Bombshell New Info About Garcia, Boasberg’s Attempted Power Grab, RFK's Autism Fight： AM Update 4⧸17
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As Democrats lionize Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, an illegal immigrant and accused MS-13 gang member, the Trump administration highlights some facts about his past. New details emerging about the so-called Maryland father portrayed sympathetically in the press, revealing a violent history excluded from the headlines.
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Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Thursday, April 17th, 2025. And this is your
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AM update. He punched and scratched his wife, ripped off her shirt and grabbed and bruised
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her. New details emerging about the so-called Maryland father portrayed sympathetically
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in the press, revealing a violent history excluded from the headlines. He's really twisted
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himself in knots. But Jeb Bosberg does not care. He doesn't care that he was overturned by the
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Supreme Court. He is only devoted to helping Trump foes and the media. Reporter Julie Kelly joins us
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with an exclusive breakdown of Judge Bosberg's new ruling, accusing the Trump administration of
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defying his court order. RFKJ breaks with the CDC calling autism an epidemic and vowing to uncover
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the cause. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM update.
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As Democrats lionize Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, an illegal immigrant and accused MS-13 gang member,
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the Trump administration highlighting some facts about his past. Mr. Abrego-Garcia, currently at the
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center of a battle between the Trump administration and a district court judge, ordering his return to
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the U.S. from El Salvador. Democrats and members of the media portraying Mr. Abrego-Garcia as a
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Maryland dad, wrongfully swept up in a wide-ranging and reckless crackdown on illegal immigration.
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Democrat Senator from Maryland, Chris Van Hollen, actually boarding a flight to El Salvador to demand
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I just landed at the airport in San Salvador a little while ago. I'm now en route into the city,
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looking forward to meeting with the team from the American Embassy. The goal of my visit is to
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talk to people here about the release of Kilmar Abrego-Garcia. I told his wife and his family I
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would do everything possible to bring him home, and we're going to keep working at this.
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The senator was denied entry to the prison. The DOJ on Wednesday releasing documents supporting claims
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that Mr. Abrego-Garcia was an active member of MS-13 at the time of his March 2019 arrest.
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One record, a Prince George's County police gang interview sheet, describes Garcia as wearing
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gang-associated clothing, including a hoodie with imagery meant to symbolize
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see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. Oh, by the way, he was with two other MS-13 gang members.
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A reliable informant identifying Mr. Abrego-Garcia as an active MS-13 member with the
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Westerns clique described his rank as Chicao and his gang name as Chele. A.G. Bondi also releasing
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court documents from two immigration judges affirming that the evidence supports Mr. Abrego-Garcia's
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membership in MS-13. Also coming to light on Wednesday, new details about Mr. Abrego-Garcia's
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disturbing past. The Tennessee Star reporting a troubling incident from December 2022. Tennessee
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Highway Patrol reportedly stopped Kilmer Abrego-Garcia immediately suspecting human trafficking.
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The officer finding Mr. Abrego-Garcia was driving without a valid license, transporting seven
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passengers from Texas to Maryland. One source telling The Star, Mr. Abrego-Garcia,
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was on a terror watch list, while another said, no, that was actually just one of his passengers.
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Cops contacted the FBI, then under Director Christopher Wray, and according to The Star,
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the FBI instructed the officers to release all eight individuals. Additionally, journalist Andy Ngo,
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revealing protective orders sought by Garcia's wife against him in 2020 and 2021. She has been telling
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the press in recent days that he was the ideal husband and father. Press Secretary Caroline
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Levitt addressing the details of that 2021 protective order at a press briefing.
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Abrego-Garcia's wife petitioned for an order of protection against him for two instances of domestic
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violence in May of 2021. The court ordered that the respondents committed the following acts of
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abuse. Once in May of 2021, assault in any degree. And on May 4th of 2021, he punched and scratched his
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wife, ripped off her shirt and grabbed and bruised her. This is from a court in Maryland. So not only are
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Democrats rushing to defend an illegal criminal foreign terrorist gang member, but also an apparent woman
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beater. In an extraordinary moment yesterday, Ms. Levitt then stepping aside and giving the microphone to someone
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she said the press has ignored for too long, Patty Marin, the mother of Rachel Marin. On Tuesday, Rachel's killer,
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also an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, was convicted on all four charges, including rape and murder.
