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Radical Group Planned Coordinated Attacks, Fifth Suspect Nabbed in New Orleans as Terror Scheme Uncovered · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 1: FBI Director Cash Patel, saying over the weekend, the FBI
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  Speaker 1: disrupted a credible imminent terrorist threat and arrested four individuals
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  Speaker 1: connected to the Los Angeles area. The subjects, he'd set
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  Speaker 1: in a post on x self identified as members of
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  Speaker 1: a radical offshoot of the Turtle Island Liberation Front known
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  Speaker 1: as TILF, an extremist group motivated by pro Palestinian, anti
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  Speaker 1: law enforcement and anti government ideology. They were allegedly planning
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  Speaker 1: coordinated ied bombing attacks on New Year's Eve, targeting five
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  Speaker 1: separate locations across Los Angeles. In the days since the
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  Speaker 1: FBI New Orleans, we now have learned is also arrested.
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  Speaker 1: An additional fifth individual believed to be linked to this
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  Speaker 1: radical TILT subgroup, also allegedly planning a separate violent attack.
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  Speaker 1: Outstanding work, he said, by our investigators and law enforcement
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  Speaker 1: partners the Justice Department. Their work undoubtedly saved countless lives.
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  Speaker 1: FBI Los Angeles will hold a press conference, he said,
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  Speaker 1: later today, to share additional details. We now have those
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  Speaker 1: additional details, and I want you to listen to the
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  Speaker 1: press conference out of LA as federal and local authorities
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  Speaker 1: discuss it's alleged New Year's eve tear attack thwart it
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  Speaker 1: in California that has spread also to New Orleans. For
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  Speaker 1: to listen to the press conference out of la.
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  Speaker 2: In direct response to the President's order the Attorney General
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  Speaker 2: issue a memo to our offices implementing and mobilizing federal
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  Speaker 2: law enforcement to prioritize and counter domestic terrorism and political
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  Speaker 2: violence investigations.
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  Speaker 3: As a result of those directives, we built this case.
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  Speaker 2: Both my office and the FBI have invested substantial resources
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  Speaker 2: into investigating and charging these organizations. And if anyone does
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  Speaker 2: not believe that members of these groups are organized, sophisticated,
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  Speaker 2: and extremely violent, let me tell you about the plot
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  Speaker 2: in this case. The four defendants are Audrey Carroll, thirty
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  Speaker 2: years old. The pictures, I think we have them somewhere.
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  Speaker 2: We'll put them up here. Audrey Carroll, thirty years old,
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  Speaker 2: Zachary Aaron Page thirty two, Dante Gaffield twenty four, and
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  Speaker 2: Tinala forty.
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  Speaker 3: One, each from the Los Angeles area.
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  Speaker 2: Each is charged with conspiracy and possession of an unregistered
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  Speaker 2: destructive device in violation of Title twenty six United States Code,
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  Speaker 2: Section five eight six' ONE. D we intend to file
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  Speaker 2: additional charges in the coming weeks as we finish reviewing the.
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  Speaker 2: Evidence the defendants are all radical anti government members of
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  Speaker 2: The Turtle Island Liberation, front, which according to their own social,
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  Speaker 2: media is an anti capitalist anti government movement that calls
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  Speaker 2: for their associates to rise up and fight back against.
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  Speaker 3: Capitalism what are the leaders of the?
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  Speaker 2: Organization Defendant Audrey carroll helped organize an even more radical.
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  Speaker 3: Faction of the group called The order of The Black.
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  Speaker 2: Lotus each of the defendants charged today was also a
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  Speaker 2: member of The order of The Black. Lotus carroll described
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  Speaker 2: this group to her co conspirators as everything. Radical as
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  Speaker 2: detailed in the federal complaint which we will now make.
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  Speaker 2: Public In november twenty twenty, Five Defendant carroll created a
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  Speaker 2: detailed bombing plot to use explosive devices to attack five
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  Speaker 2: or more locations across Southern california on this Upcoming New Year's.
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  Speaker 2: Eve carol and her co Defendant Zachary page led the
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  Speaker 2: effort to obtain and build the bombs and to recruit
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  Speaker 2: others to join in their. Plot carroll's bomb plot was.
