former communication director alyssa farah griffin, and former federal prosecutor, shan wu. the president says this has never happened to a president before. of course it hasn't because we've never had a president in this position before. we can say that, right sham? can we talk about this search and how much -- how far up the chain that the fbi would have had to have gone to get this search warrant. the president is calling it a raid and unfair. but the fbi has to go through a process to be able to do this, correct? >> that's right. as you said, there has to be probable cause and for the search warrant, it's got to go before a judge. so, the judge has to agree with the evidence they set forth. for something like this, as sensitive as you could possibly imagine at the justice department, that's got to go to the highest levels. garland has to know about it, has to give green light. and certainly the head of the fbi, same situation. they have to know about it. they have is to give the green light. >> can you give us a sense of what you think this might be all about. i know thi

joining me now, former trump white house communications director alyssa farah griffin, and former trump campaign director david urban. president biden has been racking up wins, the american recovery act or covid stimulus package, nearly $2 trillion. infrastructure and jobs act, $550 billion. chips and science act, $280 billion, and now what democrats are calling the inflation reduction act, which is expected to raise $700 billion in government revenue. now, david, first to you. you may not like what is in some of these bills, but would you concede that president biden is one of the most legislatively successful presidents in modern history? >> well, pam, i don't know about that, and just to take a step back, you're reading off these giant numbers, trillions of dollars. that money is not free. that money is coming from you and me and other taxpayers. >> but in this latest bill, for example, they have ways of also raising money with taxes such as the 15% minimum tax on corporations and so forth. but go ahead. but hold on. but let's just talk about -- i know you want to -- as i said at the

alyssa farah griffin is back with former democratic senator doug jones and former special assistant tocott jennings. and you have no response to the fascism comment whatsoever, so we'll just move on? is that okay? >> i'm used to politicians throwing hay makers at each other. doug jones. >> oh, yeah. >> what i heard joe biden say tonight was farther than that. he's essentially saying, if you vote republican, you're a fascist. he's saying if every american doesn't support democrats and we have one party rule, top to bottom, democracy is somehow lost. >> but he did say -- he kept saying repeatedly, maga republicans, maga -- it took it to mean -- >> are there are some republicans he's endorsing? >> my point is i took that to mean he's aware of the delineation that's trying to happen in the gop as well, your fathers, grandfather's, your mother's own republican party and you're seeing the extreme. >> i worry it's not clear enough. charlie chris stepped in once he got the nomination. he said, you're full of hate. then he tried to back track it. i think donald trump is a semifascist, but i thi

joining us, alyssa farah griffin, also david urban. eney's lane would like like in the short term and potentially in 2024? >> well, i don't disagree with any of harry's analysis. i just want to be unequivocal about one thing. liz cheney lost for one reason and one reason only, that she denied the election milth, the lie that the election was stolen. she could have held that congressional seat comfortably for the rest of her life. but what her lane is this, and i do think harry is right about this. if she runs in 2024, she's not running to be president, though she would be a decent general election candidate. she would be running to a spoiler to donald trump, to juxtapose on a debate stage while he goes off spreading lies, spreading conspiracies, showing what a principled, conservative woman looks like and what our american values should be. i think it's powerful. i think she resonates with women. i think we'll see more polling in the coming months ahead that she's actually a formidable, inspiring figure. but she'd be running to be a spo

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also cnn political commentator and trump white house director strategic communication, alyssa farah griffin. let's see. whitney was able to figure out but i was quick to ask. do you guys have any idea when i'm going to ask? >> of course we know. >> good evening everyone good to see both of you. john, i'm glad to start with the. the secret service has faced plenty of questions about his actions over the course of january six investigations. is it significant that ornato is leaving the agency? is this a big deal? >> i think it is a big. deal he was pressed, he was being pressed to appear and testify before the january six committee. i suspect he has given interview to the fbi which may or may not be factual. so, i think, he is feeling the pinch of being in a political spot when he was a part of an agency that is supposed to, as you, said beyond political. to be deputy director of operations. he is clearly running the secret service detail in a way that is politically beneficial to the president. that is just, really unprecedented. while different details get attached to the president. or not

