1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: We are learning a lot more now in the bombshell 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: Senate Judiciary hearing on Arctic Frost, and exactly just how 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:12,399 Speaker 1: corrupt the Biden administration really was. Now, before I get 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: into what the Senate Judiciary Committee told us today, let 5 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: me just remind you what Arctic Frost was all about. 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: It was the internal code name tied to that federal 7 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: investigation effort that was launched during the Biden Air Department 8 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: of Justice, an operation that, according to multiple whistleblowers and 9 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 1: internal memos now is coming to light. It was designed 10 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 1: to track and build cases tied to election related activity, 11 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 1: political organizing, and what officials labeled as domestic extremism risk networks. Now, 12 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: on paper, it was framed as a national security initiative, 13 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: but the reality was it was all about doing political 14 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: surveillance on Donald Trump and many of his allies. And now, 15 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: thanks to the Senate Judiciary hearing, we're getting a much 16 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: clearer picture of what was really going on behind the scenes. 17 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 1: The hearing turned into nothing short of a political earthquake. 18 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: Senators revealed new testimony and internal communications tied directly to 19 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: Special Counsel Jack Smith and what he allegedly demanded during 20 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: the height of Arctic frost and the operation. Now, according 21 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: to the documents that were presented during the hearing, Smith 22 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: pushed for expanded authority to subpoena communications tied not just 23 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: to suspects, but to broader networks of individuals. He reportedly 24 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: advocated for aggressive timelines, demanding prosecutors moved faster than traditional 25 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:59,919 Speaker 1: thresholds would normally allow, and most explosively. Lawmakers revealed discussion 26 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: suggesting an effort to directly link political speech and organizing 27 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:10,959 Speaker 1: activity to potential criminal exposure. Let me say that again, 28 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: this wasn't just about investigating crimes. They wanted you to 29 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: believe that, But what it was actually about was weaponizing 30 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 1: and redefining what could be considered a crime to lock 31 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: up Donald Trump in his allies. Now, according to testimony, 32 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: Smith wanted broader use of material witness warrants, even in 33 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: cases where individuals had not been charged. That is what 34 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 1: you call a phishing exploration, hoping to find a crime 35 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: with no crime that had actually been committed that you 36 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: knew about. He supported also using digital surveillance tools to 37 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: map associations between the political activists that he wanted to 38 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: go after. That was the tree connected to Donald Trump 39 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: at the top, and he reportedly pushed the Department of 40 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 1: Justice teams to build cases as he described it outward, 41 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:15,679 Speaker 1: meaning start first with a target aka Donald Trump or 42 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: one of his associates, and then expand the net until 43 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:26,239 Speaker 1: something actionable is found or appeared. This is a stunning 44 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: admission by those at the hearing, making it clear that yes, 45 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: they didn't know of any crimes had been committed by 46 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: Trump or anyone around him. They instead just said we're 47 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: going to pick someone and then find a crime that 48 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: we can charge them with to shut them down Politically. 49 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: This literally flips the entire justice system on its head. Now, 50 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: in America, you investigate a crime and then find a suspect, 51 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: but not under the Biden administration or regime. They picked 52 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: the target first, then looking for a crime that they 53 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: could create out of thin air. Yes, this is a 54 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: grotesque abuse of power. Republican members the Senate Judiciary Committee 55 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: did not hold back. They described Arctic frost as a 56 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: weaponized pipeline inside the DOJ, a system that allowed federal 57 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 1: prosecutors to test legal theories on political opponents, and a 58 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: framework that risked turning the justice system into a tool 59 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: of intimidation. Several senators pointed to internal language suggesting the 60 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 1: traditional safeguards probable cause, evidentiary thresholds, prosecutorial restraints were seen 61 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 1: as quote unquote just obstacles rather than protections of those 62 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: that are innocent. And that's where the abuse of power 63 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: argument became central. Because federal authority is used not just 64 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: to enforce the law, but to reinterpret it and apply 65 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 1: it selectively. Then you don't just have a legal issue, 66 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: you have a constitutional one. Now. President Trump responded swiftly 67 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: and forcefully, and remarks following the hearing, Trump described the 68 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: revelations as one of the most dangerous abuse of powers 69 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 1: ever uncovered in Washington. President Trump didn't stop there. He 70 