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00:00:30.000 My gosh, Stu.

00:00:31.820 Was this your show of shows?

00:00:34.780 You know, top three of all time.

00:00:39.440 Of all time?

00:00:41.060 What was it that made this Monday show spectacular?

00:00:44.620 Well, it was better than our fourth best show ever, but not as good as our second best show.

00:00:48.600 Was it the naked models that were on? 0.98

00:00:49.940 Yes, and you looked great, by the way.

00:00:51.360 Thank you.

00:00:52.840 No, I'm trying to get people to listen to them.

00:00:54.000 Oh, yes.

00:00:55.780 And I was nowhere near a camera.

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00:01:11.400 Beautiful, beautiful manly woman. 1.00

00:01:13.760 Anyway, we have a lot we cover on today's program.

00:01:16.520 You don't want to miss it.

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00:01:21.500 The day may come when you and your family have to defend yourself.

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00:01:29.780 It's your right as an American to defend yourself.

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00:01:40.180 I'm one of the most pro-Second Amendment people you'll meet.

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00:02:48.420 The whistleblowers are so critical right now, and whistleblowers are being suspended.

00:03:00.660 The whistleblower for Catherine Arridge, which is crazy.

00:03:06.660 In case you don't know who she is, she is a national security reporter.

00:03:11.280 She was, she's reported for, I think, ABC.

00:03:16.640 She was on CBS, maybe NBC.

00:03:19.260 She was on Fox.

00:03:20.740 She's a very big deal.

00:03:23.440 She was arrested and held in contempt because she won't reveal her sources.

00:03:29.740 What, what did, what, what were her sources?

00:03:33.280 What, what did they whistleblow on?

00:03:35.440 They whistleblowed on the, um, the Chinese in bed with our universities, uh, and the government. 0.91

00:03:46.980 Why does the government need to know who that whistleblower is? 0.87

00:03:50.260 It's like they're trying to find the rat.

00:03:52.160 So, CBS fired her and then took all of her confidential files.

00:04:00.080 She later got them back.

00:04:02.740 We don't know if they broke her codes or what.

00:04:06.560 I'm sure they could have easily.

00:04:08.540 Um, but now they're demanding that she, uh, reveals her source.

00:04:14.920 No, no, no, no, no, no.

00:04:19.080 They're going after all of these whistleblowers and the FBI is no different.

00:04:22.780 In fact, there's a group called the suspendables.

00:04:25.160 Have you heard that?

00:04:26.360 The suspendables.

00:04:28.240 Um, these are people that are very, very qualified and, uh, very patriotic and have said,

00:04:36.260 we're violating the constitution like crazy here and I won't do it.

00:04:40.880 And they've, they've been blowing the whistle.

00:04:42.760 Steve friend is now an opinion writer, author, former state and federal law enforcement officer,

00:04:48.280 more than a decade of experience.

00:04:50.480 He worked as first a patrolman, then narcotics, uh, agent in Georgia.

00:04:55.880 Then he, uh, joined the FBI.

00:04:58.780 He's one of these, you know, boy scout guys.

00:05:01.680 Um, and then he blew the whistle and we have him on the phone with us now.

00:05:07.420 Hi, Steve.

00:05:08.860 Good morning, Glenn.

00:05:09.900 Thanks for having me.

00:05:10.940 Uh, thanks for being on.

00:05:12.420 And you were on with me on Friday.

00:05:14.060 I did a special, uh, uh, broadcast on Friday after Steve went to, uh, to jail.

00:05:20.240 Our, our, um, uh, our reporter here that was arrested unbelievably, uh, for doing his job.

00:05:28.580 And how do you think Steve, the FBI agents felt doing that?

00:05:34.800 Steve said they were very, very polite, but they were the ones here.

00:05:38.600 You know, I'm, I'm, I'm very disturbed by the fact that this is not just a problem at the

00:05:45.420 very tippy top of the pyramid is a problem down all the way to the very bottom level.

00:05:51.120 And there's an institutional problem in the FBI because they can make your responsibilities so

00:05:56.220 granular and so small.

00:05:57.940 And a lot of people are just unwilling or unable to take a step back and look at the full mosaic

00:06:02.620 of what they are part of.

00:06:03.940 And they just follow orders.

00:06:05.440 But it's very important to note that all FBI employees go to the Holocaust Memorial Museum

00:06:11.040 and the MLK Memorial Museum as a part of training.

00:06:14.060 And you learn there about the banality of evil.

00:06:16.560 And you learn that it's incumbent on you.

00:06:18.200 It's actually your job to throw the flag if you think we're off the rail.

00:06:21.840 So then why are they going after these guys if that's part of the training?

00:06:28.980 Well, I think it's a pretty sweet gig to be in the FBI.

