The Megyn Kelly Show - July 24, 2026


Vance Secret Service Leak Probe, AOC and Buttigieg Top 2028 Dem Polls, Dodgers at WH： AM Update 7⧸24

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polls of 2028 Democrat presidential candidates Los Angeles Dodgers World Series
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Vance Bolter Trump Shohei Otani Hunter Biden Dodgers Sam Harris Maisie Biden JD Vance Melissa Hortman Pete Buttigieg Gavin Newsom John Hoffman Sean Curran John Ossoff Mark Kelly Yvette Sarah Trone Garriott Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Anthony Guglielmi Quique Hernandez and 15 more
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A Secret Service agent accused of leaking details about Vice President J.D. Vance s movements has been placed on administrative leave, and a possible criminal investigation launched, according to CNN and the New York Times. Meanwhile, a new report from MSN anonymously leaks details growing frustration within the detail assigned to protect the Vice President and his family.

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00:00:38.980 It's Friday, July 24th, 2026, and this is your AM Update. Some parts of it are seemingly
00:00:44.780 partisan gratuitousness on the part of MS Now that leaked it. A Secret Service agent accused
00:00:50.720 of leaking details about Vice President Vance's movements placed on leave. I think my main focus
00:00:56.440 This is really genuinely just the midterms right now.
00:00:58.900 Future things can come in the future, but there's one thing at a time.
00:01:01.820 A pair of new polls reshaping the prospective 2028 Democrat presidential field
00:01:05.880 as two of the leading contenders face questions about whether they plan to run.
00:01:10.720 Minnesota assassin Vance Belter sentenced for the deadly attacks on two Democrat lawmakers and their families.
00:01:16.700 And the World Series champion Dodgers honored at the White House.
00:01:20.640 All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
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00:02:29.060 agency. A Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President J.D. Vance's protective detail
00:02:35.980 placed on administrative leave over allegations the agent leaked sensitive information about the
00:02:41.700 Vice President's movements to the press, according to CNN. The Secret Service confirming Thursday
00:02:46.820 that a member of its Vice Presidential Protective Division is now facing an administrative
00:02:51.480 investigation and a possible criminal inquiry. The agency is declining to identify the employee
00:02:57.500 or specify exactly what information may have been disclosed. Secret Service spokesman Anthony
00:03:03.320 Guglielmi releasing a statement, quote, while we will not comment on the specifics of this matter,
00:03:08.100 one principle is unequivocal. Any conduct that undermines the trust and confidence between a
00:03:13.080 protectee and their protective detail is fundamentally incompatible with our mission
00:03:17.560 and will not be tolerated.
00:03:19.580 The employee suspected of serving as a source
00:03:21.700 for an MSNOW report published last week
00:03:24.280 detailing alleged frustration
00:03:25.960 among agents protecting the vice president and his family.
00:03:29.120 MSNOW reporting some members of the detail
00:03:31.160 had grown exasperated by frequent last-minute changes
00:03:34.200 to the Vance's personal travel,
00:03:36.240 sometimes sourcing agents to cancel days off
00:03:38.220 and rapidly assemble new security plans.
00:03:40.880 The report pointing to one planned trip in particular
00:03:43.160 in which Mr. Vance and one of his sons
00:03:45.060 were expected to fly aboard a Marine Corps helicopter
00:03:47.480 to a golf lesson at Joint Base Andrews.
00:03:50.360 That flight ultimately canceled because of severe thunderstorms and high winds around
00:03:54.440 Washington.
00:03:55.660 MS now characterizing the complaints as evidence of a growing morale problem inside the detail
00:04:00.540 assigned to protect the Vice President, Second Lady Usha Vance, and their young family, which
00:04:04.920 welcomed its fourth child on Sunday.
00:04:07.420 CNN reporting the controversy comes as the Secret Service continues grappling with staffing
00:04:11.840 shortages, leaving agents to work longer hours in an already demanding and high-stakes assignment.
00:04:17.480 The publication of information about the vice president's planned movements reportedly infuriating officials at the Secret Service, the FBI, and the White House.
00:04:25.640 A former Secret Service agent telling CNN that publicizing the movements of two protectees, including a minor, exposed what the agent described as a serious vulnerability inside the agency.
