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DOJ Launches Criminal Probe into Fed Chair plus Paid Pro Agitators Target ICE Nationwide · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 3: Story number one.
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  Speaker 2: We are now learning President Trump's administration has opened a
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  Speaker 2: criminal probe into the FED chair Jerome Powell, the Central
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  Speaker 2: Bank chair, has condemned what he's describing as intimidation following
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  Speaker 2: grand jury subpoenuts. President Trump's administration opening the criminal investigation
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  Speaker 2: into the Federal Reserve chairman in a development set to
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  Speaker 2: heighten concerns about the quote independence of the US monetary policy.
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  Speaker 2: That is, how the left in the media are spending
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  Speaker 2: it already. Powell is set on Sunday that the Central
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  Speaker 2: Bank has been served with grand jury subpoenuts related to
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  Speaker 2: his own testimony about the renovation to the Fed's headquarters
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  Speaker 2: in Washington, d C. Quote. The threat of criminal charges
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  Speaker 2: is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates
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  Speaker 2: based on our best assessment of what will serve the public,
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  Speaker 2: rather than following the preferences of the President, Palell said
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  Speaker 2: in a rare video message, he said, this is about
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  Speaker 2: where the FED will be able to continue to set
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  Speaker 2: interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions, or whether
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  Speaker 2: instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure and intimidation.
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  Speaker 2: That is again the FED Chairman's own words. Now the
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  Speaker 2: federal prosecutors opening the criminal investigation confirming it Sunday evening
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  Speaker 2: as well, Powell said that the probe was the result
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  Speaker 2: of just what he said, basically a political attack on him.
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  Speaker 2: Said that on Friday, the Department of Justice served the
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  Speaker 2: Federal Reserve with the grand jury subpoenas threatening the criminal
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  Speaker 2: indictment related to my testimony. In fact, here is Jerome
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  Speaker 2: Powell in his own words and a shocking video he released.
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  Speaker 4: On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve
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  Speaker 4: with grand jury subpoenas threatening a criminal indictment related to
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  Speaker 4: my testimony before the Senate Banking Committee last June. That
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  Speaker 4: testimony concerned, in part, a multi year project to renovate
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  Speaker 4: historic Federal Reserve office buildings. I have deep respect for
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  Speaker 4: the rule of law and for accountability in our democracy.
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  Speaker 4: No one, certainly not the chair of the Federal Reserve,
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  Speaker 4: is above the law. But this unprecedented action should be
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  Speaker 4: seen in the broader context of the administration's threats and
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  Speaker 4: ongoing pressure. This new threat is not about my testimony
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  Speaker 4: last June or about the renovation of the Federal Reserve buildings.
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  Speaker 4: It is not about Congress's oversight. Rule. Testimony and other
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  Speaker 4: public disclosures made every effort to keep Congress informed about
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  Speaker 4: the renovation project. Those are pretexts. The threat of criminal
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  Speaker 4: charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest
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  Speaker 4: rates based on our best assessment of what will serve
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  Speaker 4: the public, rather than following the preferences of the President.
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  Speaker 4: This is about whether the Fed will be able to
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  Speaker 4: continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions,
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  Speaker 4: or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political
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  Speaker 4: pressure or intimidation. I have served at the Federal Reserve
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  Speaker 4: under four administrations, Republicans and Democrats alike. In every case,
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  Speaker 4: I have carried out my duties without political fear or favor,
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  Speaker 4: focused solely on our mandate of price stability and maximum employment.
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  Speaker 4: Public service sometimes requires standing firm in the face of threats.
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  Speaker 4: I will continue to do the job the Senate confirmed
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  Speaker 4: me to do with integrity and a commitment to serving
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  Speaker 4: the American people. Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: It is a shocking move for the Federal Reserve to
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  Speaker 2: put out a video like this. A person familiar with
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  Speaker 2: the investigation also telling CNBC that they would not dispute
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  Speaker 2: the idea that the probe of Pal is related to
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  Speaker 2: the building renovation and his testimony to Congress, saying, quote,
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  Speaker 2: I have deep respect for the rule of law and
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  Speaker 2: for accountability in our democracy. But as you heard again,
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  Speaker 2: Pal say, no one, certainly not the Chair of the
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  Speaker 2: Federal Reserve is above the law. But this unprecedent action
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  Speaker 2: should be seen in the broader context of the administration's
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  Speaker 2: threat and ongoing pressure. No one, certainly not. The Chair
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  Speaker 2: of the Federal Reserve is above the law, saying it
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  Speaker 2: not once, but you heard there twice, and he says
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  Speaker 2: that this is a new threat now. The New York
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  Speaker 2: Times was the first to report the probe, citing officials
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  Speaker 2: briefed on the matter. The investigation is also being over
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  Speaker 2: scene by the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.
