The Megyn Kelly Show
Comey's Post Targeting Trump, South African Refugees in Spotlight, SCOTUS Fireworks: AM Update 5/16
Fri, 16 May 2025
A cryptic Instagram post from former FBI Director James Comey has ignited a firestorm of controversy. The Trump administration grants refugee status to 59 white South Africans facing racial persecution, sparking outrage from critics and renewed scrutiny of South Africa’s land seizure policies. The Supreme Court hears arguments on whether a single district judge can block federal policies nationwide, as it weighs Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship. Cassie Ventura returns to the stand for cross-examination as the defense presents messages suggesting a consensual relationship in the ongoing federal trial accusing Sean “Diddy” Combs. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV, America’s first pope.120Life: Go to https://120Life.com and use code MK to save 15%Riverbend Ranch: Visit https://riverbendranch.com/ | Use promo code MEGYN for $20 off your first order.
Chapter 1: What was the controversy around James Comey's Instagram post?
Good morning, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. It's Friday, May 16th, 2025, and this is your AM Update. A disturbing Instagram post from former FBI Director James Comey, seemingly aimed at President Trump, sets off a firestorm.
The president is making a special exception for a group of 59 white South Africans.
Outrage from Democrats and the media after the Trump administration grants refugee status to a group it says is facing racial persecution in South Africa.
The practical problem is that there are 680 district court judges. Sometimes they're wrong.
The Supreme Court takes up sweeping questions about judicial power and President Trump's challenge to birthright citizenship. And cross-examination begins on the star witness in the Diddy trial. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update. One in two adults have high blood pressure and many don't even know it. That's a ticking time bomb. But here's the good news.
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Seashells arranged to resemble the numbers 86, 47. In gang slang, 86 means to get rid of or kill someone. 47, of course, an apparent reference to President Trump, the 47th president. Director Comey captioned the image, cool shell formation on my beach walk. Donald Trump Jr. posting, quote, just James Comey casually calling for my dad to be murdered. This is who the Dem media worships, demented.
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Chapter 2: How did officials and commentators respond to Comey's post?
Some of Mr. Comey's defenders say 86 is just restaurant slang for canceling something or getting rid of something. Yeah, that too implies murder. In any event, the former FBI director is certainly aware of commonly known gang terminology and the elevated threat environment surrounding President Trump, who has survived at least two assassination attempts.
FBI Director Kash Patel writing on X, quote, We are aware of the recent social media post by former FBI Director James Comey directed at President Trump. We are in communication with the Secret Service and Director Curran. Primary jurisdiction is with the Secret Service on these matters, and we, the FBI, will provide all necessary support.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard with an unsparing view of this behavior on Fox News with Jesse Waters last night.
Any other person with the position of influence that he has, people who take very seriously what a guy of his stature, his experience, and what the propaganda media has built him up to be, I'm very concerned for the president's life. We've already seen assassination attempts. I'm very concerned for his life. And James Comey, in my view, should be held accountable and put behind bars for this.
We will continue to monitor the story, reporting the latest on Monday.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa criticizing the white South Africans who left his country seeking refuge in the U.S., President Ramaphosa saying, quote, we don't run away from our problems. We must stay here and solve our problems. When you run away, you're a coward. And that's a real cowardly act.
On Monday, the Trump administration welcoming 59 refugees from South Africa, saying they're facing discrimination in their home country. The arrivals fast-tracked following a February executive order granting refugee status to Afrikaners. citing racial persecution and land seizures there. President Ramaphosa signing the Expropriation Act of 2024.
It's a controversial law allowing the government to seize land, in some cases, without compensation to the owner when it's equitable and in the public interest.
The law defines public interest as, quote, the nation's commitment to land reform and to reforms to bring about equitable access to all South Africa's natural resources in order to redress the results of past discriminatory laws or practices. Supporters of the law say it's a step toward long overdue land reform following the apartheid legacy.
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Chapter 3: Why did the Trump administration grant refugee status to white South Africans?
So deeply and morally wrongheaded and repulsive. These are the descendants of the people who created the most diabolical system of white supremacy in human history, apartheid.
So if the Afrikaners don't actually like the land, they can leave that country.
They are. They're leaving to come here. No.
These refugees are coming here. They can actually leave and go to where their native land is, which is probably Germany.
Are you against them coming here?
Holland. Holland. They are being given special treatment when there is not a genocide happening in South Africa. And they just don't like the law of the land.