00:04:36.180 The vice president's office responding to the original MSNOW report in a statement, quote,
00:04:40.220 The Vances are grateful to the men and women of the U.S. Secret Service who serve our country
00:04:44.840 with distinction. While protecting a vice president with a large policy portfolio and
00:04:49.100 a young and growing family presents a unique challenge, agents of the Secret Service do
00:04:53.200 so with excellence every day. We spoke with RealClearPolitics national correspondent Susan
00:04:58.000 Crabtree, who has reported extensively on the Secret Service and who says the strain inside
00:05:02.500 Vice President Vance's protective detail has been building for more than a year.
00:05:06.860 I've been reporting on the understaffing of J.D. Vance's Secret Service detail for more than a year. I've heard multiple, multiple complaints, and I've been reporting on this in various stories and tweets.
00:05:22.620 But the Secret Service, the presidential detail is almost twice as large, from what I understand, as the vice president's detail.
00:05:33.060 But, of course, J.D. Vance is doing more than half a minute.
00:05:37.640 He's traveling at least twice as much, if not likely more.
00:05:42.800 He's very integral to this administration, far more than VP Harris was.
00:05:49.880 And he also has young kids.
00:05:51.620 So that is stressing, providing a lot of stress for the detail.
00:05:57.540 And they haven't done anything at the leadership level that I know of to address these concerns that have been simmering on the detail for months and months.
00:06:08.940 Crabtree expanded on the differences between Vice President Vance and Vice President Harris in the last administration.
00:06:14.140 Her travel wasn't as near as extensive and her responsibilities, you didn't have her leading negotiations with foreign countries that were at war with. I mean, there was just no comparison whatsoever.
00:06:29.100 So, I mean, obviously during her campaign schedule, there was more activity level, but the size of the detail, as I understand it, has not increased since J.D. Vance has taken the job and has obviously a much more vigorous schedule and has little kids that he wants to be involved with their lives, even though he is the vice president of the United States.
00:06:54.020 Crabtree places much of the responsibility on agency leadership.
00:06:57.080 I think it's an issue of not standing up and speaking truth to power. Obviously, Sean Curran is very close to President Trump, and that's why Trump selected him and trusts him.
00:07:11.200 But in every blue ribbon report that's been issued over the last decade on the Secret Service problems, they say, do not choose your detail leader. Sometimes you don't have the experience level if you're just a campaign detail leader and you haven't risen to the ranks of outside organization, like reforming a police department.
00:07:34.260 And he didn't have the leadership jobs before becoming the director that really most directors do.
00:07:43.080 While Crabtree believes the staffing complaints deserve serious scrutiny, she argues parts of the original MSNOW report were aimed more at embarrassing Mr. Vance than addressing the underlying problem.
00:07:52.640 Some parts of it are seemingly partisan gratuitousness on the part of MSNOW that leaked it.
00:07:58.640 The fact that there was a request that J.D. Vance was accompanying his son to a golf course on Joint Base Andrews, that to me seems like totally, and that was played up as some kind of elitism, privilege, when that is the easiest way to transport the vice president and the president is by Marine One and Marine Two.
00:08:26.280 The motorcades involve far more agents. But what the issue that I think should have been had, it should have been at a leadership level that that Sean Curran or Matt Quinn, the deputy at the Secret Service, should have sat down with the scheduler for or the vice president himself and said, you know, there are some issues with how quickly you're doing some of the changes in these schedules.
00:08:51.460 Crabtree also accuses the outlet of applying a double standard to the demands placed on agents protecting members of the Biden family.
00:08:57.540 We didn't hear much about criticism of Hunter Biden's taking care of Hunter Biden's children and from MSNOW or from this particular reporter during the Biden tenure.
00:09:09.840 And it's interesting to note that it's even part of a lawsuit that a Secret Service agent has filed because he was penalized for telling Maisie Biden, who was Hunter Biden's daughter, that, hey, your friends, this particular agent was carting around Maisie Biden and her friends to, she was over 21 at the time.
00:09:34.900 They were drinking. There was a lot of, you know, going to nightclubs. A friend said, hey, I'd like you to drop me off at a place before they dropped Maisie Biden at her final destination. And the Secret Service agent said, I'm not an Uber driver. And Maisie Biden then turned him in to his supervisors for saying that. And he believes he was penalized.
00:10:00.180 I haven't heard any other reporters on the left, even though I had, I reported that, was it last year or the year before, that story, pick that story up in the same context, that it's, you know, that the Secret Service is being burdened by any of the duties that they have to be covering for the, providing security for the children.
