Vance on ＂5-Year-Old Detained by ICE＂ Story, Jack Smith Grilled, Barron Saves Woman： AM Update 1⧸23
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J.D. Vance brings a dose of reality to Minneapolis in a visit designed to increase cooperation between local business leaders and federal immigration enforcement. Meanwhile, President Trump's youngest child is credited with saving a woman s life. All that and more coming up in a moment on Your AM Update.
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But for booking her trip to Paris, Olivia chose the easy way with Expedia.
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Of course, she still climbed all 674 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
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When I think to myself, oh my God, this is terrible.
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Well, I do a little bit more follow-up research.
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Vice President J.D. Vance brings a dose of reality to Minneapolis
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in a visit designed to increase cooperation between local business leaders
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NYPD officers seeking emergency medical treatment say
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they were treated like pariahs by hospital staff who confused them for ICE agents.
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So my final question is, do you believe that you made any mistakes?
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Do you have any regrets as to how you conducted this investigation?
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Former counsel Jack Smith, pressed by Republicans at a House Judiciary hearing,
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probing his investigations into then-candidate Trump.
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And Barron Trump, President Trump's youngest child, credited with saving a woman's life,
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All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
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Vice President J.D. Vance arriving in Minneapolis yesterday to participate in a roundtable discussion
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with local business leaders and law enforcement.
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The visit coming amid weeks of violent protesters clashing with and obstructing ICE officers.
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Mr. Vance seeking to ease tensions and increase local collaboration with federal immigration
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The VP speaking to reporters following the briefing, describing the dangerous and hostile atmosphere
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even off-duty ICE officers face in the Twin Cities.
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Did you know that within the last, I think, week or so, maybe even more recently than that,
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you had a couple of ICE officers who were off-duty, who had been doxxed online, who were sitting
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and having a meal at a restaurant in Minneapolis when a bunch of agitators showed up, locked the door,
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made them feel like they were in danger for their lives.
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And then, of course, it was federal law enforcement officers who had to come up,
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lower the temperature on the situation, and actually get those two off-duty officers to
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Now imagine, if you would, your life and your perspective on law enforcement if you can't
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even go to a restaurant without some agitators locking the door and making you feel like
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry repeatedly criticizing the Trump
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administration for surging in thousands of federal agents, accusing the government of
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VP Vance pushing back, arguing the heavy federal presence is a direct result of the lack of cooperation
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If you go to Austin, Texas or Memphis, Tennessee, you do not have this level of chaos.
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The reason why things have gotten so out of hand is because of failure of cooperation between
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the state and local authorities and what these guys are trying to do.
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We have a ton of resources, a ton of ICE agents in this city right now.
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They're not even doing targeted immigration enforcement.
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They are trying to protect ICE officers who are doing immigration enforcement because when
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a crowd surrounds them and these guys call 911, the local officials, the local cops have
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The vice president's visit coming amid viral reports that ICE, quote, detained a five-year-old
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The New York Times writing, quote, detention of five-year-old by federal agents incenses Minneapolis.
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ABC News, quote, five-year-old asylum seeker detained as ICE expands enforcement in Minnesota.
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton weighing in, posting on X, quote, enforcing the law is
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Terrorizing a population using children as pawns is another.
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Kamala Harris, posting, quote, Liam Ramos is just a baby.
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He should be home with his family, not used as bait by ICE and held in a Texas detention
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J.D. Vance weighing in on some of the misinformation out there on this case yesterday.
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I'm a father of a five-year-old, actually, a five-year-old little boy.
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And I think to myself, oh, my God, this is terrible.
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Well, I do a little bit more follow-up research.
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And what I find is that the five-year-old was not arrested, that his dad was an illegal
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And then when they went to arrest his illegal alien father, the father ran.
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Are they supposed to let a five-year-old child freeze to death?
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Are they not supposed to arrest an illegal alien in the United States of America?