00:06:32.060 They, they definitely make that, uh, no, no secret about that fact.

00:06:35.200 You know, you have the opportunity, FBI, once you are five years in spirit agent, you have

00:06:40.060 26 paid days off a year, 13 sick days, 11 federal holidays, three paid hours a week to

00:06:45.660 work on your mental wellness, three paid hours a week to work on your physical fitness.

00:06:49.320 And you're making about $135,000 a year.

00:06:53.220 And that is presented to you almost immediately.

00:06:55.800 When I came forward with my concerns about what I saw, I was told, look, Steve, you're

00:07:01.940 risking your entire career.

00:07:03.340 And that was put to me, I was put for a decision for all my chips within 30 to 45 seconds of

00:07:09.100 expressing my first concerns.

00:07:11.220 And to me and to other suspendables, we're system idealists.

00:07:15.480 We're not system disruptors.

00:07:16.760 We joined the FBI to follow the constitution, follow the law, the system disruptors are

00:07:21.460 the criminals, but we all saw what's going on with the Bureau right now.

00:07:25.320 And they are in fact, the system disruptors who are departing from their prime directive,

00:07:30.480 which should be to protect the American people from risk of fraud and force.

00:07:34.900 Tell me about Garrett O'Boyle.

00:07:38.100 Garrett O'Boyle is a good personal friend of mine.

00:07:41.220 He and I testified last May in front of the weaponization committee.

00:07:43.960 He's a indefinitely suspended, unpaid FBI agent right now.

00:07:48.360 He came forward with protected whistleblower disclosures and the FBI facilitated his transfer

00:07:54.500 from Kansas to Virginia and then intercepted him mid-transfer, took possession of his household

00:08:00.080 goods, left him without pay, left him homeless in the middle of the winter when he couldn't

00:08:05.480 have clothing for his children, four small girls.

00:08:08.240 And they did that as retaliation for him coming to Congress with his concerns about what he

00:08:13.820 was seeing about risks to parents at school board meetings.

00:08:17.800 And as a result of that, he's continued to fight.

00:08:20.060 He's been unpaid for over a year and a half now.

00:08:23.020 And that's why when we leaned into this title of the suspendables, Garrett just started making

00:08:28.680 lapel pins and T-shirts.

00:08:30.140 And he's using that as basically a form of income to support his family.

00:08:35.540 I find this incredible.

00:08:36.980 Tell me about how they just took his, they moved him, transferred him, and then took all

00:08:42.320 of his stuff.

00:08:44.680 And another whistleblower has come forward with more details about this.

00:08:48.500 The allegation was made that he went to the media with his concerns.

00:08:52.200 He did not.

00:08:52.920 We actually have a signed affidavit from the individual who did go to the media with those

00:08:56.520 concerns.

00:08:56.840 And Garrett went to Congress, as is his right to do as an employee under 5 USC 2303, did

00:09:03.140 it the right way, just like a suspendable, the right way at the right time for the right

00:09:07.180 reasons.

00:09:08.120 And the FBI found out about it, made the allegation, and then also facilitated his transfer, even

00:09:13.740 though he was, quote, unquote, under investigation, which is outside of policy.

00:09:17.200 And because he was transferring, he'd sold his house.

00:09:19.640 He arrived on day one.

00:09:21.080 They took his gun and his badge and his credentials.

00:09:23.860 And as a result of that, he couldn't close on a new house.

00:09:26.380 So he was left homeless and his household goods were being transferred.

00:09:31.160 He had to pay somewhere in the area of between 30 and $40,000 to get his own possessions back

00:09:35.600 from the FBI.

00:09:37.920 Jeez.

00:09:38.860 And they knew this before they transferred him.

00:09:41.580 I mean, they should have, if they were going to fire him, fire him where he was.

00:09:46.740 They not only knew Glenn, they allowed him to go to training where he was getting classified

00:09:51.940 material.

00:09:52.460 And if you were under investigation, having your security clearance reviewed, you would

00:09:56.680 think that the FBI would not allow you to have access to that information.

00:10:00.000 But they did.

00:10:01.060 And this other whistleblower has come forward.

00:10:02.880 And in some pretty colorful language, it was expressed over at the Human Resources Division,

00:10:06.660 the security office or the FBI.

00:10:08.140 They said that they were going to F him over.

00:10:10.360 And that was the intent.

00:10:12.280 And that individual who uttered that has since moved on and worked for BDO Seedman.

00:10:19.020 So he has been now, this is 18 months later, he's still not being paid.

00:10:25.260 And because they said that he went to the media, which you say he didn't, and you have a sworn

00:10:31.580 affidavit of somebody who did, what happened to that guy that did go to the media?