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  Speaker 2: Explicit it included a step by step instructions to build
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  Speaker 2: IEDs or improvised explosive, devices and listed multiple targets Across
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  Speaker 2: Orange county And Los. Angeles carol also made clear her,
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  Speaker 2: desires said, quote what we are doing will be considered
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  Speaker 2: a terrorist. Act carol And paige also discussed plans for
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  Speaker 2: follow up attacks after their, bombings which included plans to
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  Speaker 2: TARGET ice agents and vehicles with pipe. Bombs carol stated
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  Speaker 2: that those plans would quote take some of them out
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  Speaker 2: and scare the. Rest throughout Early, december the co conspirators
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  Speaker 2: discussed their plans during an in person meeting In Los
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  Speaker 2: angeles and through an encrypted messaging. Application as part of the,
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  Speaker 2: plan the four defendants plan to build test bombs in
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  Speaker 2: The Mojave. Desert you're going to hear more details about
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  Speaker 2: the bombs they intended to build and how the operation
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  Speaker 2: went down in the desert here shortly from THE Fbi
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  Speaker 2: Assistant director in. Charge in preparation for the, plan the
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  Speaker 2: co conspirators purchased multiple pieces of bomb making materials and
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  Speaker 2: discuss their.
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  Speaker 3: Travel plans to the.
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  Speaker 2: Desert Last, Friday december, twelfth the defendants took a significant
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  Speaker 2: step to carry out their. Plans they traveled to the
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  Speaker 2: remote campsite you're going to see some video of in
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  Speaker 2: the desert and they began unloading their bomb making materials
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  Speaker 2: to assemble and test the.
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  Speaker 3: Bombs they had everything they needed to make.
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  Speaker 2: An operational bomb at that, location and they were subsequently
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  Speaker 2: arrested by THE fbi before they could build a functional explosive.
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  Speaker 3: Device shortly after.
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  Speaker 2: The defendants were taken into, custody THE fbi executed multiple search,
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  Speaker 2: warrants including at the defendant's Southern california residents and other
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  Speaker 2: locations throughout the. Country i'll highlight some of the items
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  Speaker 2: found during those searches over the. Weekend for, example In carroll's,
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  Speaker 2: residence law enforcement found multiple posters and materials associated With
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  Speaker 2: Turtle Island Liberation, front including posters stating quote death To,
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  Speaker 2: america long Lived Turtle island And palestine end quote death To.
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  Speaker 3: Ice Turtle Island Liberation.
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  Speaker 2: Front In page's, residence law enforcement found a copy of
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  Speaker 2: the detailed bomb attack. Plan this case is another reminder
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  Speaker 2: about the dangers that Radicalized antifa like groups posed to
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  Speaker 2: public safety and the rule of. Law through the tireless
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  Speaker 2: work of our prosecutors in my office and our law enforcement,
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  Speaker 2: partners which you will hear from, today we disrupted this
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  Speaker 2: terror plot before buildings were demolished or innocent people were.
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  Speaker 2: Killed but this is not the end of our. Work
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  Speaker 2: my office is committed to extinguishing the far left terror
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  Speaker 2: threats that we face and will continue to work twenty
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  Speaker 2: four hours a, day seven days a. Week the for
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  Speaker 2: defendants arrested will make their initial appearance this afternoon at.
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  Speaker 3: The Federal court in Downtown Los.
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  Speaker 2: Angeles they are each considered innocent until proven. GUILTY i
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  Speaker 2: will now turn it over to The Assistant director in
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  Speaker 2: charge of THE FBI la office At Kille.
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  Speaker 1: Davis all, right let's pause there just for a second
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  Speaker 1: and talk about everything that we just heard. About this
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  Speaker 1: is exactly WHAT i voted for With Donald. TRUMP i
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  Speaker 1: want to be. Clear he said he was going to
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  Speaker 1: hunt down those that were brought into this, country came
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  Speaker 1: to this country. Illegally he said he was going to
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  Speaker 1: do everything he could to keep us. Safe he wasn't
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  Speaker 1: going to play political games putical. Correctness he was going
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  Speaker 1: to allow law enforcement to do what law enforcement. Does
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  Speaker 1: and that is exactly what we are witnessing right now.
