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Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer
Episode 4: Machine 17
— In the Senate, I urge you to take a look at this. This is not security versus privacy. This is a major national security threat.
Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer
Episode 8: This is What I Do
As you know, the prime suspect committed suicide just as the government was getting ready to charge him with the attacks that killed five people and made 17 others sick.
Global News Podcast
Trump and intelligence chiefs play down Signal app group chat leak
And that wasn't a huge mistake? That wasn't a huge mistake?
Global News Podcast
Trump and intelligence chiefs play down Signal app group chat leak
I'm going to visit some of our guardians in the Space Force on the northwest coast of Greenland and also just check out what's going on with the security there of Greenland. As you know, it's really important.
Global News Podcast
Trump and intelligence chiefs play down Signal app group chat leak
A lot of other countries have threatened Greenland, have threatened to use its territories and its waterways to threaten the United States, to threaten Canada and of course to threaten the people of Greenland. So we're going to check out how things are going there.
Pod Save America
Trump's Justices Turn On Him
I didn't ask him directly because he's answered that question repeatedly as his lawyers have. My purpose in going there was to, number one, see if he was alive, see if he was healthy, take his story.
Pod Save America
Trump's Justices Turn On Him
I want to be very clear. I'm not vouching for the man. I'm vouching for the man's rights.
Pod Save America
Trump's Justices Turn On Him
This was an officially cleared congressional trip. So taxpayer dollars. Yes, like every other trip. Like the trip Kristi Noem took with her fashion show before Seacott. Nice.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
But by not allowing him to have any contact with anybody, that's also a violation of international law.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
Well, his basic response was that they had this deal with the Trump administration. The Trump administration was paying the government of El Salvador millions of dollars. to detain him and others. And I explained that the courts of our country, including the Supreme Court by nine to zero ruling had ordered the Trump administration to help facilitate his release.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
You know, the president of El Salvador has said that, well, he doesn't have the power to smuggle, you know, Kilmar back into the United States. I pointed out to the vice president, we're not asking El Salvador to smuggle him in. We just want them to open the prison gate. And Attorney General Bondi did say the other day that they'd send a plane.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
I don't know if that offer still stands, but I want to make that distinction clear. El Salvador is a sovereign country. We don't think that they can, quote, smuggle him back to the United States. But what they can do is open the gates to the prison to somebody who's been illegally detained there.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
Well, that's absolutely right. I mean, the first question I asked of the American embassy team here has, has Washington, has the Trump administration given you any instructions to help facilitate his release? And the answer was no.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
I have a very strong opinion where they said essentially they backed up the federal district court judge and said that this violation of due process by the Trump administration goes to the very heart and foundation of our constitution, a total violation of the due process rights. And they said, I'm reading here that we, which should be shocking.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
All of us to also listen to the Trump administration's claim that since he's already left the country, they have no obligation to get him back. I mean, they admitted they admitted in federal court that they had erroneously abducted him and taken him to another prison.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
And instead of fixing the problem, the Trump administration fired the lawyer who told the truth in court, fired or put on administrative leave.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
I think the Trump administration wants to cover up all of their illegal activity and wrongdoing. That can certainly be a part of it. But they're lying through their teeth every day about this case and trying to fool Americans as to what it's about. What this is about is stripping an individual of his rights to due process. And if you can do this for this individual,
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
The rest of us watch out because what bullies do is they pick first on the most vulnerable. And that's essentially what the Fourth Circuit just said today.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
Well, all I know is the federal judge in the case looked at the administration's claims regarding that he was in MS-13 and found them lacking. That's where the Trump administration should be providing any evidence they have rather than just putting this out in the court of public opinion. Look, I want to be clear. I'm not I don't know every single fact here.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
What I'm vouching for is the system due process. That's the forum in which these things are decided. And it is exactly that that the Trump administration wants to avoid entirely.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
Well, number one, I intend to keep a spotlight on this issue because I do believe that the government of El Salvador, at some point, I think the international community may also weigh in and just say what's happening here is illegal, becoming the contracting out prison in a way that violates people's rights.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
But the Trump administration is going to be providing those monies to the government of El Salvador. And Ultimately, Congress appropriates these funds.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
And so I'm certainly not going to appropriate one penny of American taxpayer dollars to the government of El Salvador to pay them for violating this individual's rights and violating the rulings of the United States courts with respect to his rights. are you coming home? Are you staying there much longer? What, what is your plan? My plan is to, to come home either later this evening or tomorrow.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
Uh, I've had lots of meetings here. I also met with some of the human rights groups. Uh, I met with the lawyer for Kumar's mother and his wife who's down here. In fact, he accompanied me, uh, to try to go see Kilmar in prison. He was also blocked by the soldiers when we made that effort. I also met with the U.S.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
Embassy team here to talk about bilateral relations between the United States and El Salvador. But I intend to either leave later tonight or tomorrow morning. But I can assure you, and I've assured the government of El Salvador, that I may be the first senator here or the first member of Congress
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
There will be more to come because a lot is at stake for Americans in terms of protecting the right of due process for this individual, but really for every American when it comes right down to it and every resident of the United States.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
I did try to visit to check on his health, and I was stopped about three kilometers outside of the prison by soldiers who told me I could not proceed. You could see cars continuing to go by on the road, but they were ordered to stop me from going.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
I think that's fair. My request also has been to go see Kilmar. Republicans don't seem to care about the fact that he was illegally abducted and taken to Seacott. You know, the Trump administration seems to be celebrating that fact and, of course, are ignoring the court orders to facilitate his return.
