Who?
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
LISTEN: Laslo & Schumer
Ask a Pol asks:
Have you looked at any of these tranches of UFO files coming out of the Pentagon?
Key Schumer:
“We’re interested in making things public,” Sen. Chuck Schumer tells Ask a Pol. “You know that.”
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Caught our ear:
Do you take this effort by the White House seriously?
“Who knows,” Schumer tells us.
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Chuck Schumer (9-30-2026)
SCENE: As Chuck Schumer and his security detail head to his awaiting black SUV, Ask a Pol asks the Senate minority Leader about the Pentagon’s UFO files.
Matt Laslo: “Mr. Leader!”
Chuck Schumer: “Hi.”
ML: “Have you looked at any of these tranches of UFO files coming out of the Pentagon?”
CS: “We’re interested in making things public, you know that.”
ML: “But have you looked at ‘em? Do you take this effort seriously by the White House?”
CS: “Who knows?”
ML: “’Who knows?’”
Schumer and his security detail enter his awaiting black SUV.
ML: “Have a good October, sir.”
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