The Illegal Appointment of David Weiss is a Blatant Biden Cover Up, plus Hypocrisy on Open Borders

Summary

The Illegal Appointment of David Weiss: A Blatant Biden Cover-Up and Hypocrisy on Open Borders

Episode Title: The Illegal Appointment of David Weiss is a Blatant Biden Cover Up, plus Hypocrisy on Open Borders
Release Date: August 14, 2023
Host: Ben Ferguson
Podcast: The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson

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1. Introduction: The Appointment of Special Counsel David Weiss

The episode opens with a critical discussion about the recent appointment of David Weiss as a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden and alleged Biden administration crimes. Host Ben Ferguson (referred to as "B") vehemently opposes the appointment, labeling it as an illegal maneuver designed to obstruct justice.

Notable Quote:

"It is an utter and complete crock. It is a cover up." (00:20) – B

2. Legality and Qualifications of David Weiss

Ferguson argues that David Weiss does not meet the legal requirements for a special counsel. According to Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations, a special counsel must be selected from outside the U.S. government to ensure impartiality. Weiss, being the sitting U.S. Attorney for Delaware, violates this stipulation.

Notable Quote:

"Under the Department of Justice's regulations, his appointment is illegal." (01:31) – B

3. Allegations Against Merrick Garland

The discussion shifts to DOJ Attorney General Merrick Garland, accusing him of appointing Weiss illegally to protect himself and the Biden administration from scrutiny. Ferguson claims Garland is obstructing justice and covering up potential wrongdoing within the administration.

Notable Quote:

"This is Merrick Garland covering his own ass." (02:00) – B

4. Handling of Hunter Biden's Case and Statute of Limitations

Ferguson details how Weiss allegedly allowed the statute of limitations to expire on serious financial and tax crimes related to Hunter Biden. This inaction effectively prevents any prosecution of these offenses.

Notable Quote:

"David Weiss has slow walked this investigation for five years." (02:30) – B

5. Impact on Congressional Investigations

The appointment of Weiss as special counsel is presented as a strategic move to hinder Congressional inquiries. Ferguson expresses concern that this development could delay or derail investigations led by figures like James Comer and Jim Jordan, thereby shielding the Biden administration from accountability.

Notable Quote:

"This appointment was done so Merrick Garland can say, see, we're being tough. I appointed a special counsel." (17:04) – B

6. Media Portrayal and Reactions

Ferguson critiques the mainstream media's portrayal of the special counsel appointment as a significant step towards accountability. He contrasts this with conservative outlets like Fox’s Jonathan Turley, who label the appointment a cover-up.

Notable Quote:

"Jonathan Turley at Fox... says this is not a big deal. In fact, this is a cover up." (22:20) – B

7. The Hypocrisy of Democratic Leaders on Open Borders

Shifting focus, the podcast delves into the hypocrisy exhibited by Democratic leaders regarding illegal immigration. Ferguson highlights how cities and states with Democratic leadership declare emergencies over what he characterizes as minor percentages of illegal immigrants.

Key Points:

• New York City: 1.1% of population as illegal immigrants declared an emergency.
• Chicago: 0.4% deems an emergency.
• Boston: 3% faces similar declarations.
• Texas (El Paso and Laredo): Reports illegal immigrant encounters at 34% and 29% respectively.

Notable Quote:

"In New York, 1% is a crisis. In Chicago, a half percent's a crisis. Del Rio, Texas... had 1,400% of the population come through illegally." (35:57) – B

8. Contrasting Scenarios: Martha's Vineyard vs. Del Rio

Ferguson contrasts the response of affluent areas like Martha's Vineyard with smaller towns like Del Rio, Texas. He illustrates the disparity in how emergencies are declared based on the percentage of illegal immigrants, emphasizing the severe impact on Texas communities.

Notable Quote:

"Martha's Vineyard declared an emergency with 0.3% of its population from illegal immigrants." (39:34) – B

9. Impact of Biden Administration's Border Policies

The host critiques the Biden administration's open-border policies, linking them to increased violence, drug trafficking, and humanitarian crises. He cites staggering statistics on migrant deaths, sexual assaults, and fentanyl overdoses attributed to lax border controls.

Notable Quote:

"853 migrants died last year crossing illegally. Tens of thousands of children were brutalized." (32:32) – B

10. Conclusion: The Need for Accountability and Border Security

Ferguson concludes by emphasizing the necessity of securing the U.S. border and holding Democratic leaders accountable for the influx of illegal immigrants. He underscores the hypocrisy of sanctuary city policies that proclaim compassion but fail to address the resulting crises.

Notable Quote:

"You have to secure a border. It doesn't matter how much money you spend. If you have an open border, it's going to continue to happen." (53:17) – A

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Key Takeaways:

• Illegal Appointment: The appointment of David Weiss as special counsel is viewed as illegal and a strategic cover-up by the Biden administration.
• Obstruction of Justice: Allegations suggest Merrick Garland and Weiss are obstructing investigations into Hunter Biden's activities.
• Hypocrisy on Immigration: Democratic leaders declare emergencies over minor percentages of illegal immigrants, ignoring the more significant impacts in states like Texas.
• Border Crisis Impact: The Biden administration's policies are linked to increased migrant deaths, drug trafficking, and violence.
• Media Bias: Mainstream media is criticized for downplaying the special counsel appointment, while conservative outlets recognize it as a cover-up.

Further Insights:

The episode meticulously dissects the legal and ethical implications of appointing a special counsel from within the DOJ, arguing that it undermines the integrity of investigations into political figures. Additionally, the discussion on immigration highlights a broader critique of Democratic policies, suggesting a disconnect between proclaimed values and the tangible consequences of those policies on communities across the United States.

