‘What Is Not Ready?’: Maria Bartiromo Presses Acting AG On Probe Into Trump-Russia Hoax

Sunday Morning Futures host Maria Bartiromo asked Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday about the progress of investigations into abuse of power targeting President Donald Trump.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in July released documents and a memo detailing what she called a “year-long coup” against Trump following his loss to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, and sent a criminal complaint to the Justice Department. Bartiromo asked Blanche why there have been no indictments for the targeting of Trump by the Obama and Biden administrations. (RELATED: Lawyer linked to infamous anti-Trump case admits fears Bondi replacement)

“You heard the former chairman of the Intelligence Committee say there was a conspiracy going on for 10 years. What did you do about it?” Bartiromo asked Blanche.

“Well, look, that’s exactly what we’re investigating right now,” he replied. “And by the way, what’s not in dispute is that the whole Russian hoax had absolutely nothing to do with it and so the question the American people have to ask is, ‘Well, why did they do that?’ Why did Comey say what he said? Why did the outgoing Obama administration do what it did?”

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The Steele dossier, which was used to fuel allegations that Trump’s 2016 campaign colluded with the Russian government to defeat Clinton and justify partisan actions by the FBI during the Obama administration, was later discredited. Blanche told Bartiromo that there was still a chance that figures from the Obama administration could be indicted.

“You saw an ongoing effort until very recently — until the Mar-a-Lago raid just a few years ago — an ongoing effort to destroy President Trump, and if this is a conspiracy that continued from 2015, 2016, all the way to 2023, that’s what we’re seeing right now,” Blanche said.

“But we get there through the grand jury process,” Blanche continued. “So it’s a matter of calling witnesses, looking at documents, asking prosecutors to study them, asking the FBI to look into the situation and investigate what happened, and we’re discovering some incredibly disturbing things, and at some point, at the right time, it will be made public and the American people will see exactly what has happened to this administration and to President Trump over the last decade.”

Bartiromo also asked Blanche when indictments would come regarding the Russia collusion investigation sparked by the Steele dossier. (RELATED: Trump’s Transportation Secretary Deflects When Pressed on High Gas Prices)

“Well, I mean, look, as has been publicly reported, the Southern District of Florida is conducting an open criminal investigation that involves hundreds of subpoenas,” Blanche said. “It involves hundreds of witnesses, and so in terms of the timeline and when we can expect it, we’re working hard and efficiently, but we’re going to do it right. We’re not going to rush something that’s not ready. We won’t come to a conclusion until our investigation is complete, but I assure you, and I assure the American people, that we are fully focused on this.”

“What’s not ready?” replied Bartiromo visibly irritated. “I mean, you know, we’ve been watching this, you know, play out for a long time and viewers and people watching are frustrated because it keeps happening.”

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