A federal judge says the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein, a mystery over why it took the FBI five years to catch a suspect in the DNC and RNC attack, gas prices are at their lowest level in four years, and more.
00:00:51.180A federal judge said the Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein.
00:01:04.020The Justice Department is stating that it can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell.
00:01:13.400That is according to a federal judge who decided on this this morning.
00:01:18.780A mystery over why it took the FBI five years to finally nab the suspect accused of planting pipe bombs right near the DNC and RNC.
00:01:27.400The suspect, Brian Cole Jr., lived with his mom just minutes outside D.C.
00:01:31.600His family says he's borderline autistic.
00:01:33.360And yet, our next guest points out he evaded President Biden's FBI despite footage of him on the phone less than a half mile from the scene the night of the crime and would ping him right there.
00:01:45.020If you're filling up your car on the way to work this morning, gas prices are at their lowest level in more than four years.
00:01:50.800Let's talk about what's happening in Ukraine as they prepare to present a revised peace plan to the White House after President Zelensky ruled out making any territorial concessions to Russia.
00:02:00.420No land for Russia. That is what President Zelensky has said overnight.
00:02:05.780In terms of that peace proposal that Ukraine could submit, no details yet.
00:02:11.900But we are understanding, at least from one wire news agency, the AFP, that we could get details as soon as today.
00:02:18.320If you don't share our values, contribute to our economy and assimilate into our society, then we don't want you in our country.
00:03:10.840Now, we here at Human Events, we've been working very hard on a number of pre-tapes for some stuff, a series that I'm going to be releasing.
00:03:19.100We're going to be releasing, teens very excited about for later this, you know, later this Christmas break that's going to be coming out.
00:03:29.660So we're working on those and I happen to see that my friend, Erica Kirk, someone who I talk to almost every day and see all the time, spent the whole weekend with at the galas, has gone on Fox News.
00:03:45.500And she's doing this, the media tour for Charlie's assassination and the fact or following Charlie's assassination because he can't do it himself.
00:03:55.140His book is out, it is number one on Amazon, and he can't go out there because three months ago today, Charlie was murdered by a gay communist furry who shot him on top of, from on top of the Losey building there at Utah Valley University.
00:04:19.100And Erica went on today and responded to a number of people who have come after her for a variety of things, saying that she was in on it, saying that she planned it, saying that she's profiting from it, saying that she and her team are involved in it.
00:04:38.060And she just went off, just totally went off.
00:05:11.500I want justice for my husband, for myself, for my family, more than anyone else out there.
00:05:17.300And look, I just have to say bravo to Erica, to someone who is a friend of mine, someone who has been a friend of mine for years, and someone who, gosh, I'm just going to say I can't even imagine.
00:05:31.680I can't even imagine what it's like to have to live through something like this, to be in public, to take the reins over a turning point.
00:05:42.900And then also to deal with just these fantasies, these absolute fantasies about herself and the team.
00:05:53.840And, you know, I look at some of those theories, too.
00:05:59.240And I say, well, if all of these guys were in on Charlie's assassination, why were they all standing in the line of fire?
00:06:34.580And it would be silly not to ask what was going on in those discords.
00:06:37.220And we here on the show have asked that question many, many times.
00:06:42.740But it's absurd completely to think that Erica might be involved in this or, again, that people who were standing in the line of fire were involved in the murder of their friend, their boss, and in Erica's case, her husband.
00:07:00.760Someone that she'll never see again or children will never see again.
00:08:11.600Now, here on this program, for those who remember that at 2.32 p.m. Eastern, we were live when all of this happened.
00:08:21.260And when I got the news initially of the incident, before we knew exactly what was going on.
00:08:26.520And during that live interview, when we got the news that Charlie had been shot and reached out to people, you know, the team that was on the ground to find out exactly what was going on.
00:08:37.920We were actually on the interview with Senator Ron Johnson.
