1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: Donald Trump made it clear when he was running for 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: president that he was going to restore law and order. Now, 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: a lot of people thought that would just be on 4 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: basic issues like securing the southern border. Well, we now 5 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: know the president is not playing by just picking and 6 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,160 Speaker 1: choosing where he's going to enforce the law. It's for everyone, 7 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: even the rich and famous, even sports figures that are famous, 8 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: even coaches in the NBA. We now have new information 9 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:34,239 Speaker 1: about the Insiders sports betting and money laundering case, this 10 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:38,519 Speaker 1: coming out of New York. 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That's Patriotmobile dot com slash ferguson or nine 46 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: seven to two Patriot and make the switch and make 47 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: a difference with every call you make. I want you 48 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: to hear what the FBI director had to say about 49 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:56,959 Speaker 1: this as he was announcing it at the Department of Justice. 50 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 3: Good morning today. We are here in New York to 51 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:03,359 Speaker 3: announce it. The historic arrests across a wide, sweeping criminal 52 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 3: enterprise that envelops both the NBA and Lacasa Nostra. The 53 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 3: men and women up here standing with me represent a 54 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 3: small portion of the leadership team that brought profound justice 55 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 3: in an era that needed it more than any I'll 56 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 3: just highlight some of the details in the case and 57 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 3: the FBI work, and then you'll hear from the others. 58 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 3: But as you now know, individuals such as Chauncey Billups, 59 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,519 Speaker 3: Damon Jones, and Terry Rozier were taking into custody today 60 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 3: former current NBA players and coaches. What you don't know 61 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 3: is that this is an illegal gambling operation and sports 62 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 3: rigging operation that spanned the course of years. The FBI 63 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 3: led a coordinative takedown across eleven states to arrest over 64 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 3: thirty individuals today responsible for this case, which is very 65 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 3: much ongoing. Not only did we crack into the fraud 66 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 3: that these perpetrators committed on the grand stage of the NBA, 67 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 3: but we also entered and executed a system of justice 68 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 3: against lak Hasanoshra to include the Banano, Gambino, Genevesi and 69 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 3: Luchas crime families, and you'll hear more about those details today. 70 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 3: The charges and the arrests that were taken down across 71 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 3: this country range from wire fraud, money laundering, extortion, robbery, 72 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 3: illegal gambling. This FBI will leave no room for any 73 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 3: perpetrator of crime across this country. You hear a lot 74 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 3: about our work of defending the homeland and crushing violent crime. Well, 75 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 3: this work is also representative of a colossal portion of 76 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 3: the FBI's mandate to keep America safe and to keep 77 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 3: our entertainment industry fair and secure. The men and women 78 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 3: that are standing up here today worked tireless hours, days, months, 79 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 3: and years, and the fraud is mind boggling. It's not 80 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 3: hundreds of dollars, it's not thousands of dollars it's not 81 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 3: tens of thousands of dollars. It's not even millions of dollars. 82 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 3: We're talking about tens of millions of dollars in f fraud, 83 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 3: and theft and robbery across a multi year investigation. And 84 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 3: we could not have done it without our inneragency partners 85 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 3: that are before us today, the NYPD, HSI and teams 86 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 3: of law enforcement officials from around the country made this 87 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 3: day possible. It takes a team to bring this kind 88 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 3: of justice, sweeping justice into the halls of the United 89 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 3: States courtrooms, where our brave United States Attorney has led 90 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 3: this prosecution. It takes courageous prosecutors to stand before you 91 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 3: and say, we will not allow this kind of illicit 92 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:38,919 Speaker 3: activity to happen not only at the national sporting level, 93 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 3: but also where it hides in La Casinostra. And when 94 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 3: these two collided together, they perpetrated a fraud that is 95 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 3: historic in terms of not just money, but the scheme 96 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 3: and the deceit that they utilize to steal and swindle 97 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 3: people from money, to include crypto fraud. This is an 98 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 3: operation showcases to you that under President Trump's administration, there 99 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 3: is no room for any type of criminal behavior be 100 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 3: it on the world's largest stage or in the back 101 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 3: rooms of tiny pollers where guard games are being plugged. 