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I want to thank you, Mr. President, for entrusting me with the critical role of Director of National Intelligence, especially now. I recognize the American people's diminished trust in the intelligence community due to its weaponization and politicization. I'm committed to refocusing our intelligence community, empowering the dedicated patriots who serve, and prioritizing the safety, security, and freedom of all Americans. This aligns with the mandate you received from the American people. Also, your message about aspiring to be remembered as a peacemaker deeply resonates with service members, veterans, and medal of honor recipients. We appreciate your understanding of the cost of sacrifice and your commitment to making war the last resort. Thank you for your leadership.

We now know without a doubt that Obama, Brennan, Clapper, and Comey were attacking our democracy, all while accusing us of attacking democracy. We know these things because director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has released hundreds of documents revealing that the mindful objections of senior intel officials were ignored. Foreign spies were given a US government endorsed platform to smear Trump with abject lies. They used these lies to illegally spy on the Trump campaign. Former CIA director John Brennan lied to congress about his role. The cover up effort was real. Now that director Gabbard has revealed the truth, where will it all lead?

I worked closely with Cash Patel in the White House as Mike Pence's counterterrorism adviser. Cash is a delusional liar who misrepresented intelligence and operations, even putting Navy SEALs at risk during a mission in Nigeria. I had to verify his work to avoid misinforming Pence. Cash openly disdains national security professionals, particularly at the DOJ and FBI, and is capable of conducting partisan investigations. The prospect of him becoming FBI director is alarming for law enforcement personnel. Additionally, I worry about Pam Bondi's potential role as Attorney General and how that might support Cash. These developments pose a significant risk to Americans.

My colleagues are trying to undermine and defund the FBI because they are investigating Donald Trump. Attacking the FBI and independent journalists undermines our democracy. By attacking these institutions, they can violate the law without consequences. The credibility of the FBI is being eroded by those on the other side of the aisle, and this needs to stop.

Before calling on Senator Lee, I need clarification on whether the FBI headquarters, which investigates cybercrime and terrorism, should be shut down. I deserve an answer. If the best attacks against me are false accusations, this body undermines the credibility of the FBI. I have served in every theater of war and any claims that I prioritize political bias over the Constitution are unfair. I have the endorsement of over 300,000 law enforcement officers for the FBI director position. I am quoting his own words, and facts matter. You had three minutes in the next round to address this.

I questioned Mr. Patel's fitness to be FBI director, given his association with individuals convicted of assaulting police officers and profiting from it. I asked him to look at the Capitol Police officers present and explain why he is proud of what he did. I responded that I have never accepted violence against law enforcement. I have worked with law enforcement and never glorified violence against them. I never made a single dime out of violence against law enforcement. I also questioned whether Mr. Patel had claimed that Donald Trump declassified all the documents at Mar-a-Lago and whether he considered the potential risks to sources before advocating for declassification. I responded that President Trump issued a declassification order to a large number of documents. It was the responsible thing to do and no one died. I support following the law and providing whatever information the law requires.

They accuse us of what they're doing. These intelligence officials, the same ones who misled America, are worried about a second Trump term? They helped bury the Hunter Biden laptop story before the 2020 election. That laptop could have changed history. Now they claim Trump will weaponize the spy services. If Trump wins, I want them investigated for election interference. Joe Biden should be the first target. We need to expose them to the same rules they impose on us. They stole the election, and we can't just move on. They hid the laptop information. The deep state is real—media members, intelligence community members, both active and retired, and government bureaucrats. The deep state sabotaged the Trump administration before, and they're still here.

The speaker states the American people deserve truth, accountability, and justice. Records released by ODNI, Senator Grassley, and the House Intelligence Committee confirm the same report. According to the speaker, the Obama administration grossly politicized and manipulated intelligence to delegitimize President Trump before his inauguration, ultimately usurping the will of the American people.

Donald Trump attempted to appoint me as deputy director of the CIA, but Gina Haskill, who was involved in the Russia investigation, opposed it, claiming it would jeopardize her position. This was ironic, given her role in the controversy. Former officials expressed concern not about specific plans but about Trump's unpredictable whims and ideology. There’s significant political corruption at high levels of government, with the administration seemingly prioritizing Trump's personal interests and misusing intelligence and law enforcement authorities. Investigations, like the one into Cash Patel, often rely on anonymous sources, leaving individuals uncertain about their status. My own experience involved a lengthy investigation without my knowledge, only revealed years later through a notification from Google. Most people in the intelligence community and law enforcement are committed to their roles.