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If the argument is that you can't arrest people who have violated our laws because they have
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children, then every single parent is going to be completely given immunity from ever being
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DHS writing on X, quote, ICE did not target, arrest a child or use a child as bait.
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ICE law enforcement officers were the only people primarily concerned with the welfare of this
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child. The agency explaining that the boy's father ran. His alleged mother refused to accept
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custody of the child, and DHS alone was left to care for the boy while trying multiple times to
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get the alleged mother to take him, even assuring her that she would not be taken into custody.
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Finally, ICE catching the father, who DHS says decided he wanted the child to remain with him.
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Officers abided by the father's wishes, even getting the child McDonald's and playing his
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favorite music for him. DHS explaining that parents have the choice to keep their children
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with them upon removal or to have them placed with a safe person of the parents' choosing,
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consistent with the policy of past administrations. DHS also allows parents being removed to use the
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CBP Home app, which gives them a free flight back to their native country and $2,600 and reserves
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them the right to try and come back the legal way. Late yesterday, the family's attorney claiming
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that the family, from Ecuador, has been seeking asylum through the protocol established by the
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Biden administration. Proper asylum seekers are not technically considered illegal immigrants.
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We asked DHS about that claim, and they referred us to their earlier statement, which refers to this
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man as an illegal immigrant, presumably disagreeing with the assertions about asylum.
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A disturbing report out of New York City. Three plainclothes NYPD detectives arriving at NYU Langone
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Cobble Hill Hospital in Brooklyn last Friday, seeking medical treatment for minor injuries following a
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struggle with a drug suspect, according to the New York Post. Hospital officials telling the detectives
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they could not enter the emergency room while armed, prompting one officer to agree to hold his
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partner's firearm while the first officer was being treated. Hospital staff then approaching the
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second detective in the waiting room, instructing him to leave because he was armed. At that point,
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the NYPD tells the Post, quote, the two detectives heard members of the hospital staff say something to
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the effect of believing they were ICE and that they should seek care elsewhere. A source familiar with
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the incident telling the Post hospital staff were, quote, nasty toward the officers, accusing them of being ICE
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agents. The detectives' endowment association, the detectives' union, announcing it is actively
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investigating the incident, writing in a statement it will, quote, pursue all available remedies to
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ensure our members are treated with the dignity, respect, and professionalism they have unequivocally
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earned. New York City Mayor Zoram Mamdani, who earlier this week appeared on The View, calling for the
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abolition of ICE, telling reporters on Wednesday he was not aware of the incident. NYU Langone releasing a
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statement following a discussion with Police Commissioner Jessica Tish, expressing regret for
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how the situation was handled, quote, and reaffirming our commitment to continue providing the highest
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quality care to the NYPD and all law enforcement agencies. In 2025, they went on, NYU Langone was proud
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to provide care to nearly 1,000 NYPD officers across all our emergency departments. The statement does not
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indicate any disciplinary action has been taken against the staff involved in this incident.
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Coming up, former Special Prosecutor Jack Smith faces heat from the GOP in an appearance before the
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House Judiciary Committee, and the story of a woman who credits Barron Trump with saving her life.
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Former special counsel Jack Smith appearing before the House Judiciary Committee yesterday,
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defending his collapsed cases against President Trump as Republicans accused him of overreach,
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secrecy, and abuse of prosecutorial power. Former Attorney General Merrick Garland appointing
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Smith in 2022 to oversee two investigations into then-candidate Trump, the Mar-a-Lago classified
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documents case and the 2020 January 6th case, both cases falling apart in 2024. Throughout the
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hearing, Democrats repeatedly coming to Smith's defense, praising his conduct and portraying him
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as a principled public servant, always acting in good faith. Here, Congressman Jamie Raskin of Maryland,
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Eric Swalwell of California, and Joe Naguse of Colorado. Now, Mr. Smith, you're one of America's
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great prosecutors. While others may have devoted their lives to corrupt self-enrichment, you have
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devoted your life to the rule of law and to public service. We are grateful for your service to this
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country. We appreciate your fidelity to the rule of law. Mr. Smith, I want you to have the utmost confidence
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in what you did. You did everything right. You, unlike many here, are a man of honor.
