Trump Alleges Treason & Hunter Biden Unfiltered | 7.23.25

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Episode: Trump Alleges Treason & Hunter Biden Unfiltered | 7.23.25
Release Date: July 23, 2025
Hosts: John Bickley (Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Wire) and Georgia Howe
Description: Trust in the media is at an all-time low. And there’s a reason—endless virtue signaling and manufactured outrage. Finally, there’s an alternative. Morning Wire is presented by Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief, John Bickley, and co-host Georgia Howe. Get daily coverage of the latest developments in politics, culture, education, sports, and more. Wake up with Morning Wire and get the facts first on the news you need to know.

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1. Donald Trump's Allegations Against Barack Obama

The episode opens with former President Donald Trump intensifying his accusations against Barack Obama, specifically targeting the infamous Russia collusion narrative.

• John Bickley (00:04): "Trump turns up the heat on the architects of the Russia collusion hoax, taking direct aim at Barack Obama."

• Donald Trump (00:10): "They have a stone cold and it was President Obama. He's guilty. They this was treason."

• Georgia Howe (00:17): "Plus, the DOJ and the House have questions."

John and Georgia discuss Trump's demand for accountability, emphasizing that Trump is not only seeking an investigation but also prosecution of Obama for alleged crimes committed during his presidency.

• Tim Pierce (02:23): "He doesn't just want Obama investigated, but actually prosecuted. Trump says Obama committed crimes in office that need accountability."

• Donald Trump (02:40): "If you look at that, those papers, they have a stone cold. And it was President Obama. It wasn't lots of people all over the place. It was them, too. But the leader of the gang was President Obama. He's guilty. It's not a question... They tried to steal the election. They tried to obfuscate the election. They did things that nobody's ever even imagined."

John Bickley highlights Obama's response to these allegations.

• John Bickley (03:14): "For his part, Obama put out a statement that said the claims against the former president are, quote, ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction."

The discussion raises questions about the precedent of prosecuting former presidents, drawing a parallel to how Trump was treated.

2. Ghislaine Maxwell and the Epstein Investigation

The conversation shifts to the ongoing investigation into Ghislaine Maxwell, a close associate of Jeffrey Epstein.

• Georgia Howe (01:58): "President Trump is calling for the investigation of Barack Obama, while the Justice Department wants to interview Jeffrey Epstein's close accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell."

• Tim Pierce (03:35): "They wanted to name names... but he wants to meet with Maxwell just in case anything else can be gleaned from her about Epstein."

• Tennessee Congressman Tim Burchett (04:01): "Jesus said, how you treat the least amongst you. And surely these 1,000 little girls, they were probably little girls at the time that were raped. I mean, surely they are the least amongst us. We owe them justice. And we owe dirt bags like Epstein a trip to hell."

The segment explores the DOJ's and Congress's motives in seeking more information from Maxwell, with an emphasis on transparency and accountability.

• Tim Pierce (04:24): "There are still tons of documents related to Epstein that are in the Justice Department or in the courts that are sealed from public view... transparency is essential."

• Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie (04:40): "We haven't gotten one record... it's simply not acceptable."

The urgency for releasing sealed documents is underscored, highlighting bipartisan support for unveiling the full extent of Epstein's network.

3. Hunter Biden's Unfiltered Interviews

Hunter Biden makes headlines with his first interviews in years, where he defends his actions and criticizes prominent Democrats and media figures.

• Georgia Howe (06:12): "Has made waves with his first interviews in years, defending his actions and his father and taking aim at prominent Democrats and media figures."

• Amanda Presto Giacomo (06:37): Discusses Hunter Biden's stance on his legal troubles and the controversial pardon.

• Hunter Biden (06:57): "There's a box that you check in that box when you go to purchase a gun... I checked that box because in my mind it was a state of mind question."

• Hunter Biden (07:27): "So Hunter Biden's laptop, so what? So what? Who thinks it's right that every picture that you've ever taken... should be on a website controlled by a guy that is the Christo fascist incel that lives in Indiana."