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: also went on to say that Arctic frost was a 71 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: coordinated effort to silence political opposition under the guise of 72 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: law enforcement. Trump also reiterated a core argument he made repeatedly, 73 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: the federal agencies were turned against the American people, and 74 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: that was clearly revealed in the hearing, and it proves 75 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 1: the system was rigged at the highest levels. Now, if 76 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 1: you want to know just how political this was, I 77 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,919 Speaker 1: want you to take a listen to this part of 78 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:57,239 Speaker 1: the shocking amount of data that came out. Senator Cruz 79 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: confirming that Biden's FBI allright wired tap the current White 80 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: House Chief of Staff, Susie Wilds, during a privileged call 81 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 1: with her lawyer without the consent of either party. Yes, 82 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: so much for client privilege with your attorney. No, they said, 83 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: we don't care. We want to listen in because we're 84 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: trying to find anything we can on Donald Trump. 85 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 2: Jack Smith issued nearly two hundred subpoenas. Is that correct? Yes, 86 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 2: those subpoenas targeted over four hundred Republican individuals and organizations. Correct, Correct, 87 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 2: many of whom had no connection to those who entered 88 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 2: the Capitol on January sixth. 89 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 3: Correct. 90 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 2: Absolutely, And in fact, some of those organizations didn't even 91 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 2: exist on January sixth. 92 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:48,919 Speaker 1: Is that correct? 93 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 4: It is. 94 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 1: So we're not. 95 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,600 Speaker 2: Talking about a narrow investigation. We're talking about a sweeping 96 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 2: operation targeting virtually the entirety of the other side. 97 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 3: Pull it. 98 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 4: It was a phishing expedition. 99 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 2: So let's turn to the constitution. Subpoenaing the toll records 100 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 2: of members of Congress? Does that raise serious constitutional concerns? 101 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 4: Absolutely? And in fact, we have the pen who notified 102 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 4: the Special Consul's office of those concerns, and Jack Smith 103 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 4: had apparently said that he was going to consult with 104 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 4: the Solicitor General, according to the release of the information 105 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 4: from Senator Grassley this morning. Yet, when he was deposed 106 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 4: by the House and was specifically asked if he spoke 107 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 4: with the Solicitor General, he said on this discrete issue, no, among. 108 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 2: Other issues, it raises significant issues with the Speech and 109 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 2: Debate clause. Correct. Absolutely so much so that, as you noted, 110 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 2: when when Jack Smith subpoenat AT and T to get 111 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 2: my toll records, AT and T refused to comply with 112 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 2: the subpoena because they concluded that it violated the Speech 113 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 2: and debate clauses, that correct. 114 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 4: Absolutely correct, and they backed down. 115 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 2: Jack Smith did not try to enforce that subpoena, didty 116 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 2: He did not. He did not go to court and 117 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 2: litigate the matter, did he? 118 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 4: He did not? 119 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 2: Does that suggest, as it does to me, that he 120 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 2: knew damn well what he was doing was illegal and 121 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:18,559 Speaker 2: would not be upheld in court. 122 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 4: It does suggest that. 123 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 2: When the federal government subpoenas donor lists internal communications organization records, 124 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 2: does that implicate the First Amendment and also freedom association. 125 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 4: In particular, it does, and the Supreme Court made that 126 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,439 Speaker 4: clear in the ENDOLACP. 127 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 2: Case Mimss Chamberlain. Aside from the legal violations, what specific crimes, 128 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:47,199 Speaker 2: if any, were actually uncovered as a result of the 129 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:48,479 Speaker 2: Arctic Frost investigation? 130 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 3: I'm not aware of any crimes that were uncovered. 131 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 2: Would the senators, donors, organizations, and individuals who were surveiled 132 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 2: and subpoenaed have ever learned learned about the Arctic Frost 133 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,079 Speaker 2: investigation had Trump not one in twenty twenty. 134 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 3: Four, Probably not, mainly because of these non disclosure orders, 135 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 3: but also I mean the fact that a lot of 136 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 3: these records were now just learning about them because they 137 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 3: were in these prohibited access files only available to their 138 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 3: FBI director. So if the FBI director is a Democrat, 139 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 3: there's no reason to think we know about them. 140 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:25,839 Speaker 2: How would you compare the scope of the violations in 141 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 2: Arctic Frost to Watergate? 