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Just the News No Noise with John Solomon and Amanda Head, April 6th, 2026
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Amanda Head
Good evening America. Happy Easter Monday and welcome to the latest edition of Just THE News. No Noise. I'm your host John Solomon reporting to you as always in the Nation's capital, Washington, D.C. we've got a ton to bring you this evening, including some trouble the Democratic Congressman Eric Swamo may be facing. I'll get to that in just a second. But first, an update on Iran, as earlier today the Islamic Republic rejected a proposed 45 day cease fire plan that would have required it to open the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump, for his part, rejected an Iranian counterproposal, but called their offer a significant step despite the apparent stall in negotiations. Trump declared that he is negotiating with an active, willing participant on the Iranian side, though he declined to identify his point of contact. Now, to get to the Swalwell news I told you about, you may recall that the congressman is a top Democrat in the House Judiciary Committee. He was relentlessly in favor of releasing all of the Jeffrey Epstein files, even if innocent people are implicated. However, his tone changed on transparency a lot in the last few weeks. Why? That's after he learned that the Trump White House was about to prepare a release of a long secret Trova file showing Chinese infiltrations into American politics, into American elections. Some of the stuff we've been talking about, some of those files actually involve Smallwell's own engagements with an f with a former Chinese suspected spy. Her name is Christine Feng. We've talked a lot about her on the show over the years. The second that transparency came to his own behavior, Eric Swalwell went in an opposite direction. He actually sent a letter to FBI Director Cash Patel through his lawyer saying, if you release him, I'm going to sue you. So he's not that transparent when it comes to his own dealings with the Chinese asset. But he was all for it just before that flip flop, not being lost on most people today. A lot of people talking about that story all over the country. All right, want to turn to me quickly to my amazing co host Amanda Head. She's got a lot of other headlines she's been tracking from Los Angeles today. Amanda, what's on your radar?
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John Solomon
Yes, indeed, John, with our coast to coast coverage these days. Earlier today, President Trump celebrated the success of the rescue operation to recover the two US Pilots whose plane went down in Iran. And as the President said, it was a very hard decision to make due to the risks involved, but the US Military leaves no American behind. Now, new information regarding this operation has come to light. And this is what President Trump had to say earlier today about the alleged leaker who possibly complicated the rescue mission, possibly, possibly putting lives at risk. Take a listen.
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Bob Costello
As you probably know, we didn't talk
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Amanda Head
about the first one for an hour
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Bob Costello
and then somebody leaked something which will hopefully find that leaker. We're looking very hard to find that leaker and talked about there's somebody missing.
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Amanda Head
They basically said that we have one
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Bob Costello
and there's somebody missing. Well, they didn't know there was somebody missing until this leaker gave the information. So whoever knew is we think we'll
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Amanda Head
be able to find it out because.
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Bob Costello
Because we're going to go to the media company that released it and we're going to say, national security, give it
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Dr. Peter McCullough
up or go to jail.
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John Solomon
Now, later in the video, the President explains that due to the leak, the Iranian regime offered a substantial reward for anyone who could locate this pilot who was shot down. So as a result, our service members were not only battling the Iranian regime itself, but now they're all facing thousands of, if not millions of people who are attempting to capture the pilot for that ransom. So here is CIA Director John Ratcliffe giving further details on the rescue mission.
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Dr. Peter McCullough
At the President's direction, we deployed both
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Amanda Head
human assets and exquisite technologies that no other intelligence service in the world possesses to a daunting challenge comparable to hunting for a single grain of sand in the middle of a desert. This was also a race against the clock, as it was critical that we locate the downed aviator as quickly as possible, while at the same time keeping our enemies misdirected.
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Colonel Rob Manus
For that reason, in addition to the
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Dr. Peter McCullough
human and technical assets deployed by the
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Amanda Head
President to find our airmen, CIA executed a deception campaign to confuse the Iranians who were desperately hunting for our airmen.
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John Solomon
So, John, this was welcome news On Easter Sunday. I know that there were two families, in fact, of service members this weekend who were very, very glad to hear that their service member was, was doing well and alive and was, was pulled to safety.