102 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,160 Speaker 3: We are proud to stand here today with the men 103 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 3: and women of the FBI and this legal team, and 104 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 3: to the United States Attorney, I just want to thank 105 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 3: you personally for taking the time to display the work 106 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 3: that the media is about to hear about today in detail. 107 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 3: As I said, it does take courageous prosecutors, but it 108 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 3: takes a courageous United States Attorney to bring this case 109 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 3: because we are going to take heat for it. But 110 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 3: we don't shy away. In this administration. We don't say no. 111 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 3: What we do is we bring the results across the 112 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 3: finish line. We bring them to the public. We bring 113 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 3: you accountability. And yes, they will have their day in 114 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 3: court and you will hear the evidence through the court 115 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 3: system exclusively. We will not deny anyone of due process. 116 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 3: And that's the brilliance of this system. That's the brilliance 117 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 3: of this administration. Everyone will be held to account. 118 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: Now, let's talk about what these indictments actually are. The 119 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:07,039 Speaker 1: key alleged episodes from the indictment include a March twenty third, 120 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three Charlotte Hornets game, Rozier allegedly told Laster 121 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: that he would leave early with a purported injury, enabling 122 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: the underprop bets to happen. Two hundred thousand wagers were placed, 123 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: many paid out after Roger exited at nine minutes you 124 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: look at March twenty fourth of twenty twenty three. A 125 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: day later, Portland Trailblazers versus the Bulls, Ernest allegedly passed 126 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: a tip from a then NBA coach that the top 127 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:44,679 Speaker 1: Blazers would sit. One hundred thousand dollars was bet before 128 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: the news became public, yielding major winnings when the lines 129 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: then moved. April the sixth, twenty twenty three, in the 130 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: Magic versus the Cavaliers game, a tip from a Magic 131 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: player connection that starters would sit, and a bet on 132 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: the calves against the spread hit when Cleveland won by 133 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: twenty four points. February the ninth, twenty twenty three and 134 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: January the fifteenth, twenty twenty four, at a Lakers game, 135 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: Damon Jones allegedly sold pre release medical slash lineup info 136 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: about star players, specifically for betting. January the twenty six 137 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: and March twentieth of twenty twenty four, the rafters, John 138 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: Jay Porter Games. Porter allegedly agreed to exit early to 139 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 1: benefit the unders Long five Fam and others relaying info 140 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 1: that led to winning bets. Porter and Fam have already 141 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: pled guilty in a related matter. Now, this also brings 142 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:46,679 Speaker 1: up another aspect of these cases, and that is the 143 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 1: mafia back connections and the rigged underground poker case as well. 144 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:53,719 Speaker 1: I want you to hear more about this from the 145 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: FBI and what they had to say at the press conference. 146 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 4: To be clear, we're announcing today indictments in two major cases, 147 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 4: both involving fraud. One involves sports betting and the other 148 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 4: involves illegal gambling, very specifically rigged poker games. The first 149 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 4: indictment involves six defendants who are alleged to have participated 150 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 4: one of the most brazen sports corruption schemes since online 151 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 4: sports betting became widely legalized in the United States. This 152 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 4: scheme is an insider sports betting conspiracy that exploited confidential 153 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 4: information about National Basketball Association athletes and teams. The second 154 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:44,839 Speaker 4: indictment involves thirty one defendants alleged to have participated in 155 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:50,839 Speaker 4: a nationwide scheme to rig illegal poker games. These defendants, 156 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 4: which include former professional athletes, used high tech cheating technology 157 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 4: to steal millions of dollars from victims in underground on 158 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 4: poker games that were secretly fixed. The games in the 159 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 4: New York area were backed by the Banano, Gambino and 160 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 4: Genovese crime families of La Casinostra. Well the cases are separate. 161 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 4: There are three overlapping defendants charged in both cases, Damon Jones, 162 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 4: Eric Ernest and Shane Hennen. The indictments in these cases 163 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 4: contain only allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent until 164 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:34,439 Speaker 4: they are proven guilty in a court of law. But 165 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 4: my message to the defendants who've been rounded up today 166 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 4: is this, your winning streak has ended. 