Who?
Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) — Ranking Member, Foreign Relations; Intelligence Committee
LISTEN: Laslo & Risch
Ask a Pol asks:
They had a classified UAP briefing about the incursions over Langley yesterday…
Key Risch:
“You know I can't talk about something like that, come on,” Sen. Jim Risch exclusively tells Ask a Pol.
But hey, Wall Street Journal finally caught up with me and they started reporting on it!
ICYMI — Ask a Pol was covering Langley in the spring…
“Well, then go interview the Wall Street Journal,” Risch said. “Maybe they have some information I don't have.”
Oh, no, no, no — no, Wall Street Journal needs to interview Ask a Pol on this stuff…
*Ask a Pol drops mic*
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Caught our ear:
“I don't want to do an interview on this stuff,” Risch tells us. “It's not my lane, ya know.”
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Jim Risch
SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches Sen. Risch walking through the US Capitol alone, so he does a 180 before snagging a quick, if telling, interview.
Matt Laslo: “Hey. How are you, Sen. Risch?”
Jim Risch: “Hey.”
ML: “I was curious, I know — I don't think you were there — but they had classified UAP briefing about the incursions over Langley yesterday.”
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