Small historical note, Afrikaners descend primarily from Dutch settlers arriving in South Africa almost 400 years ago. Many settling regions that were sparsely populated or uninhabited at the time. The next G20 conference set for November in Johannesburg. The Washington Post citing anonymous sources reporting the National Security Council has ordered all U.S.
agencies and departments to suspend work on that upcoming conference. In April, Mr. Trump, posting to Truth Social, quote, In recent years, reports of white farmers brutally murdered in rural South Africa prompting claims that they are being targeted on a racial basis. Critics accusing the government of turning a blind eye.
On Monday, President Trump again describing white South African farmers as victims of a genocide. South African officials strongly deny the accusation. President Ramaphosa set to visit the White House next Wednesday. Coming up, the Supreme Court takes up nationwide injunctions in a case involving Trump's move to end birthright citizenship.
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Chapter 4: What are the criticisms and defenses regarding South African refugee policy?
Chapter 5: What are the details and implications of South Africa's Expropriation Act of 2024?
Chapter 6: How is the Supreme Court involved with President Trump's birthright citizenship challenge?
The practical problem is that there are 680 district court judges. Sometimes they're wrong.
The Supreme Court takes up sweeping questions about judicial power and President Trump's challenge to birthright citizenship. And cross-examination begins on the star witness in the Diddy trial. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update. One in two adults have high blood pressure and many don't even know it. That's a ticking time bomb. But here's the good news.
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They are so sure that 120 Life can noticeably lower your blood pressure in two weeks that they will give you your money back if you're not satisfied. Go to 120life.com. That's 120life.com. And remember to use code MK to save 15% off your order. Former FBI director and longtime Trump critic James Comey on Thursday posting, then deleting, a bizarre photo to his Instagram account.
Seashells arranged to resemble the numbers 86, 47. In gang slang, 86 means to get rid of or kill someone. 47, of course, an apparent reference to President Trump, the 47th president. Director Comey captioned the image, cool shell formation on my beach walk. Donald Trump Jr. posting, quote, just James Comey casually calling for my dad to be murdered. This is who the Dem media worships, demented.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich posting on X, quote, while President Trump is currently on an international trip to the Middle East, the former FBI director puts out what can clearly be interpreted as a hit on the sitting president of the United States, a message etched in the sand. This is deeply concerning to all of us and is being taken seriously.
About three hours later, Mr. Comey deleting the offending post, uploading a new one that reads, quote, I posted earlier a picture of some shells I saw on a beach walk, which I assumed were a political message. I didn't realize some folks associate those numbers with violence. It never occurred to me, but I oppose violence of any kind, so I took the post down.
Some of Mr. Comey's defenders say 86 is just restaurant slang for canceling something or getting rid of something. Yeah, that too implies murder. In any event, the former FBI director is certainly aware of commonly known gang terminology and the elevated threat environment surrounding President Trump, who has survived at least two assassination attempts.
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Chapter 7: What is the broader context of racial and political tensions in South Africa?
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The Supreme Court on Thursday hearing oral arguments in cases where lower courts blocked President Trump's executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship, with the justices focusing on whether... a single district judge can issue a nationwide injunction stopping the full force and effect of a law or an executive order. U.S.
Solicitor General John Sauer's opening argument made the case that judges should only be able to issue rulings that apply to the parties in the case before them.
Since January 20th, district courts have now issued 40 universal injunctions against the federal government, including 35 from the same five judicial districts. This is a bipartisan problem that has now spanned the last five presidential administrations. Universal injunctions exceed the judicial power granted in Article III, which exists only to address the injury to the complaining party.
They transgress the traditional bounds of equitable authority, and they create a host of practical problems. Such injunctions prevent the percolation of novel and difficult legal questions. They encourage rampant forum shopping. They require judges to make rushed, high-stakes, low-information decisions.
Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor stepping on Mr. Sauer with a rapid-fire round of questioning, getting called out by the Chief Justice Roberts for her interruptions. That's rare. The Solicitor General arguing that if a lot of people are affected by a policy— They should file a class action lawsuit instead of asking one judge to block the policy for the whole nation.
Both the Supreme Court and no lower court can stop an executive from universally from violating those holdings by this court.
We are not claiming that because we're conceding that there could be an inappropriate case.
Only a class, only by a class. Can I hear the rest of his answer? Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, who has previously written about the court's impending need to address the use of nationwide injunctions, questioning the history of this practice.
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