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Biden Classified Documents Testimony Reveals Why America is SO DIVIDED
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Biden Classified Documents Testimony Reveals Why America is SO DIVIDED

The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony from special counsel Robert Hur, and it was eye-opening. Glenn reviews some of the most shocking moments, including Hur’s admission that President Biden appeared to have kept classified documents in order to write a book. Plus, Glenn reviews some of the dumbest Democrat takes from the hearing. But perhaps most importantly, Glenn explains what this testimony reveals about why America is so divided…

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GLENN: So I -- I want to start with just the -- just the people yesterday, who were -- who I guess were asking questions of -- of the FBI agent, her, that was -- was the guy that wrote the report about Joe Biden and his records.

And -- and whether he committed a crime. Or not.

And why he should be prosecuted or not prosecuted.

Okay. First -- you know, let me start with Jim Jordan. The cut we just played from Jim Jordan.

VOICE: Mr. Hur, why did he do it? Why did Joe Biden, your words, willfully retain and disclose classified materials?

I mean, he knew the law. I think you told us, Mr. Hur.

Hey, it's 231. You said this!

President Biden had strong motivations. That's a key word.

We're getting to motive now. President Biden had strong motivations to ignore the proper procedures for safeguarding the classified information in his notebooks. Why did he have strong motivations?

Because. Next word. Because he decided, months before leaving office, to write a book. To write a book. That was his motive.

Mr. Hur, how much did President Biden get paid for his book?

VOICE: It may be 8 million.

VOICE: $8 million!

Joe Biden had 8 million reasons to break the rules. Took classified information and shared it with the guy who was writing the book. And the next thing you say in your report is, quote, such a record would buttress his legacy as a world leader.

You know what this is? It wasn't just the money. It wasn't just the $8 million. It was also his ego. Pride and money is why he knowingly violated the rules.

GLENN: Okay.

Now, what was Trump in trouble for?

What was the big argument that Trump was releasing this classified information, that he had on files. Do you remember what it was?

He said something to somebody.

He was -- he was talking to a reporter.

STU: You know, it was a biographer, right?

GLENN: Right. Right. And what happened?

STU: Gosh, he was talking about plans of Iran.

GLENN: He said, he said, and if -- if people only knew.

I mean, look, it's right here.

STU: Yeah. Someone -- was it Milley, wanted to invade Iran, or something to that effect.

GLENN: Right. And so he's holding up a document.

This is what is alleged. We don't know. But what's alleged is he held up a document.

And said, look, here it is. Here is proof of it.

Didn't hand it to the reporter. Didn't read it to the reporter.

Didn't send it to the reporter.

He just said, it's right here, okay?

That's why Donald Trump has got to go to prison.

Now, what did Joe Biden do with all of these documents, well, you just heard he was paid a million dollars. He was holding on to them, so he could show that he -- you know, what he did, as vice president. And make sure that he looked good.

That would be pretty much the same charge, except without the $8 million. Right?

Except, Donald Trump allegedly, only held the document up.

Listen to what is it?

Cut 12. Cut 12.

VOICE: Biden. This is a quote. Joe Biden risked serious damage to America's national security, when he shared information, with his ghostwriter.

Shared it with his ghostwriter. The guy who was helping Joe Biden get $8 million.

And, oh, by the way, Mr. Hur, what did the ghost rider do with the information Joe Biden shared with him, on his laptop! What did he do after you were named special council?

VOICE: Chairman, if you're referring to the audio recordings that Mr. Zwanizer (phonetic) traded of his conversations --

VOICE: Exactly what I'm referring to.

VOICE: He slid, if I remember correctly, he slid those files into his recycle bin on his computer. Tries tried to destroy the evidence, didn't he?

VOICE: Correct.

VOICE: The very guy who helped Joe Biden get the $8 million. Joe Biden used -- the motive for Joe Biden to disclose classified information follow up retain classified information, which he definitely knew was against the law.

GLENN: Okay.

So we've established, already, because of -- because of Hunter Biden's records.

That Joe Biden will sell America out.

It's just a matter of price and negotiation.

Here we have $8 million. Now, if you're not offended by that. If you don't think that that's bad, what he did, then you cannot go after Donald Trump.

Donald Trump didn't share the information. Joe Biden talked openly about. Apparently, either sent or showed the documents. Okay?

So one way or another, it's pretty much the same thing.

Except the guy, who had the information.

The -- the reporter, unlike the reporter with -- with Donald Trump.

