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00:02:32.940New York Attorney General Letitia James indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution the Justice Department announced last night.
00:02:44.380Lindsay Halligan, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, said in a statement, quote,
00:02:50.780The charges, as alleged in this case, represent intentional criminal acts and tremendous breaches of the public's trust.
00:02:57.560The facts and the law in this case are clear, and we will continue following them to ensure that justice is served.
00:03:04.560James releasing a video statement on social media.
00:03:07.480This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system.
00:03:14.180He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding, all because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General.
00:03:22.720These charges are baseless, and the president's own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost.
00:03:32.000The indictment alleges James, in 2020, signed documents that required her to occupy and use a three-bedroom home in Norfolk, Virginia, as her secondary residence.
00:03:43.460She was also prohibited from renting the property.
00:03:46.220These pledges allowed her to obtain favorable loan terms not available to rental properties.
00:03:53.020But according to the DOJ, James did, in fact, rent out the home to a family of three.
00:04:00.500The scheme involved falsely representing the property as a secondary residence to obtain favorable mortgage terms while using it as an investment property with no intended or actual personal occupancy or use by her.
00:04:13.740The case, brought by Halligan, who was sworn in after her predecessor, Eric Siebert, left his post, reportedly over calls to bring charges against James and former FBI Director James Comey.
00:04:27.260Democrats condemning the indictment, New York Governor Kathy Hochul posting to social media, quote,
00:04:32.180What we're seeing today is nothing less than the weaponization of the Justice Department to punish those who hold the powerful accountable.
00:04:40.400Former political director for Mitch McConnell, Scott Jennings, on CNN, saying Democrat arguments about selective prosecution will not fly.
00:04:49.400If Democrats like Slotkin are going to come out today and whine about selective prosecutions over Tish James, her entire career is built on the selective prosecution of one man.
00:05:02.600Now, I also believe what Elliott said. There's a process here. Everybody gets their day in court.
00:05:08.060Obviously, a grand jury saw enough evidence to bring charges. We don't know what they are, but a grand jury looked at this and says, OK, there's something here.
00:05:16.240She gets to go to court just like Comey, just like anyone else.
00:05:19.680But to me, it's just not going to fly to boo-hoo over selective prosecutions on this particular person who promised in her campaigns, who went after him on things, as Jonah said, that had no business, no business ever happening, if not but for the man's last name being Trump.
00:05:38.580The case is reportedly assigned to Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Jamar K. Walker.
00:05:45.020President Trump holding his eighth cabinet meeting of the year yesterday morning.
00:05:51.340The president kicking off the meeting with more details on the historic agreement between Israel and Hamas to release the remaining hostages in Gaza.
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00:06:06.240Getting them is a complicated process. I'd rather not tell you what they have to do to get them.
00:06:10.540There are places you don't want to be, but we are getting the hostages back on Tuesday, Monday or Tuesday, and that'll be a day of joy.
00:06:22.160I'm going to try and make a trip over. We're going to try and get over there.
00:06:26.320We're working on the timing, the exact timing.
00:06:29.400We're going to go to Egypt where we'll have a signing, an additional signing.
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00:06:38.520Later today, the Nobel Prize Committee is set to announce the winner of the prestigious Peace Prize,
00:06:44.660the Norwegian committee granting the award to the person or organization who has done, quote,
00:06:49.580the most or best work for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies.
00:06:56.580Several world leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, nominating President Trump this year for the prize.
00:07:03.440Mr. Trump asked about the award yesterday afternoon.
00:07:06.240How do you rate your chances of winning the Nobel Prize tomorrow?
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00:07:41.520So in theory, it doesn't affect us. No, but it's a terrible thing.
00:07:46.200And we'll get that solved, too. But nobody has ever done eight wars.
00:07:49.920Nobody's done eight wars in 30 years, let alone nine months.
00:07:53.920Coming up, the race for attorney general of Virginia in a dead heat after texts from the Democrat candidate resurface.
00:08:03.540And the Trump administration defending the National Guard's deployment to Portland in front of an appeals court
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00:12:39.480The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday appears poised to side with the Trump administration over Oregon's lawsuit challenging the National Guard deployment to Portland.
00:12:51.000President Trump authorizing the mobilization of 200 National Guard troops in late September under federal control for at least 60 days to protect ICE agents and federal property from riotous protesters.
00:13:02.640Since June, protesters holding daily demonstrations outside the Portland ICE facility, at times getting violent, leading to more than a dozen arrests.
00:13:12.760In yesterday's cabinet meeting, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem describing a recent trip to Portland checking in on ICE operations.
00:13:22.980He said that Portland was perfectly safe, a beautiful city, no problems.
00:13:27.360And I said, well, why did you clear the streets for me today then and build out a four-block radius to make sure I could get in and out of here and these people on the street screaming death to ICE?
00:13:36.980There's graffiti that says Molotovs melt ice.
00:13:55.700Oregon and Portland quickly filing a lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order, or TRO, to block the deployment.
00:14:03.540A federal judge over the weekend issuing the TRO blocking Oregon National Guard troops from deploying to Portland.
00:14:09.120The Trump administration then moving to send troops from the California National Guard in response.
00:14:15.560The judge issuing a second order expanding the TRO to block any troops from deploying to Portland.
00:14:21.560Both sides arguing their case in front of the three-judge panel yesterday morning.
00:14:27.040For the DOJ, Deputy Attorney General Eric McArthur arguing Portland's unrest meets the legal threshold for federal mobilization.
00:14:35.300An active threat of rebellion and the feds are unable to enforce the law without assistance from the National Guard.
00:14:41.400It's not yet clear when a decision is expected.
00:14:44.060Over in Memphis, Tennessee, the federal crime crackdown making significant progress in less than two weeks.
00:14:52.120In this case, Republican Governor of Tennessee Bill Lee welcoming more than a dozen agencies and the National Guard to clamp down on crime in one of America's most dangerous cities.
00:15:03.100Attorney General Pam Bondi delivering a progress report in yesterday's cabinet meeting.
00:15:08.440Secretary Hegseth and I were recently in Memphis.
00:15:10.880We had 1,100 law enforcement officers in one room with us.
00:15:16.500The Memphis PD, they were the happiest to see us.
00:15:19.840We've been making arrests left and right so far.
00:15:22.380We've made 562 arrests and seized 144 illegal guns.
00:15:28.260Just in the short time we've been in Memphis.
00:15:30.580Last night alone, we made 91 arrests, 19 firearms off the streets, and one was a warrant for a homicide, and four sex offenders who had active warrants.
00:15:52.260We got a child rapist off the streets, but yet we've made 562 arrests and still going strong in Memphis.
00:15:58.840DHS Secretary Noem encouraging other Democrat-run cities like Memphis to follow their lead.
00:16:05.580While we fight litigation and work with Pam on that, we're going to send more of our resources and men and women out there to keep everybody safe.
00:16:48.180Catch the Megan Kelly Show today, live on SiriusXM, Triumph Channel 111 at Nooneast, on YouTube.com slash Megan Kelly and all podcast platforms.