Answers are coming: Kash Patel

Answers are coming: Kash Patel

. >> Bret: PETER, THANK YOU. WELCOME BACK TO QUANTICO, VIRGINIA THE FBI ACADEMY. >> WELCOME TO QUANTICO, BRET. >> Bret: THIS HASN’T BEEN ON TV THIS KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES. THIS IS WHERE AN FBI AGENT OR ANALYST STARTS THEIR JOURNEY, RIGHT? >> ABSOLUTELY. THE FIRST RATE FACILITIES WE ARE TRYING TO DEDICATE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WANT TO JOIN THE FBI NEED SOME UPGRADING AS WELL AS THE STANDARDS WE NEED THEM TO MEET THE VIOLENT CRIME AND ALL OF THAT ENGINEERED RIGHT HERE IN QUANTICO, VIRGINIA. WE ARE THRILLED THAT YOU ARE COMING HERE BEHIND THE SCENES. >> Bret: APPLICATIONS TO BE AN FBI AGENT BACK IN MARCH IT WAS ABOUT 5600. THE LAST TIME THE BUREAU SAW MONTHLY FIGURES LIKE THIS WAS BACK IN APRIL 2016. BUT YOU ARE SEEING BIG NUMBERS? >> WE ARE SEEING HUGE NUMBERS. THAT’S IN LARGE PART TO THE ADMINISTRATION’S RESPONSE ON WHICH WAY THE FBI WANTS TO GO. LAST YEAR ALONE, THE AVERAGE FOR PER MONTH APPLICATION WAS ABOUT 2500 APPLICANTS PER MONTH. THE FIRST TWO FULL MONTHS OF APPLICANTS WE HAVE HAD SINCE I HAVE BEEN IN THIS SEAT WERE AT 5700 APPLICANTS A MONTH. SO THAT SHOWS ME THERE IS AN EXCITEMENT FOR THE AMERICAN CITIZEN TO JOIN THE BUREAU. >> Bret: ALL RIGHT. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT. SO THINGS YOU ARE DOING. YOU ARE DOING A LOT OF THINGS ALL AT ONCE. ONE OF THE OPERATIONS IS ON FENTANYL. OPERATION RANT TORE. IT’S REALLY ACROSS PRECURSOR FROM CHINA. >> BRET, ALMOST NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT. FENTANYL IS A SYNTHESIZED MANUFACTURED DRUG. YOU DON’T CLIP IT FROM A TREE. AND, IF YOU WANT TO CHOKE OFF THE AMOUNT OF FENTANYL THAT’S POURING INTO AMERICA, THAT’S KILLING AN AMERICAN CITIZEN ALMOST EVERY SEVEN MINUTES YOU, GOT TO THE SOURCE. SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS DID I WHEN I BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF THE FBI IS SAID WE ARE GOING TO MAINLAND, CHINA. WE ARE HITTING UP THE FENTANYL PRECURSOR LABORATORIES AND THE BANKS MOVING THE MONEY AND TRANSSHIPMENT ROOTS. ROUTES. WE STARTERRED THAT OVER 90 DAYS AGO. WE ARE GOING TO SUFFICIENT INDICATED THE SNAKE AND CUT OFF ITS HEAD. USE TREASURY FOR SANCTIONS STATE DEPARTMENT FOR DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS. BUT THE SIMPLE FACT IS THE CHINESE AND THE CCP HAVE GOTTEN SMART. THEY SAID OKAY, WE’RE GOING TO STOP SENDING FENTANYL PRECURSORS TO MEXICO BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB SUFFOCATING THE SOUTHERN BORDER WE WILL SEND THEM ELSEWHERE THROUGH OTHER AGENCIES AND COUNTRIES. WE ARE ATTACKING THOSE POINTS TO CHOKE OFF THE FENTANYL PRECURSOR DISTRIBUTION. NO ONE HAS DONE THAT BEFORE. TO DATE, THIS YEAR, WE HAVE SEIZED 1,000-KILO GRAMS OF FENTANYL IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THAT’S 480 MILLION LETHAL DOSES. THAT’S ENOUGH TO KILL EVERYONE IN AMERICA AND CANADA COMBINED. AND THAT’S JUST IN THESE THREE MONTHS. >> Bret: YOU KNOW, YOU COMING IN, BEFORE YOU GOT THIS JOB WERE OBVIOUSLY A CRITIC OF THE FBI. HOW IT WAS BEING OPERATED. NOW, HAVING BEING ON THE JOB FOR AS LONG AS YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE JOB. WHAT ABOUT THE FBI DID YOU GET WRONG BEFORE BECOMING DIRECTOR? DID YOU HAVE SOME PRECONCEIVED NOTION THAT TURNED OUT TO BE WRONG ABOUT THE BUREAU? PEOPLE WHO SAT IN SEAT BEFORE ME. PEOPLE DEPUTY THE VERY SENIOR PORTION OF THE BUREAU WHO MANIPULATED AND WEAPONIZED THE BUREAU. I WAS A FIERCE CREDIT DICK OF IT BECAUSE I LED THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION. I PROVED THAT MY PREDECESSORS WENT TO A FEDERAL COURT AND LIED TO THEM JUST TO WEAPONIZE THE FBI AND THE DOJ. THAT IS 100 PERCENT TRUE. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SURPRISED ME THE MOST, AND PLEASANTLY SO WAS THAT THE AMOUNT OF MEN AND WOMEN AT THE FBI THAT HATED THAT THEY DID THAT TO THE BUREAU. AND WHEN I GOT ON THE SEAT. WHEN DAN BONGINO GOT ON THE SEAT THEY SAID WE WANT TO FIX THIS PLACE. WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO IT FOR YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO INCREASE TRAINING. WE WEREN’T ABLE TO. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TAKE THE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT AROUND THE WORLD AND IMPORT THEM INTO THE FBI. THAT HASN’T BEEN DONE. WE HAVE JUST SEEN A VOID IN TERMS OF LONG RANGE PLANNING AT THE FBI WANTED TO DO AND LEADERSHIP WOULDN’T LET THEM. >> YOU KNOW, YOU WERE ON WITH MARIA, FEW WEEKS AGO. AND YOU SAID THIS. >> WHAT WE CAN DO NOW IS CONTINUE TO PUT OUT THE DOCUMENTS AND THE INFORMATION THAT THESE PEOPLE WITHHELD FROM THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE A WAVE OF TRANSPARENCY. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN? >> JUST GIVE US A WEEK OR TWO. >> Bret: ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ALMOST AT TWO WEEKS. THIS IS ABOUT CROSSFIRE HURRICANE. YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT. ALL THAT YOU HAVE BEEN LEARNING, CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE OF THAT WAVE OF TRANSPARENCY? >> ABSOLUTELY. SO, JUST QUICKLY ON CROSSFIRE HURRICANE. THAT IS A CONTINUING PRODUCTION. WE HAVE FOUND MATERIAL AND I’M THE CROSSFIRE HURRICANE GUY THAT I DON’T KNOW EXISTED IN FBI HOLDINGS. >> HELD SOME PLACE ELSE? >> THAT’S BEEN STASHED AWAY IN LOCATIONS THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WOULDN’T FIND IT BECAUSE WE WOULDN’T KNOW TO LOOK FOR IT THERE. AND AS PROMISED WITH MY CONGRESSIONAL PARTNERS, I’M WORKING WITH CONGRESS ON CONSTITUTIONAL OVERSIGHT BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE. AND THOSE DOCUMENTATIONS HAVE BEEN FLOWING TO CONGRESS NONSTOP ON A ROLLING BASIS SINCE THAT INTERVIEW. BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, PEOPLE HAVE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT JANUART THERE WERE FBI SOURCES, NOT AGENTS, SOURCES ON THE GROUND DURING JANUARY 6TH. AND I TOLD YOU I WOULD GET YOU THE DEFINITIVE ANSWER TO THAT AND WE HAVE. AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, AGAIN, OF WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS TO I DO STRUGGLE THAT INFORMATION. IT IS COMING. I WILL TELL THOUGHT ANSWER WILL SURPRISE AND SHOCK PEOPLE BECAUSE OF WHAT FBI LEADERS HAVE SAID ABOUT IT. >> Bret: FORMER FBI LEADER CHRIS WRAY ADMITTED TO CONGRESS THERE WERE 2 # FBI HUMAN SOURCES IN AROUND THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6TH BUT NOT ACTUAL AGENTS. CAN YOU SAY THAT’S TRUE ARE THERE MORE THAN THAT WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING FROM THAT? >> I CAN SAY THAT’S DEFINITELY A PIECE OF THE TRUTH. WHY IT TOOK A TON OF TIME IN QUESTIONING IN CONGRESS FOR THE DIRECTOR TO GET THAT POINT IS WHAT I’M TRYING TO ELIMINATE FROM THE FBI. IF CONGRESS ASKS YOU A QUESTION UNDER OATH, WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE SOURCES, IN AND AROUND JANUARY 6TH AT THE CAPITOL YOU AS THE FBI DIRECTOR NEED TO KNOW THAT AND NOT TO DEFLECT AND GIVE A D.C. ANSWER. YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT THAT. THAT’S THE ANSWER WE ARE GIVING. THAT’S THE ANSWER THAT CHRIS WRAY IS GIVING. >> Bret: EVENTUALLY EVERYBODY IS GOING TO KNOW THE WHOLE PICTURE. >> YEAH. BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE THAT. LOOK, NO ONE IS MORE FRUSTRATED TO ME. I WAS CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ON JANUAR. WE SAID THAT WE WERE READY AND THE PRESIDENT HAD PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE NATIONAL GUARD TO BE THERE DAYS IN ADVANCE. I SPENT TWO YEARS, A SMALL FORTUNE GRAND JURIES, TO TESTIFY TO THE TRUTH AND WHAT HAPPENS NOW, YEARS LATER? WE WERE RIGHT. PELOSI REJECTED THAT OFFER AND INSTEAD OF FIGURING OUT HOW TO PREVENT SECURITY LAPSES LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SPENT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND COUNTLESS HOURS ON TV LISTENING TO CONSPIRACY THEORIES BECAUSE THOSE IN POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP FAILED TO TELLING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC THE TRUTH. >> Bret: BUT THERE IS A LOT OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES OUT THERE. >> THERE ARE. >> Bret: THE EPSTEIN THING, YOU DEALT WITH MARIA, YOU SAID, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW HE KILLED HIMSELF. >> I’M TELLING YOU HE KILLED HIMSELF. >> Bret: THE OTHER THING ON THE INTERNET IS THE EPSTEIN FILES. WHAT’S THE ANSWER TO THAT? >> THE ANSWER TO THAT IS THE SAME AS EVERYTHING ELSE. I’M NOT GOING TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION FROM THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, EVER. BUT I’M ALSO NOT GOING TO RUSSIA TO GET IT OUT THERE IN A FOREMATT IN WHICH THEY CAN’T RELY ON IT. SO ON THE EPSTEIN MATTER OR ANY OTHER MATTERS WE ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING ON THAT. AND IT TAKES TIME TO GO THROUGH YEARS OF INVESTIGATIONS, YEARS OF POLITICAL MANEUVERING AND YEARS OF COVER-UP TO GET THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT THEY DESERVE. THAT’S WHAT I’M GOING TO GIVE THEM ON EVERYTHING. >> Bret: YEAH. IF SOMEBODY SAYS HOW LONG IS THAT GOING TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SEE INVESTIGATIONS IN WASHINGTON THAT END UP IN BLUE RIBBON COMMISSIONS AND IT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE ANYTHING COMES FROM IT. DO YOU THINK ACTUAL PROSECUTIONS WILL COME FROM SOME OF THIS STUFF. >> I THINK FROM SOME OF STUFF WHEN WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THE PIPE BOMBER CASE, THE COCAINE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, JANUARY 