Why Won’t FBI Release Video That Could Solve Jan. 6 Pipe Bomb Mystery? | Steve Baker | 8/12/2024

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Smartmatic, a voting machine company at the center of controversy back in 2020, is currently suing Fox News and Newsmax for defamation due to their coverage of the 2020 election. Last week, a grand jury indicted two Smartmatic executives who are accused of participating in a $1 million money laundering scheme that bribed an election official in the Philippines. Who are these executives, and why were they indicted? Plus, the European Union tried to get Elon Musk to censor Donald Trump ahead of the pair’s interview on X. J. Michael Waller, senior analyst for strategy at the Center for Security Policy and author of "Big Intel: How the CIA and FBI Went from Cold War Heroes to Deep State Villains,” joins the program to discuss. In other news, Judicial Watch filed a federal lawsuit to force the CIA to disclose any involvement in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. President of Judicial Watch Tom Fitton joins to break down this lawsuit. Plus, Blaze News investigative reporter Steve Baker joins to break down the investigation into the pipe bomb planted at the DNC while Kamala Harris was there on January 6, a shady finding in the investigation into the Trump assassination attempt, and Donald Trump’s $100 million lawsuit against the DOJ over the department’s 2022 raid on his property in Mar-a-Lago. Christopher Bedford, Blaze Media’s senior editor for politics and Washington correspondent, joins to discuss how the Trump campaign’s strategy has adapted to current events. He also breaks down JD Vance’s criticisms of Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz. Donald Trump also returned to X for the first time since 2021. And finally, a top Wall Street executive is warning that artificial intelligence could wreak havoc on society and the job market. Is he right? Jill Savage and James Poulos, BlazeTV host of “Zero Hour,” discuss.