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🗓️ 26 June 2025
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0:00.0 | Based on intelligence, the White House says it's now going to limit how much intel that it shares with Congress after it says a classifying assessment about the strikes on Iran was leaked. |
0:21.6 | Just minutes ago, President Trump posted to truth social. |
0:25.0 | Here's the quote. |
0:26.0 | The Democrats are the ones who leak the information on the perfect flight to the nuclear sites in Iran. |
0:31.6 | They should be prosecuted. |
0:33.8 | What do you make of all that, Andrew? |
0:36.9 | Well, look, first, with respect to leaks, there's no question if somebody is leaked something that is national security or classified, then, you know, I would agree that that needs to be investigated. |
0:49.0 | But, you know, we have not seen that evidence yet. |
0:52.8 | And also, this idea that you don't have a responsibility |
0:56.9 | to brief Congress, to me, it is of a piece of what we're seeing in the courts, which is this |
1:03.1 | administration has told judges repeatedly that they have no role whatsoever in reviewing the |
1:09.8 | actions of the executive. You're seeing now the same thing |
1:13.0 | happening with respect to Congress, where they're saying Congress doesn't have a role. The idea, |
1:17.4 | though, that an administration would say that you don't have to brief after the fact, |
1:22.2 | at least the gang of eight about the intelligence, I mean, that is the critical information |
1:27.3 | that Congress is entitled to. |
1:30.9 | And just to be clear, that is something that presidents in both parties have traditionally done. |
1:37.6 | This is not a partisan issue. This is really a Trump issue in not being responsible and responsive to other branches of government. |
1:47.5 | I'm going to throw some cold water on that and say this is not an instance where you can count |
1:53.7 | on the courts to come to the rescue for a couple of reasons. First of all, when Congress has an |
1:58.4 | issue where they feel like their rights have been disrespected, |
2:01.7 | it's not enough if Paul and I were, for example, members of Congress to sue on our own behalf. |
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