00:10:35.700 This individual is one of the anonymous members of our suspendables.

00:10:42.400 And the allegation was that Garrett had gone to Project Veritas.

00:10:46.000 And that's just not the case.

00:10:49.020 The same information was presented because this is information that a lot of us saw across

00:10:53.320 the board.

00:10:53.780 It was directives issued from Carlton people within the FBI to use counterterrorism resources

00:11:00.700 to surveil and conduct assessments and investigations of parents at school board meetings as domestic

00:11:05.420 terrorists. 0.53

00:11:06.640 And Carlton people was elevated after doing that.

00:11:08.980 And he now runs the FBI Birmingham office.

00:11:13.980 So I just wanted people to know about Garrett, because I remember reading this story about

00:11:20.320 18 months ago and thinking, this is insane what's happening.

00:11:24.640 Is anybody really fighting this?

00:11:27.580 Who is standing up to the FBI on his behalf and on, you know, all of your guys' behalf?

00:11:35.260 Well, Garrett has some legal representation, but the process for him is just long and slow.

00:11:41.460 The allegations of retaliation are going to take years to adjudicate, but he's committed

00:11:46.500 to that because he wants to do things the right way.

00:11:49.700 All of us have sort of formed this coalition of individuals.

00:11:53.360 We call ourselves the suspendables.

00:11:54.720 It was on a lark.

00:11:55.400 We said, you know, we're kind of like the expendables.

00:11:58.720 We had a unique set of skills, but we're also suspended FBI agents.

00:12:02.940 And we've just continued to try to reach everywhere we can.

00:12:07.440 We're sort of in an era right now of not broadcasting, but narrow casting.

00:12:10.740 There's just so many audiences out there who don't know stories like Garrett's and the

00:12:15.580 information that we all brought forward.

00:12:16.960 So we've reached out to audiences like yours, Glenn, and thank you so much for helping us on

00:12:21.960 this, and Garrett and I have a podcast, American Radicals podcast, where we talk about this.

00:12:28.200 Garrett writes a substact called Last Line, which is sort of a reference to being the last

00:12:34.420 line for law enforcement.

00:12:36.740 And we just keep trying to hammer the message about government weaponization because none

00:12:41.300 of us got into this for personal enrichment or acclaim.

00:12:45.700 We just wanted to do the right thing at the right time for the right reasons.

00:12:49.980 And as a result of that, we've all sort of suffered consequences, none worse than Garrett,

00:12:54.940 who's a man of honor.

00:12:57.000 Must have been quite shocking to you when you first blew the whistle.

00:13:01.260 You had to have believed that, you know, when the rank and file, when everybody figures out

00:13:05.860 what's going on, they'll stand up.

00:13:08.580 And it must be quite disappointing to see, no, uh-uh.

00:13:15.360 It's incredibly disheartening.

00:13:17.160 You know, I told you one of the times before we talked that I had sort of expected the Captain

00:13:21.060 America end game moment where I would hear on my left and look over and see 14,000 agents,

00:13:27.380 38,000 employees stepping forward and actually truly honoring their oath of office.

00:13:32.260 But too many of them are content to just follow orders.

00:13:36.100 And it was very specifically told to me when I came forward.

00:13:38.940 I said, Steve, your job, your duty is to do your duty to the FBI, not respect the Constitution.

00:13:45.940 And I think too many people have bought into that and say and justify what they're doing.

00:13:51.480 And then they also have obligations.

00:13:53.460 They say, I have a mortgage, alimony.

00:13:56.080 I got to feed my kids.

00:13:57.340 And my response to them is that's insufficient.

00:13:59.240 You took a position of public trust.

00:14:01.020 You swore an oath.

00:14:02.180 And I would rather have hungry children than morally bankrupt ones.

00:14:05.140 It's our job to raise a standard very much.

00:14:07.680 Yeah, I mean, I don't take an oath at my job.

00:14:12.220 The 7-Eleven guy doesn't take an oath at his job.

00:14:15.800 You take an oath.

00:14:17.740 Does that not mean anything to people?

00:14:20.140 Apparently not.

00:14:21.920 I want you to go to the suspendables.com.

00:14:25.540 The suspendables.com.

00:14:28.080 This is the way Garrett O'Boyle is.

00:14:30.460 The dash suspendables.

00:14:32.040 Oh, the dash suspendables.

00:14:34.820 You'll get a hockey website otherwise, Glenn.

00:14:37.720 Okay.

00:14:39.140 The dash suspendables.com.

00:14:43.000 The dash suspendables.com.

00:14:45.820 And get your pin or your T-shirt and support these guys who are whistleblowers.

00:14:50.420 Especially Garrett and his family.

00:14:53.180 He has four small girls.

