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There are two critical points I'm going to make that are, triage-wise, the most important, and then three more. But these two, you need to take away right away. The press conference yesterday claiming Russia's interfering in the election trying to help Donald Trump is clearly a plot to tar conservative voices in anticipation of the campaign, of the election. Them roping in I'll give you an example of what they did. They roped in guys I know. I know Benny Johnson. I know Tim Pooh. I don't know Lauren Chen well. We met one time at a conservative review thing. I don't even know if we met, but I don't know her that well. I don't know Lauren Southern. I mean, I know who they are, but I know Benny, and I know Tim Pooh. The Lauren Chen stuff is different. And again, these are all allegations. Everybody's obviously entitled to due process, especially Especially from this government. This is obviously a plot before the election to get you to distrust conservative voices. I'm seeing it already. Ladies and gentlemen, the Bon But Gino team, and by the way, I'm hesitant to even say this because it comes off like a when did you stop beating your wife answer to a ridiculous question that wasn't even asked.

But because I know, and I'm seeing it already, Every conservative on Twitter with a following is seeing it this morning. The liberals needed something prior to an election because they're losing, and they know they're losing. The fake Kamala Harris AstroTurf bullshit is over. The polls are turning. Donald Trump put in a fantastic performance last night on the Hannity Town Hall. They are in deep shit, and they know it. They need a Russia hoax so that everyone can respond to a conservative on Twitter and say what, folks? You guessed it. Oh, are you paid by Russia, too? That's the only reason they did this. Go look at my Twitter feed. Folks, I'm an investor in Rumbel, okay? We do not take money from outside investors in Bongino Inc. Do you understand that? The advertisers are ads. You know they're ads because they're freaking ads. We do not take money from external funders who fund this show. It is funded by Bongino Inc. And the President, you know who it is? It's Bongino, me. We do not take money. You guys want to take money? That's fine. I'm not trying to pile on anyone. It's not my business.

I give money. I invest money in places like Rumbel. Rumbel is banned in Russia because Rumbel is a free speech platform. And some jerk wads in Russia wanted us to pull down content, and they said, You're banned here. So it's funny to see asshole liberals who are the dumbest mother on the planet. There's no close. There's no close thing. There's Liberals and like, speckle-toed sloths. That's how dumb they are. Are you Russian, too? Yeah, Yeah, I'm a big Russian steward. I'm banned in Russia. Did you know that, dumbasses? I invest in a company that's literally banned in Russia, you stupid mother. But do you see how it already works for them? Because Merrick Garland and Joe Biden, know for a fact, their followers are as dumb as a box of rocks. They put this thing out there and go, Hey, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, they're hinting their Russian stooges. And yet if you actually read the indictment, which dumb ass Liberals will never do, it says clear as day that They had no idea who these funders were. Folks, you have problems with them taking money from investors? Fine. You're entitled to an opinion.

I know these guys. I've been on their shows. If you think these guys are Putin stooge agents, I'm sorry, you're as dumb as the liberals. Should they have done more due diligence? I don't know, folks. That's not how I run my business. That's their business. But if you think these guys are Russian stooches, you're out of your mind. And the government doesn't either, because if you read the indictment, some of them said they weren't even contacted by the DOJ. By the way, this is all information coming from the same FBI and DOJ that has lied to you in the past. So point one, this is a plot to diminish conservative voices. Every conservative from this point on on social media is going to have some dumb ass, dumb as a box of Rocks liberal comment on Facebook or Twitter, Are you rushing, too? They're not going to mention the fact that the governor of New York, Eric Swalwell and Diane finds Einstein, three of the most powerful Democrats in the country at one point, have all been incredibly accused of being complicit in a Chinese Communist Party effort to infiltrate their operations. No one's going to mention that.

Meanwhile, the indictment here says, these guys didn't know anything about it, but yet they're guilty. Go read the Twitter, Sweeni. Are you rushing, too? Yeah, we're banned in Russia, you dumb sons of bitches. You're so stupid. You are so dumb. It's like, I thank the Lord every day I'm not a liberal. I mean it. Here's my second point, and this is something a lot of people need to be concerned about. The allegations, and they are allegations by a corrupted FBI and DOJ, keep that in mind. The Bongino Rule is in effect. I have drawn no conclusions, and you shouldn't either. Lauren Chen is entitled to due process like anyone else. She is accused, accused in all caps, in the indictment. It's out there, so we've got to cover it. Accused of taking some Russia-connected money to start this media company to recruit conservative influencers, Benny, Tim Pooh, and others, to basically get pro-Russia messages out there. Their accusations, that is all they are. From an already corrupted enterprise. Keep that in mind. More in a minute, but first. Hey, time is our precious commodity, most precious commodity. I've heard from so many of my listeners who've asked about advice about how you can spend time wisely.

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I'm not accusing anyone specifically. I want to be clear. Are people working with the feds right now to try to ensnare other conservative influencers into this alleged operation? I'm just going to say this. Be very careful who you're emailing, and be very careful who you're talking to, and be very careful that you're not talking to someone working with the feds on the other end of the It's interesting when PP hoaxers who were higher up officials in the DOJ when they were spying on Donald Trump, when they inadvertently say the quiet part out loud. Here's an Andrew Weissman tweet. If you think I'm crazy, by the way, that you better be careful who you're talking to on the phone or anyone else. Here's Andrew Weissman, the Bob Mueller guy. He was Bob Mueller's Chief Lieutenant. This guy is one of the biggest Russian There's no Russia PP tape hoaxers out there. He tweeted this out last night. The new DOJ charging documents raise a curious question. Doj charges two lower-level employees of a Russia front company, but despite providing chapter and verse about the complicity of the two founders of that company, the founders are not charged.

