Hostages in the Shutdown: Senator Blackburn on TSA Pay, Illegal Crime, and the Save America Act
John Solomon Reports
John Solomon
4.7 • 6.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of John Solomon Reports, we uncover alarming revelations about China's interference in the 2020 election and the U.S. intelligence community's response. John Solomon brings to light newly declassified documents that indicate Chinese access to American voter registration databases and the subsequent concealment of this information from President Trump and Congress. The implications of these actions suggest a troubling disregard for the integrity of our electoral process and the responsibilities of intelligence officials.
Joining the conversation is Senator Marsha Blackburn, who discusses the ongoing threat to election security and the importance of transparency within the intelligence community. We also hear from Jerry Dunleavy, the investigative journalist who collaborated with John on these critical stories, providing further insights into the hidden narratives surrounding Chinese influence operations.
Additionally, the episode features Sam Faddis, a former CIA officer, who weighs in on the broader implications of these findings, particularly in relation to Iran's activities and the potential threats posed to U.S. national security. John emphasizes the need for accountability and vigilance in protecting our democratic institutions.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, American, happy Wednesday. |
| 0:08.5 | Welcome to the latest edition of John Solomon reports the podcast from Just the News. |
| 0:13.2 | You know where that's from. |
| 0:14.4 | A big thank you to everybody who's been reading and sharing the stories that we've done on China and its intrusions on the 2020 election. Again, I want to be |
| 0:22.4 | clear, China didn't flip votes on machines. It may not have even run full influence operations, |
| 0:29.1 | or some evidence they ran some influence operations. But what they did do is gain access to our |
| 0:35.3 | voter registration databases. How we don't know, because that part remains classified. |
| 0:40.0 | But the documents that we've now put public show that, one, they did, in fact, achieve access to these data. |
| 0:48.4 | And two, they intended to keep it from policymakers in Congress, the American public, and likely President Trump, |
| 0:54.8 | because they disagreed with President Trump's policies on China. |
| 1:00.4 | The intelligence analysts actually used terms like Vulgarian to identify President Trump. |
| 1:06.8 | They showed disdain for the man the American people had elected president. |
| 1:12.3 | They put their personal political interests before those of the country or their commander |
| 1:17.3 | in chief. |
| 1:18.4 | They decided they would make the decisions that only the Constitution allows a president |
| 1:23.3 | to make. |
| 1:24.4 | This is a scandal of epic proportions. |
| 1:30.9 | Today, throughout the hearings on threat assessment, |
| 1:37.0 | the Director of National Intelligence was offered an opportunity and didn't take the opportunity to educate senators who are currently voting on election security legislation, the Save America Act, didn't use the opportunity today. |
| 1:48.4 | In fact, she made most of the opportunity of trying to signal, virtue signal, that she doesn't support President Trump and his decisions on Iran. |
| 1:57.1 | Tulsi Gabbard did not serve our country well today from what I saw. |
| 2:01.4 | I didn't watch the whole hearing, but what I saw was vagary, what I saw was C-Y-A, and what I saw was misopportunates. |
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