"Tomorrow is going to be the most important day of all the revelations we've had this year." ([27:01])

D. Speculations and Future Developments [25:53 - 27:32]

Solomon hints at ongoing investigations into high-profile individuals, including possible indictments related to the collusion narrative. He also touches upon related cases, such as the FBI’s handling of Mike Flynn, suggesting a broader pattern of misconduct.

III. Ghislaine Maxwell’s Immunity Bid [27:32 - 29:40]

O'Reilly transitions to discussing Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently seeking immunity after her involvement with Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal activities involving underage girls. He expresses strong disapproval of any deal that would release her from prison, stating:

Notable Quote:

"If I were President Trump, I would say you're not getting a deal. We're not pulling you out of there. You're serving you 20 years and that's it." ([28:07])

IV. The View's Liberal Bias [29:40 - 31:52]

O'Reilly criticizes the daytime talk show "The View" for its lack of conservative representation, claiming that out of 102 political guests this year, none have been conservative. He argues that Disney-ABC is using its platform to propagate a liberal agenda.

Notable Quote:

"The View so far this year has booked a has booked 102 guests to talk about politics. 102 have been liberal. Not one conservative guest on The View." ([30:00])

V. Additional News Updates [31:52 - End]

The episode concludes with brief mentions of various news topics:

• New York City Shooter: CNN’s ongoing coverage describes the suspect as possibly white, with limited information available.
• Substance Abuse Statistics: Highlighting that one-third of Americans suffer from mental illness or substance abuse disorders, underscoring a national crisis.
• Historical Note: Commemorates the anniversary of the USS Indianapolis disaster from July 30, 1945.
• Movies: O'Reilly shares personal opinions on recent blockbuster releases, expressing disappointment and declining interest in current offerings.

Notable Quote:

"One third of Americans in 2024 had mental illness or substance abuse disorders. A third of us." ([30:08])

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Conclusion

Bill O'Reilly’s episode provides a critical examination of the Russia collusion allegations, suggesting significant government corruption and media bias. Through his discussion with John Solomon, the episode outlines a timeline of events that purportedly demonstrate a coordinated effort to manipulate the 2016 election narrative. Additionally, O'Reilly addresses current events such as Ghislaine Maxwell’s immunity bid and critiques the liberal bias in mainstream media outlets like "The View." The episode underscores O'Reilly’s commitment to uncovering and reporting what he perceives as the truth behind governmental and media actions.

Contact Information: For further inquiries or to share feedback, listeners are encouraged to contact Bill O’Reilly at [e-mail].

Transcript

[Bill O'Reilly]