In defending his role with Burisma and attacking bipartisan political figures, Hunter Biden presents a combative stance against the Democratic establishment.

• Hunter Biden (08:08): "We lost the last election because we did not remain loyal to the leader of the party."

• Hunter Biden (09:11): "He's got a really great place in Lake Como and he's great friends with Barack Obama."

The interviews have elicited strong reactions from Democrats, who are keen on moving past the controversies surrounding Hunter Biden.

• Amanda Presto Giacomo (09:19): "You were a liability... You should be ashamed."

The segment concludes with a reflection on the deepening divide within the Democratic Party and the broader political landscape.

4. Economic Developments: Surge in Business Investment and Manufacturing

Shifting focus to the economy, the podcast highlights a significant uptick in business investments and manufacturing within the United States.

• John Bickley (00:51): "And more good news for the economy as business investment surges in the US."

• Joe Lavornia (00:56): "So really it's a re industrialization, it's a manufacturing renaissance, what President Trump accurately describes as a golden era."

Detailed Insights:

**a. Business Investment Surge

• Cabot Phillips (11:06): "President Trump campaigned on a promise to bring about a new golden age of manufacturing... American businesses are pouring near record amounts of money into capital expenditures."

• Cabot Phillips (11:49): "Last quarter, There was an 11% increase in business equipment production... those numbers represent the strongest six month period in nearly 30 years."

• Joe Lavornia (12:03): "Companies getting very excited about the pro growth policies that President Trump was putting forward... faster permitting as it relates to energy production... low and stable tax rates that are now permanent."

**b. Wage Growth and Blue-Collar Boom

• Cabot Phillips (13:15): "Real wages for hourly workers have gone up nearly 2%. That is actually the strongest growth for a president's first six months in more than 60 years."

• Republicans attribute this growth to deregulation and enhanced border enforcement, reducing dependence on illegal immigrant labor and fostering a blue-collar renaissance.

**c. Foreign Investment and Trade Negotiations

• AstraZeneca's Investment:

  • Cabot Phillips (13:22): "European pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced plans for a $50 billion investment in manufacturing and research facilities here in the U.S."

  • Joe Lavornia (12:09): "It's encouraging people to spend... includes 100% expensing if you build a new plant."

• Trade Deal with the Philippines:

  • Cabot Phillips (13:51): "After a White House visit from the country's president, Donald Trump announced that a trade deal had been reached... zero tariffs."

  • Tim Burchett (14:43): "It's a big one so far."

• Ongoing Negotiations with China:

  • Cabot Phillips (13:47): "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessen is heading to Sweden next week for another round of trade talks with Beijing."

  • Cabot Phillips (13:59): "He would be looking to work out an extension on the tariff pause that's set to expire in three weeks."

The segment underscores President Trump's active role in fostering economic growth through strategic trade agreements and pro-business policies, positioning the U.S. for sustained economic expansion.

5. Conclusion

John Bickley and Georgia Howe wrap up the episode by reiterating the key developments discussed, emphasizing the administration's focus on accountability, economic revitalization, and political transparency. The hosts encourage listeners to stay informed with Morning Wire for the latest updates and factual reporting.

• Georgia Howe (10:46): "Thanks for waking up with us. And if you're watching on YouTube, please like and subscribe. We'll be back later this evening with more news. You need to know."

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Transcript

[John Bickley]

Trump turns up the heat on the architects of the Russia collusion hoax, taking direct aim at Barack Obama.

[Donald Trump]

They have a stone cold and it was President Obama. He's guilty. They this was treason.

[Georgia Howe]

Plus, the DOJ and the House have questions.

[John Bickley]

For Ghislaine Maxwell, I'm Daily Wire Executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Wednesday, July 23rd, and this is Morning Wire.

[Georgia Howe]

Democrats try to clean up the mess from Hunter Biden's F bomb laced interviews targeting those he claims betrayed his father.

