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‘Most Wanted Fraudsters’ List Targets Billion-Dollar Scammers plus Massive Green Card Reset · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 1: For decades, the FBI has had a top ten most
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  Speaker 1: wanted list. Well, now there's a new list. It's the
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  Speaker 1: FBI's Top ten most Wanted Fraudster's List. And if you've
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  Speaker 1: ever wondered where your tax dollurs go or why government
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  Speaker 1: fraud seems to keep making headlines, well, the FBI says
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  Speaker 1: it's time to put some faces on the actual problem.
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  Speaker 1: That's why the FBI Director Caspittel unveiled a brand new initiative,
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  Speaker 1: the FBI's Top ten Most Wanted Fraudster's List, a public effort,
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  Speaker 1: he said, to track down some of the most notorious
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  Speaker 1: financial criminals accused of stealing more than a billion dollars
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  Speaker 1: from American taxpayers now. The announcement came in Ohio alongside
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  Speaker 1: senior Justice Department officials as federal authorities also revealed charges
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  Speaker 1: against defendant's accused of running a massive medicaid fraud scheme
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  Speaker 1: involving children services. Yeah they're not just stealing from us,
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  Speaker 1: but they're actually stealing money that's supposed to be going
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  Speaker 1: to children now. According to the federal prosecutors, the scheme
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  Speaker 1: allegedly built taxpayers roughly thirty million for therapy services that
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  Speaker 1: were medically unnecessary or never provided at all. The Director
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  Speaker 1: of the FBI, Ptel, made it clear that this effort
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  Speaker 1: is about changing the way the FBI goes after white
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  Speaker 1: collar criminals now. One of the strongest lines from today's
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  Speaker 1: announcement was Patel warning that these suspects are not harmless
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  Speaker 1: paper pushers. They stole more than one billion. Patel said
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  Speaker 1: as he launched the new list, I want you to
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  Speaker 1: hear exactly what the FBI director had to say.
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  Speaker 2: Operation Playground Therapy is what the FBI is here to
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  Speaker 2: talk about today, as the Attorney General highlighted, literally tens
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  Speaker 2: of millions of dollars that was supposed to go to
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  Speaker 2: kids was stolen allegedly by individuals who worked in government
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  Speaker 2: and the private sector and thought they could fleece Americans
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  Speaker 2: and our treasure are children of the hard earned dollars,
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  Speaker 2: the taxpayer dollars that we provide to support them in
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  Speaker 2: their time of need.
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  Speaker 3: Well, they got caught.
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  Speaker 2: And not only did they get caught, so many others
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  Speaker 2: got caught. Just take a look at some of the
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  Speaker 2: vehicles that are here as part of their ill gotten
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  Speaker 2: gains and proceeds. They didn't just take the money they
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  Speaker 2: paraded it around the country and thanks to this team,
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  Speaker 2: here you are seeing what hard work, dedication to the
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  Speaker 2: rule of law, and true unified effort across all fronts
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  Speaker 2: when no one wants the credit and everyone wants to
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  Speaker 2: just do the work. These are the results that we're
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  Speaker 2: here to talk about today, importantly for the FBI, and
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  Speaker 2: thanks to Vice President JD.
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  Speaker 3: Vance's vision. He had an idea.
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  Speaker 2: He said, Hey, you guys have a top ten most
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  Speaker 2: wanted list for all gang bangers, terrorists, narco traffickers, murderers
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  Speaker 2: and rapists.
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  Speaker 3: Around the world.
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  Speaker 2: How about we have a top ten list for most
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  Speaker 2: wanted fraudsters. So, mister Vice President, thanks to your vision,
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  Speaker 2: we're here to deliver and you see it here today.
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  Speaker 2: It is live officially on the FBI website.
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  Speaker 3: I want all.
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  Speaker 2: Americans to take a look at these most wanted into
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  Speaker 2: viduals and look at the amounts, the tens of millions
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  Speaker 2: and billions of dollars in fraud that they have decimated
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  Speaker 2: our societies from.
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  Speaker 3: We rely on you.