00:14:54.440 He's had to completely start over.

00:14:57.180 Not easy.

00:14:58.400 Not easy.

00:14:59.340 The dash suspendables.com.

00:15:02.300 Thank you so much.

00:15:03.400 Thanks, brother.

00:15:04.340 God bless.

00:15:04.840 You bet.

00:15:05.260 Bye-bye.

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00:16:03.120 Now back to the podcast.

00:16:05.700 This is the best of the Glenn Beck Program.

00:16:09.820 Steve Baker is with us.

00:16:11.280 He's the investigative journalist for The Blaze.

00:16:13.200 He's a Blaze Media correspondent.

00:16:15.420 He is in today with his attorney because on Friday, he was arrested by the FBI.

00:16:20.140 If you happen to miss that podcast, it's kind of a don't miss.

00:16:23.260 It's Friday's podcast.

00:16:24.940 James Lee Bright is his attorney.

00:16:27.140 And he is with us now.

00:16:30.260 Welcome back.

00:16:30.960 Hey, it's good to be back, Glenn.

00:16:32.620 So I heard you say the very first thing out.

00:16:37.380 Asked how do you feel.

00:16:39.780 And you said humiliated.

00:16:41.560 Right.

00:16:41.820 I thought I was mentally and emotionally prepared for this because I've followed too many of these cases to not have been.

00:16:51.460 I've seen too many of these guys, even misdemeanor defendants, even misdemeanor independent journalists marched before a magistrate in leg chains and the orange jumpsuit.

00:17:01.360 So I thought I was ready for it until they put the leg chains on.

00:17:04.700 And I mean, I've never even been fingerprinted for anything in my life.

00:17:10.580 And actually, in the moment that it was happening, it was overwhelming.

00:17:17.860 And then on top of being chained at your waist and your legs, then they put you in a cage with a meth dealer.

00:17:27.940 And of course, Lee can speak to this better than I can.

00:17:37.140 But the process of putting a nonviolent misdemeanor defendant who has been utterly and totally cooperative since the very first phone call from the FBI over two and a half years ago.

00:17:51.620 So it could have been just an order to appear.

00:17:57.100 I could have walked in with Lee, both of us with our jackets and ties on.

00:18:00.800 We could have sat in the gallery.

00:18:03.060 They call us up.

00:18:04.320 We stand before just as they did for a felony defendant that day.

00:18:08.500 But I'm guarded by U.S. 0.90

00:18:12.680 Marshals with leg chains on.

00:18:15.120 So how many misdemeanors, Lee, have you have you done where they're in leg chains?

00:18:22.920 How many times do you see that?

00:18:24.620 In a case like this, almost never.

00:18:26.120 I've got clients right now that are charged with felony drug cases that we are negotiating with the DOJ for voluntary turn-ins.

00:18:37.360 There's an active warrant on one that I was speaking with this morning.

00:18:41.200 And the DOJ is working with us to do a voluntary turn-in to a magistrate.

00:18:45.360 We'll do a same-day hearing.

00:18:46.840 She'll process through pretrial services and be out. 0.69

00:18:49.100 No leg chains, nothing.

00:18:50.940 This was determined by the DOJ in Washington.

00:18:53.240 They had us turn Steve into the FBI at their headquarters, 7 a.m., walked him through, processed him, put him in leg chains and a waist chain, handcuffs to his waist, and then took him directly to the marshals down at the Cabell Building here in Dallas.

00:19:07.740 Yeah, I don't remember anybody in leg chains and irons for BLM setting cities on fire.

00:19:14.720 No.

00:19:15.140 In fact, most of those were just catch and release if they bothered to catch at all.

00:19:18.880 In fact, most of them had their cases dismissed, and then many of them have been awarded cash payouts from the government because they were unfairly arrested or prosecuted because, obviously, we had to understand what their frustrations and what made them burn a building down.

00:19:41.380 So I was really encouraged by the op-ed that came out from Jonathan Turley this weekend.

00:19:50.940 He makes the point that you might be an activist journalism or a journalist activist, whatever this new thing is that they're doing, because you have an opinion.

00:20:07.260 And Stu and Stu and I were talking about it earlier this morning, yes, you have an opinion, I have an opinion, but that doesn't mean that you are finding the story you want to find.

00:20:21.460 You can still have an opinion on things, but as long as you're honest enough to say, I'm going in and I don't know what's going to happen, I have an idea what could happen, but I'm going to tell the truth no matter which side it falls on.

00:20:38.420 Is that who you are?

00:20:39.740 Well, see, that's the thing that, obviously, not only the charging documents themselves, because the charging documents are what they call the statement of facts.

00:20:47.840 They are, in fact, specifically put together for the purpose of constructing a narrative for prosecution out of context comments.

