1
00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:04,200
Speaker 1: Well, I haven't been overly interested in it. You know,

2
00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:06,840
Speaker 1: it's something. It's a hoax that's been built up way

3
00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,479
Speaker 1: beyond proportion. I can say this, those files were run

4
00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:13,480
Speaker 1: by the worst come on earth. They were run by Komi,

5
00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,720
Speaker 1: they were run by Garland, they were run by Biden

6
00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:19,480
Speaker 1: and all of the people that actually ran the government,

7
00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,680
Speaker 1: including the autopen Those files were run for four years

8
00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,239
Speaker 1: by those people. If they had anything, I assumed they

9
00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:27,200
Speaker 1: would have released it.

10
00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:28,280
Speaker 2: A whole thing is OK.

11
00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,319
Speaker 3: If you're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with

12
00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:32,840
Speaker 3: Ben ferguson.

13
00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:33,360
Speaker 4: Good Tuesday morning.

14
00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:35,080
Speaker 2: Nice to have you with us on the forty seven

15
00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:38,320
Speaker 2: Morning Update, and we've got two major stories recovering this morning.

16
00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,800
Speaker 2: You want to know just how bad the number of

17
00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,720
Speaker 2: sex offenders are where you live. Well, this is exactly

18
00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,920
Speaker 2: what President Trump talked about getting rid of the worst

19
00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,760
Speaker 2: among us that are legal immigrants. ICE has arrested over

20
00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:59,160
Speaker 2: two hundred illegal alien child sex offenders in one city

21
00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,280
Speaker 2: alone over the past six months. Not the country, but

22
00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:06,200
Speaker 2: in one city alone. I'm gonna tell you that story

23
00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,720
Speaker 2: coming up in just a moment. I also want to

24
00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:12,840
Speaker 2: talk about Donald Trump's promise to clean up waste fraud

25
00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:16,319
Speaker 2: and abuse. You may remember back in twenty twelve, there

26
00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,720
Speaker 2: was a scam. It was called the Obama phone scam.

27
00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,200
Speaker 2: You may remember a woman saying she's gonna vote for

28
00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:24,480
Speaker 2: Obama because he gives her a free phone.

29
00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,800
Speaker 4: Well, now a CEO is headed to prison.

30
00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,360
Speaker 2: You must pay one hundred and twenty eight million dollar

31
00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,440
Speaker 2: fine after defrauding the government. And it deals with exactly

32
00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,280
Speaker 2: that those Obama phones are still around.

33
00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:39,480
Speaker 4: But first I gotta ask you a question.

34
00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,039
Speaker 2: Are you one of those that's just so tired of

35
00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,280
Speaker 2: giving your money to radical left woke companies that actually

36
00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,800
Speaker 2: are fighting against your values every day?

37
00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:50,920
Speaker 4: Well, there are certain bills that you pay.

38
00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,200
Speaker 2: Every month that if you can go with a conservative company,

39
00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,200
Speaker 2: why not do it? In fact, why not go with

40
00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,600
Speaker 2: a conservative company that actually takes part of your bill

41
00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,840
Speaker 2: every month that you're going to pay to somebody and

42
00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,120
Speaker 2: they give it back to organizations that support your First

43
00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,000
Speaker 2: and your Second Amendment rights, that support the rights of

44
00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:13,440
Speaker 2: unborn children, that stand with our military, are first responders

45
00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,800
Speaker 2: and so many wounded warriors that need help. Well, that

46
00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:21,560
Speaker 2: bill I'm talking about is your cell phone bill. And

47
00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,519
Speaker 2: I've been telling you for a long time about Patriot Mobile.

48
00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,600
Speaker 2: But there's no better time to switch than right now.

49
00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:31,240
Speaker 2: Not only does Patriot Mobile operate on all three major

50
00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,640
Speaker 2: networks in this country, yeah, all three. That means you

51
00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,080
Speaker 2: get the same great coverage you're used to right now,

52
00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,680
Speaker 2: but you also make a difference with every call you

53
00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,200
Speaker 2: make and every text you make. And why would you

54
00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,560
Speaker 2: want to give your money to Big Mobile? Big Mobile

55
00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:48,440
Speaker 2: has been giving big donations to democratic causes, democratic candidates,

56
00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,600
Speaker 2: and radical left organizations. I'm talking about organizations that actually

57
00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:57,480
Speaker 2: support abortion. That is why I want you to switch

58
00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:01,960
Speaker 2: right now to Patriot Mobile. Go ahead and make the switch,

59
00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,440
Speaker 2: and it's so easy. All you have to do is

60
00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:08,360
Speaker 2: simply call Patriot Mobiles one hundred percent US based team

61
00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:10,920
Speaker 2: from the comfort of your home or your office and

62
00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,800
Speaker 2: they'll have you activated in minutes. And if you're still

63
00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,240
Speaker 2: locked in a contract, not a problem. Patriots Mobile contract

64
00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,800
Speaker 2: buyout program covers up to five hundred dollars per device.