He didn't try to hide anything.

He didn't try to destroy his records.

As soon as the -- the special investigation started on Joe Biden. And this guy was appointed, what happened?

The reporter tried to get rid of all of are of the evidence.

That's obstruction of justice. Now, they say, Donald Trump tried to obstruct justice.

Great. So what do we have here?

What do we have here?

We have the same exact charges. Motivated by money.

And I think the other one motivated by, I've been screwed. And I've got all of this evidence here, that shows, that it's them, not me.

Both of them are wrong.

One has some righteous indignation to it.

The other is just money.

But both of them are against the law. Right?

Here's why our country cannot function anymore.

There -- there is no principle or value, to truth. None!

The truth only matters when it's convenient. And you could say that about both sides.

I mean, here's the -- that's the case. Both of them did the same thing.

Different motivations. But both of them did the same thing.

How many on the right, would be absolutely fine, with the conviction on Trump doing it, if Joe Biden received the exact same conviction and punishment.

I would be. If it's a crime.

Everybody should be treated exactly the same.

Now, the reason why this special prosecutor didn't say that it was a crime. Or no. I didn't say that. Decided not to prosecute, is because it is his job. Do I waste all this money, or not? Is it likely to end in a conviction?

And he said, no!

It wouldn't. Because the jury would most likely hear him and see him as a really nice old man, who is just kind of befuddled at times.

Do you think that the jury in DC, would see it any other way? Because I don't.

I would like to see the prosecution. But you know that it wouldn't end, in anything.

But should he go through it?

Yeah. I do think he should.

You know, we don't give any special benefits for people because of their age, usually. If they're incompetent. Then he should be declared incompetent to serve as president.

If he's not capable as testifying, then he shouldn't be capable of doing his job.

Of course, then again, maybe that's why the Democrats selected Joe Biden.

Because it's just Joe.

We all know Joe. He's been around for a long time.

And so people will just give him the benefit of the doubt.

Oh, I think that's absolutely why he was selected.

He's going to return us to normal.

You know him. He's a -- he's just a union Democrat, but he's an old-time Democrat. They knew that he was a doddering old fool. That they would be running the White House.

So it was good for them. He would do what he was told, and America would give him a lot of rope. And here's America giving him a lot of rope again.

I want to show you how corrupt things are. I want you to play, let's see. Cut -- hang on.

Sorry. This is such an amazing piece.

Cut five.

VOICE: This lengthy, expensive, and independent investigation resulted in a complete exoneration of President Joe Biden. For every document you've discussed in your report, you found insufficient evidence that the president violated any laws about possession or retention of classified materials.

VOICE: I need to go back and make sure that I take note of a word that you used, exoneration. That is not a word that I --

VOICE: Mister, I'm going to continue with my questions. I'm going to continue with my questions. I know that the term.

VOICE: Ultimately reached -- sufficient evidence existed such that I think the likely term --

VOICE: You exonerated that. I know the term willful retention. Mr. Hertz, my time. Thank you.

GLENN: When is it the witness' time. When is it the witness' time?

Everybody does this. Every time. Every time. They just filibuster. And this is the worst I've seen. The filibuster that she's doing, she's not asking him a question and not allowing him to answer. She is making a statement, formed as a question, that is inaccurate.

You exonerated him. No. I didn't exonerate him.

So everything after that, should be dismissed.

He did not exonerate. But we don't care about principles.

Values. Or truth.

And when the government, when the body that is elected to protect the Constitution, which is, why are governments established among men?

To protect the rights of the people.

When the government doesn't recognize those rights, when it no longer recognizes the truth, that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights.

It doesn't matter. We'll never agree.

Let me play one more.

Cut six.

VOICE: You --

VOICE: Whatsoever in --

VOICE: You are a member of the Federalist Society, are you not? Are you a member of the Federalist Society?

VOICE: I am not a member of the Federalist Society.

VOICE: But you are a Republican, though, aren't you?

VOICE: I'm a registered Republican.

GLENN: Okay. Stop for a second. Stop for a second. What's the Federalist Society, Stu?

STU: People who actually look at the Constitution, occasionally respect it.

VOICE: Yeah. Are you a member of the Federalist Society? Do you mean the society that is built to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States?

No, I mean the Federalist Society.

No. But that's what they do. It's an accusation. It's a smear, to say he's part of a society. Which he claims he's not.

I'm sure he's not.

Why would you deny that you were a member of the Federalist Society.