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  Speaker 1: Now this attack was one that was very close and
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  Speaker 1: was on its way to being incredibly. Deadly it also
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  Speaker 1: tells you about how many people are in this country right,
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  Speaker 1: now and it'll be very interesting to see what we
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  Speaker 1: find about the status of these, individuals but it does
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  Speaker 1: tell you how many people are in this country right
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  Speaker 1: now that want and are planning to do. Harm we
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  Speaker 1: talked about the eighteen thousand the other. Day they talked
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  Speaker 1: about that they believe are in this country that are
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  Speaker 1: a threat to this. Country we talked about the fact
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  Speaker 1: that there was real warnings about sleeper cells in this.
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  Speaker 1: Country there are real problems with sleeper sales in this,
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  Speaker 1: country and we know. It everyone knows. It that is
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  Speaker 1: again part of the. Problem individuals self identified as members
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  Speaker 1: of The Turtle Island Liberation. Front that is what we.
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  Speaker 1: Know they are proud about what they believe, in and thank,
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  Speaker 1: goodness over the, weekend THE fbi was able to disrupt
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  Speaker 1: this credible and eminent terrorist, threat arresting the individuals connected
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  Speaker 1: in The Los angeles. Area the intel also then spread
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  Speaker 1: to another individual they arrested In New. Orleans it was
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  Speaker 1: planning another attack there as. WELL i want to go
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  Speaker 1: back to this press conference SOUND i want to play
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  Speaker 1: for you part two about what we even what we
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  Speaker 1: know now about a little bit of the motive and
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  Speaker 1: who they were wanting to kill in this terrorist. Attack
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  Speaker 1: again that's coming out Of. California.
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  Speaker 4: Again my name Is Akille. Davis i'm the assistant director
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  Speaker 4: in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles. Division as we're all,
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  Speaker 4: aware we've had a busy weekend in this country and
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  Speaker 4: abroad with bad news incidents one after. Another, today we
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  Speaker 4: are announcing a major victory in our collect effort to
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  Speaker 4: Protect american. People the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task force intercepted
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  Speaker 4: a scheme by members of a violent extremist group we
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  Speaker 4: believed determined to detonate explosives at multiple businesses On New
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  Speaker 4: Year's eve Last. Friday THE fbi arrested four of those
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  Speaker 4: subjects near twenty Nine palms In San Bernardino county while
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  Speaker 4: they planned and rehearsed their. Attack the four subjects are
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  Speaker 4: members of a radical faction of The Turtle Island Liberation FRONT,
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  Speaker 4: tilf a, violent homegrown anti government. Group the subject arrested
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  Speaker 4: envisioned planting backpacks with improvised explosive devices to be detonated
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  Speaker 4: at multiple locations in Southern, california TARGETING us. Companies these
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  Speaker 4: bombs were to blow up at the same time on
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  Speaker 4: midnight This New Year's. Eve the plan stated that the
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  Speaker 4: IDs would be complex pipe. Bombs it included instructions on
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  Speaker 4: how to manufacture the bombs and contained guidance on how
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  Speaker 4: to avoid leaving.
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  Speaker 3: Evidence behind that could be traced back to.
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  Speaker 4: Them our investigation uncovered evidence and that the group would
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  Speaker 4: test the explosives in the, desert and we're going to
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  Speaker 4: show footage of that here in a. Second we learned
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  Speaker 4: that the alleged co conspiras had recently started acquiring precursor
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  Speaker 4: chemicals and other items necessary to accomplish this. Task in recent,
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  Speaker 4: days the alleged co conspiras discussed plans to travel to
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  Speaker 4: the desert on the twelfth to detonate the. Explosives knowing,
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  Speaker 4: lists the FBI's jttf and THE Fbi Los Angeles Field
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  Speaker 4: office staged MULTIPLE swat, teams special agent bomb, technicians Our
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  Speaker 4: Evidence Response, team along with the FBI's Elite Hostage Rescue
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  Speaker 4: team in the desert to disrupt this plan before any
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  Speaker 4: harm could. Occur because of, this we were able to
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  Speaker 4: disrupt their. Plan all four group members were taken into
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  Speaker 4: custody without. Incident THE tiolf instagram account publicly post content
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  Speaker 4: that advocates for violence against The United states. OFFICIALS a
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  Speaker 4: recent post called for a revolution and asked for supporters
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  Speaker 4: to organize and be ready THE fbi as you have
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  Speaker 4: seen here can also organize and be. Ready we could
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  Speaker 4: not have accomplished these arrests without the exceptional assistance from
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  Speaker 4: our partners on The Joint Terrorism Task. FORCE i specifically
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  Speaker 4: want to thank the following agencies as you see up here,
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  Speaker 4: today The Los Angeles County Sheriff's, department The Los Angeles Police,
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  Speaker 4: department The Palm Springs Police, department along with The San
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  Speaker 4: Bernardino County Sheriff's. DEPARTMENT i also want to recognize the
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  Speaker 4: FOLLOWING fbi field, offices as this investigation crossed the entire,
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  Speaker 4: country The New Orleans, division The Buffalo, Division Indianapolis, division
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  Speaker 4: and The Boston, division, who as you all, know have
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  Speaker 4: had their hands full this. Weekend in, fact an additional
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  Speaker 4: wards wrest by our partners AT Fbi New orleans and
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  Speaker 4: support of this. INVESTIGATION i will now turn it over
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  Speaker 4: to The Los Angeles Police Chief jim.