6TH AND CROSSFIRE HURRICANE, THE PROSECUTORIAL DECISIONS WILL LAY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. WE ARE RIGOROUSLY INVESTIGATING THEM AND I THINK WE DEVELOPED GREAT LEADS. WE’RE NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR BLUE RIBBON COMMISSIONS. IF CONGRESS WANTS TO DO THAT. THAT’S FINE. WE HAVE ANSWERS COMING ON ALL THESE MATTERS. >> Bret: YOU PROMISE? >> DO YOU. >> Bret: YOUR DEPUTY BEFORE YOU BECAME DEPUTY SAID. THIS LIKE MANY PEOPLE I BELIEVE THE FBI KNOWS THE IDENTITY OF THIS PIPE BOMBER ON JANUARY 6TH FOUR YEARS AGO AND DOESN’T WANT TO TELL US BECAUSE IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB. >> WHY DIDN’T THEY FIND THE BOMBER, THE PIPE BOMBER. THE FBI KNOWS WHO IT IS. >> Bret: DOES THE FBI KNOW WHO IT IS. >> THE FBI UNDER ME AND DAN BONGINO’S LEADERSHIP HAS REESTABLISHED THAT INVESTIGATIONS OF GREAT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE THAT ALMOST BLUE UP THE DNC AND RNC IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AN AREA THAT THEN VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WAS IN THE VICINITY OF IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED. WE LEARNED THAT FBI LEADERSHIP IN THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION SLOW ROLLED AND BASICALLY SHUT THAT INVESTIGATION OFF. WE TURNED IT ON. WE HAVE SOME GREAT LEADS AND DAN IS ACTUALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN HE DOES “FOX & FRIENDS” TOMORROW. >> Bret: OKAY. YOU DON’T WANT TO GIVE US A LITTLE SOMETHING? [LAUGHTER] >> I CAN’T GET AHEAD OF EVERYBODY. >> Bret: ALL RIGHT. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF YOUR PREDECESSOR’S WALK ON THE BEACH WITH THESE SHELLS 86 47? >> YOU KNOW, THE FBI IS BIGGER THAN ANY LEADER IT’S EVER HAD OR EVER WILL HAVE. JAMES COMEY IS A PRIVATE CITIZEN AND WALK AROUND THE BEACH AND TALK ABOUT SEA SHELLS AND CRAYOLA CRAYONS AND TALK ABOUT THE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS. I REMIND THE PEOPLE OF ONE THING WHEN THAT MAN WAS THE LEADER OF THE FBI HE PERPETRATED THE LARGEST POLITICAL CONSPIRACY PACKAGED OVERSEAS TOOK TO A FEDERAL FISA COURT AND ILLEGALLY SURVEILLED A POLITICAL OPPONENT. I WON’T BE LECTURED ON HOW TO RUN THIS FBI FROM THAT MAN. >> Bret: JAMES COMEY WAS JUST ON TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THAT, THE SEA SHELLS AND EVERYTHING ANSWERED ALSO TALKED ABOUT YOU. >> OBVIOUSLY YOU START WITH THE FACT THAT THE GUY LITERALLY HAS NOTHING IN HIS ENTIRE ADULT LIFE THAT PREPARES HIM FOR THIS ROLE SO THAT’S DEEPLY CONCERNING TO START WITH. IN A WAY I FEEL A LITTLE BIT SORRY FOR THE GUY. HE HAS BARKDZ AT THE FBI NONSENSE FOR YEARS AND NOW HE NOT ONLY CAUGHT THE CAR HE HAS GOT TO DRIVE THE CAR. SO THAT IS A DAUNTING TASK FOR HIM. I HOPE HE LETS THE CAREER PEOPLE DO THEIR JOBS. BUT THEY HAVE ALREADY FORCED OUT A BUNCH OF GOOD CAREER PEOPLE AND SENT A CHILL THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION. >> Bret: THAT’S JAMES COMEY. >> IF HE WANTS TO COME AFTER ME, NO PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN LIVING RENT FREE IN THAT GUY’S HEAD FOR YEARS. THAT’S JUST A BONUS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY COPY CATS WE HAVE HAD