STU: Right. A really highly respected institution.

GLENN: Right. He's saying to him, do you believe in the Constitution, as written.

That's the charge. Then he goes on, and says, but you'll admit that you're a Republican.

Since when is that a crime?

Now, I just, to lighten things up.

I just want to remind you, who Hank Johnson really is.

VOICE: Now, and about 24 miles, if I recall, long.

GLENN: Guam.

VOICE: 24 miles long. About 7 miles wide, at the least widest place on the island. And about 20 -- about 12 miles wide.

My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated, that it will tip over and capsize.

VOICE: We don't anticipate that.
(laughter)

GLENN: Putting too many Marines on Guam, it could capsize the island.

And he thought it through. That's who is the defender of truth, yesterday.

REVEALED: What Biden Said That Made Special Counsel Hur Question His Mental Agility
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REVEALED: What Biden Said That Made Special Counsel Hur Question His Mental Agility

Special counsel Robert Hur is testifying before Congress about his investigation into President Biden’s classified documents scandal. Democrats have claimed that Hur stepped out of line when he included his concerns over Biden’s mental agility in his report. But before he testified, the full transcript of Hur’s Biden interview was released to media outlets. Glenn and Stu read from the transcript so you can decide for yourself whether Biden is losing it …

How Biden is HARMING ALASKA More Than Iran
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How Biden is HARMING ALASKA More Than Iran

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has accused the Biden administration of waging “sanctioning his state more than Iran. He joins Glenn with the evidence of this “economic war.” Gov. Dunleavy lays out how Biden has taken at least 55 actions to limit Alaskans’ oil production, mining, logging, and recreational abilities. He breaks down how this is harming the Alaskan people and businesses and the “cruel irony” that Biden’s policies have caused: “Our viability as a state is in question.”

Former Trump Official: Liz Cheney & the J6 Committee “BURIED EVIDENCE”
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Former Trump Official: Liz Cheney & the J6 Committee “BURIED EVIDENCE”

The Federalist has reported that the January 6th Select Committee suppressed evidence that former president Donald Trump requested 10,000 National Guard troops to be stationed at the Capitol during the day’s events. But former Rep. Liz Cheney has denounced the report. So, what’s the truth? Glenn speaks with former Trump intelligence official Kash Patel, who says he was in the Oval Office when Trump authorized the troops. He also accuses former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Capitol Police, and Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser of denying the request, knowing exactly what might happen: “[They] WANTED that political narrative [of] insurrection.”

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GLENN: Kash Patel, who is wildly accomplished. Chief of staff to the Department of Defense, where his responsibilities included implementing the Secretary of Defense mission involving, you know, 3 million-plus employees. Blah, blah. He went from the Pentagon to serving with Donald Trump.

He became the DNI. The Director of National Intelligence. You were the -- what are -- you were the acting DNI, I believe, for a very long time. And, of course, you know, they tried to destroy his life. Kash Patel joins us now. Hello, Kash. How are you?

KASH: Great to be with you, Glenn.

GLENN: All right. I want to talk about what just came out with Mollie Hemingway this weekend. Where we now know that the January 6th committee, had testimony from you and several others, on what, actually, happened on the White House.

On the takes leading up to January 6th. Where Trump was calling for 10,000 troops, to be on the street. Because he felt that the left was going to act up. And, actually, hurt the people that were coming for these rallies.

But they wouldn't do anything about it. They would not take him up on it, at all.

And that's now proven, and they knew that, but they kept that away, from the official report.

KASH: Yes, Glenn. Just like when the FBI went to a FISA court and lied to them and went to exculpatory evidence, just to target a political opponent and unlawfully surveil him, the January 6th committee took one page out of their book, and repeated that same instance of conduct for a propaganda political end point.

I was in the Oval Office, chief of staff. For the DOD, takes before January 6th. President Trump, unequivocally authorized ten to 20 National Guardsmen women.

And why is that important, Glenn?

Because only the president can make that authorization. But he's not allowed under the Constitution to deploy the order.

Order of deployment, excuse me, of the National Guard. So what do we do?

We dispatch senior DOD officials to Mayor Bowser, who is in charge of DC and the Capitol Police, who are in charge of the Capitol. And reported to Nancy Pelosi at that time.

And they in writing, rejected the use of additional National Guard. Not Donald Trump.

They did that.