00:08:41.680So it's only fitting that here on this three-month anniversary, Senator Johnson rejoins us on the program.
00:09:25.180And, you know, it was one of those ones.
00:09:27.000And I'll say as well, too, that whenever, you know, whenever we have an event going on on campus, it's not the first time that we got a report of an incident.
00:09:38.620Sometimes you get, you know, report of a shooting.
00:09:42.960And most of the time, it actually turns out that it's not true.
00:09:47.080And so one of the very first things that I wanted to do before we said anything publicly on air was just to verify the veracity of these reports that were coming in.
00:09:56.980And I was getting comments in the live stream and on Twitter from viewers, people saying, saying, you know, what had happened.
00:10:07.500And so we're still trying to really just verify everything before, you know, we put it out, because I was, you know, certainly hoping that, you know, that had been one of those that, you know, it was just, oh, you know, this was a false alarm or some, you know, some idiot had, you know, called in a threat, something like that.
00:10:25.680And for once, obviously, as we know, and found out, you know, pretty short, short order thereafter that it was not.
00:10:36.460And I realized that we hadn't had you on back since that took place to really just talk about what it meant, what Charlie meant, and how important it is that we continue his work and his mission.
00:10:49.760I think your first instinct actually was to pray and ask your audience to pray.
00:10:54.520I know after you signed off with me, you said the Lord's Prayer.
00:10:57.520And I think that's really, you know, the legacy of Charlie Kirk.
00:11:01.100I had a town hall shortly after and had a pastor from Wisconsin that basically chided me for calling Charlie Kirk a martyr.
00:11:09.320I mean, how can you deny that Charlie Kirk was a martyr?
00:11:12.840I mean, he gave, set the example in terms of how you engage in civil discourse.
00:11:18.680And he obviously was promoting freedom and the values that made this country great.
00:11:24.520I mean, he was, he died telling people that they need to embrace Jesus, that they need to embrace the ideas of loving your neighbor, loving your enemy.
00:11:38.880And he's had the impact of a martyr as well.
00:11:41.240When you see the growth in the turning point organizations around this country, high schools, colleges, you know, some of the resistance in some of these institutions to these things.
00:11:55.980But this is a movement that is growing after his death.
00:11:59.800That's the very definition of a martyr.
00:12:02.180Somebody whose impact on society even grows once they're no longer here on earth.
00:12:22.580I mean, the level of grace that she has shown in the aftermath of this tragedy just, again, speaks to the power of faith, but also speaks to the legacy of Charlie Kirk, that he would found such a strong partner in life.
00:12:39.840That he would carry on his evangelical mission after he was gone.
00:12:43.620So, no, it's, again, tragic, but out of that kind of tragic tragedy, we just see an awful lot of good because of who Charlie was.
00:12:53.740Well, and I remember in the immediate aftermath and, you know, I spent a day kind of being the face and hosted Charlie's show the day after and then flew out to Phoenix.
00:13:09.600And I'll never forget the amount of vigils, the amount of prayerfulness, the amount of worship that people threw themselves into and the gatherings and the fact that they were all self-organizing.
00:13:26.240And it always struck me that Charlie would have loved the fact that people were organizing themselves.
00:13:32.740There was no big, you know, text message campaign or, you know, the typical sort of political stuff that we do on the, you know, the grassroots side to get people organized or chase ballots or that type of thing.
00:13:45.860And this was, this was all just people getting up off the couch and saying, we are going to gather together.
00:13:52.080And I really do think that the only way you can speak about it is in spiritual terms, because everyone knew that they wanted to gather together, that they wanted to be with like-minded individuals and that they wanted to gather in prayer.
00:14:08.460And yet nobody told them that they had to, but they all felt that that's what they should do.
00:14:13.260And there's, you know, for, for, for the non-believers out there, there's something to that.
00:14:17.560You know, I think that's, I think that's a testament and I think that's a message that there is perhaps something, something greater than all of us that's, that's animating this world.