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Note: This summary captures the key discussions and viewpoints presented in the podcast episode. It aims to provide an accurate representation of the content without endorsing or disputing the claims made by the speakers.

Transcript

[A]

Senator, nice to be back here in our home studio. We've done some of these on the road recently, but it's going to be back here. And the American people were told a story this week that a special counsel is going to get appointed to look into Hunter Biden, the Biden crimes. I feel like we're getting screwed here. I'm not buying this. Your reaction?

[B]

You're right. It is an utter and complete crock. It is a cover up. You ought to be pissed at this announcement because this is an announcement that is cynical. It is cynical from Merrick Garland. It is cynical from Joe Biden. It's illegal. And it's designed to cover up wrongdoing. Cover up wrongdoing of Hunter Biden, cover up wrongdoing of Joe Biden and cover up wrongdoing of Merrick Garland. This is entirely about appearing to enforce the law while at the same time obstructing investigations into doing that.

[A]

You said it's illegal by law to become a special counsel. You have to, and I'm going to quote it, be a lawyer with a reputation for integrity and impartial decision making. Conduct investigations expeditiously and thoroughly. I read that. And the guy who let the statute of limitations run out on the most serious financial crimes, tax crimes, is the guy that they're now saying is impartial and is gonna run this as a special prosecutor. He also said he could do all the things they're now given the power to do before. So why even appoint him for political cover?

[B]

This is entirely political cover and this is entirely obstruction. There's an even more direct reason. Look, you raise a point why David Wise is an exceptionally poor choice for this. But there's an even more straightforward reason why this is an illegal choice. So the Department of Justice has regulations that govern special counsels. And when you appoint special counsels, and here's what Section 600.3 of the Regulations state. Quote, the special counsel shall be selected from outside the United States government. David Weiss is the sitting U.S. attorney for Delaware. He is not outside the U.S. government. Under the Department of Justice's regulations, his appointment is illegal. Now, I suppose Merrick Garland can rest comfortable because he's doing something illegal. But those Same regulations, Section 600.10, makes clear that no one can sue Merrick Garland for refusing to follow his own regulations. So why is he doing it? Why is he appointing someone who's on his face, illegal? The reason is he wants this guy. He wants this guy because he doesn't meet the provision that you just Read, he's not fair and impartial. He's not going to vigorously prosecute the case. And how do we know this? Because for five years we've seen the job he's done. He hasn't vigorously prosecuted the case. And in fact, to the contrary, David Weiss has slow walked this investigation for five years. For Pete's sakes. We have pictures and video of Hunter Biden with prostitutes and crack and a gun. And they're trying to prove that he had a gun while using drugs. Like at some point the Keystone Cops can figure it out. And it's not that they couldn't figure this out. They didn't want to figure this out. So they spend five years investigating. Then what they do. And you pointed out this is one of the most shocking aspects of it. David Weiss allows the statute of limitations to expire on the 2014 and 2015 tax offenses. Those were by far the most serious tax offenses from a lawyer's perspective.

[A]

I want to know when you're doing a case, and I think so many people may not understand this, you look at what you're looking at when you're charging someone with crimes. That's, I'm assuming that's normal. And you would look at the statute of limitations. It's not like they would sneak up on you.

[B]

Is that correct? You know it. Absolutely. The statute of limitations for the crimes here was six years. So you know when the statute of limitations is going to expire. Now, the IRS whistleblowers have said that Weiss initially inquired about prosecuting those crimes. One of them would have to be in the Central District of California because you had to bring the crimes, the prosecution, where the crime occurred. Another would have to be in D.C. and according to the IRS whistleblowers, the U.S. attorneys in D.C. and the Central District of California said no. Now, Merrick Garland told the United States Senate under oath, in response to my questioning that, that Weiss had all the authority to bring those cases. According to the IRS whistleblowers, that was a lie. Weiss then came back and said, no, no, no, I had all the authority to bring those cases. So if Weiss is telling the truth, then he chose not to bring the cases and he chose to let the statute of limitations expire. And what that means is you, you can't prosecute Hunter for those crimes anymore because the statute has expired. But it's worse than that. And it's worse than that. Doubly over number one, it's not just the tax offenses in 2014 and 2015 that have expired. You know, all the criminal conduct and corruption, the $20 million that was paid to Biden family members and associates while Joe Biden was president.

[A]

Keyword, while he was the Vice President.

[B]

Right. And to be clear, our last podcast went a deep dive into that. If you didn't listen to Friday's podcast, go back and listen to it. Cause we walk through what the House has put out now. Bank records, wire records, more than $20 million paid to Biden Inc. To all the Biden family members and associates while Joe Biden was Vice president. You know what? The statute of limitations is run on all of that. Every minute of Joe Biden's vice presidency. Now, miraculously, gosh, the statute is run. And why is the statute run? Because David Weiss wanted it to run. And we know that. And we know that because. And the single most stunning thing the IRS whistleblower said that almost no one has commented on, the IRS whistleblower said that Hunter Biden's attorney said to David Weiss will toll the statute of limitations. Now, what does it mean to toll? To toll? The statute of limitations means a defendant agrees. Okay, you could extend it. You can prosecute me beyond. We can just put a pause on the statute of limitations. And Hunter's lawyers were doing this cuz they were trying to negotiate a global.

[A]

Plea deal, a sweetheart deal.