142 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 3: I think, if anything, it might even be greater. I 143 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 3: mean the scope of this in terms of the sheer 144 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 3: number of people and organizations affected, And as I discussed, 145 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 3: I mean this brazen violation of attorney client privileged wiretapping 146 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:45,199 Speaker 3: a phone call between Susie Wilds and her lawyer. These 147 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 3: are egregious offenses. And you know, if Watergate was just 148 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 3: about a single break in, I mean this is effectively, 149 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 3: you know, compound that by two hundred. 150 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: You may have heard that shocking revelation no crimes were 151 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: found in Operation Arctic Frost because it wasn't about crimes. 152 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: It was about framing your political opponent and trying to 153 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 1: entrap them and charge them with crimes that you made 154 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: out of thin air. Senator Cruz wrapped it up perfectly 155 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: when he said this that the Judiciary. 156 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 2: Hearing Watergate was about a handful of files in a 157 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 2: single office. This reached into tens of thousands of private communications, emails, records, 158 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 2: and personal data. Tall records, bank records, donor lists, law 159 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 2: firm records, and other personal files relating to every major 160 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 2: conservative organization were subpoena. 161 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: That is a perfect example of just how widespread the 162 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 1: abuse of power really was. And now the question is 163 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 1: will those that abuse their power be held to account? 164 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: That's exactly what Judiciary Committee seems to be working towards. 165 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: And not only were they going after the president, they 166 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: were also going after major conservative organizations. Turning point USA 167 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: America First Policy Institute, even the Republican National Committee, So 168 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: this may be just the tip of the Iceberg Quick 169 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: Break Ben Ferguson Showmore coming up. Joe Biden released illegal alien, 170 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 1: shot and killed Sheridan Gorman as she ran for her 171 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 1: life is now what the prosecutors have said. That illegal 172 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 1: alien was released into the United States of America on 173 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 1: purpose by former President Joe Biden's administration. That same individual 174 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: shot and killed this eighteen year old of freshman at 175 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: Loyola University of Chicago as she ran for her life. 176 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: We now know trying to flee for safety is what 177 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: the prosecutors are now alleging in documents. Now, this twenty 178 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: five year old illegal alien from Venezuela was arrested by 179 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 1: the Chicago Police Apartment and he's been charged with murdering 180 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 1: Sheridan Gorman, who also went by sheriff in a random 181 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: attack on a pier at Chicago by the Beach. Prosecutors 182 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: are now providing new details as to what they say 183 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: occurred on the night of March nineteenth, and here is 184 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: part of their report. They say at one thirty am, Gorman, eighteen, 185 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: was with a group of friends on the pier a 186 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: few blocks north of the university's campus. Gorman alerted her 187 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: friends that someone was hiding near the pier, at which 188 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 1: point the group of friends was chased by the person, 189 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: who has been identified as Jose Medina Medina of Venezuela. 190 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: Medina opened fire and shot Gorman in her back as 191 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:53,319 Speaker 1: she tried to run away. She was pronounced dead at 192 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: the scene. Gorman's friends were able to duck for cover 193 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 1: in the grassy area near the pier as Medina ran 194 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: back back to an apartment on North Sheridan Road where 195 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 1: he had left earlier. Gorman's friends observed Medina dressed mostly 196 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: in black, including a black face mask. Sheridan's friends and 197 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 1: family have also now created a go Fundme page to 198 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: help cover the young woman's memorial service and a scholarship 199 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: in her honor. Shaa loved deeply and live fully. The 200 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:29,839 Speaker 1: go fundme page reads, she loved Jesus, her family, her 201 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 1: sister Mattie, most of all, her lifelong friends, and the simple, 202 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: beautiful moments that made up her life. She had a 203 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: way of making everyone feel special, seen and loved to 204 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 1: know her was to be changed by her On Sunday, 205 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 1: Immigration and Customs Enforcement, you know, ICE agents, the same 206 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:54,719 Speaker 1: people Democrats want to abolish. Revealed that Medina is an 207 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: illegal alien from Venezuela who was apprehended at the southern 208 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: border on May the ninth, twenty twenty three. Thanks to 209 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: former President Joe Biden's expansive catch and release policy, Medina 210 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:11,839 Speaker 1: was released from border patrol, custing into the US interior. 211 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: One month later, on June nineteenth, Medina was arrested in 212 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: Chicago for shoplifting. Thanks to Chicago and Illinois strict sanctuary policies, 213 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: the illegal alien was released from police custody without being 214 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: turned over to ICE agents for arrest and deportation. Now 215 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: Medina remains in police Costina is reportedly being treated for tuberculosis. 