Trump's Bombshell Autism Announcement, Kimmel Is Already Back, Kamala Book Backlash： AM Update 9⧸23
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Taking tylenol is not good, Kamala Harris s new book is out, and fellow Dems are not happy. In a major reversal, Jimmy Kimmel is set to return to ABC tonight, and Ryan Ruth is on trial for allegedly attempting to assassinate President Trump on a golf course in Florida.
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Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025, and this is
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President Trump and HHS Secretary Kennedy announcing a potential cause of autism and
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She's going to have to answer to how she was in the room and yet never said anything publicly.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris's new book is out and fellow Dems are not happy.
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In a major reversal, Jimmy Kimmel is set to return to ABC tonight.
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And Ryan Ruth on trial for allegedly attempting to assassinate President Trump on a golf course
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in Florida, arresting his defense after just one day and three witnesses.
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All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
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As President Trump is settling into his new administration, one of the top Democrats in
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Congress aiming to undermine the Trump agenda is Democrat Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois.
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President Trump and HHS officials yesterday announcing a potential major scientific breakthrough,
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a possible cause of autism, pointing to Tylenol use during pregnancy.
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Effective immediately, the FDA will be notifying physicians that the use of acetaminophen, which
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is basically commonly known as Tylenol, during pregnancy can be associated with a very increased
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For this reason, they are strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy
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That's, for instance, in cases of extremely high fever.
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In the early 90s, according to the Associated Press, one in 10,000 children were diagnosed
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In April, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calling autism an epidemic.
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Promising by September to begin delivering answers on the cause for the alarming increase.
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With yesterday's announcement, the FDA will issue notice to physicians on the findings
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Secretary Kennedy noting that there is no alternative fever reducer for pregnant women, saying the
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FDA will encourage doctors to only prescribe the lowest possible dose for fevers in pregnant
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Kenview, a manufacturer of Tylenol, releasing a statement to CNN, quote,
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The facts are that over a decade of rigorous research endorsed by leading medical professionals
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and global health regulators confirms there is no credible evidence linking acetaminophen
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We stand with the many public health and medical professionals who have reviewed this science
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We will continue to explore all options to protect the health interests of American women and
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The administration citing research released by Harvard University in August.
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Harvard's Dean of the School of Public Health, Dr. Andrea Baccarelli, releasing a statement,
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We found evidence of an association between exposure to acetaminophen during pregnancy and increased
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incidence of neurodevelopmental disorders in children.
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Secretary RFKJ and FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty McCary also announcing a new FDA-approved treatment
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We have also identified an exciting therapy that may benefit large numbers of children who
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Be-reviewed literature has documented that up to 60% of folate-deficient children with ASD
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can improve verbal communications if given leukovorin.
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We expect this to be the first of many announcements over the coming years that deliver actionable information
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to parents on underlying cause of autism and the potential paths for prevention and reversal.
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One study found that with kids with autism and chronic folate deficiency, two-thirds of
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kids with autism symptoms had improvement and some marked improvement.
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Leukovorin, a form of vitamin B9, is the first FDA-recognized therapeutic for children with autism.
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Some in the media saying there's little evidence the treatment is effective.
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However, the Washington Post, of all places, reporting the drug has shown real hope in
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For a select group of autistic individuals, leukovorin may boost communication and cognition
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Researchers believe some with autism have difficulty transporting an essential nutrient for neurodevelopment
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Scientists believe the medication may help deliver folate more effectively, alleviating some autism
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As far as vaccines and a potential link to autism, President Trump appearing to get ahead of
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Other things that we recommend, or certainly I do anyway, on the vaccines, it would be good
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instead of one visit where they pump the baby loaded up with stuff, you'll do it over a period
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This is based on what I feel, the mumps, measles, and the three should be taken separately.
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And it seems to be that when you mix them, there could be a problem.
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So there's no downside in taking them separately.
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In fact, they think it's better, so let it be separate.
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There's no reason to give a baby that's almost just born hepatitis B.
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So I would say wait till the baby is 12 years old and formed.
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While HHS may not be ready to make any formal announcements on vaccines and autism, Secretary
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Kennedy is saying HHS will leave no stone unturned in continuing to identify causes.
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One area that we are closely examining, as the president mentioned, is vaccines.
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Some 40 to 70 percent of mothers who have children with autism believe that their child was injured
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President Trump believes that we should be listening to these mothers instead of gaslighting
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and marginalizing them like prior administrations.
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Some of our friends like to say we should believe all women.
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Some of the same people have been silencing and demonizing these mothers for three decades
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because research on the potential link between autism and vaccines has been actively suppressed
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It will take time for an honest look at this topic by scientists.
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But I want to reassure the people in the autism community that we will be uncompromising and
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Set to return to ABC tonight because when you're a leftist, you don't really get cancelled,
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unlike those on the right who are getting cancelled and even killed.
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Less than one week after Kimmel's show was suspended, he's back, following false and
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inflammatory comments he made suggesting Charlie Kirk's alleged killer was a Trump supporter
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Next are the nation's largest owner of ABC affiliate broadcast stations announcing plans
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Sinclair, another large affiliate owner, following suit.
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Reports indicating Kimmel was planning to double down on his incendiary comments on that night's
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show, that he was going to attack MAGA and blame them for twisting his remarks.
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And that's when network executives decided to shelf production.
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Yesterday evening, the Walt Disney Company releasing a statement, quote,
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We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations,
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we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.
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CNBC reporting Kimmel will address the matter on his show set to be taped today.