Foreign O'Reilly here. Welcome to the no Spin News for Wednesday, July 30, 2025. Stand up for your country. A couple updates for you. Curtis Sliwa, we were trying to get him for yesterday off the Mamdani situation and the shooting in New York. We could not find him. But he did call me today and, you know, it was, I don't know. I don't do the bookings directly, but there was some fog, let's put it that way. But Curtis is going to be on. He wasn't dodging us. And I want to report that. Also, we had a Democratic congresswoman named Laura Gillen from the South Shore on Long island booked for yesterday to talk about the legislation she is a part of to pass a new immigration law. Well, she canceled. Now she says she's going to appear. She told me in person she would. So we're going to hold her to that. And I may have to go out and find her myself if I have to. I will. I'm very interested in this new legislation that's going to be introduced and what it says, and I'm sure you are, too. But we were disappointed that Congresswoman Gillen, and it was fairly at the last minute. I mean, she gave us a little notice, but not a lot. And you know, look, it's my job to report to you. Remember that. I'm reporting to you. So I had to upgrade that. Talkie Boy's memo this evening is a huge story that is just beginning. It's about the criminal investigation into the Russian collusion situation. And that is what we are going to get. This is going to be a hard news segment, all right? Not opinion, not floating around in the universe. This is what we know now. We're going to present it to you. If you have a pen and a paper to write it down, that would be good. Okay, Number one, MAGA and the committed right believe that there was a conspiracy from President Obama on down to create a phony story that Putin interfered with the US election of 16 to favor Donald Trump. That's what MAGA and the right wingers believe. And as you know, people believe what they want to believe. Okay? The left wing and the Democratic Party, they don't care. They are in the business of ignoring the story or refuting it if something big happens. But bottom line, massive corruption at the federal level, potentially, potentially, they don't care. That's where we are in the country. That's the big thing. Now you say, okay, O'Reilly, that's your opinion, that they don't care. I'll back it up. The Washington Post, the New York Times split a Pulitzer, okay. Prize for journalism reporting on a phony story that didn't exist. Those papers got a Pulitzer. Pulitzer Co. Didn't revoke the award and the newspapers didn't give it back. Fraud. Now, if they had debunked this story, the Post in the Times, then they should have gotten a Pulitzer. Right. But to promote the story as reality, they were rewarded with the Pulitzer by the left wing Pulitzer Company. I mean, come on. All right, now let's get to the hard news. Here are the top people involved in, in the criminal investigation that is just beginning. President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, former CIA chief John Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former FBI chief James Comey, Deputy director of the FBI Andrew McCabe. Again, most conservatives or many conservatives, I think that would be more fair, have already convicted them all. Okay. But only a grand jury, a federal grand jury can bring charges. That's it. Nobody else. A federal grand jury. In order to bring those charges, the Justice Department, Pam Bondi is going to be the lead. We'll have to present hard data to those people so that they would indict. That's our system. Okay. One more thing on this. I just want to know the truth. That's all I want to know. And if the truth is that President Obama didn't actively try to subvert the election or try to punish Donald Trump, I'm going to report that. And if the truth is that he did, I'll report that as well. Okay. I'm going to be a really tough guy here. If you don't want that kind of reporting, you got plenty of cables on both sides that are going to give you the propaganda. I'm not going to do that. Everything will be backed up. And that's the memo. And joining us now from Washington is the aforementioned John Solomon. All right, so this all began with Tulsi Gabbard, Director of intelligence, putting forth that, you know, there may be some criminal charges here. The media has largely ignored it on the left and the right wing media has, you know, stoked it. Would that be accurate so far?

[John Solomon]

That is a complete accurate picture. Yep.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Yep. You're not going to get this in a Washington Post, New York Times network news. Let's start with the most important person in the investigation, President Obama.

[John Solomon]

Yes.

[Bill O'Reilly]

What do we know about his participation or lack thereof in the Russian collusion story?

[John Solomon]

Well, we know from the evidence that's now public, which we didn't all see years ago when this began unraveling is that in late July of 2016, right after Hillary Clinton was cleared in the email case, even though there had just been new evidence surfaced that maybe she had been compromised in her email, they didn't investigate. They clear her, she makes a pivot. The Russian government intercepts her aides talking about she's approved a plan to fake a Russian scandal to change the dialogue from her emails to Donald Trump's alleged complicity with Russia.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Let me stop you there.

[John Solomon]

Yeah.

[Bill O'Reilly]

So this came out of the. A Russian informant. Is that what we believe?

[John Solomon]

It's in the way it's been described, John, by John Durham is. It looks like it's a highly classified program of intercepts. We probably intercepted their intelligence or their people being briefed on intelligence.

[Bill O'Reilly]

According to Durham, the special counsel, U.S. intel intercepted some Russian chat, okay, that said Hillary Clinton knew and wanted a phony story about Donald Trump. Do I have that right?

[John Solomon]

That's right. And specifically, specifically to end the conversation about our email scandal, that's the part that's very important.

[Bill O'Reilly]

All right. They would divert attention away from. All right, now, you would have to then see what the intercept was and put it in context in order to, you know, condemn Hillary Clinton. So Barack Obama then, what's his participation?

[John Solomon]

So that intercept is made by the United states government on July 26, 2016. On July 28, just two days later, the CIA director at the time, John Brennan, was so concerned about what the Russians knew and the specificity of it, he decided to brief President Barack Obama directly. That's unusual because if you thought it was disinformation, you're not going to waste the president's time on it.

[Bill O'Reilly]

How do we know. How do we know that Brennan debriefed Obama story?

[John Solomon]

We have a record of the meeting on the president's schedule. And then on John Brennan comes out of that meeting and writes notes. And we have the direct notes of what John Brennan told the president. That John Brennan wrote in his notes.

[Bill O'Reilly]

What did he tell. What did he tell Barack Obama?

[John Solomon]

That there was foreign intelligence, that the. That Hillary Clinton had personally approved a plan to demonized President Donald Trump by suggesting he was in cahoots with Russia to hijack the 2016 election. What they say.