[Hunter Biden]

James Carville, who hasn't run a race in 40 years, and David Axelrod, who had one success in his political life and that was Barack Obama, and that was because of Barack Obama.

[John Bickley]

And more good news for the economy as business investment surges in the US.

[Joe Lavornia]

So really it's a re industrialization, it's a manufacturing renaissance, what President Trump accurately describes as a golden era.

[Georgia Howe]

Thanks for waking up with MORNING wire. Stay tuned. We have the news you need to know.

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[Georgia Howe]

President Trump is calling for the investigation of Barack Obama, while the Justice Department wants to interview Jeffrey Epstein's close accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

[John Bickley]

Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce joins us now to talk about the latest in the Epstein saga and Trump's accusations against Obama. Hey, Tim. So an explosive day with the White House yesterday. Let's start with Trump's comments about Obama. What does he want to see happen here?

[Tim Pierce]

He doesn't just want Obama investigated, but actually prosecuted. Trump says Obama committed crimes in office that need accountability. Those crimes, Trump says are laid out in black and white in the documents that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released on the origins of Russiagate. Here's Trump on Tuesday.

[Donald Trump]

If you look at that, those papers, they have a stone cold. And it was President Obama. It wasn't lots of people all over the place. It was them, too. But the leader of the gang was President Obama. He's guilty. It's not a question. You know, I like to say, let's give it time. It's there. He's guilty. They this was treason. This was every word you can think of. They tried to steal the election. They tried to obfuscate the election. They did things that nobody's ever even imagined.

[Tim Pierce]

We'll see if Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Justice Department feel the same way. For his part, Obama put out a statement that said the claims against the former president are, quote, ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.

[John Bickley]

Yeah, we'll see if we start to see a trend of former presidents prosecuted like they prosecuted Trump. Now with the Ghislaine Maxwell development, what are they hoping to get out of her?

[Tim Pierce]

Well, they wanted to name names. Assistant Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement that he stands by the DOJ's findings that there was no Epstein client list and that Epstein died by suicide. But he wants to meet with Maxwell just in case anything else can be gleaned from her about Epstein. And Congress is after Maxwell, too. Tennessee Congressman Tim Burchett, who sits on the House Oversight Committee, has led the push to subpoena Maxwell. Here's what he told us.

[Tim Burchett]

Jesus said, how you treat the least amongst you. And surely these 1,000 little girls, they were probably little girls at the time that were raped. I mean, surely they are the least amongst us. We owe them justice. And we owe dirt bags like Epstein a trip to hell.

[John Bickley]

Now, the public also has a stake in this as well. What kinds of evidence might actually be revealed?

[Tim Pierce]

Right. There are still tons of documents related to Epstein that are in the Justice Department or in the courts that are sealed from public view. Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie is pushing legislation to release those documents, saying transparency is essential. We talked to Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton, who agrees.

[Tim Burchett]

We asked for the records. We haven't gotten one record. Under foia, the government has to disclose it in the. At least in our court process because we have a FOIA lawsuit for it, so they can tell us how many documents they have, where they look for them, what's being withheld, why. But the idea that we still are waiting months after we filed for the lawsuit for any document to be released under foia, it's simply not acceptable.

[John Bickley]

Tim, thanks for reporting.

[Tim Pierce]

Thanks for having me on.

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[John Bickley]

Has made waves with his first interviews in years, defending his actions and his father and taking aim at prominent Democrats and media figures.

[Georgia Howe]

Here with the details from those interviews and some of the fallout is Daily Wire reporter Amanda Presto Giacomo. So Amanda Hunter didn't mince words. We're going to get to his comments on the Democratic Party. But first he addressed his pardon, which was very controversial. And the famous laptop. What did he say?

[Amanda Presto Giacomo]

Right. So first, as a reminder, Hunter's father, former President Joe Biden, controversially signed a full and unconditional pardon for his son on his way out of the White House. Hunter was convicted on three federal firearms related felony charges and he pleaded guilty to nine tax charges. Appearing on the Channel 5 YouTube show, Hunter dismissed those legal troubles.

