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Friday, August 12, 2016
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Friday Factor Special: Election 2016
New Problems for Hillary Clinton
Guest: Tom Fitton
There were breaking developments today in the revelation that the Clinton Foundation and Hillary Clinton's State Department were working together closely over the years. Now we have learned that Cheryl Mills, a top aide to Hillary's State Department, traveled to New York in 2012 to interview job candidates for a big job at the Clinton Foundation. Critics say Mills had no business getting involved in the Foundation's work and that the two groups should have been totally separate.

Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch, reported that Mills, Clinton's chief of staff, went to New York to volunteer for Clinton Foundation, even though Hillary promised to keep State Department business separate from the Foundation. It calls into question, according to Fitton, why the Justice Department hasn't pursued an investigation.

Bolling questioned whether this was just ethically wrong or actually illegal. Fitton replied that he's not sure whether it rises to a criminality, but you need to investigate to find out.
Reaction to News on Clinton's Emails
Guest: David Goodfriend
Clinton surrogate David Goodfriend reacted to our interview with Tom Fitton and talked about what kind of effect these stories have on voters.

Goodfriend reacted to Giuliani claiming there was enough evidence for a racketeering investigation by saying: "Giuliani is very consistent in that when he was a prosecutor, he really raised the accusation, the indictment, as the main event."

Bolling pressed Goodfriend on whether this cozy relationship between the State Departmnt and the Clinton Foundation raised any red flags. Goodfriend declared Republicans in the same office who had family foundations of their own were in similar situations, so he asked, why is Hillary held to a different standard?

Goodfriend went on to say both campaigns are focusing on the character of the opposing candidates, but polls show voters aren't buying what the Trump campaign is putting out about Mrs. Clinton.

Bolling concluded the "Clinton influence" is the reason she's not being thoroughly investigated.
Battle Ground Faceoff
Guests: Kirstin Soltis Anderson & Jessica Tarlov
Donald Trump is facing falling poll numbers in some critical swing states. A new Wall Street Journal poll shows Mr. Trump trailing Hillary in Colorado, Virginia, and Florida.

Kirsten, a GOP pollster, said the #1 thing Trump needs to do is address concerns about his temperament. Even voters who don't like or trust Hillary are seeing her as less of a risk than the Republican nominee.

Bolling pointed out that 20 days ago, Trump was leading.

Jessica, a Democratic pollster, answered that all of the major Democrats came out to speak for her at the convention and that gave Clinton a bump. On the flip side, Trump has made avoidable mistakes.

Kirsten strategized that Trump needs to focus on states like Ohio and Florida and figure out how to get to the magic number of 270.
GOP vs Donald Trump
Guests: Former Rep. Jack Kingston & Rina Shah
The establishment GOP is facing off against Donald Trump. Trump has contended he's funding the Republican Party. Who needs whom more?

Rina, a GOP strategist, explained why she signed a letter denouncing Trump. She purported to have deep concerns about Trump, including that he's not a true conservative and can't beat Hillary.

Kingston, who is advising the Trump campaign, said it's no surprise the establishment is rejecting the GOP nominee because he doesn't embrace the establishment. In response to Rina, he's insisted Trump is the most conservative candidate up for election in November, so true conservatives need to be supporting him.

Bolling asked Rina how she reconciled rejecting Trump when his economic policies are so vastly different from those of Clinton.

Rina wasn't convinced, calling Trump's plan a "touch" more conservative and accusing Trump of ignoring the plight of the middle class.

Rina also said her biggest concern is that Trump is endangering the Republican majority in the House and Senate, but Bolling interjected that a lot of the money Trump has raised is going down ballot.

Kingston maintained the campaign is fully integrated with the RNC.
Can Trump Get a Fair Shake from Media?
Guest: Tim Graham
Can Donald Trump ever get a fair shake from the mainstream media? The Media Research Center has been documenting the pattern of bias in the campaign coverage.

Graham stated that the media is beating up on Trump over the Second Amendment comment, but ignoring the story of the Orlando shooter's father showing up at a Clinton rally. He said the bias is so blatant that "it's comical."

Bolling recited another disturbing factoid: the networks gave double the coverage to the Trump Tower climber as they did to the latest on the Clinton email scandal.
Trump Blasts Obama on ISIS
Guest: Herman Cain
Donald Trump is now saying he was being (kind of) sarcastic when he called President Obama the founder of ISIS.

Trump supporter Herman Cain, a former presidential candidate, defended Trump, saying he sometimes uses "edgy metaphors." He clarified that ISIS didn't exist when President Obama took office, so factually he is the one who stimulated the rise of ISIS.

Bolling agreed with Trump's general point that Obama hasn't done enough to stop the growth of ISIS is accurate, but wondered why the nominee keeps running into trouble with his word choices.

Cain believes the liberal media often puts words in Trump's mouth and creates a furor. He said there are two presidential races going on - the one on the ground is very different than the picture the press is painting.
Blacklisted in Hollywood?
Guest: Antonio Sabato
Actor Antonio Sabato says he's been blacklisted in Hollywood after coming out as a conservative who supports Donald Trump.

He also created controversy by saying President Obama is not a Christian. Bolling called that a pretty provocative comment and guessed it may have something to do with why Sabato can't get work.

The actor explained he had two projects lined up after the RNC, and all of a sudden those projects are out.

Bolling wasn't surprised to learn this information, pointing out Hollywood has been cozy with the Clintons for decades.