[B]

And what the IRS whistleblower said is that David Weiss said, no, no, that's okay. You don't need to toll the statute of limitations. I'll just let him expire. I'll give you a get out of jail free card. That's what he did. That is a stunning statement. No prosecutor would do this. And so for five years, David Weiss has been covering up, he's been obstructing. And let's be clear, those IRS whistleblowers, their testimony is that lawyers who worked for David Weiss obstructed this investigation from day one. They gave Hunter Biden a heads up before they questioned him, to let him prepare for the questioning. They gave Hunter Biden a heads up before they executed search warrants to let him presumably destroy incriminating evidence. They prohibited investigators from asking any questions about Joe Biden, about the Big Guy, about his dad. They said, nope, nope, you're not allowed to ask. Not allowed to ask, not allowed to ask. They viewed their job as protecting the Big Guy. They blocked those off. They also, according to the IRS whistleblowers, prohibited investigators from examining GPS data to determine whether Joe Biden was sitting next to Hunter Biden. When Hunter Biden sent the text to the senior Chinese Communist official saying, I am sitting here next to my father and shaking him down for $5 million.

[A]

And within 10 days they got the money.

[B]

And within 10 days they got the money. We know the text was sent or the WhatsApp encrypted message was sent. And we know that five times in that text, Hunter says he and his father, that he's doing it on behalf of his father. It was a simple matter to say. Well, Hunter says twice in that text he's sitting next to his father. Was he sitting next to his father? We can compare the GPS data. Is Joe sitting next to him? And what did David Weiss and his lawyers say? Nope, nope. You're not allowed to know. It's like the three monkeys. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. That's just evil. They're covering it up. And so I gotta say, look, I look at this announcement and I'm pissed. And let me make a movie analogy. You've seen the Untouchables.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

One of the greatest movies of all time. Can you imagine in the Untouchables if Eliot Ness was told the prosecutor for Al Capone is gonna be Al Capone's accountant.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Is gonna be the guy that covered it up, that hit it all, that stopped him from being caught. He's the prosecutor. That's what Merrick Garland has done. He's put someone who has been covering up for Joe Biden for five years ostensibly in charge of the investigation.

[A]

There's also been some fodder online. And I wanna know. And I think I know the answer to this, but I think a lot of people have been saying this online. I want you to clarify it. There have been Democrats saying, well, hold on a second. A special prosecutor is a very important deal. It's very big deal. It could put them in serious risk and it could extend the statute of limitations. That's not true.

[B]

Once it's run, the special prosecutor doesn't have any way to magically revive the statute of limitations.

[A]

It's not like because he's been named, now he can say, okay, I'm gonna go back and look at all these things. The time's up. The stopwatch has ended. The game's over on those other, on those other crimes.

[B]

Listen, I and many others called for a special counsel to be appointed two years ago to have a prosecutor that was actually vigorously investig this. Merrick Garland refused to do that. But in this case, it's even more obstruction than that. Because what's happened between those two years is now David Weiss Himself. There are real allegations that he committed obstruction of justice. There are very serious allegations that Merrick Garland lied under oath, which is a felony, and obstructed Justices into this investigation, which is a felony. As you and I have talked about on verdict, the House of Representatives needs to have a hearing with the IRS whistleblower sitting there, with David Weiss sitting there, and with Merrick Garland sitting there, because all of them can't be telling the truth. If the whistleblowers are telling the truth, then David Weiss and Merrick Garland are both lying and both face criminal liability individually. Now, what Merrick Garland has done is said, hey, who's one of the key witnesses against me? Let me name him a special counsel so then it'll look okay when he refuses to testify to Congress. This is about. This is not just covering up Hunter and Joe Biden, although it is in a very significant respect, covering up Hunter and Joe Biden. This is Merrick Garland covering his own ass. This is saying, who's the chief witness against me that can show that I lied under oath and committed a felony? Well, let me appoint him special counsel because I know he will be complicit. And let me be clear from the IRS whistleblower's testimony. We don't know if David Weiss was an active and aggressive partisan covering up for Hunter and Joe Biden, if he himself was the one doing so, why, or if he was simply complicit, if he was simply so weak that he let the active, aggressive partisans at Main justice do so. It's not clear from the IRS testimony who was the decider, although it's worth listening. All right, so listen to one of the IRS whistleblowers describe when he had enough with David Wise. Give a listen.

[A]

The Justice Department allowed the President's political appointees to weigh in on whether to charge the President's son after United States Attorney for D.C. matthew Graves, appointed by President Biden, refused to bring charges in March 2022. I watched United States Attorney Weiss tell a room full of senior FBI and IRS senior leaders on October 7, 2022, that he was not the deciding person. And whether charges were filed, that was my red line. I had already seen a pattern of preferential treatment and obstruction. Now, United States Weiss was admitting that what the American people believed based on Attorney General's sworn statement, was false. I can no longer stay silent.

[B]

So listen. He just said he'd seen a pattern of preferential treatment and obstruction and he'd seen the Attorney General lie under oath. He's alleging multiple felonies not just by Merrick Garland, but implicitly by David Weiss as well. The pattern of obstruction and what he describes with David Weiss, it may be that, and I don't know Weiss at all, never met the guy, don't know anything about him personally. It may just be that he's exceptionally weak, that he's a patsy, that he's someone that Merrick Garland's like, okay, we can stick him in.

[A]

He's my yes guy.

[B]

Because he'll just roll over. We can bully him and he'll do whatever we want. That's possible. Or he himself might be a partisan. Now, the corporate media says till they're red in the face that Weiss is a Donald Trump appointee.

[A]

Yeah, they've said that a thousand times.

[B]

And the nice thing is, verdict listeners know the answer to that, which is the way US Attorneys are appointed. You cannot be appointed US Attorney without the sign off of both Senators from that state. Delaware has two senators, both Democrats, Tom Carper and Chris Coons.

[A]

Hardcore liberals, let's be clear about that.