Pod Save America
This Is the Fight Democrats Need To Have
No, they haven't allowed anybody to speak with him. And that, of course, is a violation of international law. But that is the current situation. And I explained to the you know, Vice President of El Salvador yesterday that they're really being complicit in these illegal actions by the Trump administration and illegal under U.S. law for lack of due process.
Pod Save America
Biden’s Final Warning
Have you been involved in discussions about using the active duty military inside the United States?
The Dan Bongino Show
Truth Returns To The White House Press Room (Ep. 2411)
So last night, Donald Trump announced that he was going to implement a shutoff to virtually all federal funding in this country. Let me tell you why that really matters. First, it matters to you and your family and your community. That means that police officers don't get federal funding. That means firefighters don't get federal funding.
The Dan Bongino Show
Truth Returns To The White House Press Room (Ep. 2411)
That means your schools that your kids go to don't get their federal funding. That means nursing homes are shut off from funding. This is an immediate crisis for our kids, for public safety, for our seniors, for our health care system. And why?
The Dan Bongino Show
President Trump The Businessman Strikes Again | Episode 22
do intend to go to El Salvador to discuss the release of this individual who is illegally detained. A Maryland man who's the father of three in a notorious prison in El Salvador. And I believe the president of El Salvador will recognize why it's important to allow him to return to the United States of America. Because it is absolutely unjust and illegal to have this...
The Dan Bongino Show
President Trump The Businessman Strikes Again | Episode 22
Maryland or detained one more day in a notorious prison in El Salvador. Of course, President Trump could have just said, you know, bring him home. Of course, he could have done that. But this is an administration that has lied about Mr. Mr. Rego Garcia. Right. The vice president, United States tweeted out that he had a criminal record. That was a lie. They're just lying. This guy is illegally.
The Dan Bongino Show
President Trump The Businessman Strikes Again | Episode 22
They have an obligation to bring him home. But I will say the president of El Salvador should not now take it upon himself. to say that he is detaining him for one more day because that is kidnapping. I understand that the attorney general said that we would provide a plane to bring him home. So all the president of El Salvador has to do now is hand over and release an innocent man.
The Dan Bongino Show
The Liberal Meltdown Means They're Guilty In This Scandal (Ep. 2420)
And one of the things that we haven't even talked about is that our Republican colleagues have been acquiescing in all of this. I know this. I've seen a few of them stand up from time to time. Maybe they'll stand up to cancer trials being cut. Watch for it.
The Dan Bongino Show
The Liberal Meltdown Means They're Guilty In This Scandal (Ep. 2420)
Maybe they'll stand up to Kash Patel, which they'd sure better do, as this man who has shown no regard for the truth is about to become head of the FBI unless they stand up for it.
The Dan Bongino Show
The Biggest FBI Scandal In History Is Unfolding (Ep. 2395)
I believe that in history, we are seeing a major inflection point, the complete collapsing of the Democratic Party. This party refuses to recognize that it has lost its way. It's a chapter. It's gone with the wind. And basically, we are seeing the end of this. Whether a new party emerges, that will wait to be seen.
The Dan Bongino Show
Biden Is Destroying The Country On His Way Out (Ep. 2402)
Actually happened check this out part of my responsibility to ensure the fitness of all nominees. I asked the following two initial questions First since you became a legal adult Have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature? No senator.
The Dan Bongino Show
Biden Is Destroying The Country On His Way Out (Ep. 2402)
Have you ever faced discipline or entered into a settlement relating to this kind of conduct? No senator. I
The Dan Bongino Show
Biden Is Destroying The Country On His Way Out (Ep. 2402)
Will it be your advice to the president? No, Mr. President. I need to go over them on a case by case basis. Do not issue blanket pardons. Will that be your advice to the president?