167 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 5: Your luck has run out. 168 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 4: Violating the law is a losing proposition, and you can. 169 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 5: Bet on that. 170 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 2: There's also more to this. 171 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: The mafia backed and rigged underground poker cases and the 172 00:10:55,920 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 1: unsealed charges in Brooklyn are well pretty extensive seven count 173 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 1: indictment alleging wire fraud, conspiracy, money laundering, extortion, robbery and 174 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 1: related defenses tied to rigged high stakes poker games in 175 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 1: New York City. In the Hamptons, Las Vegas and elsewhere. 176 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: The DOJ says that multiple mob families backed the games. 177 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:24,559 Speaker 1: Victims they say allegedly lost at least seven million, and 178 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: thirty one defendants were arrested across eleven different states. And 179 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: you may ask yourself the question, how did the cheating work. 180 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: What we now know is this they had altered card 181 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 1: shuffling machines and other covert tech chip tray analyzers, X 182 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: ray tables, marked card contacts and glasses, and fed the 183 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: winning hands to a quote quarterback slash driver whose signaled 184 00:11:54,240 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: teammates to ensure victims lost. Some members allegedly used threats, assaults, 185 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:05,079 Speaker 1: and a gunpoint robbery connected to the operations. 186 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,439 Speaker 2: Here's more about this again from the FBI. 187 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 4: But my message to the defendants who've been rounded up 188 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 4: today is this, your winning streak has ended. 189 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 5: Your luck has run out. 190 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 4: Violating the law is a losing proposition, and you can 191 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 4: bet on that. First, I would like to talk about 192 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 4: United States versus Ernest, the NBA basketball gambling case. The 193 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 4: defendants in this case are Eric Ernest Marvez, Farley, Shane Hennon, 194 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:48,079 Speaker 4: To Niro Laster, Damon Jones, a former NBA player and coach, 195 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 4: and Terry Rosier, a current NBA player. Other co conspirators 196 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 4: were previously charged for their roles in the scheme, including 197 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 4: former NBA player Johntay Porter. Between December twenty twenty two 198 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 4: and March twenty twenty four, these defendants perpetrated a scheme 199 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 4: to defraud by betting on inside, non public information about 200 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 4: NBA athletes and teams. The non public information included when 201 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 4: specific players would be sitting out future games or when 202 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:28,079 Speaker 4: they would pull themselves out early for purported injuries or illnesses. 203 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 4: They relied on corrupt individuals, including Jones and Rosier. They 204 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 4: also misused information to obtained through long standing friendships that 205 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 4: they had with NBA players and coaches, and in at 206 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 4: least one instance, they got their information by threatening a 207 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 4: current player Porter because of his pre existing gambling debts. 208 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 4: Defendants used this non public information to place hundreds of 209 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 4: thousands of dollars in fraudulent bets, mostly in the form 210 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 4: of prop bets on individual player performance. The bets were 211 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 4: placed through online sportsbooks and also in person at casinos. 212 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 4: The defendants relied on a network of straw betters to 213 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 4: place the maximum amount of bets to increase their potential profits. 214 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 4: Most of these bets succeeded, and the intended losses were 215 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 4: in the millions of dollars. The defendants then laundered their 216 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 4: illegal winnings in various ways, peer to peer platforms, bank wires, 217 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 4: and simple cash exchanges. The indictment details specific examples where 218 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 4: the defendants profited from illegal gambling and illegal betting on 219 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 4: various NBA games about the performance of players on, among 220 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 4: other things, the Charlotte Hornets, the Portland Trailblazers, the Los 221 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 4: Angeles Lakers, and the Toronto Rangers. Each defendant in the 222 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 4: NBA basketball gambling case has been charged with conspiracy to 223 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 4: commit wirefraud and conspiracy. 224 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 5: To commit money laundering. 