Verdict with Ted Cruz - BONUS POD： Comer Demands Answers on DC Crime Stats plus WH Targets “Revolving Door Justice”

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00:00:04.920 We've had zero murders in the last week.

00:00:07.660 Washington was the most dangerous place in this country.

00:00:11.300 And now, you know what?

00:00:12.160 It's probably the safest place in our country.

00:00:14.300 Everyone's starting to come here.

00:00:15.680 The restaurants now, you can't get in.

00:00:17.260 Many of them closed because they couldn't open with crime.

00:00:21.080 Everybody before me is happy what I'm doing.

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00:00:25.840 You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.

00:00:29.640 Good Tuesday morning.

00:00:30.780 Nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update.

00:00:33.320 We've got two big stories for you coming out of the White House.

00:00:35.840 First up, the White House working now with the House GOP

00:00:39.940 that has just launched a probe into the alleged D.C. crime data manipulation lies

00:00:46.880 from the Democrats claiming that violent crime and crime in general

00:00:51.500 is actually down big time this year.

00:00:54.480 Well, there's now an official probe into it

00:00:57.580 and what they're finding is truly shocking.

00:01:00.760 Also, also, the president's signing an executive order.

00:01:05.240 This time, it deals with cashless bail.

00:01:08.460 It's something Democrats ran on.

00:01:10.800 It was a way to flood the city streets with extreme criminals,

00:01:15.680 not holding them accountable.

00:01:17.360 So what happens next?

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00:03:27.360 It's the 47 Morning Update,

00:03:29.140 and it starts right now.

00:03:30.960 Story number one.

00:03:32.040 There is a big story brewing,

00:03:34.020 and it involves the House GOP

00:03:35.860 launching a probe into alleged

00:03:38.580 D.C. crime data manipulation,

00:03:42.660 and it's happening right before our very eyes.

00:03:46.840 Yes, Democrats are now being accused

00:03:49.540 of covering and lying,

00:03:52.100 claiming that crime was dropping

00:03:53.620 when in reality it was still extremely high.

00:03:57.180 And that is where you insert

00:03:58.580 House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer.

00:04:01.080 He has launched an investigation

00:04:03.400 into President Trump's allegations

00:04:05.900 that D.C. crime data is being manipulated

00:04:08.740 by local police leadership.

00:04:12.020 Now, you may ask yourself this question like,

00:04:14.720 why do I care?

00:04:16.000 Well, let me explain.

00:04:17.980 The action actually comes less than a week

00:04:20.440 after the Justice Department

00:04:22.000 announced a federal probe into the statistics.

00:04:25.420 That's a big deal.

00:04:26.980 The Trump administration is facing

00:04:28.700 escalating pushback

00:04:30.580 over the president's decision

00:04:31.720 to frame federal agents involved in D.C.

00:04:35.440 as a public safety issue

00:04:36.820 when violent crime in the city

00:04:39.280 they're now claiming

00:04:40.140 is at a, quote, 30-year low.

00:04:42.900 The problem is,

00:04:44.180 the citizens are saying,

00:04:45.520 that's a lie,

00:04:46.560 and now whistleblowers are coming forward.

00:04:49.820 A whistleblower, quote,

00:04:51.280 with direct knowledge

00:04:52.240 of internal MPD operations

00:04:55.060 and crime data discussions

00:04:57.340 also informed the committee

00:04:59.180 that crime statistics

00:05:00.740 were allegedly manipulated on purpose

00:05:03.740 on a widespread basis

00:05:06.260 and at the direction

00:05:08.200 of senior MPD officials.

00:05:10.540 That is what Comer wrote

00:05:11.940 in a letter

00:05:12.360 to the Metropolitan Police Department's

00:05:14.480 chief,

00:05:15.640 Paulina Smith,

00:05:16.800 quote,

00:05:17.700 while MPD took action

00:05:19.600 against a single district commander,

00:05:21.820 the issue potentially affects

00:05:23.660 all seven patrol districts

00:05:26.620 as MPD leadership

00:05:28.080 allegedly instructed commanders

00:05:29.640 to routinely downgrade the charges

00:05:32.960 to, quote,

00:05:34.440 artificially label crime

00:05:37.540 at a lower statistic.