The Dan Bongino Show
Biden Is Destroying The Country On His Way Out (Ep. 2402)
And will you be able to do well? You'll be able to review hundreds of cases on day one.
The Dan Bongino Show
Biden Is Destroying The Country On His Way Out (Ep. 2402)
Of course you won't. So will you advise the president?
The Dan Bongino Show
Biden Is Destroying The Country On His Way Out (Ep. 2402)
You'll be able to review hundreds of cases on Thursday?
The Dan Bongino Show
Biden Is Destroying The Country On His Way Out (Ep. 2402)
All right, let me ask another question. You don't want to answer that. Let me answer another question. You were censured by Congress, Senator, for comments just like this that are so reckless.
The Dan Bongino Show
Communist Libs Are Causing A “Constitutional Crisis” (Ep. 2422)
People in those agencies, and again, it's not all of them, but it's certainly some of them, and there will be an effort to figure out who was a bad actor and who was not. To say that we're gonna protect all of them, And protect any of them from being fired, even if they did engage in some of these dastardly acts. This is offensive.
The Dan Bongino Show
Communist Libs Are Causing A “Constitutional Crisis” (Ep. 2422)
And our constituents, those who elected us, would be really upset with us with darn good reason if we supported this. I urge my colleagues to oppose it.
The Dan Bongino Show
Communist Libs Are Causing A “Constitutional Crisis” (Ep. 2422)
Mr. Chairman, I'd simply say, as a member who was here on January 6th, when the Capitol Police and FBI defended virtually all of us, to somehow say that protecting them would be an insult, I find remarkable.
The Dan Bongino Show
Communist Libs Are Causing A “Constitutional Crisis” (Ep. 2422)
Mr. Chairman, that is not at all what I said. And I want to be very clear for the purposes of the record. In no way, shape, or form is that what I said. I make no reference to any of the people who are protecting us. I'm talking about those people. They know who they are. The Trump administration at some point will figure out who they are.
The Dan Bongino Show
Communist Libs Are Causing A “Constitutional Crisis” (Ep. 2422)
I'm talking about those people who engaged in politically weaponized, indefensible acts. We should not immunize them. Not on my watch, not on our watch. I oppose it.
The Dan Bongino Show
Trump Puts China In Their Place w/ Tim Murtaugh | Episode 19
90-day pause except China.
The Dan Bongino Show
Trump Puts China In Their Place w/ Tim Murtaugh | Episode 19
I have nothing to say to that. And we actually had quite a good 10-year auction today. And all this was, again, this was driven by the president's strategy. He and I had a long talk on Sunday, and this was his strategy all along. And you might even say that he goaded China into a bad position, they responded. They have shown themselves to the world to be the bad actors.
The Dan Bongino Show
Trump Puts China In Their Place w/ Tim Murtaugh | Episode 19
And we are willing to cooperate with our allies and with our trading partners who did not retaliate. It wasn't a hard message. Don't retaliate. Things will turn out well.
The Dan Bongino Show
The Bongino Brief - Doge's Next Target Has Been Identified!!!
The suggestion that the ranking member has made here is that the big banks can now scam individuals right now. Any change in the laws regarding how they're supposed to be treating the individual consumers out there or anything along that line?
The Dan Bongino Show
The Bongino Brief - Doge's Next Target Has Been Identified!!!
Any changes in any rules that they would have to follow?
The Dan Bongino Show
The Bongino Brief - Doge's Next Target Has Been Identified!!!
Are they still audited, and do they still have the regulators in watching all of their businesses just as they did before?
The Dan Bongino Show
The Tragic Consequences Of DEI (Ep. 2413)
Now, how many days in advance were you working to prepare the Department of Defense to help secure the Capitol on January 6th?
The Dan Bongino Show
The Tragic Consequences Of DEI (Ep. 2413)
And while you were chief of staff at DOD, how many times did DOD approach Capitol Police and ask if they needed National Guard assistance?
The Dan Bongino Show
The Tragic Consequences Of DEI (Ep. 2413)
Now, am I correct that the Capitol Sergeant at Arms said assistance was unnecessary?
The Dan Bongino Show
The Tragic Consequences Of DEI (Ep. 2413)
Who did the Sergeant at Arms report to?
The Dan Bongino Show
The Tragic Consequences Of DEI (Ep. 2413)
Mr. Washington, can you quickly tell me what airspace requires an ADS-B transponder?
