California Congressman Devin Nunes weighs in on former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith expecting to plead guilty to making a false statement in U.S. Attorney John Durham's review of the Russia investigation.
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Will its the first criminal
will its the first criminal
case, brought by John Durhams
Review former FBI lawyer, Kevin
Klinesmith, expected to plead
guilty for falsifying a document
to justify surveillance on a
former Trump Campaign Advisor
PETE here to react? Ranking
member of the House Intel
Committee GOP congressman Devon
Nunes
Congressman thanks for being
here,
youve been ahead of the curve
on all of this. Since the
beginning,
you took a ton of criticism when
it first started
now that theres this first
guilty plea in the Durham probe
put us under the hood.
Should we expect more?
Well, we sure hope. So
I want to make sure everyone
knows that this was one of the
main attorneys that was
involved in all of the different
aspects of what happened during
this russian hoax that was
perpetrated on the american
people and on the Republican
Party and the President himself
and his team
its important to remember that
this is the attorney that I
always called the french
speaking attorney.
He was the one that said, viva la
resistance that
was asked when he was going to
quit, and he was also very
concerned about whether or not
that his name was on a lot of
these document. So he clearly
knew that he had a problem right
after the election.
I think that Durham is letting
him off extremely easy
theres, multiple indictments
that could have been brought,
probably including conspiracy
and including destruction of
evidence. So my guess is: maybe
hes going to cooperate,
maybe hes not, but this is a
good first step
Jedediah. What do you anticipate
congressman coming
next?
Will there be more revelations
of deceit?
Whats, your guess?
Well, if you listen to what
Attorney General Barr said the
another night on his
interview with Mark Levine last
Sunday about a week ago, he
said something on the lines of
theres a lot of conspiracies
here that have to be tracked
down and thats. What people have
to remember
this was the corruption here was
so wide and broad based. It
stretches not just from the FBI
and the Department of Justice,
but also stretches back to the
Democratic National Committee.
The Clinton campaign, many
operatives foreign spies,
the mainstream media- continues
to talk about Russia, Russia,
Russia,
well Theyvelaw enforcement- also
implicated. In this fiasco. Also
they were involved and receiving
the dossier
theres. Also, a very popular left
wing think tank in Washington,
D, DOT C called the Brookings
Institute, and they are knee deep
in this.
The department of Defense was
funneling money over to a group
in Cambridge. That was actually
spying on the Trump campaign, so
theres a lot of moving parts.
Here
I hope before the election, we
get a full report of everything
I laid out so that we know at
least exactly what happened and
from there. A lot of people need
to be brought to justice for
this, but the main thing,
because is we need the truth,
will shifting topics for one
moment congressman. I want to
ask you about a proposed law in
your home state,
a wealth tax in California.
It be the first of its kind in
the United States.
Under this proposal, residents
who leave California move out
of the state could be taxed for
up to ten years on their
wealth.
Does this have any hope of
passing in California? What do
you make of this proposal?
Well, what youre watching is,
California was really the first
state that went into socialism
into one party control.
Essentially, a bureau took over
the Democratic Party and you
move people like Kamala Harris
whose really never run for
anything
shes never had to run one time
she got on to the stage as a
front runner in the democratic
presidential candidate she
flamed out. She was so
embarrassed, didnt even wait for
Iowa, because she was
probably going to finish last. So
this is a party that has moved
toward socialism.
Now what youre seeing is the
next step, which ultimately
is communism, because they dont
have enough of other peoples
money to pay for everything,
so what theyre talking about
doing is theyre talking about
going through and assessing
everyone and its taking part of
that money.
Now, surprisingly, the people
that they are going to hit the
hardest will be the Tech Oli
Gahchs that live in
Silicon Valley, which, by the way
they dont vote for Republicans
youve, already seen Elon Musk
Tesla moving his operations to
Texas.
My guess is hes out of
California.
If this gets anywhere close to
passing what youll see even
their best supporters, they will
leave,
they will leave California and
they wont be back, and so this
is not a solution, but its
what happens when you make the
transition to socialism to
communism,
PETE yeah theyre flirting with
the idea of kicking out their
tax base, which means they cant
do anything,
will its not kicking them out,
PETE,
clawing them back after they
move away.
Pete thats true, I stand
corrected
Devon Nunes. Thank you. So much.
Transcript generated on 2020-08-16.