The Megyn Kelly Show - June 23, 2025


Inside Secret Mission to Strike Iran's Top Nuclear Facilities, Diddy Trial Nears End： AM Update 6⧸23


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The U.S. military successfully pulls off a secret mission targeting three Iranian nuclear facilities. And the latest on the Sean Diddy Combs trial, including testimony from an alleged drug mule. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.

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00:00:30.000 Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly, and I'm back.
00:00:36.960 What a week.
00:00:38.360 It's Monday, June 23rd, 2025, and this is your AM update.
00:00:43.000 Tonight I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success.
00:00:50.140 Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.
00:00:55.020 The U.S. military successfully pulling off a secret mission
00:00:58.680 targeting three Iranian nuclear facilities following a months-long attempt
00:01:03.000 to reach a new deal ending Iran's nuclear program.
00:01:06.480 I certainly empathize with Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements 1.00
00:01:12.960 in the Middle East. This is not going to be some long, drawn-out thing.
00:01:16.200 As many Democrats and some Republicans condemn the strikes, fearing wider conflict, Trump administration
00:01:22.020 officials say the Iranian regime still has a viable path to peace if it chooses to abandon
00:01:28.260 its nuclear dreams.
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00:02:44.660 A massively consequential military operation happening under immense secrecy this weekend.
00:02:50.920 The U.S. military successfully targeting three key Iranian nuclear facilities.
00:02:55.140 President Trump ordering the strikes following years of insisting, as did Presidents Clinton,
00:03:01.120 Bush, Obama, and Biden, that Iran must never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.
00:03:06.820 The Trump administration attempting to reach a deal for months.
00:03:09.980 In mid-April, the president issuing a 60-day deadline to the regime.
00:03:14.080 Make a deal or else.
00:03:15.480 On the 61st day, with no deal reached, the Israeli military beginning waves of attacks,
00:03:21.980 incapacitating Iranian air defense systems, and carrying out assassinations of several
00:03:27.220 top nuclear scientists and other high-ranking military officials.
00:03:31.780 Late Saturday night, well after American military assets safely exited Iranian airspace,
00:03:37.880 President Trump announcing the surprise mission first on Truth Social,
00:03:41.580 then delivering remarks from the White House.
00:03:43.680 Our objective was the destruction of Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the 0.87
00:03:51.080 nuclear threat posed by the world's number one state sponsor of terror.
00:03:55.940 Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success.
00:04:04.240 Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.
00:04:09.160 Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. 1.00
00:04:14.160 If they do not, future attacks will be far greater and a lot easier.
00:04:18.720 Remember, there are many targets left.
00:04:21.920 Tonight's was the most difficult of them all, by far, and perhaps the most lethal.
00:04:28.060 But if peace does not come quickly, we will go after those other targets with precision,
00:04:33.920 speed, and skill.
00:04:35.080 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Raisin-Cain, on Sunday, describing the highly
00:04:40.340 complex operation employing bunker busters to take out the nuclear facilities.
00:04:45.360 A large B-2 strike package comprised of bombers launched from the continental United States.
00:04:51.380 As part of a plan to maintain tactical surprise, part of the package proceeded to the west and
00:04:57.440 into the Pacific as a decoy.
00:04:59.400 The main strike package comprised of seven B-2 Spirit bombers, each with two crew members,
00:05:05.900 proceeded quietly to the east with minimal communications.
00:05:10.340 Throughout the 18-hour flight into the target area, the aircraft completed multiple in-flight
00:05:16.040 refuelings.
00:05:17.800 Once over land, the B-2s linked up with escort and support aircraft in a complex, tightly timed
00:05:25.400 maneuver requiring exact synchronization across multiple platforms in a narrow piece of airspace,
00:05:32.720 all done with minimal communications.
00:05:36.440 And just prior to the strike package entering Iran, a U.S. submarine in the central command
00:05:42.160 area of responsibility launched more than two dozen Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles
00:05:47.780 against key surface infrastructure targets at Esfahan.