And now we find out, two years after I testified to the January 6 committee, demanding a public hearing. Is they failed to release my transcript for almost two years. A year and a half after that, they released the transcript of Tony Ornato, a career apolitical speaker service officer, assigned to the White House for presidential protection. And what does his transcript say?

It confirms that President Trump, days before, authorized the use of ten to 20,000 national guardsmen and women, and the chief of staff by itself, Secretary of Defense and the chairman, were all in the Oval Office when it happened.

This is the exculpatory evidence, that Liz Cheney and company have buried for two years to achieve a political gain.

GLENN: So, Kash, we are so corrupt.

Now, you know, people are saying, if they could do this to the president of the United States, they'll do it to anybody. Well, they are doing it to many nobodies, and anybody. And this has got to stop. It doesn't seem like the mainstream media cares. But at some point, it will reach enough ears where people will say, I am afraid of this government, quite honestly. They are everything that they say Donald Trump is. They're already doing it.

What do you --

VOICE: Their hypocrisy. No. Sorry. Go ahead. Their hypocrisy, as I think you were alluding to, their projection is what they do. And they own the Main State media. So back when we did Russiagate. And if you tied the threats together, to similar concepts, between Russiagate, between FISA, between January 6, between Hunter Biden's laptop, the 51 Intel letters, just to name a few things. They used the same playbook.

Lie at government gangsters, destroy the American faith in the institutions, but utilize their partners in the media, to make themselves look like a hero. And I think the breakthrough we're now having, is we have proven right, each and everyone one of these instances, the truth.

GLENN: So, Kash, at some point, the tables turn. And the countries are already turning against a lot of this stuff.

And you're running a guy who just doesn't -- he's not going to win.

If it's fair. There's no way he will win. It will be Trump in a landslide, I believe.

However, that's if it's fair.

However, they don't seem worried about it at all. What is their end game?

How do you keep your borders open?

Have murders happening on our streets, crime on the streets. We're going to have a terrorist attack. It's only a matter of time.

What's your exit plan? Because Bubba is going to look at this and go, well, you were the ones who caused it.

KASH: Uh-huh. I think the exit plan for the radical left-wing and mainstream media, is Trump Derangement Syndrome. Get him at all costs.

What I think we've done over time, through your brave reporting and your network, some amazing reporting of the truth, is Americans are saying, wait a second. Those things are not right-wing conspiracy.

That's the truth! The mainstream media lied to me. And I think what President Trump is brilliantly doing is taking that on the campaign trail every day.

And saying, yes, there's corruption in DC.

Yes. They're rigging presidential elections, but yes. We can defeat them. Because we are going to win so big, that the rig is not going to matter.

And every time we put out one of these blockbuster truths -- I mean, this is like a Russiagate-style reporting, blockbuster news day, that I'm reporting to you, directly with an op-ed to follow. The American people wake up in droves.

And I think, maybe I'm naive. But I think that is going to educator day. To solve the corruption in DC.

GLENN: I hope so.

Because it's really -- you know, it's disturbing to see how -- how methodical they are.

Do you think they knew that January 6 was going to happen?

KASH: Yes. I think they not only new, but the political monsters like Pelosi, Cheney, et al, wanted that political narrative. Why else would you shut down an authorization for National Guardsmen and Women?

I mean, all you have to do is ask -- they keep calling us liars.

Just ask yourself this: If President Trump didn't authorize it, then how did being the Secretary of Defense -- senior officials to Pelosi and Bowser's office, speaking their request for National Guard? It would have been factually and legally impossible.

And they shut that down because they wanted to hang that narrative, and have that painting of no client says, that a malicious style, downtown -- in downtown Washington, DC, to achieve their political narrative, which was? Insurrection. It failed in court, and now it's failing in the court of public opinion. Because the truth has finally come out. That the January 6th committee buried evidence, which corroborates what we've been saying for three years.

GLENN: How deep does the corruption in the military and Intel go?

When you -- did we have incognito Special Forces on the ground on January 6th?

KASH: No. No. That's not to say, a civilian who was a Special Forces operator, he didn't himself go. But me and the Secretary of Defense would never have allowed that. That would have broken the chain of command.

It's just not what would have happened. And we didn't that have there, on that day. Go ahead.

GLENN: And you know the Intel.

I mean, you were DNI. The Intel industry, is doing stuff, that you wouldn't have liked or wanted to happen either. Do you agree with that?

KASH: Absolutely. Absolutely.