00:05:39.380 So you're going to artificially lower crime,

00:05:42.560 the District of Columbia's crime stats,

00:05:44.580 so then you can then say

00:05:46.220 it's safer

00:05:47.060 even though it is actually not

00:05:49.140 and it maybe is even more dangerous

00:05:51.620 than it was the last time you looked.

00:05:53.360 So if you know that,

00:05:55.260 you do what they're doing.

00:05:56.340 You just make it up as you go, right?

00:05:59.860 You say, no, no, no.

00:06:00.980 Everything's great.

00:06:02.320 Crime's down, right?

00:06:03.560 Crime's down.

00:06:04.480 Crime's down.

00:06:05.600 Who could be against

00:06:06.800 how great things are now,

00:06:08.400 a.k.a. Donald Trump?

00:06:09.500 We don't need you to send in

00:06:10.540 the National Guard.

00:06:12.560 Well, Comer noted in his letter

00:06:14.240 that the D.C. police

00:06:15.360 had suspended a commander,

00:06:17.860 Michael Pulliam,

00:06:19.220 for allegedly manipulating

00:06:20.820 crime statistics,

00:06:22.320 like I mentioned,

00:06:23.640 on purpose.

00:06:25.160 Media accounts of the incident

00:06:26.460 additionally note

00:06:27.660 that the police union claims

00:06:29.320 police supervisors

00:06:30.320 in the department,

00:06:31.660 in fact,

00:06:32.180 manipulated crime data

00:06:33.220 to make it appear

00:06:34.020 violent crime was fallen

00:06:35.380 considerably compared to last year.

00:06:38.400 Now, his committee

00:06:39.060 is requesting documents

00:06:40.780 and transcribed interviews

00:06:42.860 with the commanders

00:06:43.480 of each of the seven

00:06:44.580 patrol districts

00:06:45.420 in Washington, D.C.

00:06:47.360 And then you have Donald Trump.

00:06:49.940 He has called the statistics

00:06:51.280 released by the FBI,

00:06:52.840 quote,

00:06:52.960 fake

00:06:53.540 to justify federal intervention

00:06:55.720 in D.C.

00:06:56.360 and his plans

00:06:57.780 to intervene

00:06:58.400 in other cities.

00:07:00.280 The president has also said

00:07:01.900 that he's interested

00:07:02.740 in using D.C.

00:07:03.800 as a test

00:07:04.900 for operations

00:07:06.120 in other cities.

00:07:07.700 And on Sunday,

00:07:08.640 he even raised

00:07:09.620 the ear

00:07:10.200 of Maryland's governor,

00:07:11.440 Wes Moore,

00:07:12.440 when he threatened

00:07:13.120 to send troops

00:07:13.820 to Baltimore.

00:07:15.360 Now, Democratic leaders,

00:07:16.740 what did they do?

00:07:17.400 Well, they lost their minds.

00:07:18.960 They started picketing.

00:07:20.120 They started screaming.

00:07:21.200 They started yelling.

00:07:22.500 And what did they do?

00:07:23.980 Well, they were angry.

00:07:25.660 Yes, they were angry

00:07:27.180 that the president

00:07:28.340 of the United States of America

00:07:29.260 isn't buying into,

00:07:30.440 as many would describe it,

00:07:32.420 business as usual.

00:07:35.640 This is exactly why

00:07:36.840 Donald Trump

00:07:37.400 keeps winning on the issues

00:07:38.620 because he's not backing down.

00:07:41.080 Now, story number two.

00:07:42.420 So, Donald Trump

00:07:43.560 has come out

00:07:44.380 and he is seeking

00:07:45.340 to end

00:07:46.360 cashless bail

00:07:47.660 nationwide.

00:07:48.940 He's starting

00:07:49.920 with Washington, D.C.

00:07:51.340 And his order

00:07:52.480 directs federal law enforcement

00:07:54.220 to hold

00:07:54.920 arrestees

00:07:56.120 in custody

00:07:57.160 and prosecute them

00:07:58.880 on federal charges

00:08:00.800 when possible

00:08:01.880 to avoid

00:08:03.360 two things,

00:08:04.700 pretrial release

00:08:05.680 and pretrial release

00:08:07.320 with cash bail.

