Anderson Hits Hannity, Fox for ‘Coordinated Smear Campaign’ Against Mueller, Comey

RUSH TRANSCRIPT A coordinated ░░░░░░░░ campaign is underway against ░░░░░░░░ Mueller and James Comey ░░░░░░░░ includes a number of ░░░░░░░░ that are just plain ░░░░░░░░ It s weird Stay ░░░░░░░░ me here Two of ░░░░░░░░ oddest are in Boston ░░░░░░░░ involve everything from the ░░░░░░░░ s most notorious crime ░░░░░░░░ and the bombing years ░░░░░░░░ There s no evidence ░░░░░░░░ either of the claims ░░░░░░░░ ll start with the ░░░░░░░░ marathon bombing The president ░░░░░░░░ former campaign manager said ░░░░░░░░ fox that fired FBI ░░░░░░░░ James Comey was somehow ░░░░░░░░ blame This is the ░░░░░░░░ Jim Comey that was ░░░░░░░░ charge of the Boston ░░░░░░░░ at the time we ░░░░░░░░ a terrorist attack in ░░░░░░░░ This was a man ░░░░░░░░ failed time and time ░░░░░░░░ time again to protect ░░░░░░░░ citizens James Comey was ░░░░░░░░ the head of the ░░░░░░░░ at the time of ░░░░░░░░ Boston marathon bombing The ░░░░░░░░ was in April He ░░░░░░░░ t become FBI director ░░░░░░░░ September Comey wasn t ░░░░░░░░ in the FBI at ░░░░░░░░ time He was a ░░░░░░░░ citizen Andrea Mitchell the ░░░░░░░░ day I want to ░░░░░░░░ you about something you ░░░░░░░░ on fox yesterday You ░░░░░░░░ Jim Comey failed to ░░░░░░░░ Americans during the Boston ░░░░░░░░ since he was FBI ░░░░░░░░ The fact is he ░░░░░░░░ not FBI director for ░░░░░░░░ five months As you ░░░░░░░░ Jim Comey served as ░░░░░░░░ head of the Boston ░░░░░░░░ of the FBI at ░░░░░░░░ period of time that ░░░░░░░░ think Mr Mueller served ░░░░░░░░ the U S Attorney ░░░░░░░░ the state of Massachusetts ░░░░░░░░ not during the Boston ░░░░░░░░ Not during the Boston ░░░░░░░░ but Jim Comey was ░░░░░░░░ I belief and we ░░░░░░░░ go back and check ░░░░░░░░ the Whitey bulger disaster ░░░░░░░░ was the head of ░░░░░░░░ Whitey bulger had nothing ░░░░░░░░ do with the Boston ░░░░░░░░ There was no admission ░░░░░░░░ he said something untrue ░░░░░░░░ apology Just moving along ░░░░░░░░ decided to bring in ░░░░░░░░ Boston crime boss Whitey ░░░░░░░░ that had nothing to ░░░░░░░░ with the Boston bombing ░░░░░░░░ is attempting to grab ░░░░░░░░ another straw saying Comey ░░░░░░░░ the head of the ░░░░░░░░ office at the time ░░░░░░░░ the case He was ░░░░░░░░ the head of the ░░░░░░░░ FBI office There s ░░░░░░░░ record of him working ░░░░░░░░ that office at all ░░░░░░░░ you might wonder where ░░░░░░░░ Whitey bulger come into ░░░░░░░░ of this Why are ░░░░░░░░ even talking about him ░░░░░░░░ as though this may ░░░░░░░░ started with this on ░░░░░░░░ radio show earlier this ░░░░░░░░ Not about Comey but ░░░░░░░░ special council Robert Mueller ░░░░░░░░ don t think he ░░░░░░░░ whether he hurts Democrats ░░░░░░░░ Republicans but he s ░░░░░░░░ East a zealot He ░░░░░░░░ people in prison for ░░░░░░░░ years in order to ░░░░░░░░ the cover on Whitey ░░░░░░░░ as an FBI informer ░░░░░░░░ of them died in ░░░░░░░░ Two others along with ░░░░░░░░ families of the dead ░░░░░░░░ sued the government for ░░░░░░░░ million The now retired ░░░░░░░░ judge that presided over ░░░░░░░░ case writes in The ░░░░░░░░ York Times I can ░░░░░░░░ that Mr Mueller who ░░░░░░░░ in the United States ░░░░░░░░ s office in Boston ░░░░░░░░ 1982 to 1988 including ░░░░░░░░ brief stint as the ░░░░░░░░ head of the office ░░░░░░░░ no involvement in that ░░░░░░░░ He was never even ░░░░░░░░ As the judge goes ░░░░░░░░ to point out a ░░░░░░░░ mayor of Springfield Massachusetts ░░░░░░░░ served on the Massachusetts ░░░░░░░░ board in the 1980s ░░░░░░░░ a letter from Mueller ░░░░░░░░ the release of one ░░░░░░░░ the prisoners but no ░░░░░░░░ letter has ever been ░░░░░░░░ something the Boston Globe ░░░░░░░░ and afterwards he never ░░░░░░░░ the allegation but further ░░░░░░░░ seems warranted By then ░░░░░░░░ genie was out of ░░░░░░░░ bottle and the president ░░░░░░░░ supporters took it and ░░░░░░░░ with it You know ░░░░░░░░ that means enter Sean ░░░░░░░░ Robert Mueller was the ░░░░░░░░ S Attorney in charge ░░░░░░░░ these men were rotting ░░░░░░░░ prison While certain agents ░░░░░░░░ the FBI under Mueller ░░░░░░░░ up the truth Four ░░░░░░░░ went to jail He ░░░░░░░░ Mueller was involved in ░░░░░░░░ case We re going ░░░░░░░░ go to crime families ░░░░░░░░ s look at the ░░░░░░░░ crime family during Mueller ░░░░░░░░ time as a federal ░░░░░░░░ in Boston four men ░░░░░░░░ imprisoned for decades framed ░░░░░░░░ an FBI informant and ░░░░░░░░ ganger Whitey bulger while ░░░░░░░░ looked the other way ░░░░░░░░ you re not interested ░░░░░░░░ facts you can blame ░░░░░░░░ for anything But they ░░░░░░░░ do a better job ░░░░░░░░ checking their dates and ░░░░░░░░ their story straight Joining ░░░░░░░░ is Shelly Murphy Co ░░░░░░░░ of Whitey bulger America ░░░░░░░░ most wanted gangster and ░░░░░░░░ manhunt that brought him ░░░░░░░░ justice Does it make ░░░░░░░░ to you that he ░░░░░░░░ spreading this idea that ░░░░░░░░ Comey was head of ░░░░░░░░ FBI at the time ░░░░░░░░ the Boston bombing Yeah ░░░░░░░░ mean it s just ░░░░░░░░ not true The Boston ░░░░░░░░ bombings happened before Comey ░░░░░░░░ director of the FBI ░░░░░░░░ to try to connect ░░░░░░░░ to the marathon bombings ░░░░░░░░ just simply not true ░░░░░░░░ the Mueller part of ░░░░░░░░ I mean the Whitey ░░░░░░░░ saga is complicated Can ░░░░░░░░ explain to people about ░░░░░░░░ why this allegation is ░░░░░░░░ without merit Well you ░░░░░░░░ Whitey bulger was one ░░░░░░░░ the most notorious organized ░░░░░░░░ figures from this area ░░░░░░░░ was able to get ░░░░░░░░ with murders for years ░░░░░░░░ he was an FBI ░░░░░░░░ but from 1975 to ░░░░░░░░ He fled Boston just ░░░░░░░░ 95 before his indictment ░░░░░░░░ was on the run ░░░░░░░░ more than 16 years ░░░░░░░░ there s just nothing ░░░░░░░░ this long saga that ░░░░░░░░ Mueller to Whitey bulger ░░░░░░░░ was in the U ░░░░░░░░ Attorney s office in ░░░░░░░░ from 1982 to 1988 ░░░░░░░░ he did not prosecute ░░░░░░░░ crime cases He was ░░░░░░░░ informant for the FBI ░░░░░░░░ there were cases that ░░░░░░░░ FBI was building against ░░░░░░░░ new England mafia at ░░░░░░░░ time but they were ░░░░░░░░ a different prosecutorial unit ░░░░░░░░ I also might add ░░░░░░░░ the Whitey bulger story ░░░░░░░░ a never ending saga ░░░░░░░░ Boston Congressional hearings wrongful ░░░░░░░░ suits criminal trials numerous ░░░░░░░░ dating all the way ░░░░░░░░ to the late 90s ░░░░░░░░ ve covered all of ░░░░░░░░ and not once has ░░░░░░░░ s name surfaced in ░░░░░░░░ with those And the ░░░░░░░░ people that were in ░░░░░░░░ for all of that ░░░░░░░░ two of them who ░░░░░░░░ there were able to ░░░░░░░░ sue and get money ░░░░░░░░ once they were out ░░░░░░░░ Mueller had as far ░░░░░░░░ you know as far ░░░░░░░░ your reporting is and ░░░░░░░░ judge in the case ░░░░░░░░ this as well Mueller ░░░░░░░░ nothing to do with ░░░░░░░░ either No and that ░░░░░░░░ a case that I ░░░░░░░░ also I went back ░░░░░░░░ looked through all the ░░░░░░░░ files and that was ░░░░░░░░ terrible case You had ░░░░░░░░ men wrongfully convicted in ░░░░░░░░ 1965 slaying Two of ░░░░░░░░ died in prison The ░░░░░░░░ two spent more than ░░░░░░░░ years in prison and ░░░░░░░░ was when the Whitey ░░░░░░░░ saga erupted When it ░░░░░░░░ revealed that he had ░░░░░░░░ corrupt relationship with the ░░░░░░░░ that there were these ░░░░░░░░ was an investigation launched ░░░░░░░░ it was a Justice ░░░░░░░░ task force in 2000 ░░░░░░░░ found these old documents ░░░░░░░░ documents in the FBI ░░░░░░░░ that indicated that these ░░░░░░░░ had been framed for ░░░░░░░░ murder that they didn ░░░░░░░░ commit And that is ░░░░░░░░ this case sort of ░░░░░░░░ So back in the ░░░░░░░░ when Mueller was in ░░░░░░░░ U S Attorney s ░░░░░░░░ in Boston and there ░░░░░░░░ people that were writing ░░░░░░░░ prosecutors FBI agents urging ░░░░░░░░ state parole board not ░░░░░░░░ commute the sentences of ░░░░░░░░ guys but we were ░░░░░░░░ to find any letters ░░░░░░░░ Mueller wrote You know ░░░░░░░░ that they be released ░░░░░░░░ I think also you ░░░░░░░░ to understand that at ░░░░░░░░ point in time some ░░░░░░░░ the prosecutors that were ░░░░░░░░ letters there s no ░░░░░░░░ that they knew that ░░░░░░░░ men were innocent So ░░░░░░░░ know that really you ░░░░░░░░ the story sort of ░░░░░░░░ years later The idea ░░░░░░░░ Comey had any involvement ░░░░░░░░ the Boston FBI office ░░░░░░░░ with Whitey bulger again ░░░░░░░░ just not true Well ░░░░░░░░ is just I can ░░░░░░░░ imagine where that came ░░░░░░░░ It sort of seems ░░░░░░░░ have been pulled out ░░░░░░░░ thin air because Comey ░░░░░░░░ worked in the FBI ░░░░░░░░ Boston office and I ░░░░░░░░ t understand why somebody ░░░░░░░░ where this could even ░░░░░░░░ come from It s ░░░░░░░░ frankly I appreciate your ░░░░░░░░ and your reporting Thank ░░░░░░░░ for being with us ░░░░░░░░ you, bye.