216 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: Is what the latest documents reveal. What's even more shocking 217 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: about this is how far the Democrats are willing to 218 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 1: go to claim that somehow, this illegal immigrant really shouldn't 219 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: be blamed for this murder. I'll give you a perfect example, 220 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: because they care more about one group of people, legal immigrants, 221 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: more than they do about American citizens. Let me introduce 222 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: you to Chicago Democratic forty ninth Ward Alderman Maria Hayden, 223 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: who pretty much blames Gorman for her own murder in 224 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: a local Fox interview that she's done. Listen to what 225 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: she has to say about how maybe it was her 226 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: fault for startling the man that assassinated her. 227 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 5: Well, from what I've been told so far, right from 228 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 5: what police know, from speaking to the students who were 229 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 5: with her, it seems she might have that as they 230 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 5: were just out. You know, people go out to the 231 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 5: beach all the time, right, and they go out on 232 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 5: the pier, they walk around. So the kids were out 233 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 5: doing normal, normal things people do in the neighborhood, and 234 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 5: it sounds like this might have been a wrong place, 235 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 5: wrong time, running into a person who had a gun. 236 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 5: They might have startled this person at the end of 237 00:15:54,560 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 5: the peer unintentionally. But that's all we know from what 238 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 5: I've been told, what police investigation has turned up so far, 239 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 5: what they've been able to share with Medium, with Loyola University, 240 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 5: we don't believe there is costs for broader community concern. 241 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: To be clear, you have an Alderman, a Democrat, that 242 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: said the kids were out doing normal things people do 243 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: in the neighborhood, and it sounds like they might have 244 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: just been a wrong place, wrong time, situation, running into 245 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: a person who had a gun. They might have unintentionally 246 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: startled this person at the end of the peer That 247 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 1: is her exact quote. These people are sick to blame 248 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: an innocent freshman, eighteen year old student who was spending 249 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: time with her family and friends and love the Lord 250 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 1: and claiming that somehow her killing, her assassination was somehow 251 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: her fault. I want you to listen to those words again. 252 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: This should be put everywhere on social media. You have 253 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: a student that was assassinated, and this is how the 254 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: Democrats respond. 255 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 5: All the time, right, And they go out on the peer. 256 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 5: They walk around so that the kids were out doing normal, 257 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,640 Speaker 5: normal things people do in the neighborhood. And it sounds 258 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 5: like this might have been a wrong place, wrong time, 259 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 5: running into a person who had a gun. They might 260 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 5: have startled this person at the end of the year unintentionally. 261 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,680 Speaker 5: But that's all the time, right, and they go out. 262 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: It is amazing to hear Democrats actually say that. By 263 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 1: the way, if you think, well, that's just some local 264 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: elected official and surely they don't actually mean this. Well, 265 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, another Democrat, the leader of 266 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: the Democratic Party in the House. He was asked if 267 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: he believed that Venezuela and a legal alien charged with 268 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 1: murdering Sheridan Gorman in Chicago should be deported, A very 269 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 1: simple question. Any sane person would answer that question with yes, 270 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: of course they should be deported, not a Keem Jeffries, 271 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:12,160 Speaker 1: because the Democratic Party stands up for illegal immigrants, not Americans, 272 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: even when they're brutally murdered. What did Hakim say? He said, 273 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: just five words. Listen carefully. 274 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 6: An illegal immigrant has been charged with murdering a college 275 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 6: student in Chicago last week. 276 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 3: To House Democrats believe if he's convicted, he's someone who 277 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:27,360 Speaker 3: should be deported. 278 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 5: I'll look into the case. 279 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:29,640 Speaker 3: Do you expect. 280 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:35,399 Speaker 1: Anyone I'll look into the case. That is all that 281 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 1: the leader of the Democratic Party had to say. No 282 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 1: compassion for the family, no compassion for anyone else involved. 