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  Speaker 2: Our best form of information is the American public. Take
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  Speaker 2: a look at this top ten most wanted. Let us
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  Speaker 2: know any information. There is no bad piece of information.
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  Speaker 2: The only bad piece of information is the one you
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  Speaker 2: don't give us. So call one eight hundred, call FBI,
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  Speaker 2: or go to FBI dot gov and help us apprehend
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  Speaker 2: more fraudsters. The last thing I want to talk about
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  Speaker 2: is the work of the FBI and the interagency isn't
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  Speaker 2: just domestic. The fraudsters have created programs overseas that have
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  Speaker 2: fleeced Americans of billions of dollars.
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  Speaker 3: The FBI has led that charge.
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  Speaker 2: Against scam center compounds stood up in Southeast Asia and
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  Speaker 2: the Middle East, freeing thousands of traffic workers. Just in
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  Speaker 2: the last year, under the Trump Advance Administration and the
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  Speaker 2: Fraud Initiative, we have captured and freed eight billion dollars
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  Speaker 2: in fraud in scam centers that were stood up by
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  Speaker 2: the CCP and other adversaries in places like Thailand and
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  Speaker 2: Laos and Cambodia and the Middle East. And we're working
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  Speaker 2: with our interagency and and partners across the world to
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  Speaker 2: bring hundreds of individuals to justice. Just the other week
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  Speaker 2: in the Middle East, in Dubai, we arrested three hundred
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  Speaker 2: individuals responsible for.
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  Speaker 3: Four billion dollars in fraud.
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  Speaker 2: They prey on our senior citizens here from overseas, and
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  Speaker 2: this administration has made it abundantly clear there is no
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  Speaker 2: distance we won't travel to make sure we apprehend each
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  Speaker 2: and every one of these individuals.
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  Speaker 3: The FBI is leading the effort to scuttle these.
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  Speaker 2: Stam centers permanently, to free the traffic workers, and most importantly,
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  Speaker 2: to also secure our taxpayer dollars and make sure that
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  Speaker 2: this eight billion in counting in scamsenter fraud that the
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  Speaker 2: FBI is delivered on so far only continues to grow
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  Speaker 2: and we're going.
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  Speaker 3: To keep doing it.
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  Speaker 2: I just want to thank the Attorney General, the interagency
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  Speaker 2: partnerships here, state and local. I've said it over and
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  Speaker 2: over again, the FBI's best partners are state and local
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  Speaker 2: law enforcement, and they're here today and these are the results.
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  Speaker 1: So the FBI, under President Trump and Cash Hotel's leadership
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  Speaker 1: message is simple. If America has a top ten list
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  Speaker 1: for murderers or terrorists or cartel leaders and violent fugitives,
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  Speaker 1: then the people accused of stealing massive amounts of money
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  Speaker 1: from taxpayers, retirees, investors, and vulnerable Americans should face the
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  Speaker 1: same level of scrutiny. Now, the new list includes alleged
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  Speaker 1: fraudsters connected to investment scams, wire fraud schemes, cryptocurrency laundering operations,
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  Speaker 1: healthcare fraud, and other sophisticated financial crimes. Among those featured
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  Speaker 1: are individuals accused of targeting the elderly Americans, running international
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  Speaker 1: fraud operations, and helping move illicit funds around the globe. Now,
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  Speaker 1: what's especially significant is also the timing. The Trump administration
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  Speaker 1: has spent months emphasizing waste, fraud and abuse across government programs.