00:20:57.820 More importantly, and this is the key, Glenn, look, I'll tell you what, let me let NBC, the court reporter, the guy who does every one of the cases, J6 cases for NBC, he's there every day.

00:21:13.020 His name's Ryan Riley, and he tweeted out yesterday.

00:21:16.120 He said if it wasn't for Steve's language on January 6th before he entered the Capitol, and then after that evening, this case almost certainly wouldn't have been brought.

00:21:30.400 Okay, so that's, wow, that's interesting here in America.

00:21:34.240 Let me go through the actual charges, and let's take them one by one.

00:21:38.840 Absolutely.

00:21:39.040 Can we do that?

00:21:39.500 So here are the charges.

00:21:41.020 You want me to read them?

00:21:41.660 Yes, please.

00:21:42.060 Okay, so these are the charges listed in the criminal complaint.

00:21:46.500 That's not the formal filing of the charge.

00:21:49.780 That would be either an information and misdemeanors or an indictment on felonies.

00:21:53.340 But this is the criminal complaint that issued the arrest warrant with the supporting affidavit and statement of facts contained.

00:21:59.960 And Steve's right.

00:22:00.800 It is written with the intent to create a language narrative.

00:22:05.400 There's no question.

00:22:06.160 So of the four charges that Steve's been charged with, 18 U.S.C. 752A1, that's knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority.

00:22:17.880 That's the one that carries up to a one-year-in-jail penalty, minimum of six months.

00:22:21.980 18 U.S.C. 1752A2, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or ground, 40 U.S.C. 5104E2D, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and then 40 U.S.C. 5104E2G, parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.

00:22:45.320 Okay, so the, I don't know, I'm sure you know this now, I don't know when you found out, but the Speaker of the House released 5,000 hours of videotape, much of it centering around you, and showing that you weren't parading or picketing or being disorderly at all.

00:23:08.160 Ever.

00:23:08.980 Ever.

00:23:09.520 Not at all.

00:23:10.360 So, how do they make that charge?

00:23:13.140 That's going to be fascinating to see.

00:23:14.640 Well, you know, this is, and again, I don't want to get into being the legal expert or even trying.

00:23:23.900 I mean, I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but the point being is, is that they always, because I've followed so many of these trials, they always overcharge.

00:23:34.020 But that's not just J6.

00:23:35.260 That's just, that's DOJs.

00:23:36.940 And that's to scare you into a quick plea deal.

00:23:40.000 Correct.

00:23:40.220 They get their, you know, their notch in their belt and their points towards whatever their next, you know, career advancement goals are.

00:23:48.100 And that's essentially what's happening here.

00:23:51.420 Technically, yes, I went in the building.

00:23:55.200 Okay.

00:23:55.440 So, if that is a crime, then it is a crime.

00:23:58.700 But charges.

00:23:59.780 Hang on.

00:24:00.140 If that's a crime, then the crime has to be punished equally.

00:24:05.960 So, the New York Times, the Washington Post, every single journalist would have to be charged with that crime.

00:24:12.160 Right?

00:24:12.220 I mean, I think we've, I think Steve and I were talking earlier, and I think we've estimated that roughly 60 journalists went into the rotunda, went into the Capitol building on that day.

00:24:23.780 Six to seven have been charged now out of 60, rough.

00:24:28.460 All of those have been right of center media.

00:24:32.120 All of them.

00:24:32.800 So, you, you are being made, let me see if I can find it, from NBC. 0.98

00:24:41.140 You're made into a total clown by NBC. 0.96

00:24:45.320 The same guy whose tweet I just read, by the way. 0.98

00:24:47.340 Correct.

00:24:47.700 And he says that you are just a, you're in a cover band.

00:24:56.380 You weren't a journalist at the time.

00:24:59.140 I don't know who defines journalists now.

00:25:02.120 He refused to call me a journalist.

00:25:04.440 Instead, he said, now I'm a writer for the Blaze website.

00:25:09.340 That was his only way of getting around, having to acquiesce to what I was doing that day.

00:25:16.260 I got, I apologize.

00:25:17.800 I got to know Ryan a little bit when we were in trial back in the fall of 22 for three months for the Oath Keepers trial.

00:25:24.060 Yeah.

00:25:24.760 I always found him to be a really reasonable fellow.

00:25:27.100 I like some of his work, but I agree.

00:25:29.740 The article that he wrote regarding Steve.

00:25:33.120 It's a hatchet job.

00:25:34.200 It was, and it was petty.

00:25:36.600 It was completely unnecessary.

00:25:38.120 I thought it was really poor reporting, and it was done not unlike the complaint, not unlike what we see when we're talking language.

00:25:44.520 It was done to establish a narrative solely to disparage Steve.