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  Speaker 5: Dung, well thank you and good, morning and we appreciate
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  Speaker 5: your being here. Today Los Angeles Police department is proud
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  Speaker 5: to stand alongside our, federal, state and local partners today
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  Speaker 5: to announce the arrests stemming from a coordinated domestic terror.
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  Speaker 5: Plot the case underscore is the persistent threat posed by
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  Speaker 5: extremist groups and, individuals as well as the critical need
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  Speaker 5: for law enforcement agencies to remain vigilant in protecting our.
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  Speaker 5: Communities the successful disruption of this plot is a powerful
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  Speaker 5: testament to the strength of our unified, response driven by
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  Speaker 5: the collaboration and tireless efforts of the FBI's Joint Terrorism
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  Speaker 5: Task force along with our allied. Agencies, together we have
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  Speaker 5: prevented a potential tragedy and reaffirmed our shared commitment to
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  Speaker 5: safeguarding our. COMMUNITIES i want to personally thank the dedicated
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  Speaker 5: men and women from every agency. Involved their relentless work
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  Speaker 5: over the past several days has ensured that those responsible
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  Speaker 5: were apprehended swiftly and safely and without harm to our.
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  Speaker 5: Neighborhoods thank you to call Up sheriff Of Los Angeles,
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  Speaker 5: County Robert, Muna.
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  Speaker 6: Well good morning, everybody and thank you for being here
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  Speaker 6: to cover this WHAT i believe is a very very
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  Speaker 6: important story for our. Community this successful operation was a
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  Speaker 6: result of, quick proactive investigative, work AND i want to
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  Speaker 6: emphasize strong collaboration and A dick Kill davis mentioned it
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  Speaker 6: and gave credit to all the law enforcement here in Southern.
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  Speaker 6: California it is better, here it always has been than
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  Speaker 6: anywhere else in the. Country and we're very proud to
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  Speaker 6: be part of The Joint Terrorism Task force FOR us
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  Speaker 6: at The Sheriff's. Department we've been part of it since
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  Speaker 6: after nine to. Eleven their ability to share intelligence across
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  Speaker 6: multiple agencies investigating threats like this one is second to
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  Speaker 6: none anywhere. Else the way we coordinate with partner agencies
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  Speaker 6: and that quickly was critical to the success of this.
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  Speaker 6: Operation and LIKE i said, before there's no other area
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  Speaker 6: like here In La county with our partnership that has
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  Speaker 6: been here for years with THE fbi AND lapd and
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  Speaker 6: the other law enforcement agencies around. Us since this threat
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  Speaker 6: was uncovered last, week Our Sheriff's Task force officers and intelligence,
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  Speaker 6: analysts working closely with our law enforcement, partners have been
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  Speaker 6: working around the clock to verify, information identify, targets and
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  Speaker 6: piece together this plot that you've heard. Described their strong investigative,
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  Speaker 6: efforts sharp situational, awareness and rapid response ensured that this
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  Speaker 6: threat was stopped before it ever had a chance to
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  Speaker 6: be carried. Out i'm, incredibly incredibly proud of the professionalism
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  Speaker 6: and dedicated shown by the men and women who work
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  Speaker 6: tireishly to bring this threat to an end before it
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  Speaker 6: could cause arm to any anybody in our, community to our.
