The Vances Visit Greenland, Major MS-13 Arrest, Stefanik Withdraws Her UN Nomination： AM Update 3⧸28
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J.D. Vance in Greenland today, scaling back plans after a lack of hospitality from Greenlandic and Danish officials. Attorney General Pam Bondi announces the capture of a high-profile MS-13 gang member, President Trump asks New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik to withdraw her nomination for UN ambassador, and new details in the mysterious death of former U.S. attorney Jessica Aber.
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Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Friday, March 28th, 2025, and this is your
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AM Update. We want to reinvigorate the security of the people of Greenland because we think
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it's important to protecting the security of the entire world. Vice President J.D. Vance
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in Greenland today, scaling back plans following a lack of hospitality from Greenlandic and
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Danish officials. He was the leader for the East Coast, one of the top three in the entire
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country, right here in Virginia, living half an hour outside of Washington, D.C. Attorney
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General Pam Bondi announcing the capture of a high-profile MS-13 gang member. RFKJ announcing
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a streamlining of the sprawling HHS department. President Trump asks New York Congresswoman
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Elise Stefanik to withdraw her nomination for U.N. ambassador. And new details in the mysterious
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death of former U.S. attorney Jessica Aber. All that and more coming up in just a moment
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Vice President J.D. Vance in Greenland today, along with Second Lady Usha Vance,
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National Security Advisor Mike Walls, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright. The agenda now a scaled
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back version of what was originally planned. The trip announced on Sunday, billed as a solo
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goodwill visit for Ms. Vance to absorb and learn about Greenland's culture. Ms. Vance had planned a
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tour of the capital, Nook, as Mr. Waltz and Secretary Wright visited the U.S. Space Force base in
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Bidoufique, about 600 miles away. Mr. Waltz's inclusion on the trip sparking backlash from
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Greenlandic and Danish officials as President Trump vows to acquire the semi-autonomous territory,
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quote, one way or another. The goodwill souring when a Greenland tourism business,
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Tupelok Travel, canceled the planned meet-and-greet event with the Second Lady. The business,
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posting to Facebook, quote, we have now informed the consulate that we do not want her visit,
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as we cannot accept the underlying agenda and will not be part of the press show.
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Shortly after that public snub, Vice President Vance announcing he would join the trip himself,
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posting this message to X. A lot of other countries have threatened Greenland,
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have threatened to use its territories and its waterways to threaten the United States,
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to threaten Canada, and of course to threaten the people of Greenland. So we're going to check out
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how things are going there. And I say that speaking for President Trump, we want to reinvigorate
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the security of the people of Greenland because we think it's important to protecting the security
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of the entire world. The delegation now only scheduled to visit the U.S. Space Force base.
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Trips to U.S. bases by American officials are generally considered routine and non-controversial.
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Denmark Foreign Minister Lars Luka Rasmussen saying, quote,
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I think it's very positive that the Americans have canceled their visit among Greenlandic society.
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They will only visit their own base, Bidoufiq, and we have nothing against that.
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President Trump on Wednesday doubling down on his desire to take control of the Arctic island.
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We need Greenland for international safety and security. We need it. We have to have it. And
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it's an island that, from a defensive posture and even offensive posture, is something we need,
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especially with the world the way it is. And we're going to have to have it. And so I hate to put it
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that way, but we're going to have to have it. The trip marking Vice President Vance's and NSA
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Waltz's first overseas trip since The Atlantic magazine reported that its editor-in-chief,
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was somehow admitted into a private signal messaging group used by senior administration
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officials. The message is revealing debate among top intel officials on the pros and cons of
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attacking Houthi rebels in order to break their hold on an important global shipping lane.
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Mr. Vance writing in the chat, quote, if you think we should do it, let's go. I just hate
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bailing Europe out again. The Wall Street Journal reporting, quote, European leaders had hoped that
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Vice President Vance's antagonism was a political show to build domestic support. Officials are
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coming to terms with a vocal vice president whose antipathy for Europe appears to run deep.
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In recent months, Mr. Vance making waves on the world stage, delivering a clear message on behalf
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of the president. The United States will support its allies, but only if they act like friends.