[B]

The only way David Weiss could be appointed is if both Tom Carper and Chris Coons said, yes, we sign off. And so look, I don't have any affirmative evidence that Weiss is a partisan Democrat. He was not a big Democrat donor. There are others.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

The U.S. attorney in D.C. who turned down prosecuting Hunter, he was a partisan Democrat who'd been a donor to Joe Biden. The U.S. attorney in the Central District, California, who turned down prosecuting Hunter, he was a partisan Democrat who'd been a donor to Kamala Harris. We don't have that same information on David Weiss, but we also don't have any information that Weiss was a Republican, was a donor to Trump or any Republicans. We don't have information on that. We do know the two Democrats in Delaware signed off. And Delaware is a very small state. It's a state where the relevant players all know each other. So they presumably knew what they were getting. And what we do know is the job he has done. And the job he has done has been disgraceful. This sweetheart deal that was negotiated with Hunter was designed not only to be a slap on the wrist to Hunter and get him off, but the entire purpose was to protect the big guy. It was a cover up of Joe Biden. And this latest special counsel appointment is exactly that.

[A]

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[B]

Yeah, it's pure politics. This appointment was done so Merrick Garland can say, see, we're being tough. I appointed a special counsel.

[A]

Does that mean by default they were being weak before then?

[B]

Well, he's trying to demonstrate. Look, I'm responding like holy crap. Last week the House released wires and bank records of more than $20 million paid to the family and associates of Joe Biden while he was vice president from foreign nationals in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. That's a big damn deal. $20 million. And by the way, another $8 million from Chinese Communists in the few months after he was vice president. So $28 million.

[A]

And most of that you're now saying, set your limitations wise, has already disappeared.

[B]

Thanks to David Weiss. Nice job. I mean, he did a great job of dragging his feet long enough that he gave a significant degree of immunity to everyone who broke the law here. But look what we started off in this podcast on. It's worth going back and reflecting on. I pointed out that under the DOJ rules, David Weiss's appointment is illegal. The special counsel is designed to be someone from outside of government. And that's not an accident. There's a reason.

[A]

But what does that look like for people that may not know that?

[B]

So there's a reason for that. You appoint a special counsel when there's a conflict of interest within the Department of Justice, when it's not possible for DOJ to fairly investigate it. You appoint someone from outside the government who can actually take it on and be fair and impartial.

[A]

So that's calling a law firm a top person, saying, hey, what qualifies you for that?

[B]

So it's typically a former prosecutor who is outside of government who is usually of the opposing party. So, for example, think back to Bill Clinton.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

When Bill Clinton. Janet Reno as Attorney General, when she decided they needed to appoint a special counsel, who did they appoint? Ken Starr.

[A]

Yeah, Ken.

[B]

Ken Starr was a prominent Republican. He was not a friend of Bill Clinton. He was not a crony of Bill Clinton. He hadn't been signed off on by two Democrat senators in Delaware. He didn't have five years of dragging his feet and covering up Hunter Biden and Joe Biden. The reason the special counsel rules say pick someone from out of government is it should be someone who cannot reasonably and plausibly be said is going to be a patsy for the President and the party in power. You know who they ought to point they ought to appoint? Someone like John Ratcliffe. John Ratcliffe was former acting U.S. attorney in Texas, was head of the Department of National intelligence, was a U.S. congressman. Now, John is a conservative Republican. John is a real prosecutor. And by the way, if John Ratcliffe were appointed special counsel to investigate Merrick Garland for lying under oath and obstruction of justice, to investigate Hunter Biden, and most significantly, to investigate Joe Biden. If John Ratcliffe were appointed, it would scare the living crap out of Joe Biden, out of Hunter Biden, out of Merrick Garland, out of every partisan Democrat, because you'd actually have a prosecutor willing to follow the facts. And by the way, I haven't talked to John about this. He has no idea. I'm suggesting his name until this podcast comes out. And then he'll find out, presumably. But that's the kind of person you'd appoint, which is a serious prosecutor on the other team. That's the whole point.

[A]

With a fresh set of eyes.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

He wasn't involved in any of this in any capacity.

[B]

Who has no credible argument that they're going to be a patsy, they're going to be a rubber stamp that they're going to cover up, who doesn't have a political reason to want to protect the President of the United States. That's what the special counsel law is for. It's why people don't like it, because it can be, it can have real bite to it that when you put a real prosecutor who is not your guy, bad things happen.

[A]

Let's break down the media aspect of this as well. The media erupted this week when it came out there was a special counsel appointed. They played it up as a really big deal to look like there was some sort of accountability here. Oh, if there is a crime that's been committed by the Bidens now, it's gonna really be found. Katherine Heritage at CBS said this. Take a look. Former federal prosecutor I spoke to just before this event said to me the.

[B]

Appointment of a special counsel would have.

[A]

The effect of delaying a resolution on.

[B]

The Hunter Biden matter in his opinion. And it would certainly delay any anticipated testimony from the US Attorney in Delaware to Republicans on Capitol Hill who have been seeking that testimony for several months.

[A]

So it's an extraordinary development considering where the two parties were two weeks ago to wrap up this years long case. Now to the appointment of a special.

[B]

Counsel that will have these broad authorities, most importantly to continue this ongoing investigation. Margaret.

[A]

Now they, they say extraordinary. You notice how the word extraordinary was here. They were reporting on this like this is a massive thing when they think they already know the fixes in and that Weiss is already the. I mean they act like Weiss is somehow like a new guy. He's the same guy that just did the investigation that just allowed for the statute of limitations to come out. And you compare that to Jonathan Turley at Fox who's coming out saying this is not a big deal. In fact this is a cover up. Take a look.