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  Speaker 6: COMMUNITY i know hearing about these incidents like this can be,
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  Speaker 6: unsettling especially in the light of the Recent Brown university
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  Speaker 6: mass shooting and The Sydney Australia Sydney australia terrorist, attack
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  Speaker 6: but today serves as a powerful reminder that strong collaboration between,
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  Speaker 6: federal state and local enforcement law enforcement can prevent violence
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  Speaker 6: before it. Occurs as we enter the holiday, season a
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  Speaker 6: time when families and friends come together across, traditions, cultures and,
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  Speaker 6: beliefs this incident is a stark reminder of the importance
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  Speaker 6: of the of vigilance and to be prepared at all
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  Speaker 6: times vigils whose goal is to divide, us to instill,
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  Speaker 6: fear and to target the very diversity that makes our country.
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  Speaker 6: STRONG i want to be very clear what you see.
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  Speaker 6: Here this investigative work and the follow up that's been
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  Speaker 6: done shows that they will not. Succeed our community's diversity
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  Speaker 6: is our, strength and protecting every member of our community
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  Speaker 6: is our primary. Duty whether you are Celebrating. Christmas Honika,
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  Speaker 6: Kwanza new year's or simply gathering with loved. Ones you
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  Speaker 6: deserve to feel. Safe we are committed to ensuring that
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  Speaker 6: safety today and every. Day we remain dedicated to protecting
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  Speaker 6: our entire community through ongoing intelligence gathering and threat, assessments
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  Speaker 6: strengthening partnerships across all of our, agencies engaging with the
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  Speaker 6: public to promote, awareness, vigilance and. Resilience let me.
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  Speaker 1: Just pause there and say something THAT i love about
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  Speaker 1: this press. Conference you hear the last person are. Talking
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  Speaker 1: that's a man that is in charge with The Los
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  Speaker 1: Angeles Shares. Department you notice how they're working with THE
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  Speaker 1: fbi and other federal entities to make sure that this
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  Speaker 1: is all done the right. WAY i can't tell you
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  Speaker 1: how happy that makes me to see law enforcement working
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  Speaker 1: together instead of what we've been witnessing in so many,
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  Speaker 1: places which is law enforcement or elected officials refusing to
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  Speaker 1: work with federal, authorities directing local law enforcement to not
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  Speaker 1: honor ice, detainers for. Example at least on this, one
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  Speaker 1: what we're witnessing at the moment is a real coordinated
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  Speaker 1: effort to stop a terrorist. Attack put politics, aside because
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  Speaker 1: politics has no business in this. CONVERSATION i mean no
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  Speaker 1: business in it at, all AND i am thankful that
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  Speaker 1: we are witnessing it right. Now. Now the question is
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  Speaker 1: will anyone learn from? This on the, left will anybody
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  Speaker 1: look at this and, say you know, what we really
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  Speaker 1: really really really really really do need to learn from.
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  Speaker 1: This that's a. QUESTION i don't. KNOW i don't know
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  Speaker 1: what's going to, happen and we'll just have to. See
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  Speaker 1: time will. Tell But god bless our men and women in,
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  Speaker 1: if you're A, democrat apparently lying about the crime stats
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  Speaker 1: to make it look like you're fighting crime is more
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  Speaker 1: important than actually Saving american. Lives we now know that
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  Speaker 1: is exactly what was happening In, washington D. C THE
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  Speaker 1: Us Attorney Judge janeen said THAT dc authorities were literally
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  Speaker 1: artificially deflating crime stats to manipulate the numbers to make
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  Speaker 1: it look LIKE dc was safer than it actually. Was that's.
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  Speaker 1: Right The United States attorney for The district Of columbia
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  Speaker 1: saying that her office is investigation into The Metropolitan Police
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  Speaker 1: department revealed widespread miss classification of crime reports that MADE
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  Speaker 1: dc crime levels appear lower than they actually, were meaning fewer.
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  Speaker 1: Victims THE Us attorney for The district Of columbia revealed
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  Speaker 1: in a statement posted to her official ex account that
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  Speaker 1: In august of twenty twenty, five The United States Attorney's
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  Speaker 1: office IN dc began an investigation into The Metropolitan Police
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  Speaker 1: department's reported deflation of crime. Statistics the need for accurate
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  Speaker 1: information to fight, crime she went on to, say is,
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  Speaker 1: essential but that wasn't What democrats were doing at all IN.