00:05:51.980 At approximately 6.40 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, 2.10 a.m. Iran time, the lead B-2 dropped
00:06:01.660 two GBU-57 massive ordnance penetrator weapons on the first of several aim points at Fordow, with
00:06:10.600 a total of 14 mops dropped against two nuclear target areas.
00:06:16.020 All three Iranian nuclear infrastructure targets were struck between 6.40 p.m. and 7.05 p.m.
00:06:25.520 Eastern Time.
00:06:26.340 Again, that's about 2.10 in the morning local time in Iran, with the Tomahawk missiles being
00:06:32.400 the last to strike at Esfahan to ensure we retain the element of surprise throughout the
00:06:39.160 operation.
00:06:39.760 In total, U.S. forces employed approximately 75 precision-guided weapons during this operation.
00:06:47.160 This included 14 30,000-pound GBU-57 massive ordnance penetrators, marking the first-ever
00:06:55.360 operational use of this weapon.
00:06:58.100 General Cain saying the operation involved more than 125 U.S. aircraft, calling it the largest
00:07:04.140 B-2 strike in history, and noting U.S. forces in the region remain on high alert, ready to
00:07:10.320 react to any retaliation by Iran or its proxies.
00:07:13.640 The general saying plans for the mission were limited to a very small circle, with very few
00:07:18.900 people informed of the timing or nature of the mission.
00:07:22.620 Last Thursday, President Trump announcing he would decide what to do within the next two
00:07:26.960 weeks.
00:07:27.320 The Washington Post, reporting a senior administration official, now says that was part of an attempt
00:07:33.560 to throw the Iranians off guard. 1.00
00:07:36.120 The Iranian foreign ministry releasing a lengthy statement in response to the bombing, condemning
00:07:40.960 the action, calling it, quote, a grave and unprecedented violation of the fundamental principles of the
00:07:46.560 Charter of the U.N. and international law.
00:07:50.180 Iranian President Massoud Pazeshkian saying, quote, the Americans must receive a response to
00:07:55.600 their aggression. And an advisor to the supreme leader of Iran, all but giving up the ruse of 0.58
00:08:01.860 wanting enriched uranium for energy purposes, posting on X, quote, even if the sites were
00:08:08.220 completely destroyed, the game is far from over. Enriched materials, domestic expertise and
00:08:14.700 political will are still intact. Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushing back on Iranian claims that
00:08:20.980 enriched nuclear materials were moved prior to the strike.
00:08:24.960 No one will know for sure for days, but I doubt they moved it because you really can't move
00:08:28.960 anything right now. And they can't move anything right now inside of Iran. I mean,
00:08:32.700 the minute a truck starts driving somewhere, the Israelis have seen it and they've targeted it 1.00
00:08:36.380 and taken it out. So our assessment is we have to assume that that's a lot of 60 percent in rich
00:08:41.200 uranium buried deep under the ground there in Esfahan. They should bring it out of the ground
00:08:45.220 and turn it over.
00:08:46.820 The New York Times reporting that Israeli officials do believe, based on satellite imagery from the days
00:08:51.920 prior to the strikes, that the Iranians did move some uranium and equipment from the Fordow facility.
00:08:58.760 The Times reporting satellite images from Maxar Technologies from around this time show 16 cargo
00:09:04.800 trucks positioned near an entrance to the facility, though it is unclear what exactly, if anything,
00:09:10.080 was removed. A U.S. official telling the Times it would have been unrealistic to completely move all of
00:09:16.900 the equipment out of Fordow in the days since Israel began its strikes. The Iranian parliament approving
00:09:23.320 the closure of the Strait of Hormuz in response to the bombings, but leaving the final decision on
00:09:28.460 whether to actually close the Strait to Iran's Supreme National Security Council. According to the
00:09:33.900 New York Post, about 20 percent of the world's oil flows through the narrow shipping channel.
00:09:39.040 Vice President J.D. Vance warning the move would be economic suicide for the Iranians.
00:09:43.520 President Trump under fire from some on the political left and right for his bold move.
00:09:49.220 Democrat Congresswoman from Texas Jasmine Crockett and U.S. Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders
00:09:54.420 calling it an unconstitutional act of war.
