Who?
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) — Co-chair, Congressional UAP Caucus
LISTEN: Laslo & Burchett
Ask a Pol asks:
What was this week’s SCIF — Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility — briefing on?
Key Burchett:
“It’s in SCIF, dude, I can’t tell you,” Rep. Tim Burchett exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.
Was it on UAP?
“Oh, yeah,” Burchett says. “I was in one last week and it was…pretty intense, and I’m hoping they’ll get some more to some more members...”
Live shot:
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Working for less than minimum wage is beyond embarrassing.
More so, it’s unsustainable.
Caught our ear:
”Trump doesn’t know the questions to ask,” Burchett tells us.
What should we ask Congress next?
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Tim Burchett (4-22-2026)
Rep. Tim Burchett: “I’ve been in a couple SCIF meetings here — I was in one today as a matter of fact.”
Matt Laslo: “What was that on?”
Burchett: “It’s in SCIF, dude, I can’t tell you.”
Laslo: “Was that on UAP?”
Burchett: “Oh, yeah…”
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Burchett: “…I was in one last week and it was…”
Burchett and Laslo pass large security barriers on the Capitol grounds.
Burchett: “Ahhh, last week, it was pretty intense and I’m hoping they’ll get some more to some more members...”
Laslo: “Well that’s interesting, you guys haven’t had…but like, you guys were rebuffed from the SCIF like two years ago and then last year you couldn’t get in there. Has that changed?”
Burchett: “A little bit. Yeah, but…”
Laslo: “Today was it AARO?”
Burchett: “There was some of those guys in there. Look, I just think…”
Laslo: “Have they changed their tune at all?”
Burchett: “A little. They’re more receptive, but I just don’t — I think they’re, they’re limited on — they send the people in there that are limited on what they know.”
Laslo: “Yeah?”
Burchett: “And that’s why they do it. That way they don’t have to lie to us.”
Laslo: “That feels on purpose?”
Burchett: “Oh, absolutely. 100%. 100%.”
Laslo: “Do you — does it seem from those briefers like they understand it’s a new day in Washington?”
Burchett: “Do what?”
Laslo: “Does it feel like a new day in Washington with Trump?”
Burchett: “Uh, yeah, but you know, Trump doesn’t know the questions to ask, and I think the intelligence people around him are going to try to buffalo him and lead him in a different direction.”
Laslo: “Yeah? And especially the underlings who you guys are dealing with?”
Burchett: “Absolutely. 100%.”
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