65
00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:23,680
Speaker 2: Keep your same number, keep your phone, or upgrade do

66
00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,000
Speaker 2: a new one. So back to my point, what are

67
00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,000
Speaker 2: you waiting for? Call Patriot Mobile today and make a

68
00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,920
Speaker 2: difference every single day with every call you make. Patriot

69
00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:38,200
Speaker 2: Mobile dot com slash Ferguson. That's Patriot Mobile dot com

70
00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:42,120
Speaker 2: slash ferguson or nine seven to two Patriot. And if

71
00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,400
Speaker 2: you use the promo code Ferguson, you're gonna get a

72
00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,640
Speaker 2: free month of service on top of that. Patriot Mobile

73
00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:52,040
Speaker 2: dot com slash Ferguson or nine seven two Patriot. That's

74
00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,840
Speaker 2: Patriot Mobile dot com slash ferguson or ninety seven to

75
00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,120
Speaker 2: two Patriot. It's the forty seven Morning Update and it

76
00:03:58,240 --> 00:03:59,480
Speaker 2: starts right now.

77
00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:00,920
Speaker 3: He's number one.

78
00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,000
Speaker 2: I want to talk about some new news and data

79
00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,480
Speaker 2: that is coming out that is going to shock or

80
00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:08,360
Speaker 2: should shock every American.

81
00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:10,760
Speaker 4: Unfortunately the media is refusing to cover it.

82
00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:14,600
Speaker 2: ICE arrest are happening at record pace, and it's not

83
00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,839
Speaker 2: just random people. ICE has now arrested over two hundred

84
00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:25,839
Speaker 2: illegal alien child sex offenders in the Houston, Texas area alone.

85
00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:27,040
Speaker 4: I want to say that again.

86
00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:31,360
Speaker 2: ICE has arrested over two hundred illegal alien child sex

87
00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:35,679
Speaker 2: offenders in Houston alone, not the country, not the state

88
00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:40,240
Speaker 2: of Texas, in one city. This coming from US Immigration

89
00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:44,080
Speaker 2: and Customs Enforcement saying it this way. US Immigration and

90
00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:48,480
Speaker 2: Customs Enforcement has arrested two hundred and fourteen illegal aliens

91
00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,480
Speaker 2: for immigration offenses in the Houston area who have been

92
00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:55,599
Speaker 2: charged or convicted of a sex offense involving a minor.

93
00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,880
Speaker 2: The two hundred and fourteen arrests were more than the

94
00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:03,679
Speaker 2: Houston filled off arrested during the entire twenty twenty four

95
00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:07,040
Speaker 2: fiscal year when officers they are arrested two hundred and

96
00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:11,160
Speaker 2: eleven illegal aliens charged or convicted of child sex offenses.

97
00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,960
Speaker 2: The surge and arrests over the last six months of

98
00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:18,200
Speaker 2: illegal aliens charged with they're convicted of child sex offenses

99
00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:22,600
Speaker 2: a direct result of a whole of government approach implemented

100
00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,960
Speaker 2: under the Trump administration that has now led to the

101
00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:32,400
Speaker 2: establishment of multi agency targeting teams in each area of responsibility.

102
00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:38,599
Speaker 2: Now these teams conduct daily enhanced immigration enforcement operations targeting

103
00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,680
Speaker 2: the worst of the worst criminal aliens, something that the

104
00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,680
Speaker 2: President promised when he was running for president and yes

105
00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,880
Speaker 2: making good on that promise. They are targeting the worst

106
00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:52,800
Speaker 2: the worst criminal aliens for one reason arrest and then

107
00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:57,120
Speaker 2: the second reason is removal. In Southeast Texas, those efforts

108
00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,520
Speaker 2: have resulted in an increase in arrests of all quote

109
00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:05,520
Speaker 2: dangerous criminal aliens, leading to safer communities, stronger national security,

110
00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:10,320
Speaker 2: and enhance border security as well, saying this, bringing together

111
00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:14,159
Speaker 2: the resources and expertise of the entire federal law enforcement

112
00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,719
Speaker 2: community to confront the overwhelming surge of illegal immigration that

113
00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,920
Speaker 2: we saw over the past four years has resulted in

114
00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:25,840
Speaker 2: the arrest and removal of historic numbers of violent criminal aliens,

115
00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:31,040
Speaker 2: transnational gang members, and child sex offenders. That is what

116
00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:35,880
Speaker 2: ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston Acting Field Director Paul

117
00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:37,239
Speaker 2: McBride said his statement.