283 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: And let's be clear, it isn't just this girl that 284 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:50,679 Speaker 1: was killed in Chicago. We also have another story that 285 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 1: is not making national news. And I'll ask for your 286 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: help right now sharing this story and this show wherever 287 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: you can. An illegal alien from me Mexico living in 288 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: Utah has just been charged with attempted murder after authority 289 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 1: said he's slit a woman's throat. Heesus Ramirez Padilla has 290 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: now been charged with attempted murder, obstruction of justice, aggravate assault, 291 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: and drug paraphernalia after the March eighteenth incident in Salt 292 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 1: Lake City. According to the Department of Homeland Security, immigration 293 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: authorities are requesting that local officials honor a detainer lodged 294 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 1: against the suspect. Again, this is where Democrats apparently don't 295 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: like to turn over bad people to the federal government. Now, 296 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 1: the victim is reportedly in critical condition right now in 297 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:46,160 Speaker 1: the hospital. The woman's identity has not been revealed. Heyzus 298 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: is a dangerous criminal legal alien who violently strangled and 299 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:55,199 Speaker 1: slit a woman's throat multiple times, is what the DHS 300 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:59,439 Speaker 1: Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Biss said in a statement. We 301 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 1: are called on politicians and not released this barbaric criminal 302 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 1: from jail and into American neighborhoods. This criminal legal alien 303 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 1: has no place in American communities. According to the local reports, 304 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: Padilla and the woman were smoking methamphetamine before the alleged crime. 305 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,719 Speaker 1: Police responded to report of a woman crying in an 306 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,439 Speaker 1: alley and found her bleeding with a deep cut in 307 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:28,439 Speaker 1: her neck. A homeowner surveillance camera reportedly caught the incident 308 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:32,879 Speaker 1: on camera, leading to the identification of the illegal immigrant. 309 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,919 Speaker 1: When he was arrested, his hands and pants were covered 310 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: in blood. According to the reports, he met the victim 311 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: the previous night, and they met up to take drugs 312 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: together the night of the alleged murder attempt. Padilla also 313 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,159 Speaker 1: reportedly confessed to police that he strangled the victim and 314 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,440 Speaker 1: slit her throat, but said the drugs altered his state 315 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 1: of mind. It's unclear whether Padilla, who remained in the 316 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 1: Salt Lake County jail as of Tuesday, has obtained even 317 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: legal council. I'm sure there's some group out there that 318 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 1: will be more than happy to represent an illegal immigrant 319 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 1: that did this. The suspected attempted murder comes on the 320 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 1: heels of several other high profile crimes in which illegal 321 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:17,679 Speaker 1: aliens are the prime suspect. As I mentioned earlier the 322 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 1: one of this student in Chicago, and in late February, 323 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: there was another high profile case of an alleged illegal 324 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 1: alien crime that made national news when abdul Leone was 325 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:34,439 Speaker 1: charged with murder and the stabbing death of Stephanie Minter 326 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: in Fairfax County, Virginia Leone. Just so you know how 327 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:44,920 Speaker 1: bad his record was, had thirty prior arrest I want 328 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: to say that again, thirty prior arrests. So the final 329 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 1: question that everyone should be asking right now is this, 330 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: why are Democrats so committed to keeping illegal immigrants in 331 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 1: the country, and that they're so willing to a woman 332 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 1: allegedly shot by one of those illegals in Chicago to 333 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: avoid talking about deportations. The good news is President Donald 334 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:14,679 Speaker 1: Trump has just sworn in Mark Wayne Mullen as the 335 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 1: Homeland Security Secretary after it was expedited through the Senate. 336 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: At least now we know that we have someone at 337 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 1: DHS that is willing to go all in to protect 338 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 1: Americans from vicious individuals, just like this individual in Chicago, jd. Vance. 339 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,360 Speaker 1: He's got a new job. Yeah, he's still the Vice president, 340 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: but now he's leading that task force to eliminate fraud. 341 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 1: And now the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have 342 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 1: identified and suspended seventy hospice in home health businesses in 343 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 1: Los Angeles alone that were flagged as high risk fraudulent providers. 344 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: We've now learned. Now, let me just take you back 345 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: a month when JD. Vance was announced for this position, 346 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 1: and this is what he said was going to happen, 347 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: and it's already happening now. 348 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:11,119 Speaker 6: Time you've got a new job. 349 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 1: Here. 350 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 6: It is the announcement last night from the President. 351 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 2: I'm officially announcing the War on Fraud, to be led 352 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 2: by our great Vice President JD. 353 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 4: Vince. 354 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 2: We all get it done, and we're able to find 355 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 2: enough of that fraud, we will actually have a balanced 356 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 2: budget overnight. 