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the group of committing... "torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings". and then came the war. when putin wanted to give his invasion of ukraine impetus, prigozhin and his fighters were called in. but as wagner's death toll grew, so did prigozhin's fury. expressed first in video rants. and then in a short—lived mutiny. in the aftermath, putin condemned the "the mutineers and traitors". but for prigozhin, charges were dropped, no arrest followed. and we asked why wasn't putin punishing prigozhin? perhaps he was biding his time. earlier i asked us congressman raja krishnamoorthi of illinois, who sits on the permanent select committee on intelligence in the house of representatives, for his take. always great to have you on our show. you sit on the house intelligence committee. what have you heard about this news? as of now i know it's in published reports, namely that
when putin wanted to give his invasion of ukraine impetus, prigozhin and his fighters were called in. but as wagner's death toll grew, so did prigozhin�*s fury. expressed first in video rants. and then in a short—lived mutiny. in the aftermath, putin condemned the "the mutineers and traitors". but for prigozhin, charges were dropped, no arrest followed. and we asked why wasn't putin punishing prigozhin? perhaps he was biding his time. for more on this i have been speaking to the founder and president of the political risk consultant of the political risk consultants, a lot of people have been assassinated for taking farm more minor steps against the kremlin and against britain personally. kremlin and against britain personally-— personally. the fact that goshen _ personally. the fact that goshen was _ personally. the fact that goshen was allowed - personally. the fact that goshen was allowed to l personally. the fact that. goshen was allowed to walk personally. the fact that - goshen was allowed to walk away free after being called a
of that time, he's said "a group "of patriots was born", which later acquired the name wagner battalion. and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro—government forces. more recently there are multiple reports of wagner's military and commercial activity in africa. with the eu accusing the group of committing... "torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary "executions and killings." and then came the war. when putin wanted to give his invasion of ukraine impetus, prigozhin and his fighters were called in. but as wagner's death toll grew, so did prigozhin's fury. expressed first in video rants. and then in a short—lived mutiny. in the aftermath, putin condemned the "the mutineers and traitors." but for prigozhin, charges were dropped, no arrest followed. and we asked, why wasn't putin punishing prigozhin?
the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro—government forces. more recently, there are multiple reports of wagner's military and commercial activity in africa with the eu accusing the group of committing torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings. and then came the war. when putin wanted to give his invasion of ukraine impetus, prigozhin and his fighters were called in. but, as wagner's death toll grew, so did prigozhin�*s fury. expressed first in video rants and then in a short—lived mutiny. in the aftermath, putin condemned the mutineers as traitors. but for prigozhin, charges were dropped, no arrest followed. we asked, why wasn't putin punishing prigozhin? perhaps he was biding his time.
in 2014, russia annexed crimea and launched an insurgency in eastern ukraine. prigozhin was involved. at that time he said... and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro—government forces. more recently, there are multiple reports of wagner's military and commercial activity in africa with the eu accusing the group of committing torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings. and then came the war. when putin wanted to give his invasion of ukraine impetus, prigozhin and his fighters were called in. but, as wagner's death toll grew, so did prigozhin�*s fury. expressed first in video rants and then in a short—lived mutiny. in the aftermath, putin condemned the mutineers as traitors.
when putin wanted to give his invasion of ukraine impetus, prigozhin and his fighters were called in. but as wagner's death toll grew, so did prigozhin�*s fury. expressed first in video rants. and then in a short—lived mutiny. in the aftermath, putin condemned the "the mutineers and traitors". but for prigozhin, charges were dropped, no arrest followed. and we asked why wasn't putin punishing prigozhin? perhaps he was biding his time. i'm joined now by ian bremmer, founder and president of the political risk consultants, eurasia group. thank you forjoining us. i want to get right to the question of your reaction. he had set up to that mutiny attempt that yevgeny prigozhin was a dead man walking. i guess you're not terribly surprised by hearing this. tell us a
of patriots was born", which later acquired the name wagner battalion. and soon the wagner group reached far beyond ukraine. the fbi accused prigozhin of interfering in the 2016 us election. in syria, wagner fighters supported pro—government forces. more recently there are multiple reports of wagner's military and commercial activity in africa. with the eu accusing the group of committing... "torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings". and then came the war. when putin wanted to give his invasion of ukraine impetus, prigozhin and his fighters were called in. but as wagner's death toll grew, so did prigozhin�*s fury. expressed first in video rants. and then in a short—lived mutiny. in the aftermath, putin condemned the "the mutineers and traitors". but for prigozhin, charges were dropped, no arrest followed. and we asked why wasn't putin punishing prigozhin? perhaps he was biding his time.
others restricting immigration, building the wall, and increasing border security. all based on the lie that a mass invasion of dangerous criminals was under way. >> people hate the word invasion but that's what it is. it's an invasion of drugs and criminals and people. we have no idea who they are. >> build that wall! build that wall! >> trump followers were being fed conspiracy theories by the president on tv, radio, and online. >> the migrant caravans, yeah, i completely believe they're staged. with all my heart i do. there is too much evidence. >> ashli babbitt would post video rants about problems on the southern border. >> i live about 15 minutes from the tijuana border so this is something i take personally. because i can see the effects. they are still trying to paint this migrant caravan as full of women and children because that's what the media is pushing, but let me tell you right now the border is an absolute -- show.
toward hate crime when you look at his video rants that have a racial tint to it. sort of rails against whites, against jews, against all kinds of different people. and i'm told there are literally hundreds of these videos on youtube and maybe other media platforms. that's one possibility. transit system does not really invoke federal jurisdiction. could be a use of a weapon of mass destruction with the smoke bombs. that may be defined under the federal system as a weapon of mass destruction. i'm having trouble thinking of other federal charges here, just mass shootings, per se, don't invoke federal jurisdiction. so at least for the time being i'm leaning toward, might even be an act of terrorism. might be a terrorism statute involved, because he has a political ideology, clearly an ideology, clearly trying to intimidate the general public
all based on the lie that a mass invasion of dangerous criminals was under way. >> people hate the word invasion but that's what it is. it's an invasion of drugs and criminals and people. we have no idea who they are. >> build that wall! build that wall! >> trump followers were being fed conspiracy theories by the president on tv, radio, and online. >> the migrant caravans, yeah, i completely believe they're staged. with all my heart i do. there is too much evidence. >> ashli babbitt would post video rants about problems on the southern border. >> i live about 15 minutes from the tijuana border so this is something i take personally. because i can see the effects. they are trying to paint the migrant caravan as full of women and children. but let me tell you now, the border is an absolute shitshow. >> i believe that donald trump is the only president we have ever had in office that actually