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  Speaker 1: The creation of this new FBI list fits directly into
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  Speaker 1: that broader effort, and President Trump is repeatedly argued that
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  Speaker 1: fraud against taxpayers is not a victimless crime and that
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  Speaker 1: Americans deserve accountability when billions of dollars disappear through corruption,
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  Speaker 1: through scams and abuse the public programs. Now, the White
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  Speaker 1: House did not announce the list itself today, that move
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  Speaker 1: aligns closely with the administration's a larger focus, they say,
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  Speaker 1: on rooting out fraud and recovering taxpayer dollars and letting
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  Speaker 1: the FBI do exactly what they do. It also is
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  Speaker 1: putting the FBI front and center and betting that the
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  Speaker 1: public attention will also work in helping find these people
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  Speaker 1: on the most Wanted List. The bureau's traditional Top ten
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  Speaker 1: most Wanted Fugitive lists has been one of the most
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  Speaker 1: successful law enforcement tools in American history. The FBI reports
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  Speaker 1: of the vast majority of fugitives who have appeared on
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  Speaker 1: its famous top ten lists have ultimately been located or captured,
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  Speaker 1: often after tips from ordinary citizens, And that's exactly why
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  Speaker 1: the FBI director is hoping it will happen again on
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  Speaker 1: the new list. By putting these alleged fraudsters front and center,
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  Speaker 1: investigators hope someone recognizes a face, knows a location, or
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  Speaker 1: provides the critical tip needed to make and arrest. And
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  Speaker 1: there's another reason for this matter as well. For years,
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  Speaker 1: Americans have heard about fraud and abstract terms billions here,
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  Speaker 1: millions there, and it doesn't even seem anything real or
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  Speaker 1: like an actual number. But when taxpayers see the actual
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  Speaker 1: individuals that are accused of orchestrating these schemes, the scale
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  Speaker 1: of the problem becomes much much more real and personal. So,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's healthcare fraud or investment scams targeting seniors, the
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  Speaker 1: cryptocurrency schemes, or international wire fraud operations, the FBI is
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  Speaker 1: now signaling that in twenty twenty six, financial criminals are
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  Speaker 1: now going to receive the same public attention that has
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  Speaker 1: traditionally been reserved for violent fugitives. As Director Ptel's team
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  Speaker 1: put it today, this is about bringing accountability to people
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  Speaker 1: accused of stealing staggering amounts of money from hard working
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  Speaker 1: American citizens and funds that were supposed to go and
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  Speaker 1: help the elderly and the poor, as well as children.
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  Speaker 1: The bottom line, the FBI just launched a brand new
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  Speaker 1: most wanted lists, not for the murders, not for cartel bosses,
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  Speaker 1: not for the terrorists, for fraudsters, And if the FBI
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  Speaker 1: gets its way, some of the people accues of stealing
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  Speaker 1: more than a billion dollars from Americans may soon find
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  Speaker 1: themselves running out of places to hide. The media actually
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  Speaker 1: hates conservatives and the values that we represent and the
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  Speaker 1: bills and the policies that we get passed. Now you
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  Speaker 1: would think that if you turned on the news, you
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  Speaker 1: would hear exactly what I'm about to tell you, because
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  Speaker 1: this is amazing news for all Americans. Like, not just
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  Speaker 1: rich people or middle class or only Republicans. This is
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  Speaker 1: for everyone. Almost every US tax file, we have now learned,
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  Speaker 1: got a cut this year. That's right, coming to eighty
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  Speaker 1: two billion dollars in relief the Treasury Department has announced. Now,
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  Speaker 1: if you are in the media, you would think that
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  Speaker 1: would be a lead story, right, Like, that doesn't get
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  Speaker 1: any better than that. You have almost everybody that does
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  Speaker 1: their taxes and they're getting relief. Why would you not
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  Speaker 1: want to celebrate that moment, Because if you're in the media,
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  Speaker 1: that means nearly every person who watches your show that
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  Speaker 1: filed taxes received a tax cut, and eighty two billion
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  Speaker 1: dollars in relief is something you should be excited about.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, the data released on Tuesday show that ninety
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  Speaker 1: seven percent of tax filers scored a cut courtesy of
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  Speaker 1: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that was passed last year.
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  Speaker 1: And that explains exactly why they don't want to celebrate
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  Speaker 1: this moment, because that means that the One Big Beautiful
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  Speaker 1: Bill actually work for the American people instead of working
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  Speaker 1: to take more of your money, which is exactly what
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  Speaker 1: the Democratic Party wants to do. Now, without the new law,
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  Speaker 1: those taxpayers would have been hit with a ready a
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  Speaker 1: five trillion dollar tax hike. Now let's just go back
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  Speaker 1: to that number again. Without the new law, taxpayers would
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  Speaker 1: have been hit with a five trillion dollar tax hike
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  Speaker 1: from the expiration of Trump's landmark twenty seventeen law that
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  Speaker 1: slash payments to the irs, according to the Treasury Department.