00:09:57.780 The mofo that resides in the White House has unilaterally, in my estimation, declared war.
00:10:09.120 We have a constitution that seemingly does not matter.
00:10:13.740 Not only is this news that I've just heard the second alarming that all of you have just heard,
00:10:20.220 but it is so grossly unconstitutional. All of you know that the only entity that can take this
00:10:28.560 country to war is the U.S. Congress. The president does not have the right.
00:10:33.600 Congresswoman AOC calling the move grounds for impeachment. National Review's Andy McCarthy
00:10:40.160 concluding President Trump had all the authorization he needed for these bombings,
00:10:44.840 thanks to the post-9-11 Authorization for Use of Military Force, or AUMF,
00:10:50.620 which has been used by many presidents to justify strikes against our enemies.
00:10:56.060 A small number of Democrats supporting the action publicly. Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania
00:11:00.760 John Fetterman, posting to X, quote, as I have long maintained, this was the correct move by POTUS.
00:11:07.580 Democrat Congressman from New York, Richie Torres, saying in a statement, quote,
00:11:11.280 no one truly committed to nuclear nonproliferation should mourn the fall of Fordow. Some in the MAGA
00:11:17.760 world also skeptical of the strike, fearing wider conflict with Iran. Republican Congresswoman from
00:11:23.620 Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Greene, posting, quote, I can also support President Trump and his great
00:11:29.020 administration on many of the great things they are doing while disagreeing on bombing Iran and
00:11:34.220 getting involved in a hot war that Israel started. Israel, of course, was actually attacked by the
00:11:40.580 Iranian-backed Hamas on 10-7-23. Vice President J.D. Vance addressing some of these concerns on NBC on
00:11:49.040 Sunday laying out a path for peace. No, Kristen, we're not at war with Iran. We're at war with Iran's 1.00
00:11:55.280 nuclear program. And if they leave American troops out of it and they decide to give up their nuclear
00:12:00.980 weapons program once and for all, then I think the president has been very clear we can have a good
00:12:05.580 relationship with the Iranians. It was only when the president decided that the Iranians were not
00:12:11.160 negotiating in good faith that he took this action. But I actually think it provides an opportunity
00:12:15.360 to reset this relationship, reset these negotiations, and get us in a place where Iran can decide not to
00:12:23.140 be a threat to its neighbors, not to be a threat to the United States. I certainly empathize with
00:12:28.160 Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. This is not
00:12:33.920 going to be some long, drawn-out thing. We've got in. We've done the job of setting their nuclear
00:12:38.880 program back. We're going to now work to permanently dismantle that nuclear program over the coming years. 0.97
00:12:44.640 And that is what the president has set out to do. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth saying in a
00:12:50.640 Pentagon press briefing, the U.S. does not intend to conduct regime change in Iran. Secretary of
00:12:56.540 State Marco Rubio echoing those comments Sunday on CBS. This mission was not and has not been about
00:13:03.100 regime change. The president authorized a precision operation to neutralize the threats to our national
00:13:10.360 interests posed by the Iranian nuclear program. In this particular case, what we are focused on is
00:13:16.380 not the changing of the regime. OK, that's up to the Iranian people if they want to do that. But that's
00:13:20.460 not what we're focused on. President Trump, however, posting to Truth Social late Sunday, quote,
00:13:25.100 it's not politically correct to use the term regime change. But if the current Iranian regime is unable
00:13:31.480 to make Iran great again, why wouldn't there be a regime change? MAGA. M-I-G-A, a play obviously on 0.66
00:13:40.740 MAGA. Mr. Trump leaving it unclear whether he meant the Iranian people should want regime change
00:13:46.800 or whether the USA might help it happen. Coming up, the latest details on the Sean Diddy Combs trial.