118
00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,039
Speaker 4: He continued by saying this.

119
00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,000
Speaker 2: While we still have a long way to go to

120
00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,440
Speaker 2: truly get this crisis under control, the strides we have

121
00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:46,520
Speaker 2: made in just the last six months to make our

122
00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:50,320
Speaker 2: local communities safer are substantial, and our officers continue to

123
00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,640
Speaker 2: work tirelessly every day to get the worst of the

124
00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:56,440
Speaker 2: worst criminal aliens out of Southeast Texas to return our

125
00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,719
Speaker 2: communities to places we can all enjoy now. Among the

126
00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:03,599
Speaker 2: aliens that were charged or convicted of a child sex

127
00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:07,320
Speaker 2: offense who were arrested by the ICE Houston Field Office

128
00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,680
Speaker 2: in the past six months, here are some of the worst.

129
00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,600
Speaker 2: A man by the name of Jesus Gutierrez. He was

130
00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:16,840
Speaker 2: a sixty seven year old, three times deported criminal alien

131
00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,400
Speaker 2: from Mexico, He was arrested March to twenty eight and

132
00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,880
Speaker 2: has been convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

133
00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:27,080
Speaker 2: He's also been convicted of driving while intoxicated. ICE removed

134
00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:31,160
Speaker 2: the man to Mexico April the fourth. George Zebra, a

135
00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,120
Speaker 2: forty eight year old criminal alien from Mexico, was arrested

136
00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,160
Speaker 2: March to twenty first. He's now been convicted of not one,

137
00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:40,560
Speaker 2: but two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a miner

138
00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,960
Speaker 2: in sexual indecency with a miner. ICE has removed him

139
00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:48,320
Speaker 2: to Mexico March to twenty fourth as well. Manuel Antonio Castro,

140
00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,640
Speaker 2: a thirty seven year old, has also a rap sheet

141
00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:55,120
Speaker 2: twice deported criminal alien, this time from Al Salvador. He

142
00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,400
Speaker 2: was arrested July the eighteenth and has been convicted of

143
00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:02,000
Speaker 2: sexual assault of a mina and twice for ilegal re entry.

144
00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:05,000
Speaker 2: He remains in ICE custody, pinning his third removal to

145
00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:09,320
Speaker 2: El Salvador. Jose Mesa is a forty year old four

146
00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,680
Speaker 2: time deported criminal alien from Mexico who has yet again

147
00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:16,040
Speaker 2: arrested June the twenty fourth. He's been convicted of theft

148
00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:19,560
Speaker 2: and sexual assault of a child. ICE removed the man

149
00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:23,560
Speaker 2: to Mexico June the twenty fifth. Sergio Rolando, a forty

150
00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,680
Speaker 2: five year old three time deported criminal alien from Mexico

151
00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,680
Speaker 2: who has arrested June the twelfth, has been convicted of

152
00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:34,079
Speaker 2: DWI and aggravated sexual assault of a child. He's been

153
00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:37,040
Speaker 2: removed to Mexico July the fourteenth. Now you look at

154
00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:40,800
Speaker 2: the difference now between what's happening and over the last

155
00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:45,080
Speaker 2: four years, federal law enforcement agencies have been contributed to

156
00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:49,240
Speaker 2: the multi agency targeting teams, including the Houston Office of

157
00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,400
Speaker 2: the FBI, the Houston Office of the ATF, the Houston

158
00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,440
Speaker 2: Office of the DA, and the US Customs and Border Protection,

159
00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,360
Speaker 2: as well as the Diplomats Security Services and the US

160
00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,480
Speaker 2: Marshall Service. You add in state and local law enforcement

161
00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:04,920
Speaker 2: agencies that have also assisted ice. You look at this

162
00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,240
Speaker 2: and this I go back to what I said is

163
00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:11,199
Speaker 2: just in one city, two hundred and fourteen illegal aliens

164
00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:13,959
Speaker 2: have been arrested for immigration offense in the Houston area

165
00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,320
Speaker 2: in the past six months, and they've been charged or

166
00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,480
Speaker 2: convicted of sex offenses involving miners.