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  Speaker 1: Dc they just wanted to lie to the people while
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: crime was out of, control saying it's not as bad
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  Speaker 1: as you think it. Is she went on to say
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  Speaker 1: this after review of almost six thousand reports and the
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  Speaker 1: interview of over fifty, witnesses it is evident that a
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  Speaker 1: significant number of reports had straight up been, misclassified making
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: crime appear artificially lower than. Reality, now the uncovering of
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: these manipulated crimes ctystics make clear That President trump has
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  Speaker 1: reduced crime even more than originally, thought since crimes were
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  Speaker 1: actually higher than. Reported his crime fighting efforts have delivered
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  Speaker 1: even more safety to the people of The district Of.
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  Speaker 1: Columbia Judge janine concluded that, quote while the conduct did
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  Speaker 1: not rise to the level of a criminal, charge it
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  Speaker 1: is up to THE mpd to take steps to internally
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  Speaker 1: address these underlying. Issues even more about this has broken since,
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  Speaker 1: then and the jaw dropping report has just come out
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  Speaker 1: from The house just to confirm what we all. Knew
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  Speaker 1: the left WING dc police chief falsified crime, statistics cooking
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  Speaker 1: the books to make her city seem much safer than
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  Speaker 1: it actually. Was take a listen to this From Fox.
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  Speaker 7: Led A House Overside committee now releasing a report accusing
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  Speaker 7: the OUTGOING dc police chief manipulating data to artificially lower crime.
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  Speaker 7: Statistics Bill malusian looking at the. Numbers he's live on
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  Speaker 7: The hill with, This. Bill what you find? Out, Bill
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  Speaker 7: good morning to.
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  Speaker 8: You Those House Overside Committee republicans say the bottom line
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  Speaker 8: of what their investigation found is that the OUTGOING dc
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  Speaker 8: police chief was essentially cooking the books on crime data
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  Speaker 8: and trying to make the city seem a whole lot.
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  Speaker 6: Safer than it really.
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  Speaker 8: Was, now Those House republicans say what their investigation consisted
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  Speaker 8: of was interviewing all seven commanders OF Dc Metro police's patrol,
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  Speaker 8: districts including a former commander who's currently suspended for allegedly
• 23:57
  Speaker 8: tampering with crime stats in his own. District these are
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  Speaker 8: some of the conclusions they've made in their. Report they
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  Speaker 8: alleged THAT Dc Metro Police Chief Pamela smith pressured commanders
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  Speaker 8: to report lower crime stats by any means. Necessary the
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  Speaker 8: commanders testified That Chief smith even pushed them to pursue
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  Speaker 8: lesser charges that aren't publicly, reported even for serious, crimes
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  Speaker 8: and she required certain crimes to be reviewed by her office.
• 24:22
  Speaker 8: Now the report also says police commanders testified That Chief
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  Speaker 8: smith punished them and retaliated against them if they tried
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  Speaker 8: to report, accurate rising crime, data even braiding them in
• 24:34
  Speaker 8: meetings and individually to pressure them into reporting those lower crime.
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  Speaker 6: Figures.
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  Speaker 8: Now in a statement on the, Report House Overside Committee
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  Speaker 8: Chairman James comer, says in part, Quote Chief Pamela smith
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  Speaker 8: coerce staff to report artificially low crime data and cultivated
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  Speaker 8: a culture of fear to a chief her, agenda.
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  Speaker 1: A culture of fear to attempt to attain her. Agenda
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  Speaker 1: THE Dc Police chief the data she didn't actually fight.
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  Speaker 1: Crime she just lied about the crime, stats pressuring the
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  Speaker 1: commanders to report lower crime, statistics pushed them to pursue
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  Speaker 1: lesser charges for serious, crimes required certain crimes to actually
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  Speaker 1: be reviewed by our. Office not because she was afraid
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  Speaker 1: of what was happening on the streets in the district Of. Columbia, no, no,
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  Speaker 1: no no, no so that she could misclassify them so
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: it wouldn't seem as dangerous and retaliated and punished individuals
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  Speaker 1: if they reported crimes. Accurately you look at this data
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: and you hear WHAT i just played for. You it
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  Speaker 1: is shocking to know that this was how things are being.
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  Speaker 1: Run we found out even more From Fox News channel
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  Speaker 1: about all of this in a later report in the.
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  Speaker 1: Afternoon take a, listen all, right and.