It's an honor to be here today. I'm grateful to President Trump for nominating me to serve as the Director of National Intelligence at a time when trust in the intelligence community is at an all time low. For too long, faulty intelligence has led to costly failures, such as the invasion of Iraq. The American people elected Donald Trump as their president twice, yet the FBI and intelligence agencies were politicized to undermine his presidency and falsely portray him as a puppet of Putin. Title one of FISA was used illegally to spy on Carter Page. Tony Blinken was the impetus for the 51 former senior intelligence officials' letter dismissing Hunter Biden's laptop as disinformation to help Biden win the election. James Clapper lied to this committee in 2013, denying the existence of programs that facilitated the mass collection of Americans' phone and Internet records, yet was never held accountable. The CIA spied on congress and the FBI abused its power to surveil Catholics who attend traditional Latin mass. Just twenty four hours after I criticized Kamala Harris, I was placed on a secret domestic terror watch list called Quiet Skies. This must end. President Trump's reelection is a clear mandate to break this cycle of failure and begin to restore trust in those who've been charged with securing our nation.

He laundered Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign talking points through the American intelligence services. That's a violation of the people's trust. That's a violation of what our intelligence services should be doing, and I absolutely think they broke the law. You're gonna see a lot of people get indicted for that. Here's the thing that should really bother the American people. What do you want our intelligence community to be doing? I want them to be catching bad guys. I want them to be making sure that terrorists aren't gonna kill innocent American civilians. I don't want them laundering Hillary Clinton's campaign talking points into the American media and giving them this air of legitimacy. It is sick and it's disgusting. It hurt the intelligence community. It hurt the American people, and it hurt the first Trump administration. We've gotta have consequences for it.

I'm honored to be confirmed and thank President Trump and Attorney General Bondi for their support. The FBI has a storied legacy, and the American people deserve an FBI that is transparent, accountable, and committed to justice. The politicization of our justice system has eroded public trust, but that ends today. My mission as director is clear: Let good cops be cops and rebuild trust in the FBI. Working alongside the dedicated men and women of the bureau and our partners, we will rebuild an FBI the American people can be proud of. To those who seek to harm Americans, consider this your warning: We will hunt you down in every corner of this planet. Mission first, America always. Let's get to work.

Chuck Schumer said the intelligence community has many ways to retaliate against those who challenge it. Faulty intelligence has led to failures, such as the Iraq invasion, which caused many deaths, destabilization, and the rise of ISIS. The FBI and intelligence agencies were used to undermine Donald Trump's presidency, falsely portraying him as a puppet of Putin. FISA was used illegally to obtain a warrant on Carter Page using a Clinton-funded dossier. Tony Blinken prompted 51 intelligence officials to dismiss Hunter Biden's laptop as disinformation to help Biden win the election. James Clapper lied to a committee about mass collection of Americans' records. The CIA, under John Brennan, spied on Congress. The FBI tried to surveil Catholics attending traditional Latin mass. The speaker was placed on a secret domestic terror watch list after criticizing Kamala Harris. The speaker believes Trump's reelection is a mandate to end the weaponization of the intelligence community and restore trust. If confirmed as DNI, the speaker will focus on the essential mission of ensuring the safety, security, and freedom of the American people by delivering unbiased intelligence.

"You wanna talk about an insurrection? This is a insurrection against the American people that was thwarted at multiple times." "He looked me in the eye and said, the truth of the matter is we took the playbook for psychological operations and information warfare that we would use against our enemies, and we turned it against the American people to undo the twenty sixteen election and to make sure they didn't elect Donald Trump in 2020." "Now that is a senior intelligence officer with more than thirty years of experience, a patriot who served in some of the most dangerous parts of the world, and he understood that the tactics of making something fake look real were ripped right up our out of our intelligence communities." "Our intelligence agencies not only harm Donald Trump, they were harming the American public, the national security interest of the American public."

People are trying to say that the FBI is corrupt and that the Steele dossier is discredited, and that the investigation into Russian interference is based on nonsense. However, the Steele dossier was taken seriously because it corroborated reports the bureau had received from other sources, including one inside the Trump camp. There is a big move to undermine the Mueller investigation by calling it names. The American people were attacked, and that can't happen again. It is unpatriotic to try to stop an investigation from going forward so we can make sure it doesn't happen again.

All statements taken out of context misrepresent my 16 years of service. Those suggesting otherwise are spreading false information. If confirmed as FBI director, my focus will be on creating a de-weaponized and de-politicized law enforcement system. The priority will be strict adherence to the Constitution and maintaining a singular standard of justice.

"For ODNI, number one, our focus is and must always be making sure that our intelligence community is is focused on our mission, keeping the American people safe, secure, and free." "Secondly, mister president, you have charged me with the mission of finding the truth and telling the truth to the American people." "And we've exposed some of the worst examples of the weaponization of intelligence in the last several weeks." "Transparency telling the truth is what will drive true accountability for the American people who deserve nothing less." "I've gone through a reorganization for ODNI that we've announced in the last week." "We've cut nearly half of redundant unnecessary functions within ODNI, saving taxpayers over $700,000,000 a year." "Great job." "Thank you." "We look forward to hearing it."