00:08:09.260 Now, the president

00:08:10.840 has made it clear

00:08:11.700 he's not messing around.

00:08:13.520 In fact,

00:08:14.080 Trump is threatening

00:08:14.980 to withhold

00:08:15.660 or revoke

00:08:16.320 federal funding

00:08:17.220 from states

00:08:18.420 and local jurisdictions

00:08:19.800 that have substantially

00:08:21.720 eliminated

00:08:22.660 cash bail

00:08:24.020 for offenses

00:08:25.240 deemed

00:08:25.800 a threat

00:08:26.340 to public safety,

00:08:28.300 violent,

00:08:28.880 or sexual crimes,

00:08:30.840 burglary,

00:08:31.780 looting,

00:08:32.480 vandalism,

00:08:33.100 and the attorney general

00:08:34.580 is ordered

00:08:35.180 to identify

00:08:35.880 those jurisdictions

00:08:37.000 within 30 days.

00:08:39.340 Federal agencies

00:08:40.380 then determine

00:08:41.900 which funding

00:08:42.820 to, quote,

00:08:43.920 suspend.

00:08:44.980 Now, the framework

00:08:46.420 for all this

00:08:47.640 is going to be big.

00:08:48.880 You also have

00:08:49.720 a lot of people

00:08:50.080 that are frustrated

00:08:50.840 in and around

00:08:52.160 the president

00:08:53.120 of the United States

00:08:53.660 of America.

00:08:54.460 Why?

00:08:55.200 Well, because

00:08:55.980 he's not backing down

00:08:57.720 from what he promised

00:08:58.820 and they can't believe

00:09:00.280 that they can't get him

00:09:01.140 to just be quiet

00:09:02.000 on this issue

00:09:02.720 of cashless bail.

00:09:04.000 Take a listen

00:09:04.820 to how MSNBC 0.93

00:09:05.920 described the signing.

00:09:07.560 So first,

00:09:08.100 let's start

00:09:08.460 with the big topic,

00:09:09.640 cashless bail.

00:09:10.780 Cashless bail,

00:09:11.420 of course,

00:09:12.000 allows a defendant

00:09:12.760 to be released

00:09:13.540 from jail

00:09:14.100 while they're awaiting trial.

00:09:15.440 That's based on

00:09:16.060 their commitment

00:09:16.560 to appear in court

00:09:17.780 instead of paying

00:09:19.200 a specific cash amount.

00:09:20.800 I know some supporters

00:09:21.640 of cashless bail

00:09:22.500 says it avoids

00:09:23.500 penalizing low-income

00:09:24.740 defendants,

00:09:25.300 but Gabe,

00:09:25.840 what is the president

00:09:26.820 and White House

00:09:27.500 saying about this order

00:09:28.640 and their hopes

00:09:29.280 for what it will do

00:09:30.400 not just for Washington

00:09:31.500 but the rest of the country?

00:09:33.380 Well, you know,

00:09:33.680 I was saying, Clay,

00:09:34.160 the president

00:09:34.620 and his administration

00:09:35.700 have been railing

00:09:36.420 against cashless bail

00:09:37.380 for quite some time.

00:09:38.900 It's something

00:09:39.340 that Janine Pirro,

00:09:41.140 the U.S. attorney

00:09:42.040 here in D.C.,

00:09:42.940 has been talking about

00:09:43.760 a lot in the last

00:09:44.620 couple of days

00:09:45.180 in this executive order

00:09:46.200 that the president

00:09:46.720 just signed

00:09:47.240 aims to eliminate

00:09:48.380 cashless bail

00:09:49.280 here in D.C.

00:09:50.700 by potentially withholding

00:09:53.020 federal funds

00:09:54.160 from this jurisdiction

00:09:56.460 and also he ordered

00:09:58.380 his attorney general

00:09:59.280 to look at different

00:10:01.480 jurisdictions

00:10:01.920 across the country

00:10:02.740 and identify those

00:10:03.760 that have cashless bail

00:10:05.140 policies

00:10:05.640 and explore ways

00:10:06.600 to withhold

00:10:07.220 some federal funding.