My suspicion, based on DOJ experience, is the founders were charged a while ago under seal and flipped, i. E, are cooperating with the US Now, you may say, why would Andrew Weissman write that? He's not trying to help you, folks. This guy hates you. He's trying to, again, confer to his audience that the Russiagate thing is real by saying, look, they got these people on the inside, the feds work and undercover this big network. What he doesn't realize is he's advertently saying that this may be a Fed op and may have been a federal government op the whole time. Who's over there? Justin, is this making sense? This whole thing, ladies and gentlemen, this is why I told you, be very careful. These are accusations from a corrupt federal government and allegations only. I would not be the least bit surprised if this entire thing was in fact started by the federal government in an effort to rope in Conservatives, not an investigation that caught Conservatives. I don't know. It's early, and I'm applying the Bongino Rule, but I'm begging you to please give these people their due process and the benefit of the doubt until this corrupt federal government can produce actual hard evidence, and we see it from a trusted source, and it's not Lisa Monaco, Merrick Garland, and Christopher Ray.

You can't trust a single thing these people say. Top two takeaways. This is definitely a plot to tar every conservative voice out there with a Russia label, 100%. Number two, are people working with the federal government? And was this a fed up from the start? Those are the two biggest takeaways. I want to make three more subordinate points almost as important. Folks, if this was an operation to help Donald Trump, which I don't believe I believe it was. Wait, now you're getting confusing, Dan. You don't think this was... No, I don't. I think this was an operation to sow chaos. I think the feds so eager, the corrupt federal federal government to create a new Russia hoax, actually, I can't believe I'm saying this. Took Vladimir Putin's bait. I'm almost sure of it. You think these people They're stupid, dangling this Russian money. Did you see the pitch deck they put out to some of these conservative influencers? It's like, go to Cernovich's feed. It's written in third-grade language. I believe this was a baiting operation. Vladimir Putin does not care who wins. Vladimir Putin cares about what? Us losing. Us, you mean Conservatives? No, I mean us meaning the United States.

Vladimir Putin cares about one thing and one thing only, chaos. And what happened? The federal government took the bait, ran with this story. Putin knows they're going to do it because the Democrats need a Russia hoax for the media. Is everybody following me? I hope I'm not confusing here. Vladimir Putin knows the Democrats are dumbasses. He knows liberals are dumb as a box of rocks. He knows the left-wing media is dying to run a story about how Conservatives are in the pocket of Putin. He knows that will cause national division and people not to trust elections and violence in the streets after the election. That's all the stuff he wants. That's what Putin wants. He dangles this thing out there, this Russia Media Company thing. Of course, the feds bite on it. They run with it, rope in some conservative influencers who didn't do due diligence against it, right? Whatever. Allegations. But he He did not want Donald Trump. He wants chaos. Here, I'll prove it to you. Here's Vladimir Putin in an interview he just gave, perfectly timed right with this indictment, where he gives his endorsement for the election. I thought he loved Donald Trump.

If we can name a favorite candidate, it was It used to be Joe Biden, but now he's not participating in the election campaign, and he recommended all his allies to support Ms. Harris. So that is what we are going to do. Wait. This crew is weak. I told you to play the Putin video where he endorse it's Trump. I'm sick of these guys. Couldn't find it. Why couldn't you find it? Because it's not... Must have just clicked the wrong video, Michael said. He's like, I'm new here. I've only been here six months or so. That is generous, maybe four. Why would Vladimir Putin... Now, because I'm not a dumb ass liberal, let me tell you right now in advance. I don't believe Vladimir Putin wants Kamala Harris to win. Vladimir Putin wants whoever to win that's going to cause the most chaos. Trump, Biden, Putin, Harris, he doesn't care. He cares about chaos. Vladimir Putin waited for the US media to take debate, run with this Russia wants to help Trump, and to cause maximum chaos, he perfectly times oppressor, which he doesn't do that often, saying he endorses Harris. Believe none of this. He's a KGB agent.

It's the American press that's given this guy the wind in his sales. He's laughing. You see him in that clip? Can we get a still of that? He thinks this is hilarious. This guy thinks this is funny. His goal is chaos. He doesn't give a shit who wins as long as the United States loses and there's chaos after the election. Bank on it. And the American media and the left just ran with it. I want to make one last point. I'm going to take a quick break. Look, look at his face, folks. Look at this smirk. He thinks this is hilarious. I'll take my word for it. Watch the still shot. By the way, Lauren Chen, who is alleged, alleged, alleged to be some conservative influencer taking money to support Trump. If you look at her Twitter feed, her tweets are... Some of them are out there trying to knock Trump. What op is this? I got two more points coming up. This was... But remember this, point three. This was not a pro-Trump operation. It's a pro-chaos operation. Just dumb-ass liberals are too freaking stupid to see it. Liberals, just don't be stupid. Please don't be stupid.

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