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>> WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY
PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES
IN THESE RIOTS, GOING ALL THE
WAY BACK TO THE BEGINNING,
WHETHER THEY ARE BURNING POLICE
CARS WERE THROWING ROCKS AT
PEOPLE, WHICH ARE DEADLY, THEY
WILL BE PROSECUTED.
>> Martha: ATTORNEY GENERAL
BILL BARR VOWING TO HOLD THESE
PERPETRATORS ACCOUNTABLE.
JUST LAST NIGHT IN PORTLAND,
POLICE DECLARED A RIOT AS
PROTESTS STRETCHED INTO THE 96TH
NIGHT, GATHERED OUTSIDE THE
MAYOR’S HOME, WHO BASICALLY HAD
SUPPORTED THEM SINCE DAY ONE,
CALLING FOR HIS RESIGNATION, AND
IT WAS A BIRTHDAY PARTY, OF
SORTS.
>> Martha: THE RIOTERS ALSO
>> Martha: THE RIOTERS ALSO
SET FIRES TWO BUNDLES OF
NEWSPAPERS, THREW THEM INTO THE
GROUND FLOOR OF A RESIDENTIAL
BUILDING, IN THE ACT, THEY
TORCHED A MINORITY OWNED
BUSINESS, BROKE WINDOWS, LOOTED
STORES IN THE AREA, SO WHAT
STARTED OUT AS A PEACEFUL
PROTEST BECAME SOMETHING QUITE
DIFFERENT.
IN THE EVENING THERE.
MEANWHILE, POLICE REPORTEDLY
INVESTIGATING A ANTIFA SUPPORTER
AS A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE
KILLING OF PATRIOT PRAYER
MEMBER AARON DANIELSON THIS
WEEKEND.
DOJ SPOKESPERSON KERRI KUPEC
JOINS US NOW.
KERRI, GOOD TO HAVE YOU TONIGHT.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE
ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE
MURDER, A KYLE RITTENHOUSE
SITUATION UNDER INVESTIGATION,
AS WELL, AND THE EFFORTS TO
FIGURE OUT WHO IS BEHIND ALL OF
THIS?
>> THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS
ASSISTING IN THE INVESTIGATIONS
AND INVESTIGATING COORDINATED
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY RELATED TO
RIOTS, DESTRUCTION OF FEDERAL
PROPERTY, ASSAULT OF FEDERAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
WE OBVIOUSLY DON’T PROSECUTE
IDEOLOGY OR GROUP, BUT WE
CERTAINLY PROSECUTE AND
CERTAINLY INVESTIGATE CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY, AND MARTHA, PART OF
THIS IS FOLLOWING THE MONEY.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
THAT MEANS EXAMINING THE
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS RELATED
TO THIS COORDINATED CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY.
FOR INSTANCE, SOME OF THE
MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN USED IN
THESE RIOTS, HOWEVER THEY
PURCHASED?
WHERE IS THIS MONEY COMING FROM?
WHO IS BEHIND THAT?
WORKING OUR WAY UP.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS
AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING ALL OF THE
AVENUES IN RESPECT TO THE
INVESTIGATIONS.
>> Martha: THE PRESIDENT
TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE DRESSED IN
BLACK THAT WERE SEEN ON
AIRPLANES TRAVELING FROM ONE
LOCATION TO THE OTHER.
WHAT IS THE DOJ KNOW ABOUT THAT?
AND DO YOU THINK THERE ARE
NATION WIDE FUNDING
ORGANIZATIONS BEHIND THESE
GROUPS?