[Bill O'Reilly]

What was Obama's reply to what Brennan told him?

[John Solomon]

We don't know. Barack Obama has never been questioned. And John Brennan says he doesn't quite recall much about.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Doesn't recall.

[John Solomon]

Right.

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[John Solomon]

He was questioned in Congress, I believe in 2023 by Matt Gaetz. And he's a little vague on that. There's also some references in the Durham report. They're a little a cryptic. And so one of the things we think should be released soon, we're working to get is the actual transcript of John Durham's eight hour interview with John Brennan. We think that could be an important piece of evidence, obviously.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Okay, so let's advance the story now. So you got Brennan debriefing Obama on Russian intercepts that accuse Hillary Clinton of fabricating a story to damage Trump. What happens after President Obama hears that from Brennan?

[John Solomon]

In the six day period that follows that briefing, there's an extraordinary amount of activity. First, an Australian diplomat that has a long relationship with the Clintons, his name is Alexander Downer. He had donated a large amount of Australian tax dollars to the Clinton Foundation. Longtime friend of the Clintons. He comes forward and tells the fba, oh, I remember this conversation from May. And I think the Trump campaign might have been working with Russia to hack the election. The very storyline that the Russians are actually intercepting that Hillary Clinton says that's going to be the fake story. He comes forward based on that information, the FBI opens the crossfire hurricane investigation.

[Bill O'Reilly]

All right, so a friend of the Clintons, friend of the Clintons tells who the FBI into the FBI.

[John Solomon]

He goes to the FBI, volunteers the report.

[Bill O'Reilly]

All right, this is James Comey. He says that he has information that the Russian intercept is bull. That there was a real.

[John Solomon]

No, what he said. No, actually what he's saying Is back in May, he had an interaction with a Trump staffer. I believe it's George Papadopoulos. And he walked away from that conversation thinking that George Papadopoulos might have been hinting that that might have been.

[Bill O'Reilly]

I got.

[John Solomon]

Right.

[Bill O'Reilly]

So he's trying to reinforce the validity of the story. Okay, so Comey then opens an investigation, right?

[John Solomon]

That's right. Pete Struck. Right. That's the agent who does it.

[Bill O'Reilly]

And then what happens after that?

[John Solomon]

Three days after the investigations open, President Obama convenes a national security meeting in the Situation Room. And there he brings in his top people. John Brennan, James Clapper, James Comey, very important that he's in that meeting. And he orders that a fusion cell be stood up to begin investigating whether Russia is working with Donald Trump or on its own to influence the election.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Okay, let's stop. Let's stop there. So Obama convenes a meeting.

[John Solomon]

Right.

[Bill O'Reilly]

All right, and what was Clapper, Director of National Intelligence. Did he have anything to do with this? Did he contribute anything to this?

[John Solomon]

He's part of the effort to set up that fusion cell. He's the top intelligence officer in the land, so he's supervising the project.

[Bill O'Reilly]

But his crew intercepted the Russian thing that said.

[John Solomon]

Probably the CIA did the intercept. Yeah. So one down from him. CIA is one of those agencies that report up to Clapper. The CIA is the one who gets that intercept and then alerts.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Okay, but Clapper knew about it. Is Clapper refuting it or saying, no, it's real. Do we know?

[John Solomon]

We don't know.

[Bill O'Reilly]

We don't know what Clapper's opinion.

[John Solomon]

Right.

[Bill O'Reilly]

So Obama's got all his guys in there, and they're all talking about this back and forth so far. If I were president, I'd have my guys in there too.

[John Solomon]

Sure.

[Bill O'Reilly]

I would be talking about this. Right. Wouldn't you agree?

[John Solomon]

Okay, I would.

[Bill O'Reilly]

All right, so so far, we have Brennan, little nebulous. We have Hillary accused of the mastermind of all this.

[John Solomon]

Right.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Then after the meeting, Homie carries on his investigation, right?

[John Solomon]

Yes, sir, he does.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Does he come to a conclusion?

[John Solomon]

He decides that it is worth by September, escalating to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the FISA court, the Special Spy Court.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Two months before the election, Homie uses this unverified information that's been challenged by the Russian intercept to get warrants to what, Eavesdrop on the Trump campaign.