[Hunter Biden]

There's a box that you check in that box when you go to purchase a gun, says that you're not addicted to a narcotic, illegal substance, including marijuana. And I checked that box because in my mind it was a state of mind question. Are you in the moment right now addicted to any, any illegal drug?

[Amanda Presto Giacomo]

He also downplayed the findings on his laptop, which sparked allegations of influence peddling and Biden family corruption.

[Hunter Biden]

So Hunter Biden's laptop, so what? So what? Who thinks it's right that every picture that you've ever taken, the ones that you would be embarrassed by. And the ones that you would be proud of should be on a website controlled by a guy that is the Christo fascist incel that lives in Indiana.

[Amanda Presto Giacomo]

Hunter defended himself and his family when it came to the burisma scandal. In 2014, Hunter was placed on the board of Burisma, which is a Ukrainian natural gas company. And he was paid an estimated $1 million annually despite having 00 apparent qualifications. But, you know, Hunter said that he was, quote, 100% qualified for that position. And he cited his wealth, his connections, and his educational background.

[Georgia Howe]

Now, he also vociferously defended his father in this interview. What did he say about Joe Biden being pushed out of the race?

[Amanda Presto Giacomo]

Yeah, well, on this topic, no Democrats were spared, except for maybe Kamala Harris. He said that Harris was the only person his dad wanted to be nominee, and he said she was a very loyal vp. Now, he did blame former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for pushing Biden out of the race. And he blamed other top Democrats for not backing Biden, which he says why Democrats lost in 2024. Here's Hunter on the At Our Table podcast.

[Hunter Biden]

We lost the last election because we did not remain loyal to the leader of the party. That's my position. We had the advantage of incumbency. We had the advantage of an incredibly successful administration. And the Democratic Party literally melted down.

[Amanda Presto Giacomo]

Hunter also had a lot of ire for actor George Clooney, who famously wrote an op ed in the New York Times basically begging Biden to bow out of the race after that disastrous debate performance.

[Hunter Biden]

Him and everybody around him turned out to be nice. He's got a really great place in Lake Como and he's great friends with Barack Obama.

[Tim Burchett]

You.

[Hunter Biden]

What do you have to do with anything? Why do I have to listen to you? What right do you have to step on a man who's given 52 years of his life to the service of this country?

[Amanda Presto Giacomo]

He wasn't done here. He also took aim at Democratic strategist James Carville, Obama adviser David Axelrod, and three Obama speechwriters who host the Pod Save America podcast and the Pod Save.

[Hunter Biden]

America guys who were junior speechwriters in, you know, on Barack Obama's Senate staff who have been dining out on the relationship with him for years, making millions of dollars.

[Georgia Howe]

So really not holding back, it sounds like. What's the reaction been from Democrats?

[Amanda Presto Giacomo]

Well, you know, Democrats just want Hunter Biden to go away. Leading Democrats told the New York Post that they want to move on from 2024, and they view Hunter as the Personification of loss that mainly helps Republicans. Carville also happened to publish a New York Times op ed on the same day Hunter's Channel 5 interview was released. And he acknowledged the mass disunity in the Democrat Party. And he tried to get Democrats to look for forward and unite for the midterm campaigns by, you know, rallying around repealing Trump's big beautiful bill. And there was also a direct reaction from those junior Obama speechwriters on their Pod Save America show.

[John Bickley]

You are on the board of Burisma.

[Tim Burchett]

Because of who your dad is. And that is what people hate about Washington. You were a liability.

[John Bickley]

You should be ashamed.

[Georgia Howe]

Well, it sounds like the gloves are off from the Biden camp. Amanda, thanks for reporting.

[Amanda Presto Giacomo]

You're welcome.

[Georgia Howe]

As President Trump continues to negotiate trade deals, new data shows a significant spike in domestic manufacturing investment.