>> WE ARE CERTAINLY, AS I SAID,
TRACING THE MONEY AND FOLLOWING
THE MONEY AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF
EXAMINING COORDINATED CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY, THE LIKES OF WHICH WE
HAVE SEEN IN PORTLAND, AND WE’VE
MADE OVER 100 ARRESTS IN
PORTLAND, CHARGE 76 INDIVIDUALS,
MORE CHARGES ARE COMING THIS
WEEK, THIS IS PART OF 300
ARRESTS, OVER 300 ARRESTS
NATIONALLY, OVER 300 DEFENDANTS
CHARGED, AS WELL, SO THE
DEFERMENT OF JUSTICE AND FBI,
ATF, AND ALL OF OUR COMPONENTS
ARE COMMITTED TO AGGRESSIVELY
PURSUING, INVESTIGATING, AND
PROSECUTING THIS VIOLENCE,
BECAUSE IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
>> Martha: IF YOU FIND OUT
SOMEBODY IS BUYING TICKETS AND
PAYING FOR HOTEL ROOMS AND ALL
OF THAT KIND OF THING, CRIMINAL
CHARGES THAT CAN BE BROUGHT
AGAINST THE PERSON DOING THAT,
THOUGH?
>> WELL, YEAH, AND WE LOOK AT
FEDERAL CRIMES COMMITTED, AND
FEDERAL CRIMES INCLUDE, YOU
KNOW, SALT AND FEDERAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, OUR
SIN, WE HAVE A NUMBER
OF ARSON
INVESTIGATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN
KENOSHA, SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE
LOOK AT, BUT THE MATERIALS, AND
YOU SHOW THESE VIDEOS ON YOUR
SHOW, MARCIA, AS HAVE OTHERS,
AND WE SEE MATERIALS THAT ARE
USED IN THESE RIOTS, AND IT IS
NOT JUST A PALLET OF BRICKS
MAGICALLY APPEAR ON A STREET
CORNER, RIGHT?
SOMEBODY HAD TO PURCHASE THOSE,
THAT INDICATES COORDINATED
ACTIVITY, AND SO THE FBI
CONTINUES TO WATCH VIDEO FOOTAGE
OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN PORTLAND
AND OTHER PLACES IN ORDER TO
THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE WHAT’S
GOING ON AND WHO IS BEHIND IT.
>> Martha: A LOT OF QUESTIONS
OUT THERE ABOUT WHO IS BEHIND
IT, ABSOLUTELY.
BEFORE I LET YOU GO, THE FBI
CAME OUT TODAY WITH NEW
GUIDELINES IN TERMS OF PRICE
APPLICATIONS AND THE LIKE.
AND, YOU KNOW, TIGHTENING THE
ABILITY TO SURVEIL AMERICAN
CITIZENS, MEMBERS OF CAMPAIGNS.
ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT, THAT
GUIDANCE, AND DOES THAT IN ANY
WAY INDICATE THE DURHAM REPORT
IS GOING TO BE CLOSE BEHIND?
>> YEAH, SO, A COUPLE THOUGHTS
ON THAT.
IN ADDITION TO THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL’S REVIEW, IN
ADDITION TO THE 40 PLUS REFORMS
THAT DIRECTOR WRAY HAS ALREADY
ENACTED AND IS IMPLEMENTING, IN
ADDITION TO JOHN DURHAM’S
INVESTIGATION, THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL DETERMINED IT
WAS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT
ADDITIONAL REFORMS AT THE FBI TO
MAKE SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS CAMPAIGN
NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN, WHICH
INCLUDES THE CREATION OF AN
AUDIT OFFICE WITHIN THE FBI, AND
WITH THAT OFFICE WILL BE DOING
IS CONDUCTING OVERSIGHT OF
NATIONAL SECURITY ACTIVITIES,
FISA APPLICATIONS, AND THE LIKE
FROM AN INSPECTOR GENERAL WILL
BE REVIEWING THE ACTIVITIES OF
THAT OFFICE AFTER EIGHT MONTHS
TO MAKE SURE IT IS PROPERLY
FUNCTIONING, AND IN ADDITION, ON
THE FISA PIECE OF THINGS, IF THE
FBI SEEKS A FISA WARRANT ON AN
ELECTION OFFICIAL OR CANDIDATE,
THEY WILL NEED TO GET PERMISSION
