report like this, connell, so we will see how accurate it is in just about a month. connell: yeah, i guess so, we will. grady, interesting story, thank you. grady trimble in chicago. all right, guys, check out neil cavuto tonight, 8 p.m. eastern, special coverage of the vp debate which starts at 9:00. we'll see you back here same time tomorrow with "lou dobbs tonight" starts a right now. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. first things first, president trump's medical team today saying the president remains symptom-free of the china virus and has tested positive for antibodies. with the president's health obviously improving, he's turned his sights on exposure with of the full corruption of the radical dems and the deep state. the president today tweeted, quote: i have fully authorized the total declassification of any and all documents pertaining to the single greatest political crime in american history, the

russia hoax. likewise, the hillary clinton e-mail scandal. no redactions. and breaking this hour, the director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe, put out a somewhat confusing statement in which he expresses his support for john durham's investigation into obamagate. dni ratcliffe said: at my direction, the office of the director of national intelligence has now provided almost a thousand pages of materials to the department of justice in response to mr. durham's document requests. i will continue to insure the intelligence community's responsiveness to the doj request. we also look forward to supporting the doj in further declassifications consistent with their investigation. as the president has made clear, we must be appropriately transparent with the american people. and give them the confidence

that the extraordinary work of intelligence professionals is never misused or politicized. i w recent obamagate materials declassified, by the way, include susan rice's e-mail about the obama/biden/white house role in the persecution of general michael flynn. a list of obama era officials who sought to unmask general flynn, notes from a briefing that showed the fbi used a 2016 election security briefing to spy on the trump campaign and handwritten notes that former cia director john brennan took after briefing president obama about hillary clinton's alleged plans to tie donald trump to russia. brennan's notes are the most recent declassification, they are also the smoking gun, in my

opinion. they have created a political furor in washington as well they could. former dni ric grenell tweeted this, quote: proof @barack obama, @joe biden directed their administration to use the powers of government to attack @real donald trump campaign and then transitioned. the susan rice e-mail to herself after the oval office meeting was part of a cover-up. former cia director michael haden replied, quote: you're an a-hole. really. to which grenell responded: i see you don't to be exposed, so you resort to name-calling. the swamp is boiling over as the political drama is unfolding, allies of president trump on capitol hill are ratcheting up their criticism of fbi director christopher wray and cia

director gina haspel, accusing them of blocking the release of other classified documents like the brennan notes. as i said, clearly a smoking gun. we'll be taking this up this hour with former ci a a analyst -- cia analyst -- fred fleitz. joe biden and his campaign seemed to be searching for a way out of next week's presidential debate. the biden says if the president is still able to spread the china virus, then the two shouldn't debate next tuesday in miami. just hours before vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris will face off in their debate in salt lake city this evening. and the stakes couldn't be higher just 27 days until the election. hillary vaughn in salt lake city with what we can expect. hillary. >> reporter: hi, lou. well, both candidates got the all clear to debate tonight.

their faceoff will be without masks but behind plexiglas as an added safety measure both by vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris a did a walk-through of the debate hall this afternoon. biden's campaign is setting sky high expectations though, not for harris, but for her opponent, vice president mike pence. saying they think he's going to have a good debate tonight. but the biden campaign is already busy spreading the narrative that voters cannot trust what pence says tonight, - >> tonight we do expect mike pence to have a good debate. it's easy to win a debate if you don't care about telling the truth. but tonights it is not senator harris' job to fact check mike pence. that is the moderator's job. >> there will be nine topics tonight. they aren't being released ahead of time, but both campaigns want to win back voters by drilling

down on policy. the biden campaign wants to hold pence accountable for being in charge of the white house coronavirus task force, and and the trump campaign wants harris to protect her progressive past. >> i assume that kamala is poring through briefing books right now to learn all this policy, whereas what i was floored by my time with the vp who i think the world of, his knowledge is second to none. he's been living this for the past three and a half years. >> reporter: biden today told reporters he he thinks his running mate, harris, is going to do well, giving her two thumbs up. he will be at home in wilmington, delaware, watching the debate with the rest of america at 9 p.m. lou? lou: hillary, thank y you very much, hillary vaughn reporting from salt lake city. thank you. we'll have more on tonight's vice presidential debate, the chair of the republican national committee, ronna mcdaniel, joins us here later in the