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Rachel was jogging on a popular trail in Maryland when her life was brought to an unthinkable end.
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Patty Moore and her mom gave never before revealed details of her daughter's final moments. And a warning,
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He waited for her to come closer. He dragged her 150 feet. He picked her up. He threw her against
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the wall, the tunnel, and he raped her. Her beautiful face bashed in. He drags her through
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the thorn bushes. She has all the scrapes and cuts on her body. There wasn't one inch of her body that
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didn't have some kind of injury. And they showed us pictures of her body against the wall, outline,
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the blood outlined her body. And you could see where the blood ran down around her as he was
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raping her. And then he threw her down and raped her some more. And then he strangled her because he
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didn't want her to be able to live to tell the story. Ms. Marin's remarks leaving the briefing room
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in stunned silence. Those remarks ending with a powerful plea.
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These are the kind of criminals President Trump wants to remove from our country. These are the
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kind of criminals that we need to remove from our country. We are American citizens. Why should we
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allow people like this, violent criminals, that have no conscience at all, to murder our mothers,
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our sisters, our daughters? Tell the truth. Tell, like, how violent it really is. This is about
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protecting our children. It's more than just politics or votes or just anything. It's about
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national security, protecting Americans, protecting our children.
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On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge James Bosberg ruling there is probable cause to charge
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members of the Trump administration with criminal contempt, accusing officials of violating a court
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order when they failed to return to planes of Venezuelan nationals who were deported under the
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Alien Enemies Act. The dispute stemming from a verbal directive Bosberg gave from the bench,
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demanding that the planes be turned around midair. That piece of the order was not included in a
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later written directive issued after the planes were out of U.S. airspace. Judge Bosberg writing,
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quote, the court ultimately determines that the government's actions on that day
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demonstrate a willful disregard for its order. The contempt finding comes despite the fact that
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the U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled against Judge Bosberg in this case, finding that the matter was
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filed in the wrong court, meaning Judge Bosberg lacked the authority to issue the restraining order in
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the first place. We spoke with Julie Kelly, who's been covering this case. She's a reporter for
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Declassified on Substack. She says Judge Bosberg is way out of bounds.
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I mean, it's sort of fascinating to read this 46-page opinion that Judge Bosberg issued and still arguing
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that somehow these temporary restraining orders that have been vacated by the Supreme Court last week
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are somehow still in play and can be the basis for a contempt, criminal contempt investigation
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into Trump officials. He is citing certain case law. Now, none of it deals with a very delicate
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balance between the judiciary and executive branch, but he claims that any court order, regardless of
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its ultimate fate, and in this case, two written orders overturned by the Supreme Court, still have
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to be abided by as it's headed towards the appellate and then Supreme Court level. So that's sort of
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stunning. I'm not really sure how the Supreme Court is going to respond to this, of course, obviously.
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The Trump DOJ is going to immediately appeal this. Judge Bosberg warning the DOJ that if it does not
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enforce his now vacated order to get those planes back, the court will identify the Trump officials
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responsible and recommend that they be prosecuted for contempt. He says that the DOJ refuses to pursue
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the case for criminal contempt against the Trump administration, he will appoint another
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Jeb Bosberg has saying, well, if the DOJ won't pursue criminal charges for contempt, then he will
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appoint, the court can appoint an attorney to do just that. And this is what Jeb Bosberg has just
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threatened in this order as well. Even more stunning is that he says the way to remedy any contempt
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investigation or charges is to abide by his temporary restraining order to return these Venezuelans who are on
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those two planes on March 15th. But that temporary restraining order is null and void because it's been
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vacated by the Supreme Court. So he's really twisted himself in knots. But Jeb Bosberg does not care. He doesn't
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care that he was overturned by the Supreme Court. He is only devoted to helping Trump foes and the media and the
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Democrats seed this idea that Donald Trump and his White House are routinely in violation of court orders. So not really sure
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where this is going to go from here. He gave some deadlines for next week, but he's also threatening that he will hold
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more hearings, seek witness depositions and take other steps to advance this contempt investigation.
