Verdict with Ted Cruz - October 10, 2025


BONUS POD： FBI Director Kash Patel Fires Agents involved in GOP Phone Tracking Skeem & Letitia gets Indicted

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Letitia James indictment
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Donald Trump Letitia James Kash Patel Jack Smith Ben Ferguson Josh Hawley James Comey J. Edgar Hoover Marsha Blackburn Tommy Tuberville Lindsay Halligan Lindsey Graham Cynthia Lummis Adam Kinzinger Bill Haggerty Kurt Elliott Dan Sullivan Eric Siebert Ron Johnson Jake Tapper and 5 more
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The FBI Director, Kash Patel, has fired agents involved in tracking the phone calls of 8 Republican Senators and a Congressman as part of the former Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into President Donald J. Trump. Plus, accountability as the New York AG, Letitia James, who was targeting Donald Trump, has been indicted on bank fraud charges in Virginia.

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00:00:28.120 We've got two stories for you that no one is really talking about.
00:00:32.040 Number one, the FBI Director Cash Patel has fired the FBI agents
00:00:37.120 involved in tracking GOP Senator phone calls.
00:00:41.340 Plus, accountability as the New York Attorney General Letitia James,
00:00:46.380 who was targeting Donald Trump, saying,
00:00:48.640 vote for me, and raising money off of going after Donald Trump,
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00:03:07.620 It's the 47 Morning Update, and it starts right now.
00:03:11.020 Story number one.
00:03:12.100 This first story we're going to be talking about is one that I hope you will take and
00:03:16.680 you'll share it on social media wherever you can, because it is a story that's important
00:03:22.340 and that the media is deliberately looking the other way to not cover.
00:03:26.700 It is an important story because it's about the abuse of power and holding those that abuse
00:03:31.860 their power to accountability.
00:03:33.820 The FBI Director, Kash Patel, has fired agents involved in tracking the phone calls of eight
00:03:42.760 Republican senators and a congressman as part of the former Special Counsel Jack Smith's
00:03:49.880 investigation, a sham investigation, into President Donald J. Trump.
00:03:55.180 Communication records belonging to GOP Senators Lindsey Graham, Marcia Blackburn, Ron Johnson,
00:04:03.400 Josh Hawley, Cynthia Loomis, Bill Haggerty, Dan Sullivan, Tommy Tuberville, and Representative
00:04:10.840 Mike Kelly, we know now for a fact, were handed over to Smith's Arctic Frost team after they
00:04:19.600 subpoenaed major phone companies in 2023.
00:04:24.580 The fact was unknown to the public until this week when Kash Patel, the FBI Director, saying
00:04:32.020 he discovered the files hidden in a lockbox that was placed in a vault in a cyber place
00:04:39.660 where no one can see or search these files.
00:04:43.060 They're called restricted access and prohibited access.
00:04:59.180 Restricted access means some people get to see it.
00:05:01.380 Prohibited access, you put it in there when you want to hide it from the world, and that
00:05:04.860 takes the authorization of the attorney general and the director of the FBI.
00:05:08.740 So not only did they weaponize this law enforcement, but when we got in there, and when I got in
00:05:12.860 there as the FBI Director, from my experience as Russiagate, I knew where to look and what
00:05:16.260 rooms to open and what doors to kick down.
00:05:18.500 And that's what we did.
00:05:19.500 We found this information to expose the politicization by Jack Smith and the prior Department of Justice.
00:05:25.080 I mean, just think about it.
00:05:26.920 Eight sitting United States senators, phone records were gathered and subpoenaed through
00:05:31.440 the grand jury process, and it was buried and worm-holed with the hope that no one would
00:05:36.620 find it.
00:05:37.620 We're just scratching the surface here, but accountability is coming.
00:05:40.440 We are finding every single person involved.
00:05:42.840 We will not leave a single room locked.
00:05:45.780 We will go in through all the prohibited access requirements, and we will find the material
00:05:50.200 and show the American public, like we have done in this FBI, more transformative and transparent
00:05:54.500 than any in the U.S. history, to bring accountability to the American people.
00:05:57.780 And we will work with our partners in Congress, who should be furious at the prior administration's
00:06:02.120 leadership and weaponization and singular politicization of law enforcement.
00:06:06.380 The American public sees what we're doing, Sean, with the statue just right off in the beginning.
00:06:10.100 They see what we're doing here to unseal the vault and show the world how the deep state
00:06:16.120 actually operated.
00:06:17.200 Cash Patel making it clear, this is the beginning, not the end.