[John Solomon]

That's right. Specifically Carter Page, which would give him a backdoor into the entire Trump campaign in Russia. So two weeks, two months before they're spying on the opposition party's campaign.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Did Comey ever explain why he used unverified information to get a court appointed wire?

[John Solomon]

He has said that he thought it met the standards for the FISA warrant. We now know from. Okay, that's right. We now know it didn't meet the standards.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Right, of course. Because all stories phony.

[John Solomon]

All right, that's right.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Yeah.

[John Solomon]

From the beginning.

[Bill O'Reilly]

But then Obama is, did he step back and let the FBI do what they do or did he get involved further?

[John Solomon]

He stays out of it all the way through the election. Obviously, Donald Trump does the, I think unthinkable for Democrats. He beats Hillary Clinton. Right. And then there's a very important pivot after that.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Okay, well, I'll get to that in a moment. So from the time he held his cabinet meeting about the Russian collusion accusation to election Day, Barack Obama really didn't have any kind. He wasn't.

[John Solomon]

None that we know of. We don't know of any other events. Right, right.

[Bill O'Reilly]

He wasn't proactive. And you'd have to have a whistleblower come up and say, that's right, that he did. You know, he was behind. All right, so after Trump beats Clinton, then Barack Obama swings into some kind of action. What was that?

[John Solomon]

Let me give you two other little data points because I think they're going to be important as we go down this map. I don't want to lose the timeline for people. Okay, July 5th is the day that James Comey magically waved his magic wand and said, I'm absolving Hillary Clinton. The FBI doesn't have the right to do that. He did it. We all remember July 5th.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Right.

[John Solomon]

And remember what the Russians intercepted, that this was a pivot point that Hillary want to change the, the conversation from her email scandal to a fake Donald Trump scandal. That same day, July 5, 2016, the same day she knows James Comey is clearing her, Christopher Steele walks into the FBI with the first version of his dossier. So literally on the exact same day when people look and say, boy, these are some coincidences that are serious. The day that she's getting absolved is the day she starts the Steele dossier. She's paid for the Steele dossier. Steele walks in and that process, the.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Circumstantial evidence is overwhelming.

[John Solomon]

Yeah, it's pretty big. Okay, one more date. Why? Obama's sitting present, not doing anything. In September, the Intelligence Committee, James Clapper, James Brennan, all The experts, all 17 intelligence agencies say, listen, there's some evidence that Russia did the hacking on Hillary Clinton's Emails. They're doing some typical countermeasures we normally see. But we do not believe that Vladimir Putin is trying to pick one candidate over the other. That is the assessment of all 17 agencies. So the belief is, all right, there might have been some normal funny business that Russia does every time, but they're just trying to sow mischief. They're not trying to pick one candidate over the other. What is the assessment?

[Bill O'Reilly]

What did Brennan and Clapper say about that consensus? Anything on the record?

[John Solomon]

They delivered it. They were the ones who delivered to the president. So they didn't dispute it?

[Bill O'Reilly]

No, not at all.

[John Solomon]

Okay, not at all.

[Bill O'Reilly]

All right, so then in December, President elect Trump is gathering his crew and Barack Obama reinserts himself into this. What does he does?

[John Solomon]

There's an incredible moment that occurs just before he gets activated over the Thanksgiving holiday. So late November 2016, the intelligence community comes back and said, we think we were right. It is clear that Vladimir Putin didn't try to sway the election towards Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. In fact, the best evidence of it is what's happened in October, In October of 2016, when most Americans are making up their mind about who they're going to pick. The debates are going on. That's majority Americans decide. Last minute, Vladimir Putin withdrew all of his countermeasures in the United States. He was not trying to drop any more damaging.

[Bill O'Reilly]

And Obama acknowledges all of this?

[John Solomon]

Well, it's briefed, right? It is brief. So on the end of November, the gang of eight in Congress is briefed on this, which is our assessment that we gave you and the president in September appears to be accurate. And the best evidence is that last month of the election, Vladimir Putin pulled out. He had more shots he could have fired at Hillary Clinton. He doesn't fire them, he holds them back. And in fact, he seems resigned in October that he was going to have Hillary Clinton as a president. They briefed that to Congress and now they're about to brief it to Obama. They're supposed to tell obama that on December 9th. And a funny thing happens. Obama convenes a meeting on December 5, approximately, and decides he wants a new intelligence assessment. The one he was about to get. We don't know. We don't know the reason.

