Who?
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Ask a Pol asks:
“What was your guys’ classified UAP briefing in January? You have it on your public schedule.”
Key Gillibrand:
“Umm. It wasn’t about UAP,” Gillibrand exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “It was in the context of that, but it was not about that. It was about broader…”
Response to SUBSCRIBER QUESTION of whether she’s ever met AARO’s interim director, Tim Phillips:
“I don’t think I have,” Gillibrand answers. “I’m going to meet with him. I’m gonna meet with him.”
Bonus Ask:
“Having fun secret meetings underground?”
Senator’s response:
“We do. They’re always fun.”
Check mated by the senator. Cheers!
FLASHBACK: Kirkpatrick classic, July 2023
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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
SCENE: Laslo’s in the Capitol’s dreary basement for an hour or so when Sen. Gillibrand appears, heading away from the Senate floor and towards the Senate SCIF; where Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) had just descended with an intelligence staffer carrying a sealed classified folder.
But Gillibrand doesn’t go down the stairs to the SCIF. She keeps walking — casually staffed by two younger gentleman — into the expansive Capitol Visitor’s Center (CVC), where the New Yorker is heading to a Dominican Republic event.
Matt Laslo: “Having fun secret meetings underground?”
Kirsten Gillibrand: “We do. They’re always fun.”
ML: “I just saw [Sen. Susan] Collins (R-ME) go down [to the SCIF].”
KG: “Oh, I’m just going to the Dominican Republic…”
ML: “Was curious, what was your guys’ classified UAP briefing in January? You have it on your public schedule.”
KG: “Umm. It wasn’t about UAP.”