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The White House filing an appeal of that contempt order on Wednesday evening. White House communications director
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Stephen Chung posting to X, quote, the president is 100 percent committed to ensuring that terrorists and criminal
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illegal migrants are no longer a threat to Americans and their communities across the country.
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Coming up, RFKJ breaks with the CDC calling autism an epidemic and vowing to uncover the cause.
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HHS Secretary RFKJ holding a press conference Wednesday following a new CDC report showing a
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sharp rise in autism diagnoses. The study finding 1 in 31 children now diagnosed with autism,
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that's up from 1 in 10,000 in the early 1990s. The CDC suggesting the rise is due to improved
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identification and broader awareness, noting, quote, research has not demonstrated that
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living in certain communities puts children at greater risk for developing ASD. Differences in
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the prevalence of children identified with ASD across communities might be due to differences
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in availability of services for early detection and evaluation and diagnostic practices. RFKJ pushing
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back on that, calling autism an epidemic, arguing that better diagnostic tools alone do not explain
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One of the things that I think that we need to move away from today is this ideology that the autism
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prevalence increases, the relentless increases, are simply artifacts of better diagnoses. But this
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epidemic denial has become a feature in the mainstream media, and it's based on an industry
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canard. Obviously, there are people who don't want us to look at environmental exposures. Then why are we
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not seeing it in older people? Why is this only happening in young people? Anybody can look around and see that
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this is a canard. Why is it so pervasive? Why has it been thrown up against us for so many years?
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Clearly, there are industries. This is coming from an environmental toxin. And somebody made a profit
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by putting that environmental toxin into our air, our water, our medicines, our food.
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Since taking over HHS, RFKJ making food safety a top priority, highlighting thousands of chemicals in
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the U.S. food and drug supply that are banned in Europe. Secretary Kennedy saying genetics may play
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a role in autism, but insisting it is only part of the story.
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This is a preventable disease. We know it's an environmental exposure. It has to be. Genes do not
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cause epidemics. They can provide a vulnerability. You need an environmental toxin. And Erva Hertz-Pachoda
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pointed out that because of this mythology, that the amount of money and resources put into studying
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genetic causes, which is a dead end, has been historically 10 to 20 times the amount spent by
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NIH and other agencies to study environmental factors, to study exposures, to study external factors.
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And that's where we're going to find the answer. Under Mr. Kennedy's leadership, HHS is undergoing a
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major reorganization, urging scientists to challenge conventional thinking and re-examine
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autism causes long dismissed by the medical establishment. The secretary promising that
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by September, the agency will begin delivering research on the true causes of autism.
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The IRS whistleblower who accused the DOJ of undermining his investigation into Hunter Biden is now
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running the tax agency he says was bullied. Gary Shapley on Wednesday named acting commissioner of
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the IRS. Mr. Shapley first coming forward in 2023, detailing how the Justice Department deliberately
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slow walked the IRS's Hunter Biden investigation to shield then candidate Joe Biden. Mr. Shapley telling
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Congress that DOJ tax made a concerted effort to slow walk this case so that they could get it into
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the period in which the DOJ will not bring charges due to its rule of thumb against doing anything that
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might affect an election. Mr. Shapley, later facing retaliation from IRS officials, told to either
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accept a demotion or resign. Resisting the pressure, Mr. Shapley, who was running herd on the investigation
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at IRS, filed a retaliation claim with the Office of Special Counsel, which ultimately ruled in his
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favor. In June 2023, on The Megyn Kelly Show, Mr. Shapley explaining why he decided to go public.
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We're doing the right thing, and the mission of IRSCI is to instill confidence in the tax code.
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We make sure that people are being treated equally and fairly. You know, there's two IRS agents,
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you know, standing up and saying, this person got preferential treatment, and, you know, you, if it
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was a business owner on the corner, he wouldn't have gotten, he or she wouldn't have gotten that
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special treatment, and we then probably would have been in jail already. So, so that's, that's what I
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you, because it needs to be a fair application of justice. Justice, indeed. And that'll do it for
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