[Bill O'Reilly]

So he doesn't like this one, he wants another.

[John Solomon]

Doesn't like this one. That's right. And Congress has already been given the information.

[Bill O'Reilly]

How do we know that? How do we know that Obama wanted a new intelligence assessment of Russian collusion?

[John Solomon]

In the just declassified House Intelligence Committee report that Did a review of this whole episode. There is a specific executive order that the House Intelligence Committee was shown showing that Barack Obama ordered a new intelligence assessment.

[Bill O'Reilly]

A new assessment. Okay. What does that indicate? So maybe he just wanted to be 100% correct or, you know, is there two possibilities?

[John Solomon]

Yeah, two possibilities from the testimony of people that we've been able to read. One is there were people who just didn't like that assessment. They wanted to push the narrative. Yeah. Donald Trump cheated to win. There are other people. When the president hears this, other people say, well, the president's hearing that from some people. And he sees the intelligence community. He's got two different sides of the story. He wants everybody to go back.

[Bill O'Reilly]

He wants some clarity.

[John Solomon]

Look, more time. Yeah. And that could be a reasonable thing to do.

[Bill O'Reilly]

So far, I haven't heard anything about Barack Obama that's going to get him indicted by a federal grand jury. I have heard that Hillary Clinton is in big trouble. Brennan, you would have to have. In the report that you just referred to, which is a majority report, it was written by Republicans, but there was no dissent from the Democrats on the committee. And Schiff was the head of that. No written dissent at all?

[John Solomon]

No, none.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Because I had to argue with Cuomo about that. But anyway, what's the most damning evidence against Brennan?

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[John Solomon]

So when he takes over this new assessment, the normal way you do it is you bring all 17 people back to the chair you get your 17 intelligence. Let's all come together and let's give the President the best thing. He doesn't do that. He cuts everybody out of the picture except for the CIA, who he runs, the FBI, who James Comey runs, and the nsa, who's run by a guy named Admiral Mike Rogers, who, by the way, warns President Trump in a meeting during the transition that I think the intelligence community may be spying on you, so be careful. Maybe you should move out of New York and go to Washington. Very important moment. He had concerns about what was going on. So instead of on the full assessment, John Brennan brings it down to the two agencies that have been pursuing Trump for the last years, and then Mike Rogers, the NSA guy, and they do a rush job. They handpick their own people. They don't let the agencies pick their people. And they inject into. To get to the point that they need to, or to get to the point that they ultimately decide on that, they're going to flip the conclusion. No, Vladimir Putin really was helping Donald Trump. They have to do so.

[Bill O'Reilly]

The new assessment, right, that Obama ordered says that all of the other evidence is wrong, that Putin did try to undermine the election. Correct?

[John Solomon]

That's right. That is correct. That's.

[Bill O'Reilly]

So Brett Brennan has some debt. Looks like he's a clapper. I don't know if he's got a deficit or not. Do you think he's in trouble?

[John Solomon]

Don't know yet. Okay, well, listen, he would know what was going on.

[Bill O'Reilly]

He had to know what was going on. It's whether he promoted it or not.

[John Solomon]

That's right. That's right.

[Bill O'Reilly]

And then Comey had to know what was going on, too, right?

[John Solomon]

He definitely, because he is the guy that wants the Steele dossier put into the ica. The intelligence assessment. There's only two things in the assessment that according to the John Durham report and now the House Intelligence Committee report, that leaned into the notion of that Vladimir Putin put his finger on the scale for Trump. The first is the Steele dossier, which was the idea. It was. And by the way, totally. It was already known to be phony. Christopher Steele's.

[Bill O'Reilly]

But he wanted it. Comey wanted it in the record anyway. That's a deficit.

[John Solomon]

Brendan does that. Yeah, that's. And Brennan pushes his staff. Brennan's staff tells him, we've seen the emails. This would be a disgrace to the Intelligence Committee to put this in an official assessment. It would harm all the other good work we've done.

[Bill O'Reilly]

He.

[John Solomon]

He orders it. He says, I don't care. You're putting it in.

[Bill O'Reilly]

All right. And then there's one other thing. So it's a lot for the audience to absorb.

[John Solomon]

It is. It is.