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Executive producer of the Charlie Kirk show, Andrew Colvitt, posting to X,
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Disney and ABC caving and allowing Kimmel back on the air is not surprising, but it's their
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Nextar and Sinclair do not have to make the same choice.
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And indeed, yesterday evening, Sinclair announcing that it will be preempting Kimmel across its
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Coming up, Kamala Harris's memoir, 107 Days, is out, and Democrats are not happy.
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And accused would-be Trump assassin Ryan Ruth rests his defense in just one day.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris's memoir, 107 Days, officially hitting shelves today.
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The memoirs roll out offering a glimpse of a looser, more unguarded Kamala Harris,
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one eager to point in any direction but the mirror,
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while seeking to explain the spectacular collapse of her short-lived campaign.
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Despite growing questions about President Biden's mental and physical fitness,
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Harris writing that she could not have voiced concerns because, as Vice President,
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any doubts she raised would come off as self-serving.
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Concluding, however, that it was reckless to leave the choice to, quote,
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It should have been more than a personal decision.
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According to Axios, Team Biden reacted with, quote, rage to this passage, responding, quote,
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Vice President Harris was simply not good at the job.
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She had basically zero substantive role in any of the administration's key work streams,
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and instead would just dive-bomb in for stilted photo ops that exposed how out-of-depth she was.
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President Biden, not the only fellow Democrat to catch heat in the 320-page memoir,
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Ms. Harris describing her vice presidential vetting process,
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saying she ruled out top contender Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro,
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accusing him of being more focused on perks of the office,
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like decorating the residence, than in doing the job.
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he would be unable to settle for a role as number two,
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Governor Shapiro, considered by many to be a likely 2028 presidential contender,
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returning the attack on Stephen A. Smith's podcast late last week.
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I mean, look, I haven't read the former vice president's book,
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and she's going to have to answer to how she was in the room,
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but when I was confronted with engagement with the former president,
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in looking at it simply from the perspective of,
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and extremely vocal with his staff about my concerns
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about his fitness to be able to run for another term.
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I believe in talking directly to the individuals,
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For what it's worth, Mr. Shapiro did run around talking to the media
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I acknowledge he had a bad night in the debate last night.
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It doesn't change the fact that Donald Trump was a bad president.
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And certainly, we need to be crisper in delivering that message.
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Well, I would just say, Democrats, stop worrying and start working.
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We all have a responsibility here to do our part.
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Ms. Harris also revealing former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg
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but she decided it was too much of a risk to pick a gay man.
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Buttigieg would have been an ideal partner if I were a straight white man,
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but we were already asking a lot of America to accept a woman,
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a black woman, a black woman married to a Jewish man.
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Part of me wanted to say, screw it, let's just do it.
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But knowing what was at stake, it was too big of a risk.
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And I think Pete also knew that to our mutual sadness.
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However, it appears Secretary Buttigieg may not have actually known that.
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I just believe in giving Americans more credit than that.
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My experience in politics has been that the way that you earn trust with voters
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is based mostly on what they think you're going to do for their lives, not on categories.
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Early reviews for the book are not exactly raving.
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I don't know if Harris found writing 107 days cathartic, but reading it certainly wasn't.
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It seems likely to alienate her critics further and provides no closure or hope for her supporters.
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After 107 days, Kamala Harris doesn't know how to win.
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Political strategist David Axelrod telling Politico, quote,
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If there's a political strategy here, it's a bad one.
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There's an awful lot of grievances and finger-pointing that doesn't really serve a political agenda.
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Despite Democrat displeasure with the revelations from 107 days,
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the Megyn Kelly Show team is thrilled Vice President Harris will be back to making the media rounds.
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She officially kicked off her book tour on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC program last night,
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and she is set to appear on The View later today.
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The man accused of attempting to assassinate then-candidate Donald Trump
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resting his defense on Monday in a Florida federal courtroom.
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Ryan Ruth, representing himself despite no legal training,
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calling three witnesses to the stand, then resting without testifying himself.
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The first witness, Michael McClay, a former Marine sniper instructor.
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McClay testifying he fired two shots from Ruth's rifle as a test prior to the trial.
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each witness saying Ruth is a peaceful man, however, on cross,
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The Fed's calling 38 witnesses over nearly two weeks of testimony with hundreds of exhibits.
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The final witness on Friday, FBI Supervisory Special Agent Kimberly McGreevy,
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McGreevy walking the jury through evidence showing Ruth lived at a Palm Beach County gas station
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for at least a month in the lead-up to the alleged assassination attempt,
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Data from six phones allegedly belonging to Ruth,
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containing searches for Mr. Trump's campaign events, golf courses, and plane tracking websites.
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he was living at that truck stop, conducting physical and electronic surveillance,
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On September 15th of last year, a Secret Service agent spotting the barrel of the rifle,
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poking out of some bushes ahead of President Trump's arrival for an afternoon of golf.
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Ruth apprehended about an hour later on a nearby highway.
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Prosecutors say Ruth texted his three children less than an hour before his planned assassination of President Trump,
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Ruth allegedly writing to his daughter Sarah, quote,
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Sarah sitting in court each day in support of her father,
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and he's always been devoted to helping other people,
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and he doesn't understand why there's not more support out there.
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Well, I mean, he is on trial for allegedly attempting to assassinate a presidential candidate,
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which most people would say is not a good, kind, or gentle thing.
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including the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate,
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being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition,
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and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
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live on SiriusXM Triumph Channel 111 at noon east,