broadcast. the justice department today unsealing eight charges against two radical isis terrorists from britain. they are accused of murdering two dozen western hostages including americans james foley, stephen sod love, keither kassig and kayla mueller. fbi director wray led a news conference with other fbi and doj officials to announce those charges. the self-aggrandizing, somewhat absurd theatrics here made it seem as if they had defeated isis themselves. the bows they took were not exactly what one would have expected. wray and everyone at that podium once again ignoring president trump's leadership and his work to permit the u.s. military to defeat the islamic state and our thanks to the u.s. military. president trump today urging congress to come to an agreement on targeted china virus relief.

the president wants stimulus bills for airlines, for small business and another round of direct payments to the american people. president trump says those measures can be funded by leftover money from the cares act, signed back in march. the president's latest demands come as he called off negotiations after becoming somewhat disgruntled with the nancy pelosi obstinacy and refusal to respond to the needs of so many million of americans who have lost their jobs. and a broader china virus relief bill, stimulus bill, if you like, will be held off until after the election. white house chief of staff mark meadows says speaker pelosi never had any intention of passing a relief bill before election day. >> there comes a point where you understand that the other side is just playing politics. the real thing is speaker pelosi didn't want those checks to go out to the american people

before november 3rd. she felt like it would help the president, and so she's been negotiating in that manner. and so, you know, we're still willing to be engaged, but i'm not optimistic for a comprehensive deal. i am optimistic that there's about ten things we could do in a piecemeal basis if the speaker is willing to put it before her members. lou: and president trump's add slow cat city for stimulus -- advocacy for stimulus that is in several bills rather than a comprehensive, bloated, wasteful $2.6 trillion, wall street liked the president's plan. as a result, the dow finished ahead 531 points. the s&p gained 58, the nasdaq up 210. volume on the big board today, 3.9 billion shares. crude oil finishing at $39.98. and a reminder to listen to my reports three times a day on the salem radio network. up next here, we'll have much more on president trump's

push to expose the full political corruption of obamagate. national security expert, former cia analyst fred fleitz among our guests. he joins us here in just a few moments. and a thank you to everyone who has made my new book a national bestseller. you can buy the book, "the trump sent arely: how our president changed the course of history forever," available at loudobbsshop.com, loudobbsshop.com, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com. stay with us, we're coming right back. so you're a small business,

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♪ lou: a new survey from the pew research center finds unfavorable views of china reaching historic highs. the negative views of communist china among americans has gone from 35% in 2002 all the way to 73% today. other nations, including japan, australia and the u.k., also experiencing a rise in negatives for communist china. senators ron johnson and chuck grassley are now calling on fbi director wrong wray to produce information that he has been stonewalling and slow-walking -- or just simply refusing to turn over.

the senators expressed frustration with director wray for his continued failure to respond to the requests going all the way back to april. the senators wrote in part, quote: the public interest in these records is significant, and they have remained hidden for far too long. well, joining us now, fred fleitz, former cia analyst, former chief of staff at the national security can council, now the president and ceo of the center for security policy. fred, good to have you with us. let's start with a couple of developments of, first, the smoking gun as i've already called it; that is, the release of the handwritten notes of director brennan as the head of the cia, writing on a meeting with the president of the united states clearly a discussion about crossfire hurricane and the plot to both block the

candidacy of donald trump and overthrow later the president of the united states. your thoughts. >> well, it was an extraordinary development. these notes concern something that brennan learned in july of 2016 supposedly from russian intelligence. and, you know, trump opponents are saying, well, this is russian disinformation, it's not confirmed. but, see, this information was treated serious enough to be briefed to president obama and and the form a referral to the fbi. and we're not finding out about this until four years later, in september of -- maybe october of 2020. it's pretty clear that this information has been hidden for years, many intelligence officials knew about it. i think the senate intelligence community knew about it, and i'm glad it finally got out. lou: well, it finally got out, and a lot will not get out if the director of the cia, gina haspel, has her way, blocking

