Below find a slew of our interviews from this week with Congressional UAP Caucus members that usually wouldn’t make the cut, but that we’re posting cause we know you all are trying to find out source for our exclusive David Grusch in talks with UAP Caucus member about becoming congressional intel. aide
Who?
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) — Co-Chair Congressional UAP Caucus
*BONUS RAW EXCLUSIVES BELOW*
Reps. Anna Paulina Luna, Eric Burlison, Andy Ogles, Matt Gaetz & Nancy Mace
Ask a Pol asks:
Were you surprised to see former AARO Director Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick put at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee?
LISTEN: Laslo & Burchett (3-7-2024)
Key Burchett:
“I’m never surprised about anything up here,” Burchett tells Ask a Pol. “At Oak Ridge, they’re developing — they’re at the forefront of these small modular reactors.”
Caught our ear:
“Well, oddly enough, [my Chief of Staff] Michael and I met with the former head of Oak Ridge — I didn’t know it at the time but he was leaving — and we said, ‘Hey, there’s probably gonna be some research on UFOs,’ and he looked at us like we were aliens,” Burchett says.
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LISTEN: Laslo & Luna (3-7-2024)
ICYMI
*background for, “Well, you kinda blew up my feed…”
LISTEN: Laslo & Burlison (3-7-2024)*
*Juicy post: Rep. Burlison in talks with Speaker Johnson & Oversight Chair Comer for UAP subcommittee
LISTEN: Laslo & Ogles (3-7-2024)*
*Dud: on Thursday asked if he was part of group briefed on AARO report ahead of time; he was not
LISTEN: Laslo & Gaetz (3-7-2024)*
*Dud: ask if he knows about Grusch’s op-ed; “not something I’m familiar with”
LISTEN: Laslo & Mace*
*No news: interview focuses on House Intel Chair Mike Turner and Russia’s space program
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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
SCENE: Burchett and his chief of staff are strolling through the US Capitol ahead of the State of the Union address.
Matt Laslo: “You causing trouble?”
Tim Burchett: “Yes, I am!”
ML: “Hey, have you heard that David Grusch has an op-ed that he’s submitted for review that’s just sat there for a while?”
TB: “I think I heard that, I might have heard that.”
Burchett starts talking to a group of three Capitol Police officers standing outside the entrance to the floor of the US House of Representatives.
Burchett to officers: “Hello, man. Good to see ya. Appreciate you all.”
Officer: “What’s going on? Where’s your coat?”
ML: “That’s what I just said!”
TB: “It’s sunny out there, baby.”
Burchett and officers chat for a bit.
TB: “Alright, what you got, brother?”
ML: “But you know who the new — have you met with the new head of AARO yet?”
TB: “No, he’s in. Where is he, Michael, at? The old one [Sean Kirkpatrick] went to Oak Ridge.”
Chief of Staff, Michael: “The old one went there. I don’t know.”
ML: “Yeah, what do you think about that?”
TB: “Well, oddly enough, Michael and I met with the former head of Oak Ridge — I didn’t know it at the time but he was leaving — and we said, ‘Hey, there’s probably gonna be some research on UFOs,’ and he looked at us like we were aliens.”
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