Mid-Day Update： January 14, 2025
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Summary
Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense nominee for President Trump s week, is off to a decent start as confirmation hearings are underway in the Senate. President Trump announces the formation of the External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and potentially abolish the income tax collected by the IRS.
Transcript
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Hello, everybody. I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Tuesday,
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January 14th. I hope your all weeks are off to a great start and you're having a great Tuesday.
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Well, Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense nominee for President Trump's week, is off to
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a pretty decent start as confirmation hearings are underway in the Senate. For President Trump's
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picks, Pete Hegseth among the first to head to the Senate for confirmation hearings. Mark
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the Dems having a tough day, showing they're biased on full blast. When questioning Hegseth,
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nothing of substance, all just slander and nonsense, as expected from the Marxist Dems.
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On the slate for tomorrow, Kristi Noem, the Department of Homeland Security head,
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heads in at 9 a.m. Pam Bonney just behind her of the Justice Department. Sean Jaffe from
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Transportation Department will also be in. John Ratcliffe, the CIA. Marco Rubio for State
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Department, Christopher Wright Energy Department, Russ Vogt, the OMB office, all on the slate for
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Wednesday and more for Thursday and Friday. We'll fill you in as those continue to pour in.
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The Department of Justice has released Jack Smith's report on January 6th. They claim Donald
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Trump would have been convicted if not for his 2024 victory. Huh. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland,
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of course, releasing this report on the January 6th report in September of 2023. You all remember Trump
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was hit with four counts in Jack Smith's January 6th case up in D.C. with conspiracy to defraud the
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United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempting to
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obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. Desperate Jack Smith attacked
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President Trump and absurdly claimed he would have been convicted if not for his 2024 win. We all know
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that's not the case. Jack Smith is a very, very troubled man. His case fell apart after the Supreme
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Court's ruling. That ruling, of course, giving Donald Trump the immunity he's entitled to as President of
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the United States. President Trump releasing the following message on Truth Social after the report,
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of course, was released. Quote, deranged Jack Smith was unable to successfully prosecute the
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political opponent of his boss, crooked Joe Biden. So he ends up writing yet another, quote,
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report based on the information that the unselect committee of political hacks and thugs
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illegally deleted and destroyed because it shows how totally innocent I was and how completely guilty
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Nancy Pelosi and others were. Jack Smith is a lame-brained prosecutor who was unable to get his case
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tried before the election, which I won in a landslide. Trump concluding with, the voters have
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spoken. And the House of Representatives have finally passed a bill barring men from playing in
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women's sports. The question is, what took so long? And President Trump announcing the formation of the
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External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and potentially abolish the income tax collected by the IRS.
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This is going to be inaugurated as President Trump is inaugurated on January 20th. Less than a week
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away, folks. Six days away. President Trump is looking for this External Revenue Service to go ahead
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and collect tariffs from foreign nations and other imported fees, import fees that America collects.
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So it's going to be interesting to see as President Trump tries to get rid of the IRS and maybe abolish the
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income tax, maybe gives us a flat tax. I guess we're going to have to wait and see. But among the first
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things on his list, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, two campaign promises that President
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Trump, we believe, is going to hold up on. Folks, please be sure to join us for today's episode of
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The Great America Show. We're joined by brilliant, brilliant, brilliant author and China expert,
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Gordon Chang. We take up where China is right now in their attack on America,
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their vulnerable position therein, and what it means for President Trump taking over the Oval
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Office. And as I said, six days. Join us for that only on The Great America Show, folks. I'm John
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Fawcett with this midday update. Have a great day.