declassification and release of documents. your thought about what is happening in the cia and particularly at the top. >> policy move. gina haspel had two choices, do the right thing, be transparent and to release the information that the white house and congress asked to be released, or she could do the bureaucratic thing and not release information that could get her in trouble and her agency with certain members of congress. i'll tell you in my time at the cia and with the house intelligence committee, the cia plays both sides of the street. they try not to do anything particularly helpful to republican presidents because they know members of congress will be angry with them. and you can be sure that adam schiff and mark warner -- they're the top democrats in the committee -- told gina haspel do not release this information, or the cia will pay. lou: and what you're really

saying is they are, de facto, working for the democrats because the deep state, if they're more concerned, more fearful of the democrats than they are obligated with scenes of duty to the -- sense of duty to the president of the united states, that's very clearly a choice that explains much of the secrecy and the con confounded expectations that we've had about how government will respond to direct orders over the past four years. >> well, i think the president learned too late that it is crucial that people who support him head these national security agencies like john ratcliffe, like ric grenell, people who will look at the agencies objectively, make sure they're on it. they keep politics out of the works, and they'll be transparent and not to look out for bureaucratic interests. this has happened far too long, and i regret that gina haspel was probably a poor choice to head cia based on her efforts to block the declassification of this information. lou: especially in light of the

president's direct orders, very clear; release it all and declassify it all and make sure there are no redaks. seems straight back, a direct order. john ratcliffe today, who i think has done a marvelous job, put out a confusing statement talking about support for john durham's investigation and saying that he is following the president's orders in declassification of documents. but my interpretation was that was full red redaction, not put all of those documents into the hands of a person who has, frank my, delivered not a damn thing to the american e people at this point. your thoughts. >> i'm hoping that ratcliffe was simply indicating that he was fully cooperating with durham. and i've got to tell you, i think the president's fed up with durham. he's been working on it since

april 2019, it should have come out many months before this election. i think ratcliffe wanted to say i am cooperating with durham, but i'm still going to release and declassify the information that the president asked be released. lou: so you read this as also as an -- [laughter] delivering them to durham and the american people? because right now they've been, apparently, delivered to durham but not the american people. and that's clearly the president's intent, that they be delivered to the american people. >> i didn't read ratcliff e's letter or announcement that way. i thought he was trying to indicate he was cooperating with durham. now, look, at this point, lou, the durham report doesn't matter. the american people need this information now. durham could be working on this report for months, who knows? this has to get out right now to the american people. lou: fred fleitz, good to have you with us, as always.

thanks so much. we'd like to hear about your thinking on all of this. follow me on twitter @loudobbs and like me on facebook and instagram @loudobbstonight. a programming night, we'll be live again at 7 p.m. eastern as we approach debate time. ric grenell, rudy guiliani, sidney powell and jason chaffetz, our guests. and i'll be joining neil cavuto for fox business' special coverage of tonight's vice presidential debate. we hope you'll join us. up next, sidney powell takes on emmet sullivan once again. we'll take up what she said about his conduct toward general michael flynn. judicial watch president tom fitton our guest here next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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to more than 2 million voters. and more voter fraud, federal authorities today arrested a new jersey mailman for throwing out mail, including a hundred election ballots. also in new jersey, 7,000 residents received the wrong mail-in ballots in a town of 28,000. 2,000 voters in los angeles received ballots with no section in which to vote for president. the mail-in ballot thing is going real well, isn't it? and thousands of ballots in ohio mailed to the wrong address. and the file keeps getting bigger and bigger on ballot fraud, election fraud as we we move toward november 3rd. some 5 million americans are estimated to have already voted. former national security adviser general michael flynn's attorney today demanded emmet

sullivan recuse himself from the case. powell says sullivan's case presence in the case undermines confidence in the impartiality of the federal judicial system and faith in the rule of law writ large. joining us now is tom fitton, the president of judicial watch. his new book, "a republic under assault: the left's ongoing attack on american freedom," available for prepreorder. we recommend it to you highly. tom, let's start with sidney powell's, well, description of the situation in federal court in washington, d.c. and the four-year persecution of general michael flynn. it goes beyond elle met sullivan though -- emmet sullivan though, doesn't it? because the d.c. court of appeals have basically affirmed his departure from all norms of both federal procedure and decency. your thoughts. >> well, i agree.