225 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 4: Now, I would like to turn to the other case, 226 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 4: United States versus Ilo, the rigged poker game case. Beginning 227 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 4: as early as twenty nineteen, the defendants in this case 228 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 4: orchestrated a scheme to use wireless cheating technology to run 229 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 4: rigged poker games across the United States, including in the Hamptons, 230 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 4: Las Vegas, Miami, and Manhattan. The scheme targeted victims known 231 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 4: as quote fish, who were often lord to participate in 232 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 4: these rigged games by the chance to play alongside former 233 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 4: professional athletes who were known as quote face cards. The 234 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 4: so called face cards included the Chauncey Billips, who at 235 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 4: the time of the scheme was a former NBA player 236 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 4: and is currently the head coach of the Portland Trailblazers, 237 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 4: and also Damon Jones, a former NBA player and coach. 238 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 4: What the victims the fish didn't know is that everybody 239 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 4: else at the poker game, from the dealer to the players, 240 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 4: including the face cards, were in on the scam. Once 241 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 4: the game was underway, the defendants fleeced the victims out 242 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 4: of tens or hundreds of. 243 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 5: Thousands of dollars per game. 244 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 4: The defendants used a variety of very sophisticated cheating technologies, 245 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 4: some of which were provided by other defendants in exchange 246 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 4: for a share of the profits from the scheme. For example, 247 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 4: they used off the shelf shuffling machines that had been 248 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 4: secretly altered in order to read the cards in the deck, 249 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 4: dit which player at the table had the best poker hand, 250 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 4: and relay that information to an off site operator. 251 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 5: The off site operator. 252 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 4: Sent the information via cell phone back to a co 253 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:20,479 Speaker 4: conspirator at the table, and that person at the table 254 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 4: was known as the quarterback. The quarterback then signaled secretly 255 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 4: the information he had received from others to others at 256 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 4: the table, and together they used that information in order 257 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:40,719 Speaker 4: to win their games and to cheat the victims. Defendants 258 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 4: used other cheating technologies such as poker chip tray analyzers, 259 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 4: which is a poker chip tray that secretly reads cards 260 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 4: using a hidden camera, special contact lenses or eyeglasses that 261 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 4: could read pre marked cards, and an X ray table 262 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 4: that could read cards face down on the table. What 263 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 4: you see depicted on screen right now is an example of. 264 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 5: The x ray table that reveals the cards. 265 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 4: Although they are faced down on the table, they can 266 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 4: be read because of the x ray technology. The mafia, 267 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 4: specifically members and associates of the Banano, Gambino and Genovi's 268 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 4: organized crime families, had pre existing control over non rigged 269 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 4: illegal poker games around New York City. As a result, 270 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 4: they also became involved in the rigged poker games, helping 271 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 4: to organize the games and taking a cut of the 272 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 4: proceedings and working. 273 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 5: To enforce the collection of debts. 274 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 4: The defendants laundered their proceeds, including through cash exchanges, the 275 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 4: use of multiple shell companies, and through cryptocurrency transfers. As 276 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,640 Speaker 4: part of the scheme, some of the defendants and their 277 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:03,919 Speaker 4: co conspiracies conspirators also committed acts of violence, including the 278 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 4: gunpoint robbery of a person in order to obtain a 279 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 4: rigged shuffling machine, and extortions that were perpetrated against victims 280 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 4: in order to ensure that they repaid their gambling debts. 281 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 4: Defendants who participated in the rig poker scheme are charged 282 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 4: with wirefrog conspiracy. Other defendants have been charged with crimes 283 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 4: including illegal gambling, money laundering, hobzac, robbery, and extortions. 284 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 5: This case demonstrates our office's. 285 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 4: Unrelenting commitment to fighting the scurge of organized crime in 286 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 4: whatever form it takes. 287 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 1: It is truly incredible when you find out just how 288 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:49,719 Speaker 1: corrupt these games were, how many people were involved. They 289 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 1: knew exactly what they were doing, and they knew exactly 290 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: how they were pulling it off. They knew how it 291 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,640 Speaker 1: was going to take place and who their targets were. 292 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 1: That may be the most shocking part of all. Thank goodness, 293 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:06,119 Speaker 1: the President of the United States of America has said 294 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 1: at the FBI, we are going to go after criminals everywhere, 295 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:17,160 Speaker 1: whether you're trafficking children, drugs, are running illegal gambling rings. 