Back to episode — Episode 138 - Hot Take on Strzok’s Testimony so Far
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So here's the thing. His explanation of it is that when he said "we'll stop it," meaning the election of President Trump, that he was talking about voters, the public. Now here's the question: Is it credible, his explanation that he meant the voters will stop it versus that he and Lisa Page and insiders will stop it? Is it credible? Yes, it is. A hundred percent credible. I know you don't want to…
← Previous segment →Now what did Trey Gowdy say? And I saw somebody on Fox News saying the same thing. They said his story is not credible because he used his official FBI device for this conversation. As if that matters. How in the world does it matter what device he used to send this personal message? It doesn't matter.
But you can see the side that wants him to be clearly guilty seizing on the device. "Oh wait, that was a personal conversation. How can you have a personal conversation on an FBI official..." Well, let me ask you, how many of you have ever used your work email to send a personal message? All of you. All of you probably. You know, something like a hundred percent of you have used your work email to send a personal message against company policy probably.
You know, some might have a different policy. When I worked for the phone company we were not allowed to use our official email for personal reasons. Did I use it anyway for personal reasons? Of course I did. Everybody did. Do you know why we all use our official email for personal business? Because it was easy and we didn't think we'd get in trouble. And I didn't get in trouble, so I was right. It was just easier. I didn't have a personal email, or I might have been in the office and I was already logged into my business one, so I used it.
Now if you work for the FBI, one assumes there's a higher standard. But if you're telling me that every person in the FBI wasn't also sending private messages on their texts, you are not a credible participant. Sending personal messages on your work device is the most normal, ordinary thing in the world. It's probably pretty close to universal. You know who else was doing that? Everybody.
All right, so those are my first two hot takes. The "we'll stop it" said before the election could easily and normally be talking about the voters, about the country. "We the country." And using his work device just doesn't mean anything. It just means it was convenient. People do convenient things. There's no information. You've learned nothing if somebody does what's convenient.
All right, I'm going to take a shower in a minute. Does it mean anything? No, it's what I always do about this time of day. It means nothing.
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All right, to be clear, I'm not defending Peter Strzok from anything he did or did not do, because I don't know. I don't have enough information. But his explanation, true or untrue, is completely credible. Now you shouldn't be surprised that somebody with his experience could have a defense that sounds credible even if he's guilty, right? He has the skill. He has the experience to present a comp…
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