and i think sidney powell and general flynn are right to suggest that judge sullivan has the appearance of bias so great that it would require his recusal. i doubt he'll recuse himself, but at least she put it all in the record. and as you point out, he has been backed up in significant measure by other liberals in the d.c. circuit. and, you know, obamagate isn't over, lou, it's continuing. and you're seeing it continuing in judge sullivan's court. his behavior has been deplorable. it's been awful. i've never seen anything like it in all my years at judicial watch. the anger directed at flynn while ignoring the evidence of criminal activity by the government is just remarkable. judge sullivan used to be a good judge. he ain't anymore. lou: yeah. well, that -- i want to

congratulate you, speaking of not anymore, your appointment to the d.c. commission on judicial disabilities and tenure. you're no longer -- you now have a direct role in assessing the capability and the integrity of judges. congratulations on that. give us a sense of what you want to do on that commission. >> well, it's a presidential appointment. i'm obviously honored by the president's confidence in me and, obviously, judicial watch indirectly. it's a key commission here in the district of columbia that monitors the ethics and disciplines judges and potentially can remove them from the bench, so it's a serious business, and i'll be the only presidential appointee there. i'm hoping to give the district the best judiciary in the country through my contribution to the commission. lord knows we need all the help we can get to get justice in this town. lou: well, we thank the president for appointing you to that important role. and and we thank you for

serving, and we thank you for taking on what is happening in the nation's capital because the federal courts in that town -- i'll speak to you just as old tom fitton, the head of judicial watch, not the new tom fitton in your commissioner role -- but it's deplorable to see what the federal judiciary has become in this country. this, as you point out, this political corruption has gone well beyond the fbi and the doj and the federal government broadly. it's the federal judiciary. there's a stench now emanating from what used to be the greatest court system in the world. it is no longer that. your thoughts. >> well, this position i'm in relates to the local d.c. court system, not the courts that judge sullivan and his senior colleagues sit on. but the politicized judiciary, when it comes to president

trump, has really undermined -- it's not just judge sullivan, there are other judges throughout the country who throw out the rule of law and change the rules simply because it looks like it's president trump. and you see partisan decision making even as we approach the elections where you have judges changing election rules to help one side. and thankfully, the supreme court is stepping in now and again to correct it. but they're not only undermining the rule of law, they're undermining the confidence in our elections by playing games through their judicial decision making. it's really, it's a really awful time and an awful threat to our, as my book notes, our form of government. lou: absolutely. tom, before we leave you, give us your sense of what you would expect from tonight's debate and what you're hoping for. >> well, i'm hoping vice president pence and there's -- and moderators which senator

harris talk about the current corruption scandal embroiling biden, the obama administration that's victimized president trump. are they both -- you know, if harris were honest on this issue, she'd be as outraged as we are all. we're all supposed to be against abusing the fbi, the cia to spy on innocents. that's what they did against president trump, and it's shameful that one political party doesn't care about it. and it's, frankly, frightening because none of them have been put in jail or significantly prosecuted for what they've done. and is it going to happen again or -- with new targets? lou: yeah. that fact that you referenced concerns me deeply. not only the political corruption and the hate that is the democratic party, but also the deference and the passivity

of the republicans and the deference is, of course, to the establishment, wall street and the corporate america. tom fitton the, thanks for being with us, and i guess that we should say right there thank god that president trump is leading this nation. the "lou dobbs tonight "quote of the day comes from president lincoln's gettysburg address. it seems that the address resonates now just as it did in 1863 when the country was in the midst of civil war. that's a shame. but this is what lincoln said in the gettysburg address: now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. we have a choice to make, and