296 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: This is obviously supporting aiding and a betting the mafia. 297 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:24,119 Speaker 1: And that's one of the reasons why Cashptel made it 298 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:29,440 Speaker 1: clear we're not stopping anytime soon. I want to move 299 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 1: to another fake controversy for a moment, and that is 300 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,199 Speaker 1: the president United States of America doing White House renovations 301 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: and it's not costing the taxpayers any dollars, but they're 302 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: saying that Donald Trump is destroying the White House. I 303 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,640 Speaker 1: want to play for you a CNN report from twenty ten. 304 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: In twenty ten, they were talking about the three hundred 305 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:55,959 Speaker 1: and seventy six million dollars White House renovation during the 306 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: Obama administration that you and I as taxpayers, paid for, 307 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:01,879 Speaker 1: and I want you to listen to how it was 308 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: celebrated on CNN. No one was accusing Obama of quote, 309 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: destroying the White House. 310 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 5: Sounds like they're building another wing to the White House. 311 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 5: But we appreciate you keeping you. 312 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 6: You could imagine to you today it's gonna happen for 313 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 6: the next two years. All of the banging, the jackhammering, 314 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:21,199 Speaker 6: the dust, the confusion, the noise of all places to do. 315 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 6: Construction is happening right here the front lawn of the 316 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 6: White House. It's a four year renovation project estimated costs 317 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 6: three hundred and seventy six million dollars. 318 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: Three hundred and seventy six million dollars. Now you and 319 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 1: I paid for this, all right, I want to be clear. 320 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: Notice how jolly they were excited about it. 321 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 2: They were happy that this was going on. 322 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 1: No one was complaining about the White House renovations when 323 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: it cost three hundred seventy five million. 324 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 2: They were spinning. It is great news. 325 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: We also know that, yes, Barack Obama wrecked the White House, 326 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,400 Speaker 1: right and he put in an indoor basketball court using 327 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 1: taxpayer money. But that's totally fine, right, that's totally no 328 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:08,120 Speaker 1: big deal everything. It's totally okay. Teddy Roosevelt, by the way, 329 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: built the West wing, Taffman executive office, oval shaped FDR, 330 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,159 Speaker 1: added the entire east wing, and built that indoor pool. 331 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: Truman actually gutted the entire White House. Nixon had a 332 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 1: bowling alley built, Obama had the basketball court constructed, and 333 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:28,919 Speaker 1: Trump is now building a ballroom, except he's doing it 334 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 1: with his own money and donor money, which brings us 335 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: back to the ballroom blues. Sean Hannity said it brilliantly 336 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: on his show when he explained it this way. 337 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 7: Since nineteen oh two, there have been at least fourteen 338 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 7: major renovations or additions completed by various presidents. Let's run 339 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 7: through them, shall we. Teddy Roosevelt built the West Wing 340 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 7: at the turn of the twentieth century, all tearing down 341 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 7: Thomas Jefferson's greenhouses. In nineteen oh nine, President William Howard 342 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 7: taff He added the first old office to the West Wing. 343 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 7: It was nineteen twenty seven Calvin Coolidge he conducted a 344 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 7: major renovation of the upper floors of the White House. 345 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 7: Nineteen twenty nine Hoover completely remodeled the West Wing, and 346 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,879 Speaker 7: just five years later FDR remodeled the West Wing yet again, 347 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 7: even adding a second floor in a swimming pool indoors 348 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,679 Speaker 7: and by the way, FDR nineteen forty two he built 349 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 7: out the East Wing, which is now being remodeled by 350 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 7: President Trump. In nineteen forty eight, Truman stripped the interior 351 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 7: of the White House, preserving only exterior walls. Nineteen seventy 352 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 7: Richard Nixon converted the swimming pool into a modern day 353 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:44,360 Speaker 7: press briefing room. You would think the press pool would 354 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 7: actually realize that president after president, they have renovated, they 355 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:52,120 Speaker 7: have changed, they have upgraded the White House. This includes 356 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 7: major changes under both Clinton and Obama. Now, the Trump 357 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 7: induced anger and rage on the left is beyond idiotic, 358 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 7: whether Democrats like it or not. One big, beautiful new ballroom, 359 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 7: paid for by the President himself and private donations will 360 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 7: soon host major historic events for decades to come without 361 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 7: spending one taxpayer penny. 