357 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 6: So here are some of the allegations. California eight billion 358 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 6: and suspected COVID fraud, Minnesota nineteen, Massachusetts almost fifteen, and 359 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 6: main forty five million in improper medicaid payments. As you 360 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,439 Speaker 6: look at this, go ahead and explain it to us, 361 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 6: because we want to understand what. 362 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 4: The job is. 363 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,919 Speaker 6: And what do you think the number is? 364 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 7: Well, I don't know what the top line number, bill is, 365 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 7: and I think that's unfortunate that nobody has ever tried 366 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 7: to take a systematic look at how much fraud there 367 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 7: is in the federal government, how many illegal aliens are 368 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 7: on medicaid. We know that it's billions and billions of 369 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:16,159 Speaker 7: dollars that should go to American citizens, it's going to 370 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,640 Speaker 7: illegal aliens. How many fraudulent daycare centers have been set 371 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 7: up where that money should go to American citizens to 372 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 7: help their kids get into childcare, Instead it's being stolen 373 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 7: from them by illegal aliens in our country. How much 374 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 7: have government officials actually been complicit in this fraud because 375 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 7: some of them have gotten wealthy or at the least 376 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,360 Speaker 7: they've gotten campaign donations from the people who've gotten rich 377 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 7: from that fraud. The story of the American economy in 378 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:45,159 Speaker 7: so many ways during the Biden administration Bill is that 379 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 7: the American citizen was ripped off for people who shouldn't 380 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 7: be here and by politicians who should have known better. 381 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:55,119 Speaker 7: And the Trump administration, the President has asked me to 382 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 7: take a full whole government approach to trying to understand 383 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 7: that what does that mean? Bill? That means, first of all, 384 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 7: the Apartment of Justice is going to be investigating and 385 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,879 Speaker 7: where possible, throwing fraudsters in prison. But it's also going 386 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 7: to mean that Scott Bessent and some of our friends 387 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 7: at the Treasury Department, we're going to be looking at 388 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 7: income tax records We're going to be trying to understand 389 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 7: how it is that the American people have been defrauded, 390 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 7: how it is that people have used resources and programs 391 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 7: that should go to American citizens instead have been going 392 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 7: to fraudule uses. There's a whole host of tools that 393 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 7: we have that have never been used. And the President 394 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 7: I talked about this a couple of months ago and said, 395 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 7: what if we just did everything that we could to 396 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,400 Speaker 7: stop the fraud that's being committed against the American taxpayer. 397 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 7: The President said, great, idea, Let's do it, and we're 398 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 7: going to work on that very aggressively over the next year. 399 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 6: Need a quick answer over the next year is that 400 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 6: the timeframe is that twelve months? 401 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,120 Speaker 7: Well, it's going to continue beyond that. But I think 402 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:55,919 Speaker 7: that we've already discovered a lot bill and really I 403 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,159 Speaker 7: think the year the next year is where we're going 404 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 7: to try to uncover as much as possible and run 405 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 7: at this as much as we can. But it's not 406 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:04,160 Speaker 7: going to stop after. 407 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 1: A year now. As you heard the Vice presidents say there, 408 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: this is all about having a task force to root 409 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: out waste, fraud and abuse. Well, now that's clearly ramping 410 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 1: up and we are expecting the number of investigations as 411 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:21,679 Speaker 1: of today to grow exponentially. The task force, which President 412 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: Trump established earlier this month, now seeks to build on 413 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 1: the work of addressing Minnesota fraud that VANCE and the 414 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:34,399 Speaker 1: CMS administrator doctor Oz announced last month. On February the 415 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:38,400 Speaker 1: twenty fifth, for example, VANCE announced the administration was halting 416 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: certain amounts of medicaid funding to Minnesota until the state 417 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: government learns to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. Doctor 418 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 1: Oz noted that there would be about two hundred and 419 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 1: fifty nine million in deferred payments for Medicaid to the 420 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: state of Minnesota alone. The task Force, through interagency coordination, 421 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 1: will examine every state for waste, fraud, and abuse, is 422 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 1: what sources are now saying, adding that the task force 423 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 1: will follow cms's template in its early work, partially because 424 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:19,880 Speaker 1: of cms's data infrastructure for locating and taking action against 425 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 1: those who may be committing fraud. Now. According to sources 426 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:30,639 Speaker 1: familiar with the matter, CMS has an AI driven internal 427 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: fraud detection system that can both flag claims for review 