Chris ray has the intelligence. Just ask yourself this: How is it that Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts knew to board up the windows in and around the Capitol, but the intelligence community and the FBI didn't?

Well, as it turns out, Christopher Wray had an Intel report, saying that there could be violence in and around January 6th. And what did he do?

He withheld it. He suppressed it. The calling card of the Deep State. As long as your political narrative is advanced, suppress the truth.

And that is what they did. And the Intel community -- the bottom is corrupt. It's corrupt at the top, with a couple of minor players in between. And we can reform that by removing them, and putting them in the right personnel package.

GLENN: Did you see the story that came out today, in 2022. When Putin was threatening with nuke.

And how President Biden, you know, went to the Murdoch's house. And was talking to all these people about a briefing he just had. About how this is going to become true.
And the government went on -- on high alert.

Does the government have a responsibility, when its Cuban Missile Crisis, kind of crisis, to come on television like Kennedy did? And explain what's happening.

KASH: They do. And a commander-in-chief, with all its faculties should do that.

But Joe Biden is not that commander-in-chief. I don't want him anywhere near a television set.

Because every time he does, he exposes the United States to another national security attack, via cyber or otherwise.

Because they put on blast, the ineffectiveness and ineptitude of our commander-in-chief.

And right now, we don't need any more of that.

GLENN: As somebody who has been around the military and an Intel, for -- for a very long time. What did you make of the opening of his speech on Thursday, where his number one priority, right out -- I mean, didn't even say the State of the Union was strong or anything.

He just went right into, we're at war. Inside and outside of our country.

And we must fight it.

What do you think he was signaling?

KASH: He was speaking to the defense industrial complex. That owns the slum.

The state of our union, from our commander-in-chief, was the state of Ukraine.

That's what he led out with. And that should never happen.

It is a world war of his making, and he is hustling DC, along with the corrupt politicians, who are owned by defense industrial complex, to do one thing: Print money, and send our men and women overseas to fight yet another war for another person and another political target, to achieve victory at home on the political battlefield. Damn the cost. Get blood and treasure. That's what Joe Biden was doing, putting America last.

GLENN: And when you -- when he talked about Israel. I don't know if you saw the report again, that came out today. About Joe Biden saying, I am -- I am going to have a come to Jesus meeting with Bibi Netanyahu. Which is kind of an awkward sentence to say. But said that, which, you know, Bibi has responded with, I have my own red lines.

And then we're putting. We're building a dock for Gaza.

And we're going to be delivering food. Does that sound like a good idea.

KASH: It is an overaggressive, act of aggression. He is building a dock, and saying, we're not going to put boots on the ground. So we're going to put boots on planks and wooden boards, in territorial waters of a sovereign nation. Would the United States of America, ever stand for anyone building a dock on the eastern seaboard, to provide aid for any inner city folks?

Absolutely not. It is a violation of domestic federal statute, and international law. It's an act of overt aggression. And Israelis, and the people in Gaza, are going to be offended and probably take action against it, which is going to harm American men and women in uniform.

GLENN: And what would we do in response with this commander-in-chief?

KASH: We would unfortunately, double down on the fight.

And we would be looking at another 20-year Afghan campaign. Because Iran is flush with cash, thanks to Joe Biden. They launched the war in Israel through Hamas, a proxy. And they are buying Republicans at a rate that has never been seen before. And Joe Biden is weak on the global stage.

All he can do is send men and women to die. So far, five American service members killed in that region, under his watch.

And now he's building a flotilla, off the coastline of a world war. Only bad thing can happen when Joe Biden is --

GLENN: I know people have said this since I was a kid. This is the most important election of our time. Blah, blah, blah.

But, lately, it has gotten to be more and more important. And I, honestly, feel we are in a place that this may be the last election in America, if -- if things don't go right. And people don't stay calm. And everything else.

Do you think that's hyperbole?

KASH: No. We are at an inflection point. Because for the first time in forever, it's national security. National security. National security, and Americans have seen the cost at our border. The cost that we're seeing in the Ukraine and Israel wars.

The cost in terms of Russia and al-Qaeda on the rise.

They have seen Joe Biden politicize intelligence, the Department of Defense and law enforcement, creating a two-tier system of justice, to prosecute political targets.

And they have seen a total weaponization of our government. And that's what we are at an inflection point, come this election. America is seeing that Donald Trump, in my opinion, must be commander-in-chief. The guy who went through all of what we just talked about successfully.

GLENN: Kash, thank you so much.

Kash Patel.