00:25:50.300 So how do you, first of all, how do you combat the journalist thing?

00:25:57.220 With him going in, that's a six-month sentence.

00:26:00.680 Could be.

00:26:01.620 And he has said, well, yes, technically I did.

00:26:05.100 I did violate that.

00:26:06.280 So how do you defend that?

00:26:08.000 Well, number one, I'm not the only attorney on this case.

00:26:11.020 We've got about five of us that are volunteering on this, and we're volunteering because we got to know Steve during trials in D.C.

00:26:18.840 Great reporting.

00:26:19.980 Always loved spending time with him.

00:26:21.680 He was one of the few conservatives in the press pool there.

00:26:25.200 One of the other attorneys.

00:26:26.560 No, he's a musician in D.C.

00:26:28.840 He was a musician and libertarian writer who was a frequent presence at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C.

00:26:37.340 during the Oath Keepers' seditious conspiracy trial.

00:26:40.260 What were you doing just hanging out there all the time?

00:26:43.440 Well, the worst thing that I was doing is I was – about half of my reporting was on the press pool.

00:26:49.040 They didn't like that.

00:26:50.220 Because I always sat in the back of the room so I could watch them and see what was on – what they were doing, see what was on their screen, see which games they were playing during the important testimonies, to see who was pre-writing their stories and then just hanging out in the hallway talking.

00:27:05.200 Because that's what they do, and they're really good at it.

00:27:07.160 They can pre-write two or three stories in a day, and then as soon as the rulings or the motions are filed, they can then fill in the blanks and boom, submit, submit, submit, and they get out.

00:27:15.900 And then more importantly, I was able to show on certain very significant testimonies how the comparison of how the various journalists withheld – because, see, we all know it is – it's not that they lie.

00:27:34.300 It's the lie of omission.

00:27:35.580 It's when you're only covering the government's case-in-chief and their witnesses, and then all of a sudden they get out and go for coffee break during the cross-examination.

00:27:48.900 How can you tell the truth about what happened in the trial?

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00:28:00.000 Okay, really excited to have somebody who I hope to have on from time to time.

00:28:05.340 She's in our building now and with a new network. 0.89

00:28:10.860 Her name is Karina Yapur, and she is the executive producer and host of Vose News, right?

00:28:20.400 Correct, yes.

00:28:21.100 Okay, yeah, I am not – I barely can speak English.

00:28:25.300 And Vose means vote, right?

00:28:28.000 No, voice.

00:28:28.780 Voice, that's right, voice.

00:28:30.480 Yes, it means voice.

00:28:31.440 So, this new Spanish language television network, the problem that we all know is Telemundo is – I think there's a Univision is NBC.

00:28:44.360 One of them is NBC.

00:28:47.000 Hispanics are getting – they have no choice but to be indoctrinated when they're watching Spanish television. 1.00

00:28:55.220 And Karina is the news anchor on something that begins tonight.

00:29:02.480 So, tell us about it.

00:29:03.440 Yes, so excited.

00:29:04.940 And thank you for having me here.

00:29:06.900 It's an honor to be here with you guys.

00:29:08.880 Thank you.

00:29:09.200 And you said it perfectly.

00:29:11.020 Unfortunately, for decades, the Hispanic community has been getting their news for these two major networks, Telemundo owned by NBC and Univision.

00:29:21.180 And unfortunately, in the recent years, these two networks have gone – have walked away of representing the Hispanic values.

00:29:32.540 And some people – things are maybe wondering why do we see the same headlines all over the place.

00:29:39.540 I have worked for both.

00:29:40.920 I worked almost seven and a half years for Telemundo and then almost eight years for Univision as well.

00:29:48.000 So, I know this firsthand.

00:29:51.420 And the thing is that, for example, Univision, when they don't cover the news directly, they work with a platform called CNN Newsers, which means that they get all the videos, press releases that they don't cover directly from CNN.

00:30:08.380 So, that's why you see the same headlines that – and the same rhetoric that CNN uses.

00:30:16.260 And that's a problem.

00:30:17.200 And to me, honestly, as a Christian woman, as an immigrant, as a Hispanic woman, it was hard for me to see that.

00:30:26.940 And I always wanted to be a light in the darkness for my community.

00:30:31.380 And I try to make the difference.

00:30:35.260 And that's why we are launching Voz News tonight, because we really need to provide the Hispanic community a non-virus perspective, conservative perspective of the news, so they can really understand what's going on.

00:30:52.580 And they can really make better decisions for their lives and for their families.

00:30:57.680 You know, Soros, George Soros just bought a radio group that has some of the biggest Spanish-speaking stations in the nation.

00:31:08.580 And you're getting the George Soros look at things if that firewall isn't dirt strong.

