Senator John Ossoff
Appearances
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
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Of course, because they're all living in fear of retaliation from the White House. But we do have to just step back and acknowledge that the depth of corruption and self-dealing and self-enrichment by the Trump family during this term is something that we have never, ever seen in the United States, at no point in our republic. Have we seen anything like this?
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy
I mean, you had Jared Kushner took billions of dollars from the Saudis. You've got the president's family going out ahead of his official visits doing business across the region. You've got the meme coin where foreigners are directly enriching the president and his family and his businesses. And some of them are being quite open.
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy
Some of the folks buying this coin are being quite open that they're doing it in order to curry favor or to gain influence. And the president is selling private dinners and White House tours. to people who invest in his family businesses, not to mention the airplane, which is maybe the most extraordinary single obvious constitutional violation in presidential history. It is really mind blowing.
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy
And for the speaker to say that when it is the explicit role of the United States Congress to investigate and oversee misconduct by the executive branch.
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy
when we have all sworn an oath to that Constitution, which defines that separation of powers and that role for the United States Congress, demonstrates that there is no red line, there is no new depth that this administration can plumb that will get these folks to give a damn. They're absolutely committed to defending and covering up for this president and this administration, no matter what.
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy
And by the way, leaked the alleged justification for the firing to Fox News, but did not notify the intelligence committees in the House or Senate. Not at all. Where they have a statutory obligation to notify us. And this raises the obvious concern that senior intelligence analysts may face retaliation for issuing good faith analysis.
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy
That's their job, to call balls and strikes, to take the available intelligence that's been collected and render the very best, most objective analysis possible, that they may face retaliation where their analysis, their findings are not accurate. helpful to the administration's policy objectives or perhaps reveal false statements that the administration has made in court.
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy
And if that is what's happening here, and there's a lot of reason to suspect it is, that chills intelligence analysis throughout the entire intelligence community, which then deprives policymakers of access to accurate information. That's how mistakes are made. That's how our country can make serious geopolitical and national security mistakes. When the intelligence products we're receiving are not
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy
down the middle, but instead crafted curry favor with the administration. The last thing I'd say on this is Tulsi Gabbard, when she came before us testifying to take the job as director of national intelligence, her whole thing was depoliticizing the intelligence community.
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy
And if she's done this to punish analysis that she or the president didn't like, well, you can rest assured that we on the intelligence community are going to put very tough questions to her under oath about this.
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy
Well, the more it becomes clear to the people of Georgia exactly what this legislative agenda is. where half of all births in my state are covered by Medicaid. 70% of seniors in nursing homes in Georgia are covered by Medicaid. 40% of all kids are covered by Medicaid. The more deeply unpopular it becomes.
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy
And so there is tremendous anger and fear, not just among Democrats, but also among independents and Republicans across the state, that this is the agenda. We've already lost so many hospitals. In recent years, so many are struggling with their health.
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy
But I will be the number one target for MAGA and national Republicans because, as you mentioned, I'm the only Democrat running in a state that Donald Trump won. They will probably spend something like half a billion dollars to try to defeat me.
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy
And so since you brought it up, I'd be remiss if I didn't remind your viewers that if they want to support my efforts in Georgia and help power us to a landslide victory in 2026, they can do that at electjohn.com or electjohn.com.
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy
Thank you for having me.
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy
Well, they're not only lacking candor when they engage with Congress, they're lacking candor when they engage with the courts. And I have found an extraordinary level of stonewalling. Basic information that I've sought from the administration has been denied. They clearly have no commitment to transparency.
The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Polls show Americans aren't buying Trump team's ignorance ploy
And it's deeply distressing when we're trying to do our jobs, conducting oversight, investigating wrongdoing on behalf of the American people. And there's such open contempt for the United States Congress.