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Political Commentator
Donald Trump and MAGA protect predators. That is what they do. And I believe it's because they are themselves predators. But when you look at the Epstein files and how Trump has covered those up and all of the complicity in the MAGA party, and you know, for a minute I thought maybe that's the only sex crimes they're covering up. And then I'm like, nope, you just do a tiny bit of research. Can I remind you about Andrew Tate? And now we have even more coming out about Trump in his intervention on behalf of Andrew Tate. Put this up, Kylie. The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation. Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from the Tate brothers and told to return them. Records and interview show experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate. Well, no. And you know what else I found out just very recently, Jennifer, which will surprise you. 0 Guess who's Buddy. Buddy and intervene. Okay. Baron. Baron and Don Jr. Shock me. None. It's.
Co-host
I just. That's so wild. Like, as a mother of two sons. You have two sons. Like, I mean, what on earth? But you know Melania, she's married to an adjudicated rapist, Right? And then I guess it's just, you know, like, I don't know, generational, I. That it wouldn't be alarming that your son is zooming and FaceTiming with Andrew Tate and then your dad's helping get him out of Romania. And I mean, this guy, like, sexually abused and beat up a 15 year old. I mean, this is a really bad predator. And in any other. Think about what they did about Hunter Biden and his laptop. And here's the difference, you guys, was Hunter Biden, did he smoke crack? Did he hookers? Yes, he did. And if he was on this podcast right now, he would look right into the camera and say, I did all of those things and I am accountable for them. And I am sober now. And I've been through therapy and I've been. And I'm in recovery. And there's a big difference. This administration is so anti accountability.
Political Commentator
Yes.
Co-host
And it's almost to the, you know, to the reverse. Like, the more depraved and the more predatorial you are and the more parasitic you are. And the more exploitative you are, the more they like you and they want appears. The pro family party and the pro kids party are fine with Baron, who's like 19, 20 years old. I was anybody going to stand up for this kid? And the answer to that is no, no. Because it's a whole rape culture, it's a whole sexual assault culture, which is why the misogyny is so on steroids right now and why they continue to trot out women to weaponize their gender against other women. And you have these nuts out there that are talking about toxic empathy and all of this made up stuff so that they can have a reach around their Jesus problem.
Political Commentator
Well, and here's the thing too, I think the Christianity kind of makes people even more susceptible. Mega church culture. Church culture because you look at all the religions where they have had sexual exploitation problems. You can't name one church that like a Catholic, Nazarene, Mormon, Southern Baptist. They all have a culture of covering this up. And we have talked about so much like this Republican MAGA Party, their family values, their four kids, they're pro life, but they don't protect children. And we have said long on this podcast, the more you talk about the evils of something, the more likely you are doing something super nefarious. Like MAGA is obsessed with genitals, Grinder crashes everywhere they go in bul. You know, I mean like there's a through line. So I want to put this up. Trump continues to pardon sexual predators. Now this is again, we've got the President, he's against narco terrorism. He's, he hates drugs, you know, all that shit. He's deporting people because of drugs, fucking. He pardons the Honduras president that said chef cocaine, a green ghost nose. Same deal with this. This guy is a big buddy of Don Jr. And he was a drug dealer, predatory lender. He was released from prison by Trump. His name is Jonathan Braun and he has been arrested again for assaul a three year old child. And I would love to tell you this is an isolated incident, but it is not, it is not isolated because nobody faces any accountability among their friend groups, among their party. You know, nobody went into Trump and said what the fuck are you doing? You cannot say you are against, you know, I'm sorry that you support the police and then you pardon January 6th, you can't do it. But nobody does that. And my, my feed is constantly full of these super religious super MAGA people that are arrested for sex crimes. It's unbelievable to me how it continues to happen and it continues to fester specifically in that party.
Co-host
Yeah, I mean this, this doesn't surprise me very much. And I think that these crimes are going to increase more and more with the temperature that he's turned up, the normalization that he's trying to do with Epstein by calling it a hoax. And this is what he did kind of with January 6th. It's a huge scandal. And then he just keeps beating, beating, beating, beating, beating it down. And then it becomes like that wasn't that big of a deal. And that's what he's trying to do with, with the Epstein files. The problem is some people in his administration got really. Not in his administration, in his cult, in his base got really indoctrinated into QAnon. And at the core of QAnon is this protect the children type thing. Now some of these QAnon as pumps has just reported a lot. Not I don't know the percentage, but have like people that posted like where we go one we go all was like this QAnon thing. A lot of them have been arrested for assault, sexual assault of minors, of children. And but I think there's some people in that cult that genuinely, I mean the majority of us as a species, like we oppose pedophilia, we oppose sexual assault on children. And this is going to be something that is not that Teflon dawn per se is going to have a much more difficult time shaking. But I do agree with you as it pertains to these churches and because there's been instances that you and I know about, like where somebody's child was molested at a church and the parents continue to go to that church and continue to take their child to the church. And this, you saw this with Catholics. And if a business, a, a corporation had this type of rape and sexual assault and cover up, they would be out of business. But big church continues on and on and it's become so prevalent. Like, I mean I can't imagine a worse place to send your kids than like a summer Christian camp because it would just be full of people that want proximity to children. Now are there some people that work at the church camps that you know? Of course there is. But you know, my husband is a criminal defense attorney and almost every single person that has some sort of charge with a crime, crime with against a child in their history, it's some sort of church counseling, church camp because it's just pastor and, and it's so diabolical pumps because the parents like you think, oh my God, My kids are at church. They're safe. And that's not the case anymore. And that's also happened with schools and guns. And so we are decreasing safety for children everywhere in this country. They're no longer safe at schools. They're not safe at churches. And now we have this predator administration. It's just almost just too much to absorb. And a lot of states, a lot of countries, a lot of places around the world have these issues. The way this administration is addressing it is just unbelievable. The pardons, the turning the other cheek and then just the high concentration of like January 6th people or like qanon people that they themselves end up being predators.