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We spoke to Julie Kelly, reporter for Declassified on Substack, who has closely followed these cases
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from the very beginning. She says the day did not go well for Jack Smith.
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I think it was a disaster for Jack Smith. I think, you know, Democrats and Jack Smith himself and the
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media were preparing for him to really school the committee on all of Donald Trump's criminality.
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But for the president winning, he would have been able to easily convict the president in both of
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those documents case in J6. But that just did not happen. And I think you can tell, Megan, by the
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response, you know, of the media and even Democrats on the panel that this did not go well. So they had
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to spend every, all of their time talking about Donald Trump, how he tried to steal, you know, overturn the
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2020 election. And all of them would say, on behalf of my state or my district, thank you so much for
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your service, your 30 years of service, because they recognize that I think most people view Jack
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Smith and the entire special counsel's operation as nothing more than a political witch hunt
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to try to damage and destroy Donald Trump before the election.
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Republicans walking through Smith's record, challenging his methods, focusing in particular
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on his decision to secretly subpoena the phone records of multiple GOP members of Congress.
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In other words, members of a co-equal branch of government to the executive, which employed
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Jack Smith. Those records obtained under nondisclosure orders, preventing the phone companies from notifying
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their customers that their records had even been turned over to prosecutors. Congressman
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Brandon Gill of Texas questioning Smith on nondisclosure orders Gill says Smith secured
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to obtain then House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's records.
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You did. And let me ask you, Mr. Smith, at the time you secured those nondisclosure orders,
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The nondisclosure order was based on concerns about...
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Then why did your nondisclosure order refer to him as a flight risk?
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Sir, when securing a nondisclosure order, the risks don't have to be associated...
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You think the Speaker of the House is a flight risk? You think he's going to hop on a plane
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No. What I was trying to explain is, with respect to a nondisclosure order, the risks
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aren't necessarily associated with the subscriber to the phone. They're the risks to the investigation.
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I think that you were using, this was clearly in reference to Speaker McCarthy, and you were
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using clearly false information to secure a nondisclosure order to hide from Speaker
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McCarthy and from the American people the fact that you were spying on his toll records.
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According to Kelly, Smith faced little resistance from the judges overseeing his probes.
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They were the ones who were signing off as chief judges of the D.C. District Court.
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Beryl Howell and then Jeb Bosworth took over as chief judge in the spring of 2023.
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They are both Obama appointees. They both have a long track record of anti-Trump animus,
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or animus towards the president, and January Sixers. I mean, Jeb Bosworth called January 6th
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an insurrection in a few court orders. So they were only too happy to act as a rubber stamp
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for first the DOJ, then Jack Smith, and whatever they wanted.
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Kelly argues those approvals came with little concern for future scrutiny because these prosecutors
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and judges never expected Donald Trump to return to power.
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They never foresaw what happened in 2024. Republicans, again, taking over the legislative
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branch and Donald Trump back in the White House. They thought this would stay under wraps forever,
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or by the time this was disclosed, no one would care. There wouldn't be anything that anyone could
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do. And that's just not the case here, which is why Jack Smith stumbles around trying to give a good
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answer as to why he sought these NDOs. Elsewhere in the hearing, Congressman Daryl Issa of California
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pressing Smith on potential political motivations for seeking these records.
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To what end would conversations between the Speaker of the U.S. House and the president,
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in what basis would it be any of your business, you, like the president's men for Richard Nixon,
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went after your political enemies? Maybe they're not your political enemies,
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but they sure as hell were Joe Biden's political enemies, weren't they? They were the enemies of the
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president, and you were their arm, weren't you? No.