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lou: breaking news now, the people of portland, oregon, are really quite something. it is seemingly rational that they have had enough of their radical dem mayor ted wheeler. wheeler is down 11 points to an ardent antifa supporter. she said in 2019, quote: i am antifa. she also said in august that, quote: we need to understand these protests are part of a healthy democracy. peaceful protests, in my opinion, might not necessarily be moving the conversation forward. oh, i'm sorry, i thought those were supposed to be peaceful protests. my bad a, as they say. -- my bad, as they say. what do you say about the people of portland? are they a lost cause, a lost

people? are they -- i don't know. i just can't even make sense of what little sense there is there. the nba is suffering historic low viewership for their blatant disrespect of the united states. the nba's commissioner, adam silver, appears to have gotten the message after historically low audiences for the nba finals. silver's expectations for next season is the "lou dobbs tonight" quote of the day. silver said, quote: my sense is there'll be somewhat a return to normalcy. those messages will largely be left to be delivered off the floor, and i understand those people who are saying i'm on your side, but i want to watch a basketball game. i am definitely not on the side of black lives matter, a marxist organization. s it is irresponsible of corporate america to support

such violent and appalling organizations. but that is what they've done, perhaps they will get the same lesson that the nba has apparently received. the national association of scholars today called on the pulitzer prize board to rescind its 2020 commentary award given to nicole hannah jones for her leads say in the 1619 project. that essay made the claim that protecting slavery was a primary motive of the american revolution. the letter signed by 21 scholars called hannah jones''s essay, quote: a glaring and historical fallacy at the heart of its account. well, joining us tonight is bob woodson, former civil rights activist. he headed the national urban league department of criminal justice for years. he's the founder of the woodson center and helps residents in low income neighborhoods.

and he has a new book, "lessons from the least of these," available for preorder. we recommend it to you highly. "lessons from the least of these"ly robert l. woodson sr.. we know him as bob, and delighted that we do. [laughter] good to have you with us, bob. >> good to see you, lou. lou: it's really -- it's good to see you. it's, it's something that we're starting to see some progress, aren't we? the national association of scholars recommending strongly that a work of contrivance not receive of the pulitzer prize. your thoughts. >> well, we're really proud that one of our leading scholars, dr. glenn lowery from brown university with, was one of the leaders of that movement and one of the first cigna to haves. and other members of the

consortium on that. and it's having its effect. as you know, lou, we have published first three lessons of our alternative curriculum that identify 1776 as the legitimate birthday, but also we tell inspiring stories of american exceptionalism in theses says. we have -- in these essays. we had a press conference about a week ago, and within seven days there were 4,000 downloads of our curriculum, 4,000 in just 7 or 8 days. when, in fact, the 1619 curriculum had 4,500 downloads in a year. so i think we are really touching a very important chord, and people are really desperate to receive accurate and inspiring, accurate history of our nation. and we're just so proud.

and also you may have known that hannah jones has recanted some of her assertions, saying that, she said that 1619 was our birth date. she was speaking metaphorically and not as a historian. so they're moonwalking on the issue. [laughter] lou: i like the express, moonwalking, bob. well, the blm isn't moonwalking, but they are walking into some very tough, glaring spotlights on what they are and what they're about. and they are a marxist organization, as you pointed out on this broadcast numerous times. they are like antifa, a violent organization. and unlike the director of the fbi, they're not just an idea, they are a -- without question -- an organization with marxist values and aims.

some of them focused on destruction of the american family. i have to say i was gratified to see the nba, it appears according to its commissioner, they've learned a lesson with the american people. i hope. >> yeah. but what we're witnessing here, you mentioned portland, there's a very lethal cocktail that's being mixed here. and portland is sort of ground zero for that. the fact that you have a mayor that restrains the police, you have a radical member of city council who has pushed through a measure that cut $15 million from the police budget, and as a consequence, the murder rate went up to 159 people when last year it was 88. and only one murder was associated with the protests which means that the least resources are being withdrawn.

we also have with this cut retirements from the police department. the mayor is restrain thing the police, refuses to let them use tear gas. this coupled with the fact that tax revenues are down in portland and other cities because of the virus, so there's declining tax revenues which means that the police have to reduce patrolling the neighborhoods which means that low income people, again, are going to bear the brunt of these -- lou: yeah. >> and pay the price with their lives. lou: and this is the lesson of black lives matter and its role in so much devastation and sometimes death in this country. bob woodson, it is always great to have you here. you can learn more about the woodson center. donate at woodson center.org and