00:06:21.160 And if you go back and you actually look at what he said, quote, you put it in there, and when
00:06:26.780 you want to hide it from the world, and that takes the authorization of the Attorney General
00:06:32.980 and the Director of the FBI.
00:06:34.660 So not only did they weaponize this law enforcement, but when we got in there, and when I got to
00:06:42.440 in as the FBI Director, from my experience as Russiagate, I knew where to look and what
00:06:49.100 rooms to open and what doors to knock down, and that is what we did.
00:06:53.880 So if you want to know why the President of the United States of America decided to pick
00:06:58.340 Cash Patel to do this job, it is exactly for this reason, and it goes back to what else
00:07:03.920 he had to say, saying, quote, we found this information to expose the politicalization
00:07:10.400 by Jack Smith, remember he's a guy in charge of special counsel, weaponizing our government
00:07:15.300 to go after Donald Trump and the prior Department of Justice, he added, before revealing that
00:07:21.180 he fired the agents who facilitated the secret investigations into sitting U.S. lawmakers.
00:07:30.620 Now, Hawley, by the way, Senator Hawley, one of the senators who had his phone calls tracked
00:07:35.820 by the Biden administration's DOJ, called Smith's subpoena and abuse of power beyond Watergate,
00:07:42.780 beyond J. Edgar Hoover, one that directly strikes at the Constitution, the separations of power,
00:07:49.380 and the First Amendment.
00:07:51.900 Hawley also said it's time for there to be a special counsel, saying, quote, we need a
00:07:56.460 full investigation of all involved, who knew about it, who ordered it, and who approved
00:08:02.560 it.
00:08:03.060 Anyone and everyone who violated the law must be prosecuted.
00:08:08.420 The way to save the country is to restore the rule of law, the senator said.
00:08:13.920 Now, the U.S. office, a special counsel, the OSC in August, opened an investigation into
00:08:20.440 Jack Smith, who may have unlawfully targeted President Trump, and that may be where this
00:08:26.460 investigation is going next.
00:08:29.080 Now, story number two.
00:08:30.460 New York Attorney General Letitia James, a story the media is having to cover right now,
00:08:36.360 because, let's be honest, she built much of her political career on one thing, trying 0.97
00:08:42.040 to put Donald Trump behind bars, attacking Donald Trump.
00:08:46.340 She even raised money off of attacking Donald Trump, and said if she was elected, she would
00:08:51.520 go after Donald Trump.
00:08:53.220 Well, now, she has been indicted on a bank fraud charge by a federal grand jury in Virginia. 0.72
00:09:01.500 The grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned the indictment on Thursday, earlier
00:09:06.880 this year.
00:09:07.560 The Justice Department confirmed an investigation into Letitia James over what was described 0.99
00:09:12.820 as alleged mortgage fraud.
00:09:16.160 The probe centers on claims that she misrepresented property records and loan applications to
00:09:22.500 secure more favorable financing.
00:09:25.120 By the way, that is against the law.
00:09:27.660 According to a letter from the federal housing finance director, James allegedly made false
00:09:33.700 statements on multiple documents, meaning that you can see clearly if she was lying.
00:09:40.340 That includes listing a Virginia property as her primary residence when it was, in fact,
00:09:47.200 not.
00:09:48.040 Filing Brooklyn records showing her multifamily building had five units instead of four.
00:09:56.240 That would be what would be categorized as fraud.
00:09:59.080 Submitting a mortgage application claiming she was her father's spouse.
00:10:05.400 Pretty easy to, you know, prove that that wasn't actually true.
00:10:10.020 Now, James has been under scrutiny for at least one suspected instance of misrepresenting an investment
00:10:16.580 property as her primary or secondary residence.
00:10:19.980 A move that could save thousands in interest rates as well.
00:10:24.000 The case is being held by the U.S. attorney, Lindsay Halligan, a Trump appointee.
00:10:30.360 Halligan, by the way, is new and replaced Eric Siebert, who was ousted after reportedly
00:10:36.440 showing reluctance to pursue cases, one against James and the former FBI director, James Comey.
00:10:43.460 Both obviously are individuals that people believe have abused their power.
00:10:48.480 And there are people that say, I'm one of them, that it's time to hold those accountable.
00:10:54.000 Who have lied and weaponized our government.
00:10:56.720 Now, James has responded.
00:10:58.720 And here is part of what she had to say about the indictment.
00:11:02.040 This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system.
00:11:08.480 He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding.
00:11:12.240 All because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General.
00:11:16.140 These charges are baseless.
00:11:17.220 And the president's own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost.
00:11:23.940 Let's be clear.