00:31:16.460 That's not going to help.

00:31:17.760 The left has made a move for the Hispanic viewpoint.

00:31:21.960 Is this the first time anybody's made a real conservative effort, a real effort?

00:31:27.320 It is.

00:31:28.200 And you know what?

00:31:28.840 We're going to be the only nationwide newscast in Spanish with a conservative perspective.

00:31:37.420 And, you know, that's unbelievable.

00:31:39.280 Because in the English-speaking world, there are several options.

00:31:44.460 And you guys are here to fill up those gaps, you know, providing non-biased information for your listeners and your audience.

00:31:52.560 But the Hispanics didn't have that. 1.00

00:31:55.580 And we have to recognize that some of them were one or two jobs or even three to be able to provide for their families.

00:32:02.520 They don't have the time to do their own research.

00:32:05.920 And a lot of times they watch these TV networks because they like novellas, like the series, Hispanic series, because they feel attached to their culture and all of that.

00:32:15.140 And they just listen to the rhetoric that they use in the news.

00:32:18.220 And I remember one example on the last presidential election when they were saying the headline was that Republicans were pushing against voting rights for minorities.

00:32:29.420 And I remember myself reading this press release that our producers provide us.

00:32:36.740 And I was, I mean, reading along and I couldn't find anything that was trying to, you know, to restrict voting rights.

00:32:45.020 I mean, and I have to tell you, it is even harder to vote in Mexico.

00:32:49.740 In Mexico, you only got one day to vote.

00:32:53.040 There's no early voting, nothing like that.

00:32:55.880 And there's only one kind of ID, the voter ID that you need to use to be able to vote.

00:33:03.280 So when I was reading this, I was like, what are they talking about?

00:33:06.400 You know, here we have primary election, we have anticipated election, we have several options of IDs that we can present.

00:33:16.900 So all of that, I mean, to me, look pretty reasonable.

00:33:21.340 And I couldn't find something that that was really the headline that they were presented.

00:33:26.540 But again, it was taken from CNN.

00:33:29.640 And unfortunately, it's what Hispanics were receiving. 0.53

00:33:32.880 And nobody want to be unliked or unliked or the rights to be taken away.

00:33:38.460 So Hispanics are very pro-family, very pro-God.

00:33:45.360 Absolutely.

00:33:45.680 I mean, they are the, you know, in the old days, you know, when my wife's family came over from Italy,

00:33:54.600 it was in New York, and it was the full talk with your hands, Italians, and, you know, there were some bad guys, 0.67

00:34:00.580 but there were a lot of just great families that that culture has just melted into ours.

00:34:05.740 But they restored us.

00:34:07.660 Many of these immigrants always restore us because you've been someplace else, and you know what it's like elsewhere.

00:34:17.260 Exactly, exactly, exactly, Glenn.

00:34:19.420 And I have to tell you, I mean, we love God.

00:34:22.280 We love our family.

00:34:23.300 Those are the two main cores of the Latino culture and the Hispanic values.

00:34:29.220 There's nothing more important than those two things for us.

00:34:32.880 And you know what?

00:34:34.080 There are more than 36.2 million Hispanics eligible to vote this year.

00:34:41.860 And Hispanics are, you know, are having families.

00:34:45.000 We like big families.

00:34:47.460 So that's why it's very important that they really understand what's going on in politics,

00:34:52.100 and they can make informed decisions.

00:34:54.720 So how are you going to, where do people find you?

00:35:00.220 How are you going to let everybody know in the Hispanic community?

00:35:05.820 Absolutely.

00:35:06.200 So we're launching Voz News, which means voice, tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, 6 p.m. Central, through Daystar Español.

00:35:17.060 We are very, very blessed that we are partnering with Daystar because, of course, this is a huge Christian network.

00:35:25.440 And I have to tell you, they launched the Español Spanish channel a year ago, and they are reaching 14 million Hispanic households in the United States.

00:35:35.880 And they even reached a total of 90 million households, counting the U.S., Mexico, and Latin America.

00:35:44.260 So I think that's important.

00:35:45.800 And another very important topic is the illegal immigration, for example.

00:35:50.500 So we want to really, for people who will be watching in South America, Central America, we want to tell them the truth.

00:35:59.260 Because, unfortunately, they are being told that they can get here illegally, get everything for free, and all of that.

00:36:07.360 And that's not the reality.

00:36:08.840 We want, I mean, people need to know.

00:36:11.580 We have correspondents interviewing them, walking with them and interviewing them.

00:36:16.160 And there's people organizing these caravans of illegal immigration.

00:36:21.240 I mean, that doesn't happen all of a sudden.

00:36:23.820 So we need to provide facts.