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The threat that I worry the most about vis-a-vis Europe is not Russia. It's not China. It's not
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any other external actor. And what I worry about is the threat from within the retreat of Europe
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from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the United States of America.
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Do you think that it's respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack
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the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?
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President Trump making it a key priority of his second administration,
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getting European allies to step up and pay their fair share.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi early Thursday morning announcing a major arrest.
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Early this morning, one of the top leaders of MS-13 was apprehended. He was the leader for the
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East Coast, one of the top three in the entire country, right here in Virginia, living half an
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hour outside of Washington, D.C. He is an illegal alien from El Salvador, and he will not be living
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in our country much longer. The suspect, 24-year-old Henry Josue Villatoro Santos. The charges against him
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and where he is currently being held, not yet released. Virginia is not a sanctuary state,
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but several localities, mostly in northern Virginia, where Mr. Santos was arrested,
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have policies barring local officials from cooperating with the feds. The operation,
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a joint effort between federal, state, and local officials. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin
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describing the cooperation leading to the arrest. This task force was architected in a very quick
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period of time and stood up immediately. And in fact, when Director Patel was confirmed within a
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day, he authorized this facility and these capabilities, General Bondi immediately came to
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lead it. And we found ourselves with truly one-of-a-kind resources going to work. And the minute that we had
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partners that would do this with us, then lists of five, six, seven hundred targets could be put together
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in collaboration with state police and federal authorities and our Department of Corrections.
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Critically important, and I cannot emphasize enough, the collaboration and support and leadership
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out of the new administration that is so different than what we saw in at least the previous three
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years of my administration. MS-13 is one of the most violent gangs in the world. Originally forming in
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the 1980s on the streets of Los Angeles, now based in El Salvador, the gang extends into Honduras,
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Guatemala, and Mexico with thousands of members. Members are often required to commit a murder to
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gain membership. Their motto? Kill, rape, control. The gang responsible for many gruesome, high-profile
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murders in America. In 2017, a female member lured the group of men into a Long Island park where they were
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hacked to death in a planned ambush. Dozens of reports outlining similar instances of brutality
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against Americans. FBI Director Kash Patel remarking at the press conference the work of their task force
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is far from finished. This is a mandate we have. Right now we have an American dying every seven minutes
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from a drug overdose. That is a national security crisis we have not seen ever before. We have a woman
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or child being raped every six and a half minutes in this country. We have a homicide twice an hour.
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No part of that metric is a safe and secure America. But thanks to the brave leadership of
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this administration and the folks that you see here, we are returning our communities to safety.
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The Virginia Homeland Security Task Force arresting more than 340 of their 575 illegal alien targets.
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Secretary of Health and Human Services RFKJ announcing a restructuring of the sprawling department he
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oversees. 28 great divisions will become 15. The entire federal workforce is downsizing now,
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so this will be a painful period for HHS as we downsize from 82,000 full-time employees to around
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62,000. We're keenly focused on paring away excess administrators while increasing the number of
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scientists and frontline health providers so that we can do a better job for the American people.
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The new umbrella group for the streamlined departments will be called the Administration
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for a Healthy America, or AHA, a nod to the MAHA movement. The new department combining offices
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handling addiction, toxic substances, occupational safety, mental health, and others. In late
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February, the Office of Budget and Management issuing a memorandum directing federal agencies to prepare
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plans to downsize. Since the beginning of the second Trump administration, about 10,000 HHS employees
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accepting buyout offers. RFKJ's plan will cut about another 10,000. Secretary Kennedy says his
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department is filled with tremendous bloat and redundancies. During the Biden administration,
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HHS's budget increased by 38 percent and its staffing increased by 17 percent, but all that money
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has failed to improve the health of Americans. In fact, the rate of chronic disease and cancer
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increased dramatically as our department has grown. When I arrived, I found that over half of our employees
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don't even come to work. HHS has more than 100 communications offices and more than 40 IT
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departments and dozens of procurement offices and nine HR departments. In many cases, they don't even
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talk to each other. HHS operates under a budget of $1.7 trillion. RFKJ saying this restructuring will
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save the department about $1.8 billion each year. Democrats? Not thrilled. The Trump administration
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is endangering your family to make more room in their budget for tax breaks for billionaires and big
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corporations. These anti-vaxxers are slashing vaccine research and at the very same time dedicating
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resources to launch vaccine conspiracy investigations and resurrect debunked science. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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is using the Department of Health and Human Services to do the bidding of Elon Musk and Donald Trump
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it is a make America sick again agenda. Secretary Kennedy maintains no core functions of the
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department will be compromised. The announcement on the heels of two big confirmations within HHS.
