Episode 5517: Todd Blanche Hearings Begin; Lead Up To President Trump's Election Address

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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

Nicolle Wallace 0:00
Either way, it's so big, it's so massive. It's the one secret he's not going to leak himself just yet. Make that make sense. But we know we can expect Donald Trump's primetime address on Thursday to be dangerous for our country, to be part of a string of his consistent assault on American elections and American democracy.
Jen Psaki 0:23
after Thursday? Because this is important for people to understand. This is just part of laying, could be, we don't know what's in the speech exactly, but everything we've seen from reporting could be laying the predicate here to do further investigations, to seize more ballots. Where do you think it goes?

What do anonymous White House officials warn about President Trump's upcoming primetime address?

Senator Jon Ossoff 0:41
I think, again, I think that he is trying to create some pretext for an abuse of federal power, trying to create cover for state and local allies to get up to no good in those jurisdictions and try to lay the groundwork for some kind of potential challenge to the results. That's what I think his goal is. But I think they're divided within the White House and the administration on this. And here's what I would say. If you're working in the Trump administration right now, if you're, say, CIA director John Ratcliffe, and you see what's about to happen, that they're going to selectively declassify some nonsense to try to lay the foundation for some kind of mischief. This is the last chance to jump ship and speak out because you will be forever tainted by your association with these kinds of shenanigans.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse 1:23
It's all a lie. It's all been a lie. The man is the loser and losers typically don't like losing. And in that reality, they find ways if they can to rewrite the story and tell you guys, we've all had the conversation with that brother, you know, and you're hearing, oh, wait a minute. I was there and that's not what happened. What? No, that's not the way that went down. I'm sorry. She wasn't even in the room. And that that conversation is what this is like with Donald Trump, because it's over and over and over again. The lying, the capitulation by those who support the lie.
Unknown 2:00
The only way it stops is the American people. Y'all going to be lied to on Thursday night. John Ratcliffe is currently the CIA director.
Nicolle Wallace 2:08
And to your point, he was a DNI in 2020.
Unknown 2:11
He was the DNI in 2020 and made it clear that, for example, when it came to China, it made no assertion that there was direct Chinese interference that would have changed the vote outcome of the 2020 election. And I think that this is important when we take into account Tulsi Gabbard is no longer the director of national intelligence. And I just want to read a quote to you from a current administration official who is emphasizing that we need to consistently talk about Bill Pulte and John Solomon, the former journalist turned special government employee. Both of those men brought in one month ago into these roles. And the way that it's framed to me is that essentially John Solomon is the one that is pushing a lot of the conspiracy theories.
Unknown 2:51
then claims that there is raw material that the intelligence community has access to, that they're not released, and that he is the one putting this into the ear of Donald Trump, that there is actually evidence that would support his claim that the election in 2020 was stolen. But then it's Bill Pulte, the current director of national intelligence, the acting one, who is essentially the one that has promised the president, we are told by multiple sources, is the one that is essentially doing whatever it takes to carry it out. The quote, I just want to read to you, we're publishing on MS.NOW right now, but we wanted to get this on air. Quote, this is an administration official who has been familiar with the raw intelligence available across the intelligence community.
Unknown 3:28
And that is, quote, it's that network of people, referring to Solomon and Pulte, that is the real effing problem. They try to put bits and pieces together and then make these conclusions. Everything I have seen, it's not what's there. And the reason that I'm emphasizing this is the fact that for the first time, I would say in the second Trump administration, to your point, Nicole, there are factions within this White House and there is one faction that is clearly winning out.

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