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♪ ♪ lou: joining us tonight is republican national committee chair ronna mcdaniel. finish some of you may be thinking, why am i talking to her tonight? she's supposed to be sick, and she has been. it's great to see your smiling face. you look great. how do you feel? what is it, one week to the day since you tested positive for the china virus. >> yeah, i feel really good, lou, thank you for asking, and thanks for all the well wishes. you know, i was tired, fatigue, all the things. i have as a ma, so so i've been taking it very seriously, and my doctor's been great. i'm feeling a lot better, so thank you. lou: any special treatments that you can share or -- >> well, first, i'm really grateful for the president and how far we've gone in figuring

out how to fight this virus, and i was put on steroids pretty early on for my lungs, and that has been a huge game-changer for me and in keeping my asthma under control throughout this. so, again, we've learned so much, and where we are with therapeutics and with testing and warp speed vaccine in just this short period of time with this new virus really is a tribute to this administration and they're harnessing all the weapons at their disposal with the private sector is and ramping everything up at the level that we have that so many people are getting through this virus. lou: well, is and thank god that it is, that science is working and people are surviving this at ever improving rates. and it's great to have you here. so what do you think tonight? what is -- is there a strategy,

a particular outcome that you're looking for on that stage tonight? >> you know, lou, we have found that the media has refused to ask kamala harris or any tough questions or hold them accountable for any of their policies. so i am a really hoping that the president asks her, do you support the green new deal, do you support stacking the supreme court, do you support excluding people from judicial roles who have religious conviction, do you support giving free health care to people who come to this country illegally, do you still to -- intend to raise taxes? she has had no press briefings, and i hope that the vice president comes out strong tonight and makes the clear case as to two visions for america that are being put forward, one of socialism and government control and bankruptcy and one that embraces and embodies the american dream that president trump and vice president pence are supporting.

lou: and is there going to be a discussion about, do you think, the electoral system itself? whether or not mail-in ballots should not, should they be -- i hope that they're challenged and defeated, but it's very late in the game. do you expect court victories, or do you not in stopping what is clearly, as the president says, an effort to rig the election? >> the president's right. i mean, what democrats are doing across the country to systemmatically undermine the election is frightening. but we have had some really big wins recently in ohio, in georgia. we just won a case to the supreme court in south carolina, in maine. so the rnc has been engaged at the highest level and in fighting back these democrat attempts to undermine voter integrity, and we are winning. but, of course, the democrats not only want to undermine our

whole system, they want to burn it down. they want to get rid of the electoral college, stack the supreme court, add a states, get rid of the filly u.s.er. everything that joe biden and kamala harris are running for is how do we change america. how do we fundamentally burn the system down and build it up into a socialism, socialistic view of what we think america should be. and every american should be frightened. and this media is giving them a free pass and not forcing them to account for what they're actually running on. and i hope the vice president makes that clear distinction tonight. lou: ronna, it's great to see you feeling well and having improved so quickly. >> thank you. lou: we appreciate you taking the time to be with us. thanks so much. all the best of luck. before we go to break, a reminder that you can buy my new nationally best selling book, "the trump century: how our president changed the course of history forever." get your copies of the bestseller, "the trump century,"

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♪. lou: fred fleitz tonight on the smoking gun. former cia director john brennan's handwritten notes declassified and for public viewing. >> this information was treated seriously enough to be briefed

to president obama and to form a referral to the fbi and we're not finding out about this until four years later in september of, maybe october of 2020. it is pretty clear this information has been hidden for years. many intelligence officials knew about it. i think the senate intelligence committee knew about it. i am glad it finally got out. lou: we all are. the president is just sent out another tweet and here he is, posted to the president's social media just moments ago. trump it up if you recognize me, it is your favorite president an i'm standing in front of the oval office at the white house which is always an exciting place to be. i got back a day ago from walter reed medical center. i spent four days there and didn't have to. i could have stayed at the white house but the doctors said

because you're president, let's do it. i said fine. lou: and he is fine. that's the latest from his medical team and we will be live again at 7:00 p.m. eastern for a full hour of predebate coverage. ric grenell, rudy giuliani, sidney powell, jason chaffetz our guests. good night from sussex. elizabeth: tonight we're just hours away from the when and only vice-presidential debate. we'll take you live to salt lake city, utah. six million people have already voted. florida, virginia leading the charge. former white house independent counsel robert ray, former trump campaign advisor carter page. greg stuebe. columnist kristin tate. deputy press secretary brian morgenstern. former florida attorney general pam bondi. we'll talk about her role

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