00:36:26.160 And it's important for them to know and realize that that's not the truth, that they need to stay there, that they need to follow a legal process.

00:36:34.120 Because, honestly, illegal immigration is impacting Hispanics as much as it's impacting anybody else.

00:36:40.580 So, I've done this for a very long time.

00:36:46.840 And I have seen my share of death threats and everything that goes along with it.

00:36:53.580 You, being Hispanic, speaking Spanish, having it going through South America, Central America, Mexico, and here in America, you're messing with some very powerful people. 1.00

00:37:12.500 Absolutely.

00:37:13.220 You're aware of that.

00:37:14.300 And how are you going to deal with that?

00:37:16.000 Well, I am, and I have to tell you that the Lord is my strength.

00:37:21.320 And I am so grateful because this is a calling.

00:37:26.160 I'm so grateful.

00:37:27.460 Orlando Salazar, he is our CEO.

00:37:29.820 He's in the cattle business.

00:37:33.300 He doesn't, I mean, he doesn't have any need of getting involved in media.

00:37:37.260 But he got a call from the Lord.

00:37:39.460 And he was obedient.

00:37:40.400 And that's how I met him.

00:37:42.580 And to me, it was a prayer answer.

00:37:44.960 Because, as I told you, I wanted to be a light in the darkness that we're living in this world, not only here in the United States, but in the world.

00:37:51.520 I know the blessing of being able to be in this country.

00:37:55.320 I have to tell you, I love the United States of America.

00:37:59.140 I was born in Mexico, and it took me 19 years.

00:38:03.360 I just became a U.S. citizen after 19 years of following different legal processes.

00:38:11.020 My children were born here.

00:38:13.740 And I just feel I can see the difference in the opportunities, in the safety.

00:38:19.360 Of course, no country is perfect, but America, to me, is the best country in the world.

00:38:24.620 And I feel so bad that people here don't realize that because they haven't experienced what we have experienced in Mexico and other countries.

00:38:32.420 I know.

00:38:33.160 So tell me how Hispanics here in America that have come here the right way, how do they view the border situation?

00:38:42.020 Well, they don't like that because, of course, that is making their legal processes taking longer.

00:38:48.920 There's Hispanics that have came here following a legal process, and probably they are requesting now their parents to live with them in the legal way. 0.66

00:39:00.720 And they have to pay, they have to weigh, and unfortunately, or people that real have, you know, an asylum, a real threat, real threat, and now they are being left behind because all this illegal immigration and people claiming asylum when they don't really have a case.

00:39:20.720 I would think that one of the things that you would come for, because this is why business came to America, is we had laws, and they were equally applied.

00:39:31.340 And we've become this lawless nation on so many fronts.

00:39:35.960 And I would imagine people who have lived this before can see this and go, what are you doing?

00:39:42.180 Absolutely.

00:39:43.280 So, Glenn, for example, a lot of people left their countries because of the violence.

00:39:48.060 So now seeing that there's, you know, violent people crossing the border, doing what we saw they're doing in New York, for example, beating police officers and then walking away.

00:40:01.400 No one wants that, not even the Hispanics. 1.00

00:40:04.340 We don't want the bad people.

00:40:06.060 We want the good people to be here regardless of their ethnicity or race.

00:40:10.700 And, you know, we, most Hispanics are very, very hard workers, family-oriented.

00:40:20.100 We have helped building this country as well.

00:40:23.240 We contribute.

00:40:24.340 I mean, the majority of us.

00:40:26.140 So we don't want this country to be messed up because this is a country that it's been a hope for us and for the rest of the world.

00:40:33.400 And we want to preserve that.

00:40:35.540 So what time do you, it's 7 o'clock Eastern time?

00:40:38.700 8 o'clock Eastern time on Daystar Español.

00:40:42.140 Daystar Spanish is nationwide and 6 p.m. Central.

00:40:46.600 And also, you can find us on our social media platforms at Voz Media USA.

00:40:52.780 We have all our content available in Spanish and English.

00:40:57.440 And if you're a honky like me, it's Voz.us, Voz.us.

00:41:05.260 If you know anybody who speaks Spanish, if you know anybody that has been saying, when are we going to reach out to the Hispanics?

00:41:15.140 It's happening now.

00:41:16.980 And anything that we can do to support you, we are in with you.

00:41:21.540 Thank you so much.

00:41:22.720 We really appreciate it.

00:41:23.620 It's an honor to have you in the building.

00:41:24.780 It's an honor to be here with you guys.

00:41:26.740 Thank you so much.

00:41:27.720 God bless you.

00:41:27.920 God bless you too.

00:41:28.700 Voz.us begins tonight.

00:41:31.440 Na, na, na, na.

The Glenn Beck Program - March 04, 2024

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