And now for a moment of clarity.

Well, still, it's a TV show.

He's casting a TV show.

It's not.

I mean, and we should just call it what it is.

I mean, what's come home to roost is nine years of Trump maligning institutions like the FBI,

which is, frankly, a right-leaning workforce, in my time in government at least, as the deep state. And it's not about embarrassing Matt Gates. It's not

about digging up a Monterey. I mean, reporters can do that work. It's about making sure these people

don't have stuff for which they can be blackmailed

by an American adversary.

And when you take an oath as a commissioned officer, the executive branch of the government,

you're pledging your loyalty to the Constitution.

Why would Trump want to hijack that process?

Because they pledged loyalty to him. The Constitution be damned.

This is about the Constitution.

I mean, they're signing that they're signing the agreement telling you.

We're not using the FBI.

We don't want to do background checks.

Quite frankly, doesn't really matter.

I mean, the stuff that's coming out, I mean, blackmail. What else can I blackmail

you with other than a 17-year-old, you know, hanging out with a 17-year-old girl? I mean,

there is no shame here. There is no fear or concern by Trump or anyone's administration that

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