[C]

I was not surprised, but I was not nearly as delighted as I would have been two years ago when many of us were calling for this appointment. They waited for the appointment of a special counsel after the the statute of limitations has run on critical crimes like the tax violations in 2014, 2015. They waited until Weiss himself was accused of slowing or suppressing efforts. At least the whistleblower suggested that he was not able to pursue cases and didn't aggressively push back on that. So there's going to be a lot of questions here. This is occurring as Congress is moving aggressively to pursue some of these issues. This can new status can certainly slow that process down. Why Weiss was at the top of the list of Congress to be brought in to explain why did you allow the statute of limitations to run? Why were Biden people tipped off about raids? Why was there an interference with investigators and trying to interview Hunter Biden? All of those questions are now likely to be delayed before they are answered.

[A]

Now, he said delayed, and I think he was saying exactly what you said, by the way, two years ago, you were calling for this. That was an honest media assessment of what just happened here. But he also, I think, is foreshadowing, hey, this could get delayed into or even past the presidential election where Joe Biden's up for reelection now with a.

[B]

Saying something's happening in November of next year.

[A]

Yes, something's happening.

[B]

And you're suggesting maybe the White House is aware of that date of November of next year. Yep. And maybe Merrick Garland is as well.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And maybe all of the press that are treating this as, Ooh, look, how exciting. Yay. Yay. A special counsel. Oh, well, year and a half. Nothing more to see here. Let's go back to talking about our favorite topic, which is the 437th indictment of Donald Trump.

[A]

Yeah. With more coming this week, more than likely out of Atlanta.

[B]

I expect this week we will be talking about indictment number four of Donald Trump. Every time something bad comes out about the Bidens, they indict Trump again. Look, Kathryn Herridge on cbs. I wanna give her a shout out. She is about the only reporter, I think, in the entirety of the corporate media who is covering this. So that is significant. And she's acknowledging, she acknowledged rightly, that this naming Weiss as special counsel is gonna delay everything. Turley said the same thing. They're both exactly right. And that is not a bug. It's a feature. It's the entire point. And it was striking when Merrick Garland made this announcement. He took zero questions.

[A]

Yeah. Just made the announcement walk off stage.

[B]

The appointment's illegal. But you know how you don't get questioned on an illegal appointment? You don't take questions. I am the king, and the king can do no wrong. That is Joe Biden's view. That is Merrick Garland's view. It's good to be the king. Screw the law. That's how they are approaching this. And there still is not a single Democrat who cares.

[A]

Final question on this before we move the border. And that is, is there a chance that having this special prosecutor appointed, that it could actually hurt us from getting information in Congress with the investigation that James Comer is doing, Jim Jordan is doing? Because they can say, hey, we got a special prosecutor right now. We can't answer that question. We can't talk about this. I worry that this actually can help them protect themselves from new intel coming out in Congress.

[B]

Well, sure, that's their intention. We talked about in the last podcast how Comer intends to subpoena Hunter Biden and presumably Joe Biden. I don't think either one of them is going to testify in the House. Whether or not you had a special counsel. Hunter Biden will plead the Fifth. No lawyer worth his salt would let Hunter Biden answer questions at this point. The criminal liability Hunter Biden is facing is significant. Joe Biden, he isn't gonna do it. He's gonna scream malarkey and refuse to come. That was true. Regardless of whether or not Weiss was named special counsel, the person who this does the most to decrease the chances that he testifies is David Weiss. Because David Weiss is the most important witness against Merrick Garland for Merrick Garland's potential lying under oath and obstruction of justice. So they now have an excuse to say, no, we won't give you David Weiss, which protects Merrick Garland. I think that was a big part of it. I think part of it was Merrick Garland protecting his own rear end. And part of it was Garland wanting to do something that seems tough, that in fact will continue to obstruct the investigation into Hunter and Joe Biden. Additional witnesses. Congress will continue to investigate. The House has been the only place we've made progress on this issue. I expect them to continue issue subpoenas. I expect if witnesses refuse to respond to the subpoenas that the House will vote to hold them into contempt. And then I expect Merrick Garland at the Department of Justice to refuse to prosecute those contempt holdings because Merrick Garland wants nobody to testify to Congress because he wants this information covered up. He Merrick Garland's behavior as Attorney General is making John Mitchell roll over in his grave. And John Mitchell was Nixon's corrupt Attorney general who served 22 months in jail. And Garland's comment is more lawless and more partisan than John Mitchell ever was.

[A]

Chances this is wrapped up before election Day. General election next year.

[B]

Zero.

[A]

So you have no doubt this is gonna still be going on.

[B]

That's why you appoint David Wise special counsel.

[A]

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[B]

Well, this is a photograph of two men coming across the border illegally. They are both carrying weapons that appear to be. They may be machine guns. It's hard to tell from the granularity of the picture. Whether they're machine gun, whether they're semi automatic, but they are serious weapons crossing the border illegally. They are heavily armed men. And I gotta say, for all the Democrats in the corporate media, how do you not call this an invasion when you literally have armed men coming across the border? We don't know if these individuals are sicarios, if they're hitmen for the cartels. We don't know if they're just human traffickers who are heavily armed and dumb enough to get photographed. We do know that we are facing the worst illegal immigration in the history of our nation. More than 7 million people who crossed illegally under Joe Biden. And Joe Biden wants these men coming into your community.

[A]

You mentioned the hitman and I think we should expand on that for a moment because I don't think people realize what's happening. There are enforcers that are coming into America from the cartels that are coming across the border. And when there's people that haven't paid them, there's family members that came across and they haven't done their obligations, they will come in and go after them, either to get, shake them down for the money they're owed or even kill them. There's also, there's people that try to get out of the drug trade or the human trafficking trade that owe them and that's how they're paying off their debt. They come in as enforcers and they send a clear message that is part of what's coming across the border that no one seems to want to talk about.