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Well, did you mention that you were spying on seeking records so you could find out about
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when conversations occurred between the U.S. Speaker of the House and the president? Did
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you inform the judge, or did you hold that back? My office didn't spy on anyone.
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Time is expired, but we're going to let the witness answer your question because it's an important
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question. We did not provide that information to the judge when we requested a non-disclosure order
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consistent with the law and consistent with the department. Mr. Chairman, the amazing thing here
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today is that we have an admission. Congressman Kevin Kiley from California tying it all together,
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demonstrating a larger pattern in which Smith repeatedly pushed legal boundaries.
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You also sought orders from judges, making it so those who were being, having their records seized
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would not know about it. Similarly, you issued a gag order against President Trump that the D.C.
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Circuit Court of Appeals vacated as overbroad. Is that correct? Well, the D.C. Court of Appeals
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in passing on that order found that it was justified. They narrowed the order, but because
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it was overbroad. In addition to that, you sought an early trial date that the district court rejected,
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and when you presented your prosecution memo to Attorney General Garland, it's been reported that
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he was visibly unimpressed and expressed First Amendment concerns. So, Mr. Smith, looking at the record,
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I see that you were reversed and rebuked by the Department of Justice itself, by the Attorney
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General, by the Solicitor General, by multiple district court justices, judges, by the Court of
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Appeals, and by the U.S. Supreme Court itself. So, my final question is, do you believe that you made
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any mistakes? If I have any regret, it would be not expressing enough appreciation for my staff
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who work so hard in these investigations. Kelly says these failures reflect a broader pattern
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across Smith's entire career. Jack Smith has actually a terrible record before higher courts.
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He had a lot of luck in Washington, D.C. because he had two Democrat chief judges who were happy to
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give him whatever he wanted. And, of course, then bringing up the 8-0 reversal of Jack Smith's
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conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife. Also, he got a hung jury when he tried
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to try John Edwards the first time. I mean, this is one of the biggest prosecutorial losers of all
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time. Yet, he wants to sit up there and act like he has a stellar 30-year career as a prosecutor
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and is above reproach, and that's just not the case.
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Barron Trump credited with helping to save a woman's life last year after witnessing an alleged
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assault over FaceTime and alerting U.K. authorities. Prosecutors on Wednesday playing a recording of a
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999 call, the U.K.'s version of 911, during the London trial of Matve Rumiancev, a former MMA fighter
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accused of assaulting and raping his ex-girlfriend, who cannot be named under U.K. law. According to
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prosecutors, the incident occurring in January 2025, when then-18-year-old Barron Trump received a FaceTime
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call from a female friend in London and witnessed her being attacked. In the emergency call transcript
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obtained by U.K. outlet Metro, the younger Trump telling the operator, quote, I'm calling from the U.S.
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I just got a call from a girl. She's getting beat up. Barron then gives the woman's address,
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continuing, quote, I just figured out how to call someone. It's really an emergency. The operator presses
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him for details on how they met. Barron, focusing on the girl, says, I don't think these details matter.
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She's getting beat up. But okay, fine, I met her on social media. The operator accuses him of being
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rude with that comment, and again demands to know how he and this woman met. I met her on social media,
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he repeats. Barron says again how badly this young woman is getting beaten up, and expresses his
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concern, then tells the operator, so sorry for being rude. So sweet of him to say that. Authorities only
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learning of Trump's identity after arriving at the scene. The woman dialing Trump, asking if he
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called the police. Trump's voice heard on body cameras, telling authorities, quote, I just saw a
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ceiling and could hear screaming. I could see a guy's head on the phone, and then the camera turns to her
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crying and getting hit. In court on Wednesday, the woman telling jurors, quote, he helped save my life.
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That call was like a sign from God at that moment. The trial remains ongoing.
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And that'll do it for your AM update. I'm Megyn Kelly. Join me back here for the MK Show,
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