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  Speaker 1: The Treasury Secretary Scott Bessen sounded a triumphant note on
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  Speaker 1: the outcome, saying, under President Trump, our federal tax code
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  Speaker 1: and system reflects the American people's mandate to reject policies
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  Speaker 1: that punish success with tax hikes and embrace those that
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  Speaker 1: restore fairness, reward work, respect hard earned paychecks, and reignite
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  Speaker 1: the American dream. The Treasury officials said filers making between
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  Speaker 1: one hundred thousand to two hundred thousand who tapped the
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  Speaker 1: new Brikins pocket and an average cut topping one two
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  Speaker 1: hundred and fifty dollars now, while those with the incomes
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  Speaker 1: between fifteen one hundred thousand grabbed more than eight hundred
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  Speaker 1: and fifteen dollars on average. Now, what's even cooler than
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  Speaker 1: the data I just gave you, is this the president
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  Speaker 1: who really pushed hard for no tax on tips. We
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  Speaker 1: now know just how many American workers that affected, and
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  Speaker 1: how many of them put more money in their pocket
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  Speaker 1: than ever before while going to work. It is now
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  Speaker 1: more than seven and a half million hard working Americans.
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  Speaker 1: They were able to claim that no tax on tips
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  Speaker 1: break a key promise from the president's campaign. Another reason
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  Speaker 1: why the media does not want to talk about this story.
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  Speaker 1: We also know that it wiped an average of about
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  Speaker 1: seven thousand dollars off their taxable income on average, some
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  Speaker 1: even more than that. Now, we also know that over
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  Speaker 1: twenty nine million filers deducted no ten tax on overtime pay.
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  Speaker 1: Let me say that again, twenty nine million tax filers
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  Speaker 1: deducted no tax on overtime. Now, these are really hard
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  Speaker 1: working Americans that say, I'm going to work longer than
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  Speaker 1: forty hours in a week. I'm going to work harder
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  Speaker 1: than I've ever worked for my family. I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: put my head down and make ends meet and try
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  Speaker 1: to better myself. And so here we are, twenty nine
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  Speaker 1: million filers. We're able to get the no tax on
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  Speaker 1: overtime deduction. Here's what it did. In reality, it trimmed
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  Speaker 1: an average of thirty one hundred dollars from their bills.
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  Speaker 1: Three quarters earned under one hundred thousand dollars. So if
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  Speaker 1: you think this is helping out the rich guy, you're wrong.
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  Speaker 1: Ninety six percent also made below two hundred thousand, again
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  Speaker 1: meaning these are really hard working people working longer than
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  Speaker 1: forty hours in a week, and they deserve to keep
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  Speaker 1: more of their hard earned money. Another reason why you
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  Speaker 1: notice the media not touching this subject. Doubled standard deduction,
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  Speaker 1: simplified life. We also have learned for one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven million tax filers, that is the equivalent of
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  Speaker 1: ninety percent of all returns filed in this country. Treasury
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  Speaker 1: officials believe the relief will swell further as stragglers with
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  Speaker 1: extensions file their taxes as well. Now, all of this
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  Speaker 1: data arrives as Americans feel the first full impact of
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  Speaker 1: the sweeping tax cut overhaul that Republicans got through Congress
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  Speaker 1: last year. The legislation included bigger breaks for seniors and families,
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  Speaker 1: incentives to buy American made automobiles, and the setting up
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  Speaker 1: of the Trump Accounts that will fundamentally change this country
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  Speaker 1: with young people. The simple savings plans created by Trump's
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  Speaker 1: new tax law was simple. It aimed to help families
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  Speaker 1: put away more of their own money for their kids' futures. Now,
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  Speaker 1: Treasury Department said Tuesday that more than five point five
• 13:59
  Speaker 1: million Trump accounts have already been opened, and one point
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  Speaker 1: four million kids eligible for the pilot one thousand dollar
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  Speaker 1: contributions have been opened. Eighty six percent, they say, are
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  Speaker 1: tied to families that are earning less than two hundred
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  Speaker 1: thousand dollars a year, which is exactly what the Trump
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  Speaker 1: accounts were designed to do. We also know that the
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  Speaker 1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a massive domestic policy package.