[B]

The crime, the lawlessness, the murder, the brutalization that has happened because of this Biden border crisis is truly horrific. Eight hundred and fifty three migrants died last year crossing illegally. Tens of thousands of children were brutalized, crossing illegally, physically assaulted, sexually assaulted. Tens of thousands of women were brutalized, sexually assaulted, crossing illegally. Over 100,000 people died last year of drug overdoses, two thirds of which was illegal. Chinese fentanyl flooding across the border. And all of that is enforced through fear, through violence, through vicious drug cartels. We've talked before about the bracelets that the migrants wear. The bracelets are color coded for how many thousands of dollars they owe the cartels.

[A]

And Mayorkas said he didn't even know what those were?

[B]

No idea. He admitted he doesn't care about doing his job. He's never apparently been to the border and looked down because you see thousands of those colored wristbands in the grass along the Rio Grande Valley. I have a number of them in my office that I just picked up from the grass right there. He doesn't know. And they correspond. When they owe thousands of dollars to the cartels, it's men like that that enforce the thousands of dollars and that threaten to kill the families of those migrants if they don't pay the money back. This is a multi billion dollar criminal organization that has been made rich, has been empowered by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and every single congressional Democrat who has facilitated this lawless open borders.

[A]

I had to almost laugh over the last 10 days at what's been happening with Democratic leaders. One of them is the Massachusetts governor who came out earlier this week citing an influx of just 20,000 illegal immigrants into the state, saying that this is up from the 3,100 families a year ago, which amounts to an 80% increase. And now is declared a state of emergency, begging for federal funds. 20,000 illegal immigrants in the entire state, in Texas, that's like, can be a day or two.

[B]

Yeah. So the utter hypocrisy of Democrats has now gotten blindingly obvious. We have had emergencies declared in the state of Massachusetts by the governor, in the state of New York by the governor, in the city of New York, by the mayor, in the city of Chicago, by the mayor, and every one of them. And in Martha's Vineyard, by the way, all of them have declared emergencies. And if you want to go through, I want to take a minute and actually focus on this and quantify A, the hypocrisy of all of these Democrats. But B, the point you made, I want to quantify it. The comparative difference between these blue cities and blue states and Texas. So let's start with Mayor Adams and what he tweeted out right when he was coming in. Okay, so this is October 20, 2021. We should protect our immigrants, period. Yes, New York City will remain a sanctuary city under an Adams administration.

[A]

I love this Eric on NBC. Like promoting his time on TV while pushing this.

[B]

Well, and to be clear, NBC is a wholly owned subsidiary of the dnc. And so it's understandable that he's promoting NBC because he knows NBC will promote his partisan propaganda every single day. All right, so that's what he said. New York City will remain a sanctuary city. Well, now fast forward to what's happened to New York City. Let's listen to him more recently.

[A]

We are past our breaking point. New Yorker's compassion may be limitless, but our resources are not. We expect to have more than 100,000 asylum seekers in our care by the end of June 2025. We're also asking the federal government to declare a state of emergency. This will allow federal funds to be allocated quickly to help address the urgent challenges we face if we don't get the support we need.

[B]

New Yorkers could be left for $12.

[A]

Billion bill if they care that much about the money. The 12 billion, as you mentioned you mentioned there like this, could be a $12 billion bill. Well, if it's federal funds, it's still a bill on the American people and the American taxpayer. Now all of a sudden they're worried about the money they're spending on this.

[B]

So I want to lay out and go through the math on this. So New York City, what Mayor Adams said is that is that is that they could face 100,000 or more illegal immigrants in New York now, 100,000 illegal immigrants. According to the US Census Bureau estimates for 2022, New York City has a total of 8,335,897 residents. So 100,000 illegal immigrants out of 8.3 million is 1.1% of the city. So 1.1% of the city of illegal immigrants is an emergency, which he's declared. And by the way, he declared an emergency on October 7, 2022. And then on May 9, 2023, Governor Hotrell declared a statewide emergency because of the just over 1% of illegal immigrants in New York City. Now, New York is not alone. Chicago. Chicago has received just over 12,000 illegal immigrants in the last 11 months. According to the U.S. census Bureau, Chicago has 2,746,388 residents. Doing some quick math, that means the 12,000 people is 4% of the population of Chicago. So less than 1%, less than half a percent. It is 0.4%. And yet on May 9, 2023, then Mayor Lightfoot declared an emergency. So less than half a percent in Chicago is an emergency. 1.1% in New York City is an emergency. By the way, Boston. Boston has had more than 20,000 individuals in the state shelter. Boston's population according to the census in 2022 is 650,706. So 20,000 is roughly 3% of the population. So Boston got it worse than New York, about 3x, about 6x Chicago. And what did the left wing governor of Massachusetts do? Who by the way, campaigned on saying Boston and Massachusetts will be sanctuary cities in a sanctuary state. She declared an emergency. Now I want to compare that to Texas. El Paso, city of El Paso has a population, according to the census of 687,000. El Paso recorded 26,067 illegal immigrants in May of 2023. In one month, 26,000. By the way, for fiscal year 22, El Paso had 204,030, 034 illegal immigrants. What does that work out to? 34% of the population of El Paso in one year, mind you, according to New York, 1% is a crisis. According to Chicago, less than half a percent is a crisis. El Paso has had 34%. How about Laredo? Laredo population is 255,205. In fiscal year 2022, there were 87,600 alien encounters in the Laredo sector. What is that? 34% of Laredo? How about the Rio Grande Valley? Rio Grande Valley population that Rio Grande Valley is 1,291,798. In fiscal year 2022, there were 377,970 encounters with illegal aliens. That is 29.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Left wing mayors, left wing governors.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Is a crisis. We've got cities throughout south Texas where it's 30, 35, 34, 35%. And let me give you the cherry on top. You want to understand this issue perfectly. I want to contrast two dramatically different communities about the same size, Martha's Vineyard and Del Rio. So Martha's Vineyard. Martha's Vineyard has a population where in the wintertime, when it's in low season, its population is about 16,000. In the summertime, in high season, when people like Barack Obama and Michelle Obama and rich liberals go out there, the population soars to about 200,000. So it varies widely depending on the season. Ron DeSantis sent55.0 illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard. Now, mind you, a year before Ron did that, I had filed legislation proposing that we send illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket and Palo Alto and the Hamptons and all the fancy places rich liberals go. The county executive in Martha's Vineyard, when I filed my legislation, said we would welcome illegal immigrants here with open arms. Cross Cruz does not understand what's happening at the border. He doesn't understand illegal immigration. Well, DeSantis sent 55. 0 within 24 hours, Martha's Vineyard declared an emergency. 50. Now, let's do the math. At their low point, in other words, when all the rich liberals go home and it's just the sort of serving class who are mowing the lawn and cleaning the estates when it just has 16,000, 50 people is 0.3%. So less than half a percent. When Martha's Vineyard is flush with liberals, 50 people is.025%. So it's less than 1%. It's less than a half a percent. It's less than a tenth of a percent. It is one quarter of one tenth of a percent. That in Martha's Vineyard is an emergency. Now, let's contrast it to a city about the same size, Del Rio. Del Rio has a population of about 34,500.