Political Commentator
Okay, here I gotta. This is one from our home state and it's re rather interesting. Here we go. Pop this up, Kylie. So an Oklahoma MAGA pastor, Michael Martin has been arrested on a molestation allegation by a minor. And this was his big claim to fame. When teachers fight to keep drag queens in school and the bible out of school, you need new teachers every day. My feed is full of this. The more you're banging on your bible saying how much we need God and talking about sex and the evils of all these other people, it's always those people Kylie put up for just September, this is the arrest in the maga movement. Right wing watch documented at least 42 right wingers who made news for child sex crimes just the month of September 2025. 42. It's crazy.
Co-host
What's up? Do you see that woman? There's two women. Three women.
Political Commentator
Yeah. Three, four.
Co-host
Wow. That's why, I mean it's just.
Political Commentator
But you put, you put a sexual predator at the top of the ticket. You put members of his cabinet who have had credible allegations of violence against women and then you put people that do not give a about protect children in charge and this is what you get. And I agree with you, it's going to get worse before it gets better. But we're going to stay on it and please like this video. Subscribe to our channel and we will be back with more news.
Angie Hicks
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Podcast: IHIP News
Episode Title: WH Caught Intervening to Help Predators During Federal Investigations
Hosts: Jennifer Welch & Angie “Pumps” Sullivan
Date: January 4, 2026
This episode dives into recent revelations that the White House, under former President Trump, intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation. Hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan unpack the disturbing pattern of high-profile pardons and interventions supporting alleged and convicted predators within the MAGA movement. Drawing connections between MAGA rhetoric, evangelical culture, and accountability, the hosts deliver sharp, comedic, and passionate commentary on the ongoing problems of abuse, hypocrisy, and impunity among Republican leadership and their most ardent supporters.
Allegation Revealed: The White House reportedly intervened in a federal investigation, instructing authorities to return electronic devices seized from Andrew Tate and his brother—behavior experts called “highly inappropriate.”
Trump Family’s Involvement:
Contrast Between Trump and Biden: The hosts highlight the stark difference in accountability, contrasting Trump’s denial and cover-ups with Hunter Biden’s public acknowledgment of his past.
Toxic Culture Commentary: Discussion on how MAGA circles reward predatory, exploitative behaviors, and use “pro-family” rhetoric as a shield for abuse.
Broad Critique: Critical assessment of how religious institutions across denominations—Catholic, Mormon, Southern Baptist—have histories of covering up sexual abuse.
Connection to MAGA and Hypocrisy:
Notable Example: Trump pardoned Jonathan Braun (drug dealer, predatory lender) who was later rearrested for assaulting a three-year-old child.
QAnon Irony: The QAnon movement, obsessed with “protecting children”, is rife with its own members arrested for child abuse.
Accountability Crisis: Examples of churches and parents ignoring abuse allegations, even continuing to actively participate in communities where abuse took place.
Safety Breakdown: Schools, churches, and other institutions once considered safe havens for children are now repeatedly shown as environments where harm can occur.
Local Example: Oklahoma MAGA pastor Michael Martin, a public opponent of LGBTQ+ education, arrested on molestation allegations.
Pattern of Crimes: In September 2025 alone, at least 42 right wingers made news due to child sex crimes.
On Hunter Biden vs. Trump Accountability:
“If [Hunter] was on this podcast ... he would look right into the camera and say, I did all of those things and I am accountable for them ... And this administration is so anti accountability.”
— Co-host ([01:35])
On MAGA and Predatory Culture:
“The more depraved ... the more predatorial you are ... the more they like you.”
— Co-host ([02:49])
Religious Institutions’ Complicity:
“You can't name one church that ... doesn't have a culture of covering this up.”
— Political Commentator ([03:48])
On Unchecked Pardons:
“He [Trump] pardoned ... a big buddy of Don Jr. ... [who] was released from prison ... has been arrested again for assaul[t] a three-year-old child.”
— Political Commentator ([05:22])
QAnon’s Contradictions:
“A lot of them have been arrested for assault, sexual assault of minors, of children.”
— Co-host ([06:48])
On Declining Children’s Safety:
“We are decreasing safety for children everywhere in this country. ... And now we have this predator administration.”
— Co-host ([08:42])
On the Pattern of MAGA Arrests:
“Right wing watch documented at least 42 right wingers who made news for child sex crimes just the month of September 2025. 42. It’s crazy.”
— Political Commentator ([10:28])
Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan dissect the alarming news that the Trump White House intervened in defense of Andrew Tate during a federal sex trafficking investigation, placing this story within a much larger and troubling pattern. Through pointed examples—pardon recipients committing new crimes, QAnon’s hypocrisy, and faith leaders getting exposed for sexual abuse—the hosts argue that MAGA culture, religious institutions, and right-wing power structures are fostering a uniquely unsafe environment for children due to their emphasis on image over accountability. Their discussion is urgent, unfiltered, and laced with incredulous humor, delivering a powerful indictment of America’s ongoing battle with hypocrisy, abuse, and impunity at the highest levels.