167
00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:20,880
Speaker 3: Now, story number two.

168
00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,360
Speaker 2: I want to take you back in history for just

169
00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:26,000
Speaker 2: a moment. You may remember when President Donald Trump ran

170
00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:29,160
Speaker 2: for office, one of the things he promised what he

171
00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:33,199
Speaker 2: was going to clean up waste fraud and abuse. Now,

172
00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:37,040
Speaker 2: when did our government get really big into waste fraud

173
00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,000
Speaker 2: and abuse. A lot of it actually happened when President

174
00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,920
Speaker 2: Barack Obama was in office, because he understood that it's

175
00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,360
Speaker 2: easier to buy votes than to convince people to vote

176
00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:51,560
Speaker 2: for you for actual policy reasons. You may remember the

177
00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:55,560
Speaker 2: perfect example of buying votes, a woman that became famous

178
00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,960
Speaker 2: for her reason for voting for Barack Obama over a

179
00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,559
Speaker 2: guy by the name of min Romney. Let me be clear,

180
00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,480
Speaker 2: I'm not advocating for voting for Mitt Romney for anything.

181
00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,400
Speaker 2: We now know what a disaster he was, but at

182
00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:09,880
Speaker 2: the time, he obviously was willing to do a lot

183
00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,800
Speaker 2: better job for this country than Barack Obama. Insert September

184
00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:19,080
Speaker 2: twenty six of twenty twelve and the famous woman who

185
00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:20,680
Speaker 2: loved her Obama phone.

186
00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,600
Speaker 4: Wama, you got Obama phone? Yes, everybody in Cleveland. Oh

187
00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:25,920
Speaker 4: my Nordy got Obama.

188
00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:26,360
Speaker 2: Fault.

189
00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,720
Speaker 4: Keep a woman president. You know he gave us a phone.

190
00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,080
Speaker 2: Give you a phone. Far Let he give you a phone.

191
00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,679
Speaker 4: If you signed up, if you'ring you a full steps.

192
00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:35,679
Speaker 3: You aw secial.

193
00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:37,920
Speaker 2: Charity, you got low income.

194
00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:38,479
Speaker 4: You disability?

195
00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,120
Speaker 2: Okay, what's wrong with Romney again?

196
00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:41,760
Speaker 3: Romney?

197
00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:46,360
Speaker 4: He sucks. There it is.

198
00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,280
Speaker 2: The woman made it clear, you can buy my vote.

199
00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,640
Speaker 2: The Obama phone was real, and it was a way

200
00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,760
Speaker 2: to buy votes. And the Democratic Party was giving out

201
00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,640
Speaker 2: those Obama phones and free sales service each and every month.

202
00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,040
Speaker 2: Well fast to where we are today, and we know

203
00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,560
Speaker 2: a lot more about how corrupt the program actually was.

204
00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:09,480
Speaker 2: The Obama phones. It was also a big scam. And

205
00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:13,200
Speaker 2: a Florida ceo is now headed to prison and has

206
00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,760
Speaker 2: been ordered to pay one hundred and twenty eight million

207
00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:22,120
Speaker 2: dollars in fines after quote defrauding the government. And we're

208
00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:25,400
Speaker 2: also being told this may be the tip of the iceberg.

209
00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:29,360
Speaker 2: The owner of a Florida telecommunications company will spend the

210
00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:33,880
Speaker 2: next five years in prison. That's it, only five years,

211
00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,920
Speaker 2: and his firm must pay a hefty fine regarding the

212
00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:42,120
Speaker 2: Obama phone scam. Q Link Wireless LLC and its owner

213
00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:47,199
Speaker 2: identified as a CEO isa Asade, previously pled guilty to

214
00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:51,400
Speaker 2: conspiring to commit wired fraud and still federal funds from

215
00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:55,720
Speaker 2: the Lifeline program that originally began in the nineteen eighties

216
00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:59,440
Speaker 2: to offer home phone service to those that were in

217
00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,280
Speaker 2: needs so they could call nine one one. Well, the

218
00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:06,600
Speaker 2: program offered subsidized cell phone service, then to lower income people,

219
00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:10,200
Speaker 2: and then free phones. And in that twenty twelve video,

220
00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,520
Speaker 2: you had that protester emerging outside of Mitt Rodney event

221
00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:17,680
Speaker 2: who claimed her neighborhood received then Obama phone. Everybody's got one,

222
00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:21,680
Speaker 2: every minority. When asked why she supported Obama, the woman said,

223
00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:26,480
Speaker 2: everybody in Cleveland, low minority got Obama phones. Keep Obama

224
00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,920
Speaker 2: and President you know, he gave us the phone. He's

225
00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:29,760
Speaker 2: gonna do more.