428 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 1: and block claims flagged as likely fraudulent, and it will 429 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: be scaled throughout the government to aid the task Force 430 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 1: in its mission. Now, the task Force, they say, is 431 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:53,439 Speaker 1: in the process of onboarding CMS technologists to scale the 432 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: AI system. In a statement to Brightbart News, spokesman from 433 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:03,280 Speaker 1: Vance's office said the Vice President is looking forward to 434 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 1: carrying out the present's war on fraud, saying this, the 435 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: American people deserve better than being ripped off by people 436 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,639 Speaker 1: who hate this country, and the Task Force to Eliminate 437 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:21,120 Speaker 1: Fraud will ensure that essential taxpayer funded services are used 438 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: to support the hardworking Americans who rely on them instead 439 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 1: of being used by fraudsters and criminals. Now, just a 440 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: quick reminder, the fraud that we just talked about is 441 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,920 Speaker 1: only in La So how much fraud is there out 442 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: there in California in general? Well, hundreds of millions of 443 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 1: dollars in frauds on hospice billing has been now tied 444 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 1: to the state of California alone in broader healthcare and 445 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: hospice fraud. Nationwide, billions and improper Medicare payments are being 446 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 1: flagged as we speak now. California is consistently identified as 447 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 1: the top state versus asbitious hospice growth and billing spikes 448 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 1: in some regions of the state hospice providers have exploded 449 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: in number by far beyond what the patient population would 450 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 1: possibly justify. Even government regulators have flag now clusters of 451 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 1: new companies billing Medicare at unusually high rates. The schemes, 452 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 1: they're shocking and brazen. Fake and ineligible patients have already 453 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 1: been found, individuals that have been enrolled in hospice who 454 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:39,160 Speaker 1: are not terminally ill. Some patients didn't even know they 455 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 1: were listed as hospice recipients. And then we're hearing about 456 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 1: kickbacks and recruitment schemes where brokers paid to find patients 457 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 1: and then steer them into specific hospice programs. We also 458 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 1: know that cash payments or incentives were used to sign 459 00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:00,360 Speaker 1: people up, as well as kickbacks to them. And then 460 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 1: there's even billing for phantom services that have been uncovered, 461 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:10,160 Speaker 1: charging Medicare for visits, treatments, or care that never even happened. 462 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 1: Recycling patients is also something else that's been uncovered in California. 463 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 1: What does that mean? It means moving patients between providers 464 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: to restart billing cycles and maximize fraudulent payouts. Now why California, Well, 465 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 1: California lawmakers have allowed for this hot spot to become 466 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 1: a reality with extremely weak oversight, and that's also allowed, 467 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 1: they say, rapid licensing of new hospice providers. They knew 468 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: that there was too many popping up compared to the population, 469 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:48,120 Speaker 1: they didn't care. We also know that high medicare spinning 470 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 1: create a huge financial target, and the state knew that 471 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: was happening. And guess what, Gavin knew. Some of the 472 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 1: Democrats didn't care. Enforcement also were being told lag behind 473 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 1: the explosive growth in providers. Gavin knwsome knew about as 474 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 1: well and didn't care. At one point, officials warned, for example, 475 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 1: that Los Angeles County alone had more hospice agencies than 476 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:19,800 Speaker 1: many entire states in this country combined, and that was 477 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 1: in one city. A recent congressional investigation highlighted massive taxpayer 478 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 1: losses tied to fraudulent hospice claims, failures in federal oversight 479 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 1: to stop bad actors early when there was massive warning 480 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 1: signs and serious concerns that organized fraud networks were actually 481 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 1: exploding and then exploiting the system statewide in California. Now, 482 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:49,240 Speaker 1: lawmakers they knew this wasn't a small scale fraud. They 483 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,800 Speaker 1: understood early on with all the warning signs that were 484 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 1: going off that it was a systemic abuse. So the 485 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 1: question is why didn't they crack down on it in California. 486 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,480 Speaker 1: Part of it may be as simple as this. Many 487 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 1: of the fraudsters were giving kickbacks or better known as 488 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:11,760 Speaker 1: political contributions to people in power in the state of California, 489 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,920 Speaker 1: and that's exactly what the Vice presidents in charge of uncovering, 490 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:19,400 Speaker 1: and hopefully real people will be held accountable and go 491 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:23,000 Speaker 1: to jail. Make sure you share this podcast, please wherever 492 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:26,440 Speaker 1: you can on social media so others will hear it. 493 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 1: Hit that subscriber auto download button, and I'll see you 494 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 1: back here tomorrow.