The war right now happening between Russia, Ukraine, and the West support of it actually was an extension of Russiagate. "Russiagate desensitized the Democrat party to hate Russia." The Russia narrative "came ex nihilo." "Putin became an acceptable villain for the Democrat party." "That all goes back to Russiagate." Our intel services are actually more about picking winners and losers in American elections and to thwart the will of pop sovereignty. "Obama personally ordered an intel report"—"Russia behind this election?" The report said no. "Russia was not behind this election, did not manipulate votes." FBI and CIA seem to be working on the same page. "The insurance policy" and "Dossier paid for by the Democrat party with Clinton funds to then illegally be able to spy on the Trump campaign." Rod Rosenstein was running the entire DOJ. This is the fourth branch of government—"unelected, unaccountable."

Speaker 0: We have a problem with the CIA and FBI in Washington. Speaker 1: What's your plan to start over and fix them? Speaker 0: They've gotten out of control, with weaponization and other issues. The people need to bring about change. We were making progress, but more needs to be done.

Last week, Kash Patel was confirmed as FBI director, and now Dan Bongino, a right-wing conspiracy theorist and podcaster, has been appointed as his number two. Bongino has zero experience at the FBI, and this deputy director position has always been held by a long-term veteran of the bureau for over a hundred years, because this person has access to sensitive operations, including surveillance and working with our allies' intelligence agencies. Bongino is known for pushing conspiracy theories, like the big lie that Donald Trump won the 2020 election. He's also a COVID disinformation super spreader and a Russia denier. Instead of focusing on fentanyl traffickers, murderers, and violent criminals, he's going to be focused on the political vendettas of Donald Trump, because he doesn't want to move on.

When you come at the intelligence community, they have many ways to retaliate. So, for a businessman, it's dumb to treat them poorly. From what I'm told, they're very upset with how they've been treated. We need the intelligence community. Without them, we wouldn't have discovered the Russian hacking. Does he have an agenda to dismantle parts of the intelligence community? This taunting hostility is not constructive. Whether you're a super liberal democrat or a very conservative republican, you should be against dismantling the intelligence community.

"In some cases, they are very unwilling to come to express a view or a certain opinion on something." "This this gets to the real heart of the challenge here and the problems that we've seen is the politicization of intelligence to meet a certain objective or to influence a certain policy." "When you look at the so called intelligence that really was used to spur the Iraq regime change war." "And look at what that has cost our country in lives and treasure." "This goes all the way back to why this organization was founded." "So so, again, this is this is really what is at the heart of needs of what needs to be addressed within the intelligence community and why leadership matters so much."

How many illegal FISA queries have occurred under your leadership? Reports indicate over a million errors among 3.4 million queries. Do you disagree with the inspector general's assessment? I don't have those numbers right now. The court noted over 200,000 violations during your tenure. Did you knowingly mislead Senator Lee about Pfizer's involvement in the January 6 investigation? I did not perjure myself; I believed Pfizer was not involved at the time. The court found FBI personnel conducted improper queries for personal reasons. What accountability measures have been taken? There have been disciplinary actions, but I can't discuss specifics. The FBI's trust is at an all-time low, and people feel you aren't providing honest answers. In Florida, applications to work for us have increased over 100%. We are proud of our agents and they deserve better.

The discussion centers on how politicization of intelligence has manifested in different eras, comparing past and present administrations. Speaker 0 asks whether the politicized weapons claims about Iraq and the CIA’s statements in the 1990s can be compared to today’s politicization of intelligence under John Ratcliffe and Tulsi Gabbard as head of DNI, arguing it is much worse now because of the mediocrity of those in control of key agencies. Speaker 1 counters by recalling the 1980s, noting that there was significant politicization of the Soviet threat to justify Reagan’s defense buildup, and adds that this is why he testified against Robert Gates in 1991. He asserts that politicization is bad, and insists that the current situation is worse than in the past. Speaker 1 explains: “It’s Because I look at the people who are ahead of these groups. Come on. Let’s be serious.” He targets the leadership of the director of national intelligence, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the CIA, saying, “Have you ever seen a cabinet in The United States of such mediocrity, of such venality?” He emphasizes his background, stating, “I haven’t,” and that nothing compares to what is going on now, warning that “a lot of damage is being done to The United States and to the constitution of The United States and to the importance of separation of powers and the importance of rule of law and the importance of checks and balances. This is very serious stuff.” Speaker 0 attempts to steer toward historical figures like Robert Maxwell, but Speaker 1 dismisses that concern as off point, insisting he is making a point about Israel. The exchange then shifts to U.S. support for Israel, with Speaker 1 asserting that “Israel gets what it wants from The United States. It gets it from democratic presidents and from republican presidents.” He also criticizes Barack Obama for signing what he calls “that ten year $40,000,000,000 arms aid agreement,” arguing that Obama “never should have signed” it “because they treated Obama so shabbily in the first place.”

"We look at where we are now over the last several weeks. We've declassified and released documents that exposed how president Obama and leaders in the intelligence community knowingly manufactured a false intelligence document after the twenty sixteen election was done, after the American people said, no, we want Donald Trump to go and be our commander in chief, not Hillary Clinton." "And this manufactured document alleged that Russia aspired to help president Trump win the election with the aim of undermining his presidency and usurping the will and the voices of the American people who sent Trump to the White House."