226
00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:30,120
Speaker 4: Now.

227
00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,080
Speaker 2: This clip was really the first time many Americans ever

228
00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,679
Speaker 2: heard about the abuse in this program, and the name

229
00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:40,160
Speaker 2: Obama Phone caught on after the video went viral. Some

230
00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:45,760
Speaker 2: telecommunications companies with Lifeline contracts embraced the term as a

231
00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:49,240
Speaker 2: marketing ploy. The government, by the way, did not go

232
00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:53,480
Speaker 2: back to twenty thirteen, bright bart News reported the opposition

233
00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:57,520
Speaker 2: to the Lifeline program was growing, as Track Phone Wireless,

234
00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,959
Speaker 2: the company that most benefited from the government's up c,

235
00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:05,280
Speaker 2: is now advertising on the inside the Beltway news websites

236
00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,520
Speaker 2: in an effort to quote unquote save it.

237
00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:09,600
Speaker 4: You go to the Fox article and.

238
00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,560
Speaker 2: It now says that Aside was sentenced to prison and he,

239
00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,000
Speaker 2: along with his company, must pay one hundred and twenty

240
00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:19,240
Speaker 2: eight million dollars in fines. In a press release on Friday,

241
00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,920
Speaker 2: the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida

242
00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,480
Speaker 2: shared more details about the case and just how bad

243
00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,720
Speaker 2: the fraud may be. Aside to fraud in another federal

244
00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:33,320
Speaker 2: government program that states, the Paycheck Protection Program, also known

245
00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:38,120
Speaker 2: as PPP, by making false statements about q Link's business,

246
00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:42,199
Speaker 2: Congress you may remember created PPP and it was filled

247
00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,120
Speaker 2: with Wayte's fraud and abuse during the COVID nineteen pandemic

248
00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:49,160
Speaker 2: to authorize forgivable loans of small businesses for job retention

249
00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:53,120
Speaker 2: as well as quote other expenses. Aside the q links

250
00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,920
Speaker 2: name executed a fraudulent scheme to obtain and.

251
00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:58,800
Speaker 4: Keep PPP proceeds.

252
00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:03,079
Speaker 2: To further the scheme, Aside May's false statements about Qlink's business,

253
00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:08,360
Speaker 2: including a false claim that qln's Lifeline reimbursement substantially decreased

254
00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:12,760
Speaker 2: because of the pandemic. Aside then in twenty twenty one,

255
00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:18,000
Speaker 2: engaged in an unlawful financial transaction involving approximately three hundred

256
00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,200
Speaker 2: and eighty nine thousand of those proceeds, Aside spent PvP

257
00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:27,200
Speaker 2: loan proceeds on a land Rover, payment, his personal AMEX card, jewelry,

258
00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:32,200
Speaker 2: and personal property taxes. Aside was reportedly charged with murder

259
00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:36,200
Speaker 2: several years ago in connection with driving over a grounds

260
00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:40,280
Speaker 2: keeper at his business, per another Fox article. He later

261
00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:44,480
Speaker 2: pleaded no contest to misdemeanor culporable negligence and was slapped

262
00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,760
Speaker 2: with one year of probation in order to pay just

263
00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:51,880
Speaker 2: a one hundred and twenty five dollars fine. The outlet said,

264
00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,640
Speaker 2: proof if you've got really good lawyers, you can get

265
00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:56,400
Speaker 2: away with a hell of a lot. As for the

266
00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:59,640
Speaker 2: Obama phone scam, for the CEO at least is headed

267
00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,480
Speaker 2: to prison and we'll pay, in theory one hundred and

268
00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:07,120
Speaker 2: twenty eight million dollars in fines for defrauding the American taxpayer.

269
00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:11,640
Speaker 2: But is this program still going yes? Is the program

270
00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:13,000
Speaker 2: still corrupt as hell?

271
00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:15,320
Speaker 4: Yes? And is it time that the.

272
00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,480
Speaker 2: Trump administration look into it? You better believe it, And

273
00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:22,480
Speaker 2: there's a very good chance that's exactly what's happening right now.

274
00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,240
Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update

275
00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:29,520
Speaker 3: with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever

276
00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:32,560
Speaker 3: you're listening to this podcast right now and for more

277
00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:36,359
Speaker 3: in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson Podcast

278
00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:38,520
Speaker 3: and we will see you back here tomorrow