00:10:24.360 A pair of new polls offering very different snapshots of the still-developing
00:10:30.140 2028 Democrat presidential field. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York now leading
00:10:36.180 the prospective field in New Hampshire, climbing to 22 percent in the latest Granite State poll
00:10:40.800 from the University of New Hampshire. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg
00:10:44.840 following closely at 21 percent, with Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona at nine, California Governor
00:10:50.340 Gavin Newsom down to just 8 percent, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont at 6, and former Vice
00:10:55.400 President Kamala Harris all the way down at 5 percent. AOC's rise marking a significant reshuffling
00:11:00.860 since October when Buttigieg led with 19 percent, followed by Newsom at 15 and Ocasio-Cortez at 14
00:11:07.380 percent. The latest results show Ocasio-Cortez dominating among voters who identify as socialists
00:11:13.080 and leading among progressives, while Buttigieg draws more evenly from progressives, liberals,
00:11:17.680 and moderates. A reporter from The Independent asking AOC Wednesday for her reaction to the
00:11:23.200 latest polling. Of course, I think I'm very deeply humbled and grateful to, you know,
00:11:32.820 folks who participate and convey that confidence. And, you know, it's, I'm honestly, I think my
00:11:42.340 main focus is really genuinely just the midterms right now. We have to make sure that we win this
00:11:46.380 majority. A separate national survey released yesterday finding a different candidate at the
00:11:50.980 front of the pack. The latest Emerson College poll placing Buttigieg in first with 19 percent,
00:11:56.080 followed by Newsom at 17 percent. Senator John Ossoff of Georgia and AOC tied at 13 percent,
00:12:02.080 while Vice President Harris receives 8 percent. Buttigieg asked earlier this month in Iowa,
00:12:07.400 where he was campaigning in support of Democrat congressional candidate Sarah Trone Garriott,
00:12:11.820 whether he would rule out running in 2028. Buttigieg replying, quote, nope. KCCI later
00:12:18.220 pressing the former transportation secretary on whether he is actively considering a campaign.
00:12:22.780 Are you considering a run for president in 2028?
00:12:25.720 Well, I just think any decision about that has to come after we deal with what's on our plate
00:12:30.520 right now. Future things can come in the future, but there's one thing at a time.
00:12:34.160 The Emerson results also revealing some notable divides within the perspective field.
00:12:37.880 Senator Ossoff added to Emerson's list of prospective candidates this month,
00:12:42.120 immediately entering the field with substantially greater support among men than women.
00:12:46.340 Governor Newsom and Ocasio-Cortez performing considerably better among women,
00:12:50.260 while Buttigieg receives equal support from male and female Democrat voters.
00:12:54.400 Former Vice President Harris failing to register strong support in either poll,
00:12:58.540 despite reporting that many of her advisors see her as the 2028 frontrunner.
00:13:03.520 13% of Democrat voters remain undecided more than two years before the first presidential
00:13:08.540 primary votes are scheduled to be cast.
00:13:12.400 Coming up, Minnesota political assassin Vance Belter learns his fate as victims and their
00:13:18.000 families confront him in court.
00:13:19.860 And the Dodgers celebrate their World Series title with President Trump at the White House.
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00:14:45.240 Minnesota assassin Vance Belter sentenced yesterday for the shootings of two Minnesota
00:14:54.580 lawmakers and their spouses. Belter pleading guilty last month to all six federal charges
00:15:00.320 against him, accepting two consecutive life sentences, plus another 40 years under a deal
00:15:05.500 that spared him the death penalty. The attacks unfolding during the early morning hours of June
00:15:10.520 14th, 2025, with Belter wearing body armor and posing as a police officer as he traveled
00:15:16.580 to the homes of Democrat elected officials.
00:15:19.400 Belter first opening fire on Democrat State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette,
00:15:24.860 leaving both with life-threatening injuries and also attempting to shoot their daughter,
00:15:29.220 Hope.
00:15:30.180 Belter then driving to the home of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband
00:15:34.720 Mark, where police arriving for a welfare check encountered a vehicle made to resemble
00:15:38.900 a police SUV.
00:15:41.080 Belter shooting and killing both Hortmans, and also shooting their dog Gilbert, who was later
00:15:45.860 euthanized due to the severity of his injuries. Belter escaping and remaining on the run for
00:15:50.720 roughly 43 hours, setting off what authorities described as the largest manhunt in Minnesota
00:15:56.100 history before officers captured him near his home. Investigators recovering multiple firearms,
00:16:02.140 ammunition, and notebooks containing the names and addresses of dozens of elected officials
00:16:06.440 from Belter's vehicle.