[John Bickley]

Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips is here to break it all down for us at Capitol. Let's start with these numbers that the White House is really excited about. Tell us about that.

[Cabot Phillips]

Yeah, and for good reason. President Trump campaigned on a promise to bring about a new golden age of manufacturing. And a new report from the Federal Reserve shows real progress on that front. This week, we saw fresh evidence that American businesses are pouring near record amounts of money into capital expenditures, or capex. Specifically, they're investing in producing new business equipment, which economists view as a positive indicator for future growth. Essentially, it means that American businesses are ramping up to make more stuff here in the US So let's look at the numbers. Last quarter, There was an 11% increase in business equipment production. That comes after a quarter that saw an enormous 23% spike. If you exclude the pandemic, those numbers represent the strongest six month period in nearly 30 years.

[Tim Burchett]

Wow.

[Cabot Phillips]

And more broadly, overall capital expenditures are up 16% since President Trump took office.

[John Bickley]

All right, so what's driving all of this, this flurry of investments?

[Cabot Phillips]

Yeah. For more on that, I spoke to Joe Lavornia, a senior counselor to Treasury Secretary Scott Besson.

[Joe Lavornia]

We think that is a result of the one big beautiful bill which had retroactive expensing to Inauguration Day.

[Tim Burchett]

So.

[Joe Lavornia]

So companies getting very excited about the pro growth policies that President Trump was putting forward, which means that we're gonna see a much higher glide path, much more growth in capital spending, which means it's gonna reinforce this blue collar boom we've been seeing. The bill contains a lot of other positive pro growth policies, such as faster permitting as it relates to energy production, the ability of energy producers to tap federal waterways and land for drilling, which is something they couldn't do under the previous administration. Ess making it much easier to conduct business with low and stable tax rates that are now permanent. It's encouraging people to spend. And this Bill also includes 100% expensing if you build a new plant.

[Cabot Phillips]

Now, you heard Livorny there mention what he called the blue collar boom to that point. In the last six months, real wages for hourly workers have gone up nearly 2%. Now, doesn't sound like a lot, but that is actually the strongest growth for a president's first six months in more than 60 years. Republicans say it's the result of deregulation and also border enforcement, as companies have been forced to cut their reliance on illegal immigrant labor.

[John Bickley]

Yeah, it makes some sense there. Now, the White House also got some big news about foreign investment in the U.S. tell us about that.

[Cabot Phillips]

So on Tuesday, European pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced plans for a $50 billion investment in manufacturing and research facilities here in the U.S. the company reportedly made that move to avoid President Trump's looming tariffs on pharmaceuticals coming in from other countries. AstraZeneca now joins a growing list of companies who've poured trillions of dollars in new investments into the US Again, Lavornia says that is the result of Trump's big, beautiful bill.

[John Bickley]

Now, we mentioned tariffs there. What's the latest on those negotiations?

[Cabot Phillips]

Well, the White House says that they're still in active talks with dozens of countries and time is really running out ahead of that August 1st deadline.

[Tim Burchett]

Right.

[Cabot Phillips]

And on Tuesday, we saw a major breakthrough with one of our largest trading partners in Asia, the Philippines. After a White House visit from the country's president, Donald Trump announced that a trade deal had been reached with the countries, quote, going open market with the United States and zero tariffs. The Philippines will pay a 19% tariff. Trump added that in exchange, the U.S. would, quote, work together militarily with the Filipinos. But when it comes to trade, all eyes remain on China. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessen is heading to Sweden next week for another round of trade talks with Beijing. But it seems the deal is still a ways off, as he implied Tuesday that he would be looking to work out an extension on the tariff pause that's set to expire in three weeks.

[John Bickley]

Well, no one expected that negotiation to be easy. It has not been easy.

[Tim Burchett]

It's a big one so far.

[John Bickley]

Kevin, thanks for reporting. Absolutely.

[Georgia Howe]

Thanks for waking up with us. And if you're watching on YouTube, please like and subscribe. We'll be back later this evening with more news. You need to know.

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