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00:14:47.940 to take back control of the news you consume. Week seven of the Sean Diddy Combs criminal trial
00:14:55.960 beginning today in New York. Prosecutors originally set to rest the case on Friday, but facing a delay
00:15:01.740 after a juror called in sick one day last week, now likely to rest their case today. So far, about three
00:15:08.320 dozen witnesses called to testify in the sex trafficking and racketeering case against the
00:15:12.540 Mogul following six days of harrowing testimony from alleged Combs victim Jane, who testified under
00:15:18.580 a pseudonym, a Homeland Security expert testifying on June 13th to seizing 900 bottles of Astroglide
00:15:25.960 lubricant and 200 bottles of baby oil from Combs' L.A. residence in March 2024. Star witness Cassie
00:15:33.100 Ventura and Jane previously testifying to using copious amounts of both products while engaging in
00:15:39.040 prolonged graphic sex acts with male escorts at the behest of Combs, these events known as freak-offs,
00:15:45.480 hotel nights, or debauchery. A former personal assistant to Combs, Jonathan Perez, testifying on
00:15:51.640 June 13th to carrying large amounts of money and drugs for the Mogul. Perez also saying he believed
00:15:57.660 Jane was a willing participant in the hotel nights. Last week, prosecutors showing the jury clips of
00:16:03.500 the so-called freak-offs between Combs and Ventura, cutting together clips from 2012 to 2014. The jury
00:16:10.700 viewing the graphic footage from screens facing away from other members inside the courtroom,
00:16:15.720 including wearing headphones. Journalists in the courtroom reporting some members of the jury
00:16:20.660 stoically viewing the tapes, others showing visible signs of disgust on their faces. The judge ruling
00:16:26.580 the videos must remain under seal due to their explicit nature. Cassie Ventura previously testifying
00:16:32.620 that Combs once threatened to release the videos, saying, quote, I feared for my career. I feared for
00:16:38.020 my family. It's horrible and disgusting. No one should do that to anyone. On Friday, former assistant and
00:16:44.860 alleged drug mule for Combs, Brendan Paul, taking the stand, testifying after having been given
00:16:51.400 criminal immunity. Paul testifying to working for Combs from 2022 to March 25th, 2024, when he was
00:16:58.940 arrested at a Miami airport for possession of cocaine. Paul testifying to removing the cocaine from
00:17:05.080 Combs' room, placing it in his own bag, then forgetting to remove it before heading to the airport.
00:17:11.360 The witness saying he often worked long hours for Combs, typically 80 to 100 hours per week.
00:17:16.400 As an assistant, Paul saying he would frequently travel ahead of Combs in order to set up his boss's
00:17:22.000 hotel rooms. Paul testifying Combs expected his assistants to operate like SEAL Team 6 and also
00:17:28.900 saying he had been fired two or three times by Combs during his tenure. Paul testifying to purchasing
00:17:34.560 drugs for Combs on several occasions, including large quantities of marijuana every two months and
00:17:39.360 sometimes other drugs. In February 2024, Combs messaged Paul, asking him to get Xanax. Paul
00:17:46.360 responding he was not able to because Combs did not have a prescription. Paul testifying to cleaning
00:17:51.760 up after a few of Combs' hotel nights, which he says former Combs Chief of Staff Christina Corum called,
00:17:58.660 quote, wild king nights. The witness saying he understood wild king nights to involve partying,
00:18:04.920 alcohol, sex, and drugs. This is all part of the government's attempt to show that Combs was
00:18:10.220 operating a criminal enterprise involving multiple members of his staff. Paul attesting to wearing
00:18:16.180 gloves while cleaning up after those nights, quote, for sanitary reasons. On cross-examination,
00:18:21.900 Paul saying he absolutely was not a drug mule for Combs. Paul saying he spoke to Jane after almost
00:18:27.640 every hotel night, saying he never saw anything that made him believe she was not a willing
00:18:32.080 participant. Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Joseph Circiello will continue
00:18:38.320 testifying later today after first taking the stand on Friday. Prosecutors calling on him to
00:18:44.040 link together various records of evidence compiled by the prosecution, connecting the dots between
00:18:49.180 locations, transportation records, text messages, financial records, and more. Once the prosecution
00:18:56.300 rests, defense attorney Mark Agnifolo says the defense expects to present a short case resting on
00:19:02.060 either Tuesday or Wednesday. They have not yet indicated whether Combs will take the stand,
00:19:06.760 but most legal experts do not expect that at all. And that'll do it for today's AM update. I'm
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