00:14:27.660Well, I'm often not the most uplifting character, because I'm talking about the dysfunction in Washington, D.C. and $38 trillion a year.
00:14:34.820But of course, what we witnessed in the aftermath of his assassination, I think basically gives me hope because the vast majority of people are good.
00:14:59.800We want to conduct ourselves in the light.
00:15:03.180And it's people like Charlie Kirk that help bring that out in us and, and, you know, help the rest of society see that that's where we should be.
00:15:22.960Again, that's, that's, Charlie Kirk was an extraordinary individual in, in history, not just in our time.
00:15:32.140Not just, I mean, what he accomplished in his short life, you know, the movement he created that is carrying on beyond it.
00:15:40.340This is something extraordinary, extraordinary, very few figures in history have, have done what he has done, attracted the kind of following he had, had as great an impact as he's had.
00:15:52.940And, and, and you see it, you know, we, we've had these events that have gone on ever since.
00:15:59.960And I certainly hope that we'll go back to Wisconsin.
00:16:03.120I, I'm a little bit privy to some of the operations up there and plans to expand the, uh, Wisconsin operations and plans for state chapters all really in all, maybe not all over the country,
00:16:16.000but in, in, in many parts of the country where, uh, not only are the, not only from the, I should say none of the student chapters and colleges and the club Americas in high schools, which are just expanding and, and really tripling, I think is the number that we're, we're starting to see, but also state action chapters where people can get involved, perhaps even on a more permanent basis, um, that we're just inspired, inspired by Charlie.
00:16:42.400And, you know, he's got the new book out, stop in the name of God.
00:16:45.440And, and, and, you know, I certainly hope that everybody picks up a copy.
00:16:47.900I got my copy and it's, it's one of the last messages that I think that he left us is for as busy as he was.
00:16:55.140And anyone who knew Charlie knew that this was a guy in a hurry and he was always running from one thing to another, traveling, like traveling more than I think president Trump, even in 2024, the only person that I think you could, uh, could make that claim.
00:17:08.300And yet he would still take every Saturday off.
00:17:10.460He would take every single Saturday off and say, I'm off my phone.
00:38:59.460And people are going to be hot about this.
00:39:01.440They're going to say, Erica went out and she's telling people, she's shutting people down.
00:39:06.480And here's what I thought was interesting, is that Erica actually said, if you find something, bring it to us and we'll give it to the legal team.
00:39:32.020And it's funny for me, too, because, not funny, but it's a strange situation, an odd situation when you find yourself in a position like this, which I never thought I'd be in, where this is a story that it's like I know all of the eyewitnesses in many cases.
00:39:48.980I work with these people, you know, they're people I've known for years, they're people that I trust with myself when I go out on campus and I've done events with many of the same team that were down there.
00:40:01.400And so it's so strange to me to all of a sudden have to, you know, turn around and realize that, oh, I can just go talk to them because they're the people that I know.
00:40:11.740It's not like another situation where you've got to, you know, try to track people down and build a relationship and cold call them.
00:40:17.100So it's like people want to talk to me.
00:40:19.600I've had as much information on this than I've, you know, as anyone would have on a certain investigation or a certain story in like, like we're not doing the true crime podcast thing around here.
00:40:38.660I've seen Erica in absolute tears, right?
00:40:41.960You know, we were there right when she ended that first speech that she gave and people did, people saw what they saw, the resolve on camera, camera went off.
00:41:03.500One of our best friends got murdered on live stream and it's something that never goes away.
00:41:09.120It's something that's completely raw, but you know what?
00:41:12.220I will say this to the people who are attacking Erica for the smile, the fact that she smiles publicly, the fact that she, you know, will go down and there's a picture of her like Cliff Maloney and she's smiling, take a picture with her friend.
00:42:17.820I mean, it was a, it was a unification event, a hundred percent.
00:42:20.740I mean, you saw unity from all the churches, all the schools, you know, we connected with state politicians, you know, federal politicians, those from our state government that came up and stepped up.