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  Speaker 1: It was crammed with Trump's second term priorities, and it's working.
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  Speaker 1: The House and Senate passed it in July of last year,
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  Speaker 1: with every Democrat and two Republicans saying no to it.
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  Speaker 1: The Senate majority leader John Thune South Dakota Republicans steered
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  Speaker 1: it through the upper chamber on July one. Trump signed
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  Speaker 1: that into law on July fourth. Now what's amazing is
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  Speaker 1: if you look at the numbers and you look at
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  Speaker 1: the growth effects, especially to lower marginal tax rates on
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  Speaker 1: working class Americans. This allows them to have more for savings,
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  Speaker 1: more for investments, and more for them to be able
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  Speaker 1: to and expand their small businesses if they are growing them.
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  Speaker 1: We also know that this information that we have from
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  Speaker 1: Treasury estimates that all of This legislation, often called the OBBBA,
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  Speaker 1: is increasing GDP by one point two percent in twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty six, one point four percent they expect in twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven, and one point five percent in twenty twenty eight.
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  Speaker 1: That is incredible. So almost every US tax filer got
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  Speaker 1: to cut this year, coming in an eighty two billion
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  Speaker 1: in relief. That is something that every American should celebrate.
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  Speaker 1: And when if you look at what the Democrats wanted
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  Speaker 1: to do, that is where the real story is, and
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  Speaker 1: that is what so many Americans should also be terrified of.
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  Speaker 1: Is what Democrats say they'll do if they get back
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  Speaker 1: control and power. They wanted you to pay a five
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  Speaker 1: trillion dollar tax hike this tax season, that was their plan. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: the Republicans said, no, Americans deserve more of their money,
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  Speaker 1: while Democrats said, we want to take another five trillion
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  Speaker 1: from the average American. Now, I hope you'll take everything
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  Speaker 1: I just told you, and I hope you'll share it
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  Speaker 1: wherever you can, because I promise you what I just
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  Speaker 1: told you is not going to be reported on by
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  Speaker 1: the media and they're not going to talk about just
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  Speaker 1: how much money the Democratic Party wanted to take from
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  Speaker 1: you either. Because most Americans when they hear that the
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  Speaker 1: Democrats wanted five trillion more of your dollars in this
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  Speaker 1: last tax year, they would say that's insane. Well, that's
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  Speaker 1: exactly what their plan was, and that is what they
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  Speaker 1: voted for. Every Democrat said no to giving you more
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  Speaker 1: of your money back. So if you want to know
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  Speaker 1: what the midterms are about, this is it right here.
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  Speaker 1: And I promise you the president and other conservatives should
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  Speaker 1: be running on this issue. We're going to start with
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  Speaker 1: a very interesting story federal agents arresting a Newport Beach,
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  Speaker 1: California businessman. It was happening all during a pre dawn
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  Speaker 1: raid at his not home but mansion on Wednesday, and
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  Speaker 1: they charged him with legally supplying US origin computer hardware
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  Speaker 1: directly to Tehran and what was it being used for
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  Speaker 1: in military and nuclear operations that according to federal prosecutors.