[A]

Small town.

[B]

It's a very small town. In June of 2023, one month, Del Rio saw 29,941 alien encounters. In other words, the entire population of the city in one month. In fiscal year 2022, the number of alien encounters in Del Rio was 480,000. That is 1,400% of the population of the city. In New York, 1%'s a crisis. In Chicago, a half percent's a crisis. Del Rio, Texas, which is not a wealthy city. It is a poor city on the Rio Grande Valley, had 1,400% of the population of their town come through illegally because of Joe Biden. And the Democrats all say no crisis at all. Well, I'll tell you how ridiculous the hypocrisy is. I want you to listen to Chuck Todd on NBC.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Eric Adams points out NBC is his captive propaganda network. Well, listen to what Chuck Todd was forced to admit.

[C]

Coming up, New York City's growing humanitarian crisis. The shelter system slammed by an influx of migrants. New calls for federal help. I guess Greg Abbott was right. He said once he got blue cities to deal with this, that they would.

[B]

Be very upset at the federal government.

[A]

Watching beat the president, which really means the Biden administration, He says federal government. No, they're mad at the White House because the White House's policy that's allowed for this open border. They changed everything that was working the day they got into office January 20th of the 1st year of Joe Biden's presidency, and they never looked back from that time.

[B]

And by the way, it's worth noting that the mayor of New York, the mayor of Chicago, the mayor of D.C. the mayor of Boston, the mayor of San Francisco, they're not asking Biden to secure the border, ask for more money. They're just saying, give me money. Yeah, they actually agree with the political objective of let tens of millions of people in illegally because they look at those illegal immigrants and they say, ooh, future Democrats, we want them. They just would prefer them not to come to their city, send them elsewhere, make other people pay for them. And they said, would you please send us billions of dollars? By the way, who's sending billions of dollars To Del Rio. Yeah, but do they care about that? No.

[A]

No.

[B]

It is caused not just by Joe Biden, not just by Kamala Harris. If Eric Adams wants to yell at someone, how about Chuck Schumer? He lives in your city. Chuck Schumer blocks every single effort to secure the border. Chuck Schumer is directly responsible. Send the bill to Chuck. Chuck ought to pay for it. $12 billion. You know, Chuck can probably get Hunter and Joe to shake down some Ukrainians and they'll pay for it for him.

[A]

Or they end up going to a hotel that's owned by some oligarch in some other country right now that they own in New York City.

[B]

No matter how bad it gets. The Democrats put partisanship above. They don't care about the people who are brutalized. When you see, look, in Texas, we've got a whole stream of Democrats who are suddenly running down to the border. First time in two and a half years they've gone down to the border. Why? Because Governor Greg Abbott put buoys up and suddenly they're out showing their enormous care. Not for the 853 migrants who died in the last year crossing illegally. Not for the tens of thousands of children brutalized by the cartels. Not for the tens of thousands of women raped by the cartels. Not for the 100,000 people who died of drug overdoses. Nope. They're mad because the buoys there, that might be risky. And that means Abbott is responsible if something happens in the buoys. They do not care about the human suffering their policies cause it is only politics all the time for Democrats. And it's disgraceful.

[A]

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[B]

Yep.

[A]

And they said that this is inhumane. It's a stunt. And we said, no, we're just gonna. You wanna be a welcoming city. You wanna be an open city, like Mayor Adams tweet was out there that he put out there. And we said, okay, we will send you busloads of illegal immigrants that we're dealing with in Texas every single day. And they said it was stunning. Guess what? It clearly now worked because these mayors are terrified and these governors are terrified. They, A, can't handle the problem and B, they're afraid they're going to run out of money if they don't get more from the federal government. When you look at it from that perspective, how right was Texas to say, here's part of our problem. Enjoy it?