00:42:29.900And probably, no, there's no probably to it.
00:42:32.540The worst natural disaster Cock County has ever been through in our community has ever been through.
00:42:36.840And Jack, I like what you said about the smiling and the reaction right afterwards.
00:42:58.540And I know that you and Erica and Cliff answers more than anybody else and are opening up for evidence to be provided to you if there is anything out there.
00:43:10.720And in the same way here, we were open to solutions, whether that was working with churches, working with our enemies, working with people who had never lift a finger for us before.
00:43:19.420We didn't care as long as there was a solution at the end.
00:43:21.960And there was, there was collaboration.
00:43:37.400Like I, I broke down in tears when I found out the news and I sat there and watched in horror for hours afterwards and for days afterwards.
00:43:45.500But there comes a point with Erica that Charlie would want her to continue to lead this movement and to lead Turning Point USA.
00:43:53.320And to have figures from Turning Point USA help her carry on Charlie's legacy.
00:43:58.440And that doesn't mean being miserable.
00:44:00.200And there's always going to be a hole in her heart.
00:44:02.160She carries around tissues because she cries talking about Charlie.
00:44:05.700In the same way that I cry talking about the flooding here in my community.
00:44:09.420Like you, like you said, and the tragedy that we went through here, in recovering from tragedy and recovering from an event that affects you so deeply, you have to ensure and progress the people around you, ensure that you are lifting up the people that are around you because that's your duty.
00:44:26.160And Erica knows and she has stated that her duty is to carry on Charlie's legacy.
00:44:30.620My duty is to carry on Cock County's legacy and everybody that lives in my community.
00:44:36.080And I know that you and Erica, Cliff, and so many others, Andrew and so many others, are working to get answers, are working to recover and continue Charlie's legacy on.
00:44:46.660And that should not be portrayed or made fun of by progressive leftists that pretty much led to the murderer and the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
00:44:54.640I'm not going to allow that to happen.
00:44:56.160I'm going to stand up and say that you all are allowed to grieve.
00:45:07.760He didn't want there to be division after his assassination.
00:45:10.680He wants unity, and we're not honoring that legacy by continuing to divide.
00:45:16.660Yeah, and look, I'm going to say this right now.
00:45:19.580You know, this isn't about, and I'm not even trying to call out anyone specifically.
00:45:24.740It's just, guys, let's use common sense, and let's use common sense and actually follow the evidence.
00:45:29.760If you were one of the people who said that you believed that Derek Chauvin did not murder George Floyd in the face of incredible amounts of social pressure that was applied on all of us,
00:45:41.280Well, I said that right from the start because I watched the video, and I followed the evidence, and that's what the evidence stated.
00:45:47.980The evidence stated that Derek Chauvin did not murder George Floyd.
00:45:52.400The evidence showed that there were drugs involved.
00:45:55.140The evidence showed that Floyd had a heart tumor that was kept out of the trial,
00:45:59.200and the evidence showed that Derek Chauvin's hold position that he used was completely authorized by the Minneapolis Police Department.
00:46:07.120So, Kyle Rittenhouse, another great example.
00:46:10.100Nick Salmon, another great example of where people have said one thing, but the truth was completely something else.
00:46:18.460And so, in this case, I'm going to say it again, all right?
00:46:21.340Charlie Kirk was not murdered by his wife.
00:46:24.120He was not murdered by his own staffers.
00:46:26.340He was not murdered in the way that has been presented, other than to say that it was the gay communist on the roof who was banging a furry,
00:46:37.560who was up there with his grandfather's rifle, who shot Charlie Kirk.
00:46:42.080We all saw it on video, and then we saw the left celebrate.
00:46:45.040And if you think for a second that it's not those thousands and thousands of people who are the real threat to you,
00:46:52.500then you are not paying attention to what's going on.
00:46:56.780Kenny Cody, where can people go to follow you, brother?
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