[Bill O'Reilly]

So here's from what you have just told me, and I'm not challenging any of what you just told me, I think it's 100% accurate. It looks to me like there's not enough to go after Obama at this point.

[John Solomon]

Right.

[Bill O'Reilly]

There is enough to go after Hillary Clinton.

[John Solomon]

Yep.

[Bill O'Reilly]

There is enough to go after Brennan.

[John Solomon]

Right.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Clapper. Not enough right now. There is enough.

[John Solomon]

So it would be Comey. Comey's got a lot of issues at this point.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Brennan and Comey would be the three that you could bring into a grand jury, a federal grand jury, and say they committed a massive fraud violating every election law.

[John Solomon]

Yep.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Okay.

[John Solomon]

And let me mention something that people say about Barack Obama. It's based on the evidence. And again, this is the contrarian side to that. I could argue Barack Obama would do what a president would do if there was conflict in front of him. The one thing that Barack Obama. We don't have an answer to. We need to press him. We've tried. He won't give us an answer. Is after you knew that there was a suspicion that Hillary Clinton was setting this all in motion, and then you're told the FBI has opened up a fusion cell and they're looking at it. Why didn't you say something? Are you sure that we're not. He doesn't seem to object to it. That's the one thing that's a judgment thing. I don't know if it's criminal, but it's a judgment thing.

[Bill O'Reilly]

You're never going to get it because he'll claim executive privilege. If Congress calls him, he'll claim executive privileges. The FBI goes in to try to investigate him.

[John Solomon]

That's right.

[Bill O'Reilly]

And then the Supreme Court is ruled, as in a Trump case, that under the executive branch got all kinds of powers. All right, John, very good. And I think we did about as good a job as we could to lay it out to everybody in a very confusing situation where we are right now. And I. I hope you'll keep in touch with us when you get new stuff. This is an unbelievably important story for the country.

[John Solomon]

Tomorrow is going to be the most important day of all the revelations we've had this year, Bill. We should keep an eye on it. I believe it'll be Senator Chuck Grassley will release this classified annex of the Durham report. And in that report, we're going to learn something Very important. We're going to learn that the FBI also knew, like Barack Obama, that Hillary had set this fake story in motion and they decided to proceed with evidence that they knew was coming from Hillary Clinton. That's going to be the first time. It's a very important moment.

[Bill O'Reilly]

That's a crime.

[John Solomon]

And it's important because one other thing, I want to take us just one week ahead. Just because I leave it, I'll leave them at a cliffhanger. But in January, for the first time, Barack Obama does something that a lot of people are deeply concerned about. In fact, an FBI agent wrote personal notes saying how concerned he was about him after they released the Intelligence Committee assessment that's flip flopped. The FBI has decided that Mike Flynn, the incoming National Security Advisor, did nothing wrong. They want to shut the investigation of Mike Flynn down. On the same day that Barack Obama is releasing this new Intelligence Committee assessment that does the 180 degree flip.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Right.

[John Solomon]

He presides over a meeting at the White House. And at that meeting they're told the FBI has cleared Mike Flynn. And they sit with Joe Biden and other top aides saying how can we keep an investigation of Mike Flynn going even though he's not done anything wrong? And they scheme up an idea. They talk about the Logan act that wasn't going to be applied, but they talked about it and they come up with the idea. Let's get him to an interview.

[Bill O'Reilly]

Separate case though. That'll be a case.

[John Solomon]

But in this viewed as a continuation of a conspiracy, that's what some people feel.

[Bill O'Reilly]

All right, John Solomon, thanks again. We really appreciate it. Bill@bill o'reilly.com bill@billow reilly.com if you have any questions. Okay, I real quick as we spent most of the program on that Ghislaine Maxwell is making demands. She is in prison, federal prison in Miami for helping Jeffrey Epstein commit heinous crimes with underage girls. I, if I were President Trump, I would say you're not getting a deal. We're not pulling you out of there. You're serving you 20 years and that's it. We don't need her. Goodbye. All right, that's it. So. And I hope she doesn't get a pardon because that would be couldn't come back from that. Let's see what else I want to tell you about. CNN says the shooter in New York City is possibly wiped. Roll the tape.

[Shimon Prokupecz]

John, stay with me. I know you're obviously getting information here in real time as we're talking. Shimon back with us on the phone on the scene showing you here to John's reporting that they do know the fit what he looks like, male, possibly white, mustache, sunglasses. In that building, isolated, they believe to various locations, including upper floors is where they're focused now.