[B]

Unquestionably right. And let's just contrast the utter hypocrisy of these elected Democrats. So I'm just going to read their words so you can assess the difference. All right. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, when she was running for mayor In October of 2022, she answered questions from a Latinx news outlet, whatever the hell a Latinx news outlet is. Here's her quote. Los Angeles is and should remain a sanctuary city, and the LAPD should not be burdened with the federal government's responsibility to enforce immigration law. I do not support an ICE presence in local state correctional facilities, nor do I support ICE transfers absent a judicial warrant. Fast forward to June of 23rd, when Governor Abbott sent 44. 0 illegal immigrants to LA. Mayor Bass released a statement that said, quote, it is abhorrent that an American elected official is using human beings as pawns in cheap political games. Here's Philadelphia Mayor James keeney, June of 2018. Keeney literally dances in support of a court ruling in favor of Philadelphia's sanctuary city policies. He said, we are a sanctuary city. Fast forward to October 2022, when Governor Abbott sent 28 illegal immigrants to Philadelphia. Mind you, Del Rio has had, what, 480,000? Philadelphia got 28. Here's what Mayor Keaney said. Quote, it is truly disgusting to hear today that Governor Abbott and his administration continue to implement their purposefully cruel Policy using immigrant families, including women and children, as pawns to shapelessly push his warped political agenda. All right, let's take Chicago. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, when he was running for mayor, on his website, he said, quote, chicago is a sanctuary city. As such, we must always resist attempts to pit communities against each other and extend the sanctuary promise to everyone who needs it in our city. Both longtime residents and newcomers alike. Come to Chicago. That's me.

[A]

Come on. Come.

[B]

All right, May of 2023, Brandon Johnson said this about Republican governors sending illegal immigrants to Chicago. Quote, it's wicked. It's unconscionable. But as you know, the city of Chicago is coming together to make sure that people who wish to find real comfort here in the city of Chicago, that we provide that. And let me just give you one more. San Francisco Mayor London breed. So in July 13, 2020, here's a press release from Mayor Breed on San Francisco being a sanctuary city. Quote, here in San Francisco, we will always demonstrate our values of diversity and inclusiveness by being a sanctuary city that stands up for all of our residents and neighbors. The court ruling today further validates what we already know. The Trump administration's attempt to overreach and bully San Francisco into abandoning our values and complying with unfair, unjust immigration enforcement laws is unconstitutional. All right, so that's in 2020. Let's fast forward. Oh, and also in 2020, another quote from her is, our sanctuary ordinance makes our entire city safer. Okay, Safer. Being a sanctuary city makes San Francisco safer. Two years later, October 2022, Mayor Breed blames the drug crisis in San Francisco on illegal immigrants coming from Honduras. Here's her quote. There are unfortunately, a lot of people who come from a particular country come from Honduras, and a lot of people who are dealing drugs happen to be of that ethnicity. It is nothing racial profile about this. We all know it. It's the reality. It's what you see. It's what's out there. Those are quotes. I'm not editorializing it all.

[A]

Can you imagine if Republicans said that?

[B]

I am reading her words, by the way. Then in May, when she's talking about the drug and fentanyl crisis in San Francisco, particularly in the Tenderloin district. Here's what she said. At the end of the day, we can't keep just throwing our hands up and think, all of a sudden what we are doing is working. Compassion is killing people, and we have to push forth some tough love to change what's happening on the streets of San Francisco. No kidding.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And you know what? Let's see if the mayor can use some rocket science to figure out whose policies it is that has let 7 million people into this country, including drug dealers, including gang members, including criminals, including people who commit horrific crimes. Let's see if any of these Democrats can figure out what caused it. And if they dare to admit it out loud.

[A]

I will end with a brilliant political commentator that reminded America this week, you shouldn't mess with Texas when it comes to illegal immigration. I remember when they said that Greg Abbott was doing a political stunt by sending illegal immigrants to places like New York. I think it's pretty clear now. Don't mess with Texas. We've been dealing with this. And if you think it's an emergency now in New York, come to Texas. This is 1/1,000th of what we deal with every single day. And this idea that if you just send money that it's going to fix a problem you mentioned. I hope more money comes. It's not a money issue. You have to secure a border. It doesn't matter how much money you spend. If you have an open border, it's going to continue to happen this way all over the country. I couldn't agree with that guy more, Senator. I mean, what a great point, right?

[B]

So let me say number one, that's an awfully good looking political commentator.

[A]

Thank you. Thank you.

[B]

Let me put that up again and play like the first few seconds of it.

[A]

So this is what I know. He's about to give me a hard time that Greg Abbott was doing a free. By sending illegal information.

[B]

Just pause right there.

[A]

All right.

[B]

Before I talk about the wisdom that is emanating, I just want to talk about the visual.

[A]

I'm ready.

[B]

And I will say, looks like a good blue suit there. So look, I'm the father of two young daughters and I will say, young girls everywhere are told, cross your legs at your ankles and you notice all the women there.

[A]

Last time we ever play a clip of me on this show, all the.

[B]

Women there have their eggs, legs crossed at their ankles. And with your boots, you are being a very dainty lady. You're crossing your boots at your ankles. I'm just saying it's nice. Never again.

[A]

Look, never again am I playing a clip. Don't mess with Texas. Just remember that.

[B]

I'm just saying for what it's worth, I actually have no idea what you said. Yeah, this is shameless self promotion. And I will admit I'm no stranger to shameless self promotion.

[A]

I just wanted to have my moment. You fly all the way to New York. I just wanted to have the moment.

[B]

You look profound and I'm pretty sure you're saying, new York Mayor Adams, you are an absolute, total hypocrite.

[A]

There you go.

[B]

As you have New York in the background. And on that, you are unquestionably correct, as you are when you said rightly, don't mess with Texas.

[A]

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