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On Tuesday, Stanford professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya confirmed on a party line vote as head of the NIH.
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Wow. Dr. Bhattacharya, an early critic of COVID lockdowns, promising to open up robust scientific debate
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within his organization. It was just three years ago he was being smeared as a fringe doctor by
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Fauci and Collins. The Senate also confirming Dr. Marty McCary of Johns Hopkins as commissioner of the
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FDA. Three Democrats joining Republicans to confirm Dr. McCary, New Hampshire Senators Maggie Hassan and
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Jean Shaheen, as well as Illinois Senator Dick Durbin. Both doctors, key allies of President Trump and
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Secretary Kennedy committed to carrying out the administration's vision of making America healthy
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again. Coming up, President Trump asks New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik to withdraw her nomination
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for U.N. ambassador. And new details emerge in the untimely death of former U.S. attorney Jessica Aber.
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President Trump requesting that New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik withdraw her nomination
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for ambassador to the United Nations. Mr. Trump writing on Truth Social, quote,
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as we advance our America First agenda, it is essential that we maintain every Republican seat
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in Congress. We must be unified to accomplish our mission, and Elise Stefanik has been a vital part
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of our efforts from the very beginning. With a very tight majority, I don't want to take a chance on
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anyone else running for Elise's seat. Congresswoman Stefanik will rejoin the House Republican leadership
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ranks. She stepped down from her position as conference chair following her nomination to the
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U.N. The current balance of power in the House, standing at 218 to 213, giving Republicans a very
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narrow edge. That advantage could shrink further depending on the outcomes of four upcoming special
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elections. Ms. Stefanik, a close Trump ally, was one of the first nominations of the second Trump
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administration. The announcement made just days after the election. The congresswoman at age 30
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was the youngest woman ever elected to Congress at the time in 2014 when she ran as a moderate. She was
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re-elected in 2016, embracing the MAGA agenda in the first Trump administration. In nominating her to
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the U.N., President Trump describing Ms. Stefanik as, quote, an incredibly strong, tough, and smart
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America first fighter. The president referencing moments like this one in December 2023 as she
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grilled the Ivy League president's handling of illegal displays of on-campus anti-Semitism.
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Do you understand your testimony is dehumanizing them? Do you understand that dehumanization is part
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of anti-Semitism? I will ask you one more time. Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate
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Harvard's rules of bullying and harassment, yes or no? It depends on the context. It does not depend
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on the context. The answer is yes, and this is why you should resign. These are unacceptable answers
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across the board. House Speaker Mike Johnson releasing a statement that reads, quote, there is no doubt
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Congresswoman Stefanik would have served with distinction as our ambassador to the U.N., but we are grateful for
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her willingness to sacrifice that position and remain in Congress to help us save the country. The
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House is currently working on major pieces of legislation involving the border, energy, and taxes.
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An update on the cause of death for former U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber. The family saying the 43-year-old
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died in her sleep, releasing a statement reading, quote, Jess suffered from epilepsy and epileptic seizures
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for many years. Ms. Aber was found unresponsive in her Alexandria, Virginia home on Saturday morning.
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The case will remain open until the office of the chief medical examiner completes its report.
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Police officials believe her death to be the result of natural causes. As U.S. Attorney for the Eastern
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District of Virginia, Ms. Aber oversaw many high-profile cases, including CIA leaks and international fraud.
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Her successor, U.S. Attorney Eric Siebert, offering in a statement, quote,
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quote, her professionalism, grace, and legal acumen set the standard. Though we are devastated by this
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loss, each of us in the Eastern District of Virginia will look to her example and endeavor
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to live up to it. And that'll do it for your AM Update. I'm Megan Kelly. Join me back here for
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