00:10:08.960 Now, that is something

00:10:09.920 that the administration

00:10:10.600 has done for a variety

00:10:12.220 of issues,

00:10:13.260 trying to explore ways

00:10:14.820 to stop federal funding

00:10:16.940 or to the threat

00:10:18.140 of withholding federal funds

00:10:19.440 in order for those jurisdictions

00:10:21.760 to agree

00:10:23.680 or to go along

00:10:24.920 with their policy.

00:10:26.300 But that is just one

00:10:27.140 of the executive orders

00:10:28.740 that he signed

00:10:29.620 this morning, Sinclair.

00:10:30.840 Now, cashless bail

00:10:31.960 has been something

00:10:32.700 that the left

00:10:33.300 is absolutely obsessed with.

00:10:35.720 I'll give you a great example.

00:10:37.020 This Democratic representative,

00:10:39.420 Kelly,

00:10:40.320 saying this

00:10:41.140 about cashless bail.

00:10:42.480 Now, again,

00:10:42.960 Democrats have been

00:10:43.780 campaigning on it.

00:10:45.240 Black Lives Matter

00:10:46.160 was created around it.

00:10:47.360 George Soros

00:10:48.040 and the activist DAs

00:10:49.220 were the ones

00:10:49.700 that implemented it.

00:10:50.560 They wanted cashless bail.

00:10:52.320 They wanted prison reform,

00:10:53.920 which meant

00:10:54.240 get everybody out of jail.

00:10:56.540 These are the radical

00:10:57.880 left ideas

00:10:59.240 now destroying cities.

00:11:01.520 Yet,

00:11:02.160 you even look at Chicago

00:11:03.640 and Democratic

00:11:04.960 Representative Kelly,

00:11:06.280 again,

00:11:06.960 talking about Chicago,

00:11:09.000 saying this

00:11:09.640 about National Guard troops

00:11:11.100 and cashless bail.

00:11:12.760 I want to ask you,

00:11:13.960 we only have a minute

00:11:14.520 left Congresswoman

00:11:15.280 about no cash bail

00:11:16.360 because the president

00:11:17.020 signed an EO today

00:11:18.500 ending that practice

00:11:19.600 aimed to at least

00:11:20.600 your state of Illinois

00:11:21.380 was the first in the nation

00:11:22.500 to pass a cashless bail law.

00:11:25.000 What does Donald Trump

00:11:25.920 not understand?

00:11:27.100 He doesn't understand

00:11:27.960 that this gives judges

00:11:29.320 the discretion,

00:11:30.880 more discretion

00:11:32.040 to make that decision.

00:11:33.860 You know,

00:11:34.060 they can say no

00:11:35.060 if they think

00:11:35.740 it's someone

00:11:36.180 that will,

00:11:37.200 you know,

00:11:37.680 go out and be violent. 0.51

00:11:39.300 They're not,

00:11:40.340 they're too risky.

00:11:41.620 But if,

00:11:42.620 you know,

00:11:43.060 they have nothing

00:11:43.900 in their past

00:11:44.960 or the judge feels

00:11:45.880 that,

00:11:46.540 you know,

00:11:46.820 they'll be safe

00:11:48.100 and it's okay

00:11:48.760 to,

00:11:49.400 you know,

00:11:49.800 let them out,

00:11:50.380 they have that discretion.

00:11:51.800 So,

00:11:52.260 but Donald Trump

00:11:52.860 doesn't care.

00:11:53.640 Again,

00:11:53.900 this is part of his,

00:11:55.040 you know,

00:11:55.620 fear.

00:11:56.140 This is part of his

00:11:57.120 distraction

00:11:57.760 from other things

00:11:59.400 going on

00:12:00.120 in the world,

00:12:01.500 you know,

00:12:01.960 other things going on

00:12:03.300 in the United States.

00:12:04.180 Like he said,

00:12:04.800 he would lower prices.

00:12:06.000 That hasn't happened.

00:12:07.140 So these are all distractions.

00:12:09.440 All distractions,

00:12:10.680 she says.

00:12:11.500 Nothing good.

00:12:12.280 Donald Trump's done.

00:12:13.520 Prices,

00:12:14.060 she says,

00:12:14.480 aren't lower,

00:12:15.160 even though they actually are.

00:12:16.740 Gas prices is a perfect example

00:12:18.620 of that.