362 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,199 Speaker 1: So if it's not costing your tax dollars, then what 363 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 1: do Democrats do next? They're lying about the president destroying 364 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 1: the White House, But there's got to be more there, right, 365 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 1: You've got to find the controversy somehow in all of this. 366 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,360 Speaker 1: Well leave it to Keem Jeffries, who's now said this 367 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: on MSNBC. 368 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 8: Well, any executive authority, and more likely this is part 369 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 8: of what Donald Trump has been doing since day one 370 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 8: of his presidency, running the largest pay to play scheme 371 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:48,920 Speaker 8: in the history of the country and probably soliciting donations 372 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 8: from people who've got business before the United States government. 373 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 8: And all of this is going to have to be investigated. 374 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 8: It will all of this will have to be uncovered. 375 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 8: It will and these people are going to be held 376 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 8: accountable no matter how long it takes. That's going to 377 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 8: be the reality of the situation. And that's our warning 378 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:12,159 Speaker 8: to all of these people participating in the scheming to 379 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:18,400 Speaker 8: manipulate taxpayer dollars and of course to destroy the people's House. 380 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 8: The White House belongs to the American people. It doesn't 381 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:22,480 Speaker 8: belong to Donald Trump. 382 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 2: So there it is. 383 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: We're launching an investigation over donor money for the ballroom renovation. 384 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,959 Speaker 1: That's right, He's going to use taxpayer dollars to investigate 385 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 1: privately funded renovations to the White House. But they celebrated 386 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: the trashing of the White House when it was Barack 387 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: Obama who was tearing it down and rebuilding it to 388 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 1: the tune of three hundred plus million of your tax dours. 389 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:51,720 Speaker 1: You really can't make this up. Which brings me to 390 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: the government shut down and where we are now. Yes, 391 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,879 Speaker 1: it's going to be another long weekend of the government 392 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: being shut down. Why because Democrats refuse to move on it. 393 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,679 Speaker 1: I want you to hear what Senator Cruz I had 394 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,400 Speaker 1: to say as we were talking about the latest as 395 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 1: Democrats continue to hold America hostage, it is amazing. I 396 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: actually thought there could be some movement this week. The 397 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 1: radical left and the Democratic Party clearly is saying no 398 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: to that. They want to hurt people right now. It 399 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: is hurting Americans, and they don't seem to care about that. 400 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,600 Speaker 1: In fact, they seem to be proud of the fact 401 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 1: that people are hurting. 402 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 2: Well they are. 403 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 9: You have Democrats going on TV bragging that the shutdown 404 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 9: gives them leverage, although it's not clear what they want 405 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:38,679 Speaker 9: leverage for other than their demand that illegal aliens get 406 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 9: free taxpayer funded healthcare, and that demand is going nowhere 407 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:47,400 Speaker 9: and is wildly unpopular with the American people. This shutdown 408 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 9: is really just about politics, though. It's about the fact 409 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:53,119 Speaker 9: that Chuck Schumer in March, when the Democrats worked with 410 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 9: Republicans to keep the government open, his left wing base 411 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 9: got furious and he almost lost his job. They almost 412 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 9: fired him. And so this is his saying screw you 413 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 9: to President Trump. This is hit Chuck Schumer and the 414 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 9: Democrats trying to prove to their radical base to everyone 415 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 9: who's marching in those No Kings rallies, that they hate 416 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 9: Donald Trump as much as the radicals do, and sadly 417 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 9: that means the government stays shut and there are a 418 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 9: lot of real consequences. As I said on Thursday, the Democrats, 419 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 9: almost straight party line, voted not to pay the federal 420 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,280 Speaker 9: workers who are forced to go in and work. And 421 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 9: by the way, the Association of Federal Workers both active 422 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 9: and retired, supported this this provision. Democrats are normally always, 423 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 9: you know, always eager to be supporting federal workers. Well 424 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 9: they just voted none of them get paid. Next week. 425 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 