The Dan Bongino Show
The Tragic Consequences Of DEI (Ep. 2413)
That's okay. We'll just keep going. So that's a pretty... important part. So what are the six types of special use airspace that protect this national security that appear on FAA charts? Sorry, Senator, I cannot answer that question. So what are the operational limitations of a pilot flying under basic med?
The Dan Bongino Show
The Tragic Consequences Of DEI (Ep. 2413)
Senator, I'm not a pilot, so... Obviously, you'd never see the Federal Aviation Administration. So any idea what those restrictions are under basic med?
The Dan Bongino Show
The Tragic Consequences Of DEI (Ep. 2413)
Some of them would be... It's more like how many passengers per airplane, how many pounds in different categories, and what altitude you can fly under. And then amount of knots, it's under 250 knots. So it's not having anything to do with blood pressure. So can you tell me what causes an aircraft to spin or to stall?
The Dan Bongino Show
Something Serious Is Going On Behind The Scenes | Episode 25
Today's purpose was just to see what his health condition is. And these soldiers were ordered to prevent us from going any farther from this spot. I understand we're about three kilometers now from Seacott. And as you can see, they're letting other cars go by. But they stopped us because they're under orders. not to allow us to proceed to check on the well-being of Gilmar Abrego Garcia.
The Dan Bongino Show
Something Serious Is Going On Behind The Scenes | Episode 25
So I do intend to keep at this until we ensure that Mr. Obregar Garcia has his rights to due process, which is what the courts of the United States have called for. They have said that his abduction is illegal, and they have called upon him to be brought back to the United States. While I may be the first person
The Dan Bongino Show
Something Serious Is Going On Behind The Scenes | Episode 25
senator and first member of the United States Congress to come here to El Salvador in this case. I certainly will not be the last. There'll be many more coming.
The Dan Bongino Show
Deranged Libs Go All In For Ukraine War and Govt. Corruption (Ep. 2423)
The suggestion that the ranking member has made here is that the big banks can now scam individuals right now. Any change in the laws regarding how they're supposed to be treating the individual consumers out there or anything along that line?
The Dan Bongino Show
Deranged Libs Go All In For Ukraine War and Govt. Corruption (Ep. 2423)
Any changes in any rules that they would have to follow? Not that I'm aware of. Are they still audited, and do they still have the regulators in watching all of their businesses just as they did before?
The Ezra Klein Show
The Emergency Is Here
Let's imagine that once again, President-elect Trump issues a directive order to you or to the FBI director that is outside the boundaries of ethics or law. What will you do?
The Ezra Klein Show
The Emergency Is Here
Director Wray, quoting former Attorney General Bell, said you should be willing to resign, if necessary, over conduct if you're pressed to engage in it that's unethical, illegal, or unconstitutional. If pressed by the president, would you resign?
The Ezra Klein Show
The Emergency Is Here
Would you be willing to resign the post of FBI director if pressed and given no choice but to obey the order or resign?
The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch RESPONDS to BREAKING NEWS before DAY 1 - 1/16/25
Right now in America, We have over 22 million workers who are making less than $15 an hour and nearly 40 million. people in our country earning less than $17 an hour. Shamefully, the federal minimum wage, despite the efforts of myself and other people here, have not been raised since 2009 and remains an unbelievable $7.25 an hour.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch RESPONDS to BREAKING NEWS before DAY 1 - 1/16/25
Will you work with those of us who want to raise the federal minimum wage to a living wage to take millions of Americans out of poverty?
The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch RESPONDS to BREAKING NEWS before DAY 1 - 1/16/25
Have you heard the recording of President Trump on January 2nd, 2021, when he urged the secretary of state of Georgia to quote, find 11,780 votes and declare him the winner of that state?
The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch RESPONDS to BREAKING NEWS before DAY 1 - 1/16/25
What was your reaction to President Trump making that call?
The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch RESPONDS to BREAKING NEWS before DAY 1 - 1/16/25
Well, the quote that I give you is exact. He said to the Georgia Secretary of State, find 11,780 votes.
The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch RESPONDS to BREAKING NEWS before DAY 1 - 1/16/25
It was an hour long. Right. You can certainly listen to it. I hope you will. Every American should. As a former prosecutor, are you not concerned that the president of the United States called a state election official and asked him to find enough votes to change the results of the election?
Throughline
Ralph Nader, Consumer Crusader (Throwback)
I don't want to have a climate in this country where one has to have an ascetic existence and steely determinations in order to speak truthfully and candidly and critically of American industry.