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  Speaker 2: According to the newspaper, the office is led by the
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  Speaker 2: US Attorney you know, hers, Judge Janee, a former New
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  Speaker 2: York state prosecutor former Fox News host who was appointed
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  Speaker 2: to that job by President Donald Trump. Trump has repeatedly
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  Speaker 2: blasted Powell for the FED not cutting interest rates as
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  Speaker 2: much and as quickly as the President is demanded since
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  Speaker 2: ining the White House in January of twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 2: The White House, by the way, not commenting at this moment,
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  Speaker 2: referring questions about the probe to the Department of Justice.
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  Speaker 2: But if you look at the investigation, it does actually
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  Speaker 2: just seem to be about one thing. Did Powell lie
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  Speaker 2: to Congress about the renovations which became a flashpoint of
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  Speaker 2: the Federal Reserve building and those ongoing well renovations that
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  Speaker 2: the President has criticized. A DOJ spokesperson in a statement
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  Speaker 2: to c NBC without saying the comment was about Pals
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  Speaker 2: that quote, the Attorney General has instructed her US attorneys
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  Speaker 2: to prioritize investigating any abuse of taxpayer dollars. So maybe
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  Speaker 2: to the media, take a step back. Maybe the media
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  Speaker 2: you should look at the facts, and maybe the media
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  Speaker 2: you should stop jumping to conclusions and realize this maybe
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  Speaker 2: is not about interest rates. But maybe his own testimony
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  Speaker 2: and what he said to Congress will keep covering it.
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  Speaker 2: My bet is the President's probably going to be right
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  Speaker 2: on this one yet again. Now story number two, President
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  Speaker 2: Donald Trump has come out and pledged to uncover the
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  Speaker 2: leftist groups that are countering ICE all over the country.
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  Speaker 2: President Trump said that he believes the woman that was
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  Speaker 2: fatally shot by a US Immigration and Customs enforcement officer
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  Speaker 2: in Minneapolis last week may have been a professional agitator,
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  Speaker 2: in indicator that the government will uncover the funding sources
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  Speaker 2: behind such anti law enforcement agitation nationwide. Here's the President
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  Speaker 2: in his own words.
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  Speaker 1: The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement.
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  Speaker 1: You saw that they were harassing that were following for
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  Speaker 1: days and for hours, and I think, frankly, they're professional agitators,
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  Speaker 1: and I'd like to find out and we are going
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  Speaker 1: to find out who's paying for it with their brand
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  Speaker 1: new designs and all the different things. But these are
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  Speaker 1: professional agitators, and law enforcement should not be in a
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  Speaker 1: position where they have to put up with this stuff.
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  Speaker 1: What that woman and what her friend and what their
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  Speaker 1: other friends were doing to law enforcement, not just ICE,
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  Speaker 1: law enforcement is outrageous.
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  Speaker 2: The President added that he would like to find out,
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  Speaker 2: and we're going to find out who's paying for it.
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  Speaker 2: With their brand new signs and all the different things.
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  Speaker 2: These are professional agitators and law enforcements should not be
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  Speaker 2: in a position where they have to put up with
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  Speaker 2: this stuff. What that woman and what her friend and
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  Speaker 2: what their other friends are doing to law enforcement, not
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  Speaker 2: just ICE, law enforcement is outrageous. The US Department of
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  Speaker 2: Homeland Security retweeting a post in which rep Republican Representative
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  Speaker 2: Lance Couden of Texas asserted that the anti ICE protesters
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  Speaker 2: are actually all just being paid for saying, quote the
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  Speaker 2: anti ICE mobs or anything but organic dark money is
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  Speaker 2: bankrolling these far left groups like ice Watch and Lighting
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  Speaker 2: the Fuse. Americans deserve to know who's cutting the checks,
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  Speaker 2: the lawmaker said in his post. A person weaponizing their
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  Speaker 2: vehicle against law enforcement is unacceptable, and we're witnessing it.
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  Speaker 2: Happen all over the country. Fox News having even more
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  Speaker 2: on this, and here's what they said.