00:11:25.420 Letitia James is the one who has literally said before that if you would just vote for her and get her in office, 0.99
00:11:30.320 she's going to take down Donald Trump. 1.00
00:11:33.380 So much for acting like you're not going after your political enemies.
00:11:37.320 We also are getting to witness what the media is doing with this.
00:11:41.660 And they're covering it as big breaking news.
00:11:44.540 But they're also trying to see can they spin it to hurt Donald Trump, claiming he's just going after his political enemies
00:11:51.340 and acting as if somehow mortgage fraud is not a big deal.
00:11:56.140 Here's how they broke the news on CNN.
00:11:59.160 CNN breaking news.
00:12:01.160 Welcome to the lead.
00:12:02.040 I'm Jake Tapper.
00:12:02.620 And we start with some shocking breaking news in our law and justice league.
00:12:06.800 Just moments ago, two sources telling CNN that the Justice Department indicted yet another one of President Trump's perceived political opponents.
00:12:16.220 This time it was New York Democratic Attorney General Letitia James. 0.99
00:12:19.580 She was charged in a federal court in a grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia.
00:12:23.060 Today, you will remember James brought civil fraud charges alleging financial fraud against Trump and his adult sons in his real estate business in New York.
00:12:31.900 Back in 2022, a judge found them liable and ordered a three hundred fifty five million dollar fine, which Trump appealed.
00:12:39.660 And this obviously comes in the context of President Trump demanding that the Eastern District of Virginia, the U.S. attorney there,
00:12:47.360 carry out orders to go after his political opponents.
00:12:51.460 James Comey, who has been indicted.
00:12:53.540 Letitia James, who as of today has been indicted.
00:12:56.060 Democratic Senator Adam Schiff is the third that he mentioned in that public truth social post at the
00:13:01.860 Wall Street Journal reports was accidentally posted publicly was meant to be a private message to his attorney general, Pam Bondi with me here in New York.
00:13:10.760 By the way, let's just stop there.
00:13:12.520 Isn't it amazing that they actually overlook the crimes that these people are accused of committing? 0.72
00:13:17.540 And isn't it amazing that the same people that were screaming when Donald Trump was indicted on ridiculous and bogus charges,
00:13:23.660 saying, well, he's been charged, he's going to be arraigned, he's going to have a mug shot, he's going to be in court are now acting as if this is all news that you should just look the other way on.
00:13:34.060 There is one, by the way, one of those that was a part of the hoax January 6th committee, a guy by the name of Adam Kinzinger,
00:13:41.140 who is at least somewhat honest on CNN about this fraud, mortgage fraud charge against Letitia James.
00:13:48.420 And I want you to hear what he said, the people's trust in our system.
00:13:52.480 Congressman, I mean, live by the sword, die by the sword. Is that is that the way the system should be?
00:13:57.700 Yeah, no. I mean, look, I think two things can be true here.
00:14:00.540 I think the first thing is Letitia James never should have made those comments.
00:14:05.020 She never should have run on. I'm going to go after him before she's seen the evidence, before she's had anything that was wrong.
00:14:13.180 Not illegal. That was wrong. And then at the same time, there is no doubt.
00:14:18.040 And I mean, we can argue about it, but there's no doubt that this thing went.
00:14:22.920 They went after her specifically for retribution, specifically because it was her.
00:14:28.640 I mean, all you have to do is read the president's accidental fake tweet or whatever thing that's called posts and and know that he was basically saying,
00:14:37.240 Pam, here are two people we have to go after. And then all of a sudden, boy, just miraculously, a new person comes in after the other person said that they didn't have enough to make a case and get indicted.
00:14:48.560 This thing probably like like Comey's is either going to be thrown out.
00:14:52.880 I'm not a lawyer. So who knows?
00:14:54.220 Either be thrown out before trial or certainly will be will be seen as what it is, which is revenge.
00:14:59.780 But I think we can hold Anderson. Both things are true.
00:15:02.780 Letitia James never should have said that in the campaign. And also they are going after her for one reason, because it's her.
00:15:10.900 So there you have it. Letitia James is, well, you know, probably did something wrong. 1.00
00:15:15.580 And, you know, maybe she did commit mortgage fraud. 1.00
00:15:18.180 But hey, they shouldn't go after because she went after them first in a political way. 1.00
00:15:24.200 That is some weird leftist logic.
00:15:26.940 But the one thing that we can be sure about is this.
00:15:29.740 Donald Trump ran on and said he was going to hold those accountable who abused their positions of power to go after their political enemies.
00:15:40.700 And what we're witnessing right now is the deep state crumbling.
00:15:44.880 And those that went after the president only for political reasons are now being held accountable for their own actions that apparently now include mortgage fraud.
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