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  Speaker 9: Moments, AGO Us Attorney Janin piro here In, washington D.
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  Speaker 9: C responding to allegations THE dc crime data was manipulated
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  Speaker 9: by the outgoing police, Chief Pamela. Smith that claim coming
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  Speaker 9: from a New House Oversight committee. Report our congressional Corresponded
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  Speaker 9: Bill maloji and with the latest On Capitol, Hill bill Well.
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  Speaker 8: John republicans on The House Oversight committee say their investigation
• 26:25
  Speaker 8: concluded that this OUTGOING dc police chief was trying to
• 26:28
  Speaker 8: make the city seem a whole lot safer than it really,
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  Speaker 8: was and she was doing it by allegedly cooking the
• 26:35
  Speaker 8: books on crime. Statistics so The republicans on the committee
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  Speaker 8: say their investigation consisted of interviewing seven DIFFERENT Dc Metro
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  Speaker 8: police commanders who represent all of the patrol districts out.
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  Speaker 8: Here that included a former commander who's currently suspended for
• 26:50
  Speaker 8: allegedly tampering with crime stats in his own. District and
• 26:54
  Speaker 8: these are some of the conclusions they've made in their.
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  Speaker 8: Report number, one they alleged THAT Dc Metro Police Chief
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  Speaker 8: Pamela smith pressured commanders to report lower crime stats by
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  Speaker 8: any means. Necessary commanders testified That Chief smith pushed them
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  Speaker 8: to pursue lesser charges that aren't publicly, reported even for serious,
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  Speaker 8: crimes and she also required certain crimes to be.
• 27:15
  Speaker 4: Reviewed by her.
• 27:16
  Speaker 8: Office in a statement on this, Report House Overside Committee
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  Speaker 8: Chairman James comer, says in part, Quote Chief Pamela smith
• 27:23
  Speaker 8: coerced staff to report artificially low crime data and cultivated
• 27:26
  Speaker 8: a culture of fear to achieve her. Agenda Chief smith's
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  Speaker 8: decision to mislead the public by manipulating crime stats is
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  Speaker 8: dangerous and undermined trust in both local leadership and law. Enforcement,
• 27:38
  Speaker 8: MEANWHILE Dc Mayor Muriel bowser was asked to respond to
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  Speaker 8: The House Overside Committee republicans' findings earlier this. Morning take a.
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  Speaker 10: LISTEN i don't see any evidence of that if the claim,
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  Speaker 10: is AND i don't think anybody is demonstrated that the
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  Speaker 10: police chief directed anybody to change numbers when those when
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  Speaker 10: the committee provides me their backup, information which they haven't
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  Speaker 10: when the committee provided the report to The Washington post
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  Speaker 10: before they provided it to. Us highly unusual when you're
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  Speaker 10: talking about an audit of numbers and.
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  Speaker 8: John just moments, ago THE Us attorney here IN, Dc Janine,
• 28:15
  Speaker 8: piro responded to this. Report she put out a statement
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  Speaker 8: on x which essentially says that, yes these crime stats were,
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  Speaker 8: manipulated and the manipulation of that data shows That President
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  Speaker 8: trump has reduced crime here IN dc a whole lot
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  Speaker 8: more than initially. Thought she went on to say that
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  Speaker 8: what happened here with the crime stats does not rise
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  Speaker 8: to the level of any criminal charges or a, crime
• 28:38
  Speaker 8: but that THE Dc Police department has to change their
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  Speaker 8: practices moving. Forward well send it back to.
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: You, YEAH i know.
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  Speaker 9: That before everything changed in the, summer we were all, hearing,
• 28:46
  Speaker 9: well the crime is down IN, dc and none of
• 28:49
  Speaker 9: us said anything to peg that.
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: Toos none of us had any of that to peg it.
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: To so THE dc police chief manipulating the crime, data
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  Speaker 1: artificially lowering the crime stats and coerced staff to report
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  Speaker 1: low data and cultivated a culture of fear to achieve
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: her agenda and didn't punish the. Criminals she punished THE
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: dc police officers to pursue lesser charges for serious. Crimes
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: this is The Democratic party and it's exactly Why Donald
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: trump won the. Election it's also exactly why he's fighting
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: crime all over the country and sending in The National,
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: guard because even in cities Where democrats claim crime was,
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: dropping they were flat out lying and cooking the. Books
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