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  Speaker 3: Right now, DHS is deploying hundreds of more federal agents
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  Speaker 3: to Minnesota as violent anti ice protests continues to rise
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  Speaker 3: in the state.
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  Speaker 5: Matt Finn joins us Live in Minneapolis with the details.
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  Speaker 6: Hey, Matt hi Ainsley, DHS sources tell us up to
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  Speaker 6: one thousand additional federal officers could surge at Minneapolis here.
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  Speaker 6: That's on top of the already two thousand agents on
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  Speaker 6: the ground. And this comes as DHS Secretary Christy Noum
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  Speaker 6: is defending her assessment of the Renee Good shooting.
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  Speaker 5: If you look at what the definition of domestic terrorism is,
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  Speaker 5: it completely fits the situation on the ground. This individual,
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  Speaker 5: as you saw in the video that we released just
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  Speaker 5: forty eight hours after this incident, showed that this officer
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  Speaker 5: was hit by her vehicle, she weaponized it, and he
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  Speaker 5: defended his life and those colleagues around him and the public.
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  Speaker 6: But the Democratic Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frye, disagrees and
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  Speaker 6: is slamming Secretary Noum.
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  Speaker 7: It sounds like she doesn't believe a single word that
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  Speaker 7: she is saying right now. Here's the thing she's calling
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  Speaker 7: Minneapolis like this dystopian hell hole. You know how many
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  Speaker 7: shootings we've had so far this year, two and one
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  Speaker 7: of them was Ice. Two shootings in a large city
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  Speaker 7: so far this entire year, and one of them is Ice.
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  Speaker 7: This is a safe city, Ice and Christy Noman, everything
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  Speaker 7: they're doing is making it far less safe.
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  Speaker 6: And there's new video leading up to the moments of
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  Speaker 6: Renee goods shooting death by an ICE agent on Wednesday.
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  Speaker 6: The video appears to show goods suv partially blocking the street,
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  Speaker 6: honking her horn and apparently dancing in the driver's seat.
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  Speaker 6: Border Patrol tells us it's dangerous for agents to be
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  Speaker 6: blocked in by a car because there are so many
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  Speaker 6: anti ICE agitators who quickly surround them. A new video
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  Speaker 6: from last night apparently shows federal agents using crowd control
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  Speaker 6: tactics firing tear gas and pepper balls at protesters outside
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  Speaker 6: the federal building where ICE detainees are being held. An
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  Speaker 6: independent photographer who was there says protesters try to stop
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  Speaker 6: traffic in and out of the federal facility and they
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  Speaker 6: were met with forces. Now this is happening in a
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  Speaker 6: city where the mayor has told ICE to get the
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  Speaker 6: f out, and highly organized anti ICE activists are patrolling
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  Speaker 6: the neighborhoods. We ask Border Patrol during a ride along
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  Speaker 6: if any of this is going to.
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  Speaker 8: Deter them, Absolutely not. We're out here to do a
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  Speaker 8: job and we're not going to stop until it's done.
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  Speaker 8: If a mayor wants to say something that he's not
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  Speaker 8: not for us, if anybody wants to say that they're
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  Speaker 8: not for us, that is not going to stop what
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  Speaker 8: we're doing in Minneapolis or anywhere across the country.
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  Speaker 6: And that was during a ride along with Border Patrol.
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  Speaker 6: Have to say, driving around the city, as soon as
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  Speaker 6: they get out of their cars, they're met with people
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  Speaker 6: who have those ear piercing whistles, of people, you know,
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  Speaker 6: resisting trying to surround the cars. There is really a
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  Speaker 6: highly organized anti ICE, anti border patrol network here on
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  Speaker 6: the ground in the Twin Cities.
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  Speaker 2: It's clear the President United States of America wants to
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  Speaker 2: find out exactly who is weaponizing the these individuals to
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  Speaker 2: go after ICE agents. And you can see it there
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  Speaker 2: as ICE put out saying these individuals are impeding law
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  Speaker 2: enforcement and they're weaponizing their vehicles against ICE. The officer
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  Speaker 2: in this shooting was dutifully acted in self defense. That
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  Speaker 2: is what the DHD Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Tricia
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  Speaker 2: McLaughlin said on X When Thing's for sure, the President
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  Speaker 2: now has made it clear, we're going to find out
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  Speaker 2: exactly who's paying these individuals and what group is behind them.
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