Senator Mark Warner

Again, there's so much out there.

There was a whistleblower complaint that—I can't talk about the contents, and much of it was redacted.

was the whistleblower brought the complaint in May.

By law, Gabbard is supposed to turn this over to Congress within 21 days.

We didn't even know the whistleblower was out there until November.

And then it took the combined efforts of the Gang of Eight, including the Speaker of the House and John Thune and others for us to get it.

And then there's a whole controversy about who lied, about what rules had to apply, and Gabbard pleading that she didn't know that she had a responsibility to turn over.

Ignorance of the law is not a defense if you're in charge.

So this is a...

This is a mess on steroids.

And the analogy I make to Nixon is because not only were the actions bad, but then you had this inept cover-up efforts.

And it's starting to feel like we're starting to see some of those signs.

I'm just, in a certain way, happy we're seeing it now in February rather than in October and November.

Thank you, Jen.

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