9: Next week, we're going to vote on legislation from Dan 426 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,680 Speaker 9: Sullivan that I'm a co sponsor of that will pay 427 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 9: our troops, pay our soldiers and sailors and airmen and marines, 428 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:57,639 Speaker 9: and pay our coast guardsmen. And my suspicion is the 429 00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 9: Democrats are going to vote no that they don't want 430 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 9: to pay are active duty military now. Right now, the 431 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:06,200 Speaker 9: military is being paid because President Trump has reallocated funds 432 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,639 Speaker 9: from another portion of the budget. But this is going 433 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:10,119 Speaker 9: to be a straight up vote do you want to 434 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 9: pay the military or not. My suspicion is that the 435 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 9: Democrat Party is radical enough they'll vote no. We're also 436 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:21,119 Speaker 9: going to vote next week on legislation I filed to 437 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 9: pay those concerned with air travel. So right now, Ben 438 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 9: there are roughly fifty thousand TSA workers who are going 439 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,239 Speaker 9: into work and they're not getting paid. They don't get 440 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 9: a paycheck. There are roughly fourteen thousand air traffic controllers 441 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 9: who are going into work and they're not getting paid. 442 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 9: They don't get a paycheck. Now, the result of that, 443 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 9: we're seeing more and more flight delays, We're seeing more 444 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 9: and more cancelations. Just a couple of days ago, Houston's 445 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 9: Hobby Airport had a groundstop. They had a groundstop why 446 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 9: because of a shortage of air traffic controllers. And this 447 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 9: problem will only get worse, I'll tell you. A senior 448 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 9: Democrat aide told Politico that the shutdown will continue quote 449 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 9: until planes start falling from the sky. Wow, that's not 450 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 9: remotely funny. It is reckless, it is dangerous, and it 451 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 9: is imposing real costs on the American people. And so 452 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 9: next way, is. 453 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 1: There any accountability for that individual? So far that we 454 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 1: know of. 455 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 9: It was an anonymous quote, So I suspect we'll never 456 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 9: know who said that, But amazing. The bottom line is, 457 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 9: and by the way, if this shutdown continues through Thanksgiving, 458 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 9: Thanksgiving is the busiest travel time of the year. And 459 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,480 Speaker 9: if the Democrats have been forcing air traffic controllers to 460 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 9: work for a month with no pay, you can predict 461 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 9: real shortages and delays and cancelations that will impact Americans 462 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 9: across this country. Now, I'll tell you something that'll make 463 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 9: you mad. Ben, you know who is being paid? Who's 464 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 9: that Democrat politicians? 465 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, because they didn't do what you did. By 466 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 1: the way, another Conservatives don't pay me during the shutdown. 467 00:29:58,040 --> 00:29:59,080 Speaker 1: We don't need to get paid. 468 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 9: Under the Constitution. The twenty eighth Amendment to the Constitution 469 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:07,320 Speaker 9: provides that members of Congress cannot have their salary altered 470 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 9: during their term in office. And so that means, constitutionally, 471 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 9: even when the government's shut down, members of Congress keep 472 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,160 Speaker 9: their paychecks coming. Now, as you just noted, you don't 473 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 9: have to do that. And when this shutdown started, I 474 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 9: sent a letter to the Secretary of the Senate and 475 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 9: I said, please hold my paycheck, do not pay me. 476 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 9: I do not want to accept a penny of salary 477 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 9: unlessen until the government opens up. Un lesson, until our 478 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,760 Speaker 9: soldiers and sailors and airmen and marines are being paid. 479 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,160 Speaker 9: A lesson, until our air traffic controllers are being paid, 480 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 9: and all the federal workers, our border patrol agents are 481 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:44,160 Speaker 9: being paid, our FBI agents are being paid. Virtually every 482 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 9: Democrat in the House and Senate has said, no, keep 483 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 9: my paycheck going. I'm going to take away yours. But me, 484 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 9: the Democrat politician, I need every penny of my salary. 485 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 1: I promise you I'll keep you updated and posted on 486 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 1: exactly what happens with this shutdown, the Schumer shutdown that 487 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 1: is designed to hurt you and America's workers. Don't forget 488 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 1: to share this podcast, by the way, with your family 489 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: and your friends on social media wherever you can hit 490 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 1: that subscribe or auto download button, and I'll talk to 491 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 1: you again tomorrow.