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  Speaker 1: Jamsheed Gomi is a sixty three year old and a
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  Speaker 1: dual citizen of Iran and the United States. He was
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  Speaker 1: taken into custody during the FBI raid. The New York
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  Speaker 1: Post has also reported now he's been charged with conspiracy
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  Speaker 1: to violate the International Emergency Economy Powers Act and is
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  Speaker 1: expected to make his initial appearance Wednesday afternoon in federal
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  Speaker 1: court in Santa Anna, California. Prosecutors are alleging that the
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  Speaker 1: man not only sold computer hardware to the Iranian government
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  Speaker 1: through a year long scheme designed to evade US sanctions,
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  Speaker 1: earning millions of dollars in the process. Gomy is accused
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  Speaker 1: of aiding our declared enemies by selling US origin computer
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  Speaker 1: networking parts to Iran and earning millions of dollars in
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  Speaker 1: violation of US sanctioned laws. That's what the US attorney
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  Speaker 1: said in his statement. We will hold him accountable by
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  Speaker 1: seeking an appropriate prison sentence and by seizing his assets,
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  Speaker 1: including his thirty five million dollar Newport Beach mansion. Now,
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  Speaker 1: dozens of federal agents and tactical gear gathered before dawn
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  Speaker 1: at a nearby parking lot before traveling in a convoy
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  Speaker 1: to the residents. Located within an exclusive gated community. Agents
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  Speaker 1: surrounded the property and called for Gomy to come outside.
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  Speaker 1: What's going on When occupant of the home asked, as
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  Speaker 1: agents escorted Gomy's wife and two adult sons outside, as well.
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  Speaker 1: Investigators carrying power tools and evidence boxes entered the residence
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  Speaker 1: while an interpreter arrived to interview Gomy. After the interview,
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  Speaker 1: Gomy emerged from the home and was taken into custody.
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  Speaker 1: Now in addition to the sanctions related charges, authorities said
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  Speaker 1: they are investigating Gomy for possible money laundering, tax evasion,
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: and other offenses. According to prosecutors, Gome generated more than
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  Speaker 1: ten million annually through his computer business, while reporting no
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  Speaker 1: more than twenty thousand in income to the Internal Revenue Service.
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  Speaker 1: Federal investigators alleged that for more than a decade, Gomi
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  Speaker 1: used a Tehran based computer networking company he found it
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  Speaker 1: to obtain US networking equipment for customers in Iran and
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  Speaker 1: violation of the US sanctions. Authorities say Gom arranged shipments
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  Speaker 1: of more than two hundred and fifty tons of controlled
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  Speaker 1: US technology and used his personal eBay and PayPal accounts
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  Speaker 1: to make hundreds of additional purchases of computer networking equipment
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  Speaker 1: that was ultimately shipped directly to Iran. Prosecutors also say
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  Speaker 1: negotiated purchases directly with suppliers in Minnesota and Nebraska, routing
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  Speaker 1: equipment at a front company in the UAE before it
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  Speaker 1: was sent on to Iran. Authorities also led to use
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  Speaker 1: freight forwarders and intermediaries in Dubai to conceal Iran as
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  Speaker 1: the final destination, knowing that he was breaking the law.
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  Speaker 1: According to the prosecutors, Gomi and his co conspirators referred
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  Speaker 1: to Iran as the motherland in internal communications related to
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  Speaker 1: the procurement of the equipment. The technology allegedly supplied by
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  Speaker 1: Gomi was distributed to hundreds of Iranian companies and government entities,
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  Speaker 1: many of which were already subject to US sanctions. Prosecutors
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  Speaker 1: said a portion of the equipment was supplied to organized
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  Speaker 1: connected individuals and Iran's nuclear in military programs as well,
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  Speaker 1: and that may be the most shocking part of all.
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  Speaker 1: Gomi's most prominent asset was as more than fourteen thousand
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: square foot mansion. It was situated on a bluff overlooking
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  Speaker 1: the Pacific Ocean. The property featured iron gates, multiple chandeliers,
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  Speaker 1: and dual fountains at the entrance to impress anyone that
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  Speaker 1: decided to come visit. The prosecutor said. The arrests demonstrated
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  Speaker 1: the federal government's commitment to enforcing sanctions as the United
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  Speaker 1: States continues military operations against Iran, and there is a
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  Speaker 1: question that you should be asking how did this guy
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  Speaker 1: get away with this for so long. What'll be clear,
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  Speaker 1: the prior administration, the Biden administration, they didn't lift the
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  Speaker 1: sanctions on Iran. They just deliberately chose not to enforce
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  Speaker 1: the sanctions, allowing people like Gomi to do exactly what
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  Speaker 1: he was doing. They literally looked the other way, hoping
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  Speaker 1: that appeasement with Iran would work, and that meant saying, oh, no, no, no,
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  Speaker 1: we have sanctions on Iran, but do they matter if
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: you're not enforcing them. We now know quote that our
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  Speaker 1: nation's laws prohibit doing business with one of the world's
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  Speaker 1: largest state sponsors of terrorism, and it must be enforced
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  Speaker 1: and obeyed. Again, another example of the Trump administration actually
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  Speaker 1: abiding by the laws while the radical left does everything
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  Speaker 1: they can to help these individuals continue to do business
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  Speaker 1: in the United States of America. It truly is amazing
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  Speaker 1: Another big story that I think is really important that
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  Speaker 1: we also highlight right now is one that is connected
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  Speaker 1: very much to the story I mentioned about the individual
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  Speaker 1: from Iran, and that is Democrats now are seeking to
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  Speaker 1: undo Donald Trump's tough new policy on green card holders.