TO INVESTIGATE AS A RESULT OF THAT BEACH SIDE VENTURE FROM THE FORMER DIRECTOR? >> Bret: IS THAT RIGHT. >> DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY AGENTS I HAVE HAD TO TAKE OFF LINE CHASING DOWN CHILD SEX PREDATORS, FENTANYL TRAFFICKERS, TERRORISTS BECAUSE EVERYWHERE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY PEOPLE ARE POPPING UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THINK THAT A THREAT TO THE LIFE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS A JOKE? AND THEY CAN DO IT BECAUSE HE DID IT? THAT’S WHAT I’M HAVING TO DEAL WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND THAT’S WHAT I’M HAVING TO PULL MY AGENTS AND ANALYSTS OFF BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY TO GO OUT THERE AND MAKE A POLITICAL STATEMENT. >> Bret: THE 86 47 THE PRESIDENT SAID HE BELIEVED IT WAS AN ASSASSINATION MESSAGE. ON ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS, I DID ASK THE PRESIDENT ON THE MIDDLE EAST TRIP ABOUT THIS. >> Bret: IS THERE FRUSTRATION ON YOUR PART? WILL WE GET TRANSPARENCY? WILL WE KNOW THE BOTTOM LINE STORY? >> IT’S VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE WE HAVE GREAT PEOPLE. I THINK PAM IS INCREDIBLE. I THINK KASH IS INCREDIBLE. I’M RELYING ON MY PEOPLE TO TELL ME WHAT IT IS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DEEP-SEATED CRAZINESS IN THIS COUNTRY, AND I’M RELYING ON MY PEOPLE. AND SO FAR THEY — AND THEY’RE GOOD. BUT SO FAR AND IN THIS CASE THE SECRET SERVICE, THEY TELL ME IT’S FINE. BUT IT’S A LITTLE HARD TO BELIEVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. A LITTLE HARD TO BELIEVE AS I GET THAT THROBBING FEELING. >> Bret: YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE HE WANTS MORE ABOUT AT LEAST THE BUTLER GUY THAT WE DON’T KNOW A LOT ABOUT. WILL WE KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT HIM? IS THERE MORE TO KNOW? >> I DON’T KNOW THAT THERE IS MORE TO KNOW BUT YOU WILL KNOW EVERYTHING WE KNOW. THAT’S THE OTHER THING WE DO. WE TAKE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS, ESPECIALLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. WE DON’T FEEL THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE INFORMATION THEY NEED ON THAT. AND WE’RE DIGGING THROUGH THE FILES AND WE’RE GETTING THEM A MORE ROBUST PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENED AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE ANY CONNECTIONS. >> Bret: I GET ALL OF THAT AND I UNDERSTAND INVESTIGATIONS UNDERWAY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING BUT HE IS DEAD. >> UM-HUH. >> WE KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAN WE KNOW ABOUT THAT GUY. PEOPLE CIRCULATE THAT IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB FOREIGN INFLUENCE, WHATEVER. CAN WE SAY IT’S NOT THAT, AND THAT’S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE LOOKING FOR THINGS WHERE THINGS DON’T EXIST. IN THAT SPECIFIC CASE, SINCE THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS DEAD, WE ARE ABLE TO SAY A LOT MORE, UNLIKE THE MERCHANT CASE IN NEW YORK WHICH IS ONGOING AROUND WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ANY

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