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California Representative Gil Cisneros Joins Us To Discuss The Missing Epstein Client List
... n her desk awaiting review. This week, she said it does not exist. Before becoming FBI director, Cash Patel called for the release of the Epstein's client list, accusing Congress of failing to obtain it. And now he too claims it does not exist. Trump's uh response to this, I don't know if you guys saw it, was a giant I can't read it all. I have i ...
... who isn't, I guess. >> Holy [ __ ] Okay. >> You have to know who's on board with you. >> Yeah. Representative Cisneros, have you ever had to take a lie detector test in Congress to prove loyalty to your party? >> No. No. And you never should have to take, >> you know, your loyalty is supposed to be to the Constitution, not to an individual. >> Y ...
... That's not real. >> Okay. We'll see. I don't know. That's >> the Epstein list. Um, >> yeah. Right. >> Let me ask you this, Representative Cisneros. Is there any talk in Congress about how Christine Nome is handling this? Are other members of Congress that you're having conversations with appalled by it? Do they think business as usual? What's th ...
... list. Um, >> yeah. Right. >> Let me ask you this, Representative Cisneros. Is there any talk in Congress about how Christine Nome is handling this? Are other members of Congress that you're having conversations with appalled by it? Do they think business as usual? What's the attitude? >> Well, no, like I think there's a lot of people upset with ...
... was coming to liberate the people of Los Angeles. It's all it's all a bunch of [ __ ] right, that she's kind of putting out there, right? So, there's a lot of people in Congress that are kind of >> out there, right? And again, too, like I mentioned earlier, it's like >> she she's this woman is obsessed with being on television and and projecting ...
... that order. These are just a few of the transgressions by Trump against the legislative branch of our government. Um, I want to ask you this, Representative Cisneros, in Congress, when you're talking to your colleagues, how dire is that situation that Trump is openly ignoring the entire legislative branch of our government? >> Well, I think on th ...
... definitely dire, right? that he is >> um from everything like you to not only ignoring the court decisions, right, but ignoring the appropriations um you know money that Congress has appropriated to spend whether it be on USA ID, the Department of Education and other areas of the of the federal government that he's just like freezing, you know, g ...
... rtment of Education and other areas of the of the federal government that he's just like freezing, you know, grants and everything that have already been appropriated by Congress that were signed into law and he's just saying, "No, we're not going to do that we're going to I'm going to hold off. I'm going to freeze. Um it's it's a big concern and ...
... just, no, we're just going to ignore it, >> you know? >> And seemingly without any repercussion like I guess that's my next question to you is like is is there anything Congress can do to enforce >> well? And that is the thing is is that I think they realize or they've kind of come to this is that you know the executive branch right is the enfor ...
... ce >> well? And that is the thing is is that I think they realize or they've kind of come to this is that you know the executive branch right is the enforcer of the law. Congress p Congress passes the laws. Congress says this is what needs to be done. The president signs it into law but then he's also the executor of the laws. He's the one that's ...
... And that is the thing is is that I think they realize or they've kind of come to this is that you know the executive branch right is the enforcer of the law. Congress p Congress passes the laws. Congress says this is what needs to be done. The president signs it into law but then he's also the executor of the laws. He's the one that's supposed t ...
... is that I think they realize or they've kind of come to this is that you know the executive branch right is the enforcer of the law. Congress p Congress passes the laws. Congress says this is what needs to be done. The president signs it into law but then he's also the executor of the laws. He's the one that's supposed to make sure that they're c ...
... they now? >> Well, who knows? They're like in camps. And that was one of the things when we went to an ice facility, they wouldn't let me in, which is my as a member of Congress, I have the right to go into any ICE facility. Now, they're trying to put like restrictions and limitations saying that we have to give a notice and stuff like that, whi ...
... ssion? Is there anything that will happen as a result of this? Is this situation ever going to be corrected? >> Well, I think you need here's you need the Republicans in Congress to grow grow backbone and kind of say like, hey, this is enough. Enough is enough. >> We can't allow this to happen anymore. But as long as they allow them to keep doing ...