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: Democrats on Apple Hill say they're going to move to
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  Speaker 1: overturn the president's immigration policy changes now Trump's second term.
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  Speaker 1: He said, I'm going to have a new rule that
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  Speaker 1: could require many Green card applicants already living legally in
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: the United States to leave the country and complete their
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  Speaker 1: applications from abroad. That according to report by The Hill,
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  Speaker 1: and multiple national outlets have also confirmed the details. Now
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: the Democrats are losing their minds, saying the policy could
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  Speaker 1: affect hundreds of thousands of immigrants currently working, studying, and
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: raising families in the United States of America now. For decades,
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: many legal immigrants have been able to apply for permanent
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: residency through a process known as adjustment of status, allowing
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: them to remain in the US while their green card
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: applications were reviewed. But the Trump administration said this has
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: become a massive loophole and the new guidance dramatically changes
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: that process. Under the policy, the applicants could now be
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: required to return to their home countries and complete the
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: process through a US consulate unless they can demonstrate what
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: the administration calls extraordinary circumstances. Now, the administration argues this
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  Speaker 1: isn't a new law, but rather return to the original
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  Speaker 1: intent of immigration status. Homeland Security officials say the temporary
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  Speaker 1: visas were never intended to become an automatic pathway to
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  Speaker 1: permanent residency, and that the new rules will make the
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  Speaker 1: immigration system more orderly and also efficient. The administration is
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: also indicated that expectations may be available for individuals who
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: provide a significant economic benefit or serve the national interests. Well, Democrats,
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: you know what they're going to do. Stand up for
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: those that aren't American citizens before. They stand up for
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: American citizens every single time they can do it, and
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: that's exactly what they're doing now. They're calling this move
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  Speaker 1: by the Trump administration disruptive and harmful and hurtful, and
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: they argue it could separate families, disrupt careers, create uncertainty
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  Speaker 1: firm employers, and forced legal immigrants, and to link the
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: overseas processing backlogs that can stretch for months or even years,
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: again making sure they put those from outside of America
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: ahead of you. Now, immigration advocates are also warning that
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: this will be a disaster, but again, look at the
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: open border process and what we've actually had in this country. Now,
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: the debate now centers on a larger question what should
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: legal immigration look like in America. Supporters of President Trump
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: who voted for him said it was very clear they
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: wanted to shut down the borders, they wanted an orderly program,
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: and they wanted to get illegal immigrants out of this country.
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: They wanted to stop rewarding people who were coming into
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: this country illegally with government benefits as well. And the
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: Trump policy says the administration is simply enforcing the immigration
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: laws that are already on the books and closing these
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: loopholes that encourage temporary visitors to remain permanently. Now Democrats
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: say no, we are going to go back to what
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: we had before that allowed for massive immigration into this country.
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: Democrats are now pushing this as a election your issue,
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: and they're also saying they're going to have legal challenges
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: to block the policy as well. Now, the outcome could
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: determine literally how hundreds of thousands of future Green card
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: applicants navigate the path to permanent residency in the United
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: States of America, and once again the Democratic Party making
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: it clear we stand for legal immigrants and those from
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: outside the United States of America before we stand up
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: for Americans and what Americans want and or believe on
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