27 posts from Monday, June 12, 2023

Okay, joining us by phone is the conference chair of the Republican House, Elise Stefanik of New York. Congressman Stefanik, you threw down pretty hard on the situation of the Justice Department and President Trump. Can you explain that to us? Absolutely. So yesterday was a very dark day, one of many that we have seen under the Biden regime. And it is not a mistake that at the same day that the FBI was forced to finally provide to Congress a document that we are owed because of our our constitutional authority and oversight that shows the corruption and frankly, the treasonous relationships Biden and his family members had while he was sitting as vice president, he has been bought and paid for. That's the same day that Biden's Department of Justice targets President Trump with an indictment. Hang on, Congressman Stefanik, you're not known as a bomb thrower. You just used the word treasonous. Can you explain that to this audience? Well, first of all, I've said it's the Biden crime family many times before, but you have criminal acts that were committed by Biden family members. And now we know, according to allegations, and it's important that we continue our congressional oversight, if we have a president of the United States who is corrupt, frankly, that is un-American. So I stand by that statement, and that was in my statement I put out last night. Congressman, you've been you came to national prominence and stepping up in the first impeachment and coming to the forefront. Do you see a connection of this entire thing, of just this war against Trump by the administrative state? Oh, of course, it goes back to pre 2016, leading up to the 2016 election, how the Obama Biden administration allowed federal agencies like the FBI and Department of Justice to target President Trump illegally, not just the wiretapping, but also the phony start of the crossfire hurricane, which they knew was not based upon adequate intelligence. And they knew was based upon a Clinton operation that Clinton's campaign wanted put into place. So, of course, it's all connected, Steve, and patriots across America know it. It goes back to crossfire hurricane. The swamp has gotten deeper and deeper and continues to try to cover up these illegal acts. And they need to be held accountable. I'm proud to be one of the leaders in Congress continuing to uncover more and more corruption. Just a couple weeks ago, I was the one that asked the National Archives and Records Administration about the referral that led to ultimately the raid to Mar-a-Lago, which ultimately led to the appointment of the special counsel. It was based upon my question, how unprecedented it was for a bureaucrat to refer that to the inspector general. Congressman, last thing. You're saying that in pursuing this to its ultimate conclusion, that if you see of what you think of the, not just allegations, but there's at least partial evidence now that if Biden sold his office or access to his office or access to himself to people like the Chinese Communist Party, to people like corrupt oligarchs in Ukraine, you believe that rises to the level, not just of corruption, but you believe that you'll be able to show ultimately, if that's true, this rises to the level of treason? Well, it's certainly, first of all, the FBI wouldn't turn over the documents, Steve. So why are they hiding that? Why did they not take action? There are a lot more questions that need to be answered, which is why we're working so closely with Jamie Comer on his oversight. That's why oversight is important. And I know that we need to continue to conduct that oversight to get to the truth, but we will look at evidence, every shred of evidence, and all options are on the table. But ultimately, Steve, what do we need to do in 2024 when President Trump is the only one who is going to be able to save this country and to clean out the rock in these federal agencies? Do you think we're going to have a constitutional crisis this summer, just on this part, on the House, as the separation of powers for the House, right in authority to oversee the executive branch? Do you think we're heading there, given the stonewalling they've had? Well, what has been interesting, Steve, is we definitely have to use the contempt process to demand documents from these agencies. And it's not just the FBI. This is the same thing that the State Department, when they refused, Secretary Blinken, refused to provide information to Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mike McCall on the Afghanistan withdrawal. It took a threat of contempt. These agencies need to wake up and realize that they need to respond to Congress. We oversee them on behalf of the American people, not the other way around. So we're going to continue using our constitutional congressional authority to do that. I hope that these agencies will be more responsive, but I don't expect that, as you and I both know. Congressman Stefanik, how do people follow you on social media? Alicia Stefanik, you can follow me on all social media, Alicia Stefanik, and we'd appreciate your support. We need to rally together to save this country in 2024. Congressman Stefanik, thank you. I'm honored to have you on here. Thank you.

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innocent. House Republic Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik is commenting on the former president's alleged indictment. In her statement, Stefanik calls the alleged indictment politically motivated. She says she's committed to holding government officials accountable for their quote endless illegal witch hunt against the former president.

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I'm just tired of folks running away from the corruption targeting Trump because they don't like Trump. Don't be naive that some key Republicans are more than happy to see this abuse continue. We understand why Democrats don't care. So this is on top of every other abuse I've told you about. This is also how you rig it election. This is election interference 101. Try to jail the guy running against your guy. I think that BRAG needs to be investigated. I think the Justice Department needs to be investigated. I got to commend Kevin McCarthy for standing against this. But in my view, every political office holder in the country should be denouncing this Republican and Democrat. The loser Republican and establishment class gets very nervous as they don't want anyone to help Trump. They don't like every time Trump is in the news, even though he's in the news because he's being abused in unprecedented fashion in a way that undermines the very foundations of our constitutional system. And we're not going to stop talking about it. We're going to keep on pushing back on behalf of the rule of law, on behalf of the millions of Americans who want the law administered fairly.

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