[Bill O'Reilly]

She was referring to John Miller who does a security analysis for cnn and he had described the shooter as possibly white. There is nothing wrong with that. They're talking about what the man looks like and who he might be. And I know that Aaron Burnett has been. This is not fair. I would have done the same thing. One third of Americans in 2024 had mental illness or substance abuse disorders. A third of us. This is from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. That's frightening. That means that one out of every three people you encounter Havlas, Espanol, Splicto, Dzoitsk.

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[Bill O'Reilly]

Not really all there and a lot of them might hurt you. That is a tremendous story. All right. And we as Americans need to grapple with that. I don't know if it's higher here than other countries, but boy, when I said that, I know the addiction thing is out of control because we just enable it and we shouldn't. But boy oh boy, media madness. This is NewsBusters again. NewsBusters.org fabulous job. They are a conservative organization, but that doesn't matter. Their stats are unbelievable. The View so far this year has booked a has booked 102 guests to talk about politics. 102, okay, 102 have been liberal. Not one conservative guest on the View, not one Disney, ABC. I'm telling you, you got to stop it. You're using your power, Disney, to propagandize. It's wrong in every way. Smart life. Americans say they need $100,000 salary to be financially secure. You need a lot more than that. Just tell you 100,000 is. You're not going to be financially secure if you're making 100,000. And here's a stat that's. It's right when Joe Biden became president. $100,000 is worth now 125,000. So what you could buy with 100,000 when Biden came in, you now need 125,000. Thanks, Joe. Good job. Okay, let's go to this day in history. July 30, 1945. The worst naval disaster in American history. The USS Indianapolis torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. I write about this in Killing the Rising Sun. Horrific. So the Indianapolis is on a secret mission to develop to deliver components of the atom bomb to Guam to be dropped on Japan. Nobody knew about the mission. Top secret. So the Indianapolis, all right, gets there, drops its cargo, and then turns around and goes back to the Philippines where it's torpedoed. And Initially, there were 1200 men on board. All right, and 900 of them survived the explosions. The ship went down about 10 minutes. So there's 900 men in the water, life jackets, some life rafts. Very few. Okay, out of those 900 men, they're in the water for four days. 300 survived. 600 died, mostly from sharks. Do you imagine that? So again, we write about it extensively in Killing the Rising Sun. Worst naval disaster ever. But this was the anniversary of that. And, you know, the war is almost over. That's. This was 80 years ago today. The Japanese surrendered two weeks later. Okay, we'll do a final thought about movies. You go to the movie theater. I don't go. I'll tell you why in a moment. All right, final thought of the day. One of my predictions is wrong. Kamala Harris, just moments ago in the afternoon when we're taping this on Wednesday, said she's not running for governor. I thought she would. She said, no, not going to do it. Okay. Movies. I can't remember the last time I went to a movie theater. Trying to think. I get so mad at the last James Bond movie. It was such an awful experience, sitting there watching James Bond dissolve before my very eyes that I didn't go back to the movies for a long time. And this summer, really, I mean much the top grossing movie is Lilo and st. Ditch made $420 million. Wow. Milo. Jurassic Park, Rebirth, I guess at the 19th dinosaurs or running around movie. That's gross 300 million. Didn't see it. Superman, the new Superman. 300 million now the old Superman, the first one was the best. Christopher Reeves, Gene Hackman, Lex Luthor, great. He was fabulous in it. And Marlon Brando, Superman's father after that, that was it. I said I was good. I'm not a big Superman, Batman, Green Lantern kind of guy, but that was a good movie. I'm not gonna go see this new Superman or the dinosaurs pop up on my cable. I might watch a little of it. But I know that the dinosaurs are going to chase people around. Got to pay 12 bucks to see that again. Here's a dinosaur. Let's get out of here. And then you know who's going to get eaten in the first 10 minutes? You go, that guy's going to get eaten. Anybody who's nasty, they're going to get eaten. So I don't go to the movies in the theaters and I don't watch a lot of movies anyway because I'm so busy and I'm reading books and all of that. But that is my final thought. I hope you enjoy the movies. If you've seen a good one. [e-mail] Give me a heads up on it. All right. Thank you very much for watching and listening to the no Spin news. We'll see you again soon.