00:16:08.280 Authorities also finding a letter addressed
00:16:09.960 to FBI Director Kash Patel
00:16:11.760 in which Belter admitted to the attacks
00:16:14.020 while making a series of bizarre allegations.
00:16:17.060 Among them, Belter claimed he had received
00:16:18.740 secret quote off the books military training
00:16:21.540 and that Democrat Minnesota Governor Tim Walls
00:16:24.000 had asked him to kill Democrat Senators
00:16:26.060 Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith.
00:16:28.580 The 59-year-old pleading guilty to two stalking counts,
00:16:31.840 two counts of discharging a firearm
00:16:33.560 during a crime of violence
00:16:34.780 and two counts of murder with a firearm. Belter also forced to sit through emotional statements
00:16:39.980 from the victims and their families. Senator Hoffman describing the moment Belter opened
00:16:44.300 fire on him and his wife, quote, he looked me in the eyes and pulled the trigger. He looked at my
00:16:49.220 wife Yvette and pulled the trigger again. Deliberate decisions to end our lives. Melissa Hortman's
00:16:55.100 father saying, quote, the pain is so deep. This is my little girl. It is impossible to truly realize
00:17:00.840 the damage that has been done to our family and society. Belter only sharing brief remarks,
00:17:05.800 quote, to every person I have caused loss, pain, heartache, confusion, sadness, shame,
00:17:10.820 or loneliness, I am truly sorry. Belter's legal battle's not yet finished, with state prosecutors
00:17:16.680 still pursuing murder, attempted murder, and other charges against him. Minnesota abolishing
00:17:21.540 capital punishment more than a century ago, meaning Belter cannot face the death penalty
00:17:26.000 in the state case. President Trump welcoming the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers
00:17:32.160 to the White House yesterday. The celebration held in the Rose Garden, with many in the audience
00:17:36.780 sporting Dodger blue baseball caps as the team marked its latest championship. The Dodgers
00:17:41.720 defeating the Toronto Blue Jays to keep the World Series title in America last year. It was their
00:17:46.640 second consecutive World Series win. Dodgers star Mookie Betts skipping the trip to spend time with
00:17:51.760 his wife and their newborn baby, stressing the decision was not political. Utility player
00:17:56.680 Quique Hernandez also missing the visit while rehabbing an oblique injury, though he acknowledged
00:18:01.380 he likely would not have attended, even if healthy. President Trump singling out Dodgers
00:18:05.740 superstar Shohei Ohtani after another historic season for the three-time MVP.
00:18:10.620 The 2025 Dodgers season was one for the record books in 150 years of Major League Baseball.
00:18:17.420 no player has ever earned more than one unanimous league MVP
00:18:22.760 except for an international legend named Shohei Ohtani.
00:18:28.520 Shohei Ohtani.
00:18:31.760 That's him.
00:18:34.360 He's amazing. He's amazing. Everybody loves him.
00:18:38.620 Last year, Shohei did what was previously unthinkable.
00:18:41.820 Nobody thought it was possible.
00:18:43.100 He collected his third straight unanimous league MVP with a franchise record, 55 home runs.
00:18:51.060 The president also highlighting the obstacles Los Angeles overcame on its way back to the World Series.
00:18:56.140 This group started their title defense with nine pitchers injured before the first fastball was ever thrown.
00:19:04.100 They played their opening game in Tokyo and traveled more than 2,000 miles.
00:19:09.080 It's more than any team has ever traveled.
00:19:11.140 In fact, from the first pitch to the final out, they endured and triumphed through the longest season of any team in the history of Major League Baseball, 229 days.
00:19:22.940 In the postseason, the Dodgers exploded with nine wins in their first 10 games. Unbeatable.
00:19:29.840 In the National League Championship Series against the Brewers, the brilliant Dodgers pitching rotation of Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, Shohei, and of course, Yoshi Yamamoto combined for a record-setting ERA of just .63.
00:19:49.960 The team then presenting President Trump with his own World Series championship ring, along with a custom Dodgers jersey bearing his name and the number 47.
00:19:57.820 The event concluding with President Trump inviting the team inside the Oval Office for a private tour.
00:20:05.920 That'll do it for your AM update. I'm Emily Jashinsky, host of After Party.
00:20:09.780 Go and check out more at AfterPartyEmily.com.
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