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cnn's political commentators, alyssa farah griffin and alice. >> hello, good to see all of you. >> i'llith you tara. trump's allies would like to see american people see this investigation is a political hit job. now, two weeks after that search. you heard what nick akerman said that this was not a thing. you think this is all about the court of public opinion? >> i think. so they want to sow seeds of doubt in with the prosecutors are doing it with the department of justice is doing. they have to fight back. this is trump's tactics. delay, attack the messengers, tried to suggest that there are some sort of bias, there's a political witch hunt. all these sorts of tactics just delayed inevitable. but a lot of people are saying prosecutors with bright legal minds are saying this probably from going to hold up. i did think was interesting that ron desantis who may end up being a political rival of trump in 2024 presidential matchup, he said on fox news, stop calling at a rate. it was a perfectly legal seizure. i think we are seeing is the gop, as we get more information about how many docum

bring in former nixon white house counsel, john dean, and former trump white house director, alyssa farah griffin. let's see. whitney was able to figure out when i was going to ask. you guys have any idea when i want to ask? >> of course, we know. >> you're not clairvoyant? good evening, everyone! but to see both of you. the secret service has faced plenty of questions about the actions over the course of the january 6th investigation. is it significant that ornato is leaving the agency? is this a big deal? >> i think it is a big deal. he was pressed. he was being pressed to appear and testify before the january six committee. i suspect he was given an interview to the fbi. which may or may not be factual. i think he is feeling the pinch of being in the political spot when he was a part of an agency that exposed as you said, be non political. to be deputy director of operations, he's clearly running the secret service detail in a way that is politically beneficial to the president. that's just really unprecedented. while different-y tales get attached to their president or not attached, they neve

. >> joining us, alyssa farah griffin, who served as strategic director of communications during the nistration -- campaign strategist for the former president. alyssa, will beating congresswoman cheney's lane would look like in this short term and potential 2024? >> i don't disagree with any of harry's analysis. i want to be unequivocal about one thing. liz cheney lost for one reason and one reason only, that she denied the election lie that it was stolen. she could've helped that congressional seat comfortably for the rest of her life. she won in the 70s before. i do think harry is right about this, if she runs in 2024, she's not running to be president, though she would be a decent general election candidate, she's running to be a spoiler of donald trump, the juxtapose on a debate stage while he goes off to spread lies, conspiracies, showing where a printable conservative women looks like and what american values should be. i think it is powerful and she resonates with women. i think we will see more polling in the coming months ahead that she is a formidable inspiring figure. agai

political commentator alyssa farah griffin, who served in the previous administration as director ofommunications. would've been seeing online -- >> i want to show you posts that showed up from one very popular pro-trump website last night after that news broke. people commenting lock and load. somebody else saying, i'm just going to say, merrick garland needs to be assassinated, simple as that. somebody else -- saying kill all feds. i think people will rightly ask why are we talking about some anonymous threats made on the internet? these are the very same forms, in fact that website is one of the very same websites where many people were talking about plans for january six in advance of the attack on the capitol. people discussing how to attack police officers. we know people who are lurking in these websites, on these websites, are not, are people who sometimes go off and do these acts. i want to show you another post. this one was a top comment under that lock and load post. somebody asked, are we not in a cold civil war at this point? the person who actually posted that advanced

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also with us former white house communications director, alyssa farah griffin, and former federal prosecutor chamois. the president says, this has never happened to -- of course it hasn't we've never had a president in this position before. i mean, we can say that right shannon. can we talk about, this search and how much, how far up the chain the fbi had to have gone to get this search warrant, the presidents calling it a raid, unfair, but the fbi has to go through a process to be able to do this, correct? >> that's right. there needs to be probable cause. for the search warrant, it's got to go before a judge, no judge has to agree with the evidence that they set forth. and for something like this, as sensitive as you can possibly imagine. that the justice department, that's gotta go to the highest levels, garlands to know about. it he needs to give -- and certainly the head of the fbi saying seems to jewish. and they need to know about it. >> can you give us a sense of what you think this might be all about. i know it's an educated guess, from what we know, from what we've heard in the pas