Episode 53 - Bombshell Memo: The FBI Tried to Set Up Trump. Convention Canceled. Joe Biden Said...What?
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Matt Gaetz
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🗓️ 24 July 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
John Ratcliffe has declassified the memo that describes the August 17th briefing the FBI gave President Trump back in the 2016 election. The FBI said it was a defensive briefing. The evidence today proves it was a setup of President Trump and General Flynn. I break it down in detail.
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| 0:00.0 | you all were not telling the truth and you should not be trusted. |
| 0:06.0 | Congressman Matt Gates, thank you for what you did for your country tonight. |
| 0:09.0 | Be offended with the Democratic whip, not House Republicans. |
| 0:12.0 | Like a machine, Matt Gates. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome to Hot Takes, I'm Congressman Matt Gates. |
| 0:19.0 | Let's talk about the news. |
| 0:21.0 | Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, my former colleague |
| 0:24.0 | and the House of Representatives, making news with very significant |
| 0:29.0 | disclosures regarding the setup of President Trump and General Michael Flynn |
| 0:34.0 | by the FBI during the Obama Biden administration. |
| 0:38.0 | I'll walk you through the specifics and how it relates to the overall |
| 0:42.0 | Russia hoax endeavor. |
| 0:44.0 | You'll remember that at the end of July, the FBI opens the Trump-Russia |
| 0:49.0 | investigation. |
| 0:50.0 | Then, on August 8th, you get the text messages between Peter Struck and Lisa |
| 0:56.0 | Page saying, no, we'll stop him regarding the Trump presidency. |
| 1:01.0 | So it is inconceivable to think that on August 8th, they're not talking about |
| 1:06.0 | stopping Trump through the vehicle of the investigation that they just got |
| 1:11.0 | opened. |
| 1:12.0 | And remember, it was an investigation that they got opened with Andrew McCabe's |
| 1:16.0 | assistance, the same Andrew McCabe who is caught lying four times, |
| 1:21.0 | Thrice under oath by the Inspector General. |
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