00:12:18.940 The price of eggs,

00:12:20.420 the price of butter,

00:12:21.420 the price of milk.

00:12:23.000 There's countless items

00:12:24.360 that are lower

00:12:25.320 since Donald Trump

00:12:26.360 got back into office.

00:12:27.720 But you can hear

00:12:28.740 this representative

00:12:29.520 straight up lying about it.

00:12:31.560 I also want you to hear

00:12:32.560 from the Miami mayor

00:12:33.740 about what he had to say

00:12:35.120 about cashless bail

00:12:36.300 and what happens

00:12:37.620 when you have it.

00:12:39.240 Yeah,

00:12:39.340 and when you were

00:12:40.240 at the White House,

00:12:41.060 you spoke about this.

00:12:42.300 You went to the White House

00:12:43.300 for that summit

00:12:44.040 and you talked about

00:12:45.140 cashless bail

00:12:46.060 contributing to the nation's

00:12:47.720 crime spike.

00:12:48.640 Tell us more about that

00:12:49.880 and why you don't see

00:12:52.380 more cities and states

00:12:54.540 turning over a page

00:12:56.900 from cashless bail.

00:13:00.100 Well,

00:13:00.560 as president

00:13:01.000 of the U.S.

00:13:01.560 Conference of Mayors,

00:13:02.340 it's my responsibility

00:13:03.420 to lead

00:13:04.260 and to put forth

00:13:05.620 an agenda

00:13:06.060 based on policies

00:13:07.280 that have worked

00:13:08.520 in my city

00:13:09.420 and that can work

00:13:10.420 across America.

00:13:11.960 And, you know,

00:13:12.460 this cashless bail

00:13:13.320 is another example

00:13:14.240 of a failed liberal policy

00:13:15.740 where you create

00:13:17.580 a revolving door

00:13:18.400 of people

00:13:19.100 who commit crimes

00:13:19.920 and are back out

00:13:20.620 on the streets

00:13:21.160 immediately.

00:13:21.920 It makes it impossible

00:13:22.940 for law enforcement

00:13:23.680 to do their job.

00:13:24.880 It puts an incredible

00:13:26.000 burden on cities

00:13:26.940 and on law-abiding residents

00:13:28.660 that have to deal

00:13:29.700 with people

00:13:30.340 who are habitual criminals.

00:13:32.320 And it just doesn't work.

00:13:33.900 And so, you know,

00:13:34.620 we have to get away

00:13:35.320 from politicizing,

00:13:36.180 again, law enforcement

00:13:37.000 and get to things

00:13:38.220 that work,

00:13:38.720 policies that work

00:13:39.400 that make our cities safer

00:13:40.520 because safety

00:13:41.160 is the number one concern.

00:13:42.660 Whenever you've done a poll,

00:13:43.380 I've been around

00:13:44.100 a public service

00:13:45.440 for 13 years, okay?

00:13:46.920 They're like dog years.

00:13:48.940 And I'll tell you,

00:13:50.240 whenever you do a poll,

00:13:52.080 the number one issue

00:13:53.020 is always crime

00:13:54.260 and the economy.

00:13:55.240 You know,

00:13:55.640 one and two

00:13:56.180 and they vacillate

00:13:57.620 between one and the other.

00:13:58.720 So, safety

00:13:59.840 is the biggest concern

00:14:00.880 for citizens

00:14:01.760 across the world.

00:14:03.600 So, it just,

00:14:04.280 it's something that

00:14:04.820 we cannot afford

00:14:05.640 to politicize.

00:14:06.360 We've got to do things

00:14:07.360 that keep our citizens safe.

00:14:10.040 By the way,

00:14:10.500 the Miami mayor,

00:14:11.560 absolutely right.

00:14:12.700 Cashless bail

00:14:13.400 is another example

00:14:14.320 of a failed liberal policy.

00:14:17.040 Something that's been implemented

00:14:18.360 and the data shows

00:14:20.000 overwhelming.

00:14:20.980 The majority of Americans

00:14:22.040 are in favor

00:14:22.900 of what Donald Trump's doing,

00:14:24.580 not allowing

00:14:25.420 those that are committing

00:14:26.620 heinous crimes

00:14:27.480 to walk among us.

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