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Amanda Head
And what an extraordinary statement the president and his team made to every man and woman that wears that uniform. We will not leave you behind. We will use whatever resources we have to get you home safely, if that's possible. Very powerful moment and incredible. The rescue looks like something out of a Hollywood movie, except it was, it was very real. So pretty, pretty remarkable stuff. All right, we've got a great way to kick off the show today. He is a cogent voice in supporting the president's efforts in Iran trying to bring peace to the Middle East. He represents the great state of Florida. He says what he means. He means what he says. He's the great. Congressman Randy finally joins us right now. Congressman, great to have you on the show today.
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Congressman Randy Fine
Thanks for having me. I'm honored to be here.
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Amanda Head
Yeah, we love having you on this next 24 hours seems like it could be a very consequential moment for Iran. No imminent peace deal seems to be working its way towards the top of the chart. And so President Trump said Tuesday will be power plant day, bridge day, that he'll take it to the Iranians in a way that we haven't seen before. Your thoughts on whether we're going to reach that moment and what it may mean for the turn of the war?
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Congressman Randy Fine
Well, happy bridge and power plant, Eve. I mean, I think President Trump has laid out very clearly that they will either get in line or it will be bombs away. And for those who are concerned about it, people need to understand this. Power plants that fuel the Iranian military, but also fuel civilian resources are legitimate military targets. Bridges that the military uses but also are used for civilians are legitimate targets. If you use these things in dual use, they are legitimate targets. And it is time for us to send an overwhelming message to the Iranian government that we are not going to put up with it so they can join the community of Western nations or they can get blown up. That's what President Trump has said. Now, I certainly hope they will see the light. They will come to what would be common sense and say, look, we're going to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, we're going to put down our weapons. We're not going to try to build a nuclear weapon. We're not going to try to build a missile to get that to the United States and we can all live together in peace and Harmony, but that's up to the Iranians. President Trump has made clear what will happen if they don't get in line.
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John Solomon
Yeah, Congressman, this administration has made it clear that they are savage in pursuit of their goals, but at the same time, they have balanced that with a delicateness and in a way in which it seems very apparent that they are very precious with human life so as to not create any collateral damage, any civilian lives lost. But it is inevitable. How do you anticipate, what should the message be to the Iranian people who could become collateral damage if this continues and the bridges and the power plants and such are damaged?
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Congressman Randy Fine
Well, I hope the words gotten out, don't be on bridges tomorrow night. And so, I mean, that would limit the collateral damage. He's kind of announced the time and the place, and civilians don't tend to be hanging around power plants. So I don't think you'll see civilians be injured in any of this. But we need to destroy the capability that Iran has to make war on us. And the fact that they engage in dual use doesn't get them off the hook. What we want is an Iran that wants to be part of that Western community of nations, a richer Iran, by the way, an Iran that can sell its oil and at market prices, not at discounted rates, because it is sanctioned, which would be better for the Iranian people. But the problem that we face is we have an Islamic religious leadership that glorifies death and destruction and for 47 years has made it their mission to destroy the United States. We simply can't allow that. And Donald Trump is trying to wrap up a war that for the Iranians, has been going on for 47 years. I hope tomorrow is the day that it comes to an end. But that's up to the Iranians. It's not up to President Trump. What he has said is what we have tolerated for 47 years, we will not tolerate any longer.
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Amanda Head
And that fanaticism makes it a little tricky to negotiate because we're used to people negotiating to common sense tactics. And if you're losing, you realize you're on the losing end, you make a deal. But the Iranians haven't always, never abided by those sort of agreements. The fact that we're now two or three tiers down in their leadership, that we've taken so much of the top sort of fanatical leadership out, does that open the opportunity that maybe people downstream aren't as fanatical, it might make a deal down the road. How much is that? The inroad has been made at just getting rid of the top leadership?
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Congressman Randy Fine
Well, I certainly hope so, because what they can see is what happens. I mean, I think particularly Israel has been ruthless in taking out the Iranian terrorist leadership. These are people acting in accordance with what they believe is their religious faith. And they have to make a choice, follow their religious faith or die. I mean, that's basically what it's come down to. And I certainly hope that this government, President Trump has shown a willingness to discuss and compromise in ways no previous administration has done. Look at what he's done in Venezuela, saying, look, if you'll rejoin us, you will prosper. And I think President Trump has made that same offer to Iran. Put down the efforts to create a nuclear weapon, put down the efforts to fire that nuclear weapon at the United States, and let's be friends, not enemies. That is an opportunity that the Iranian government has. But it's up to them. But we're not going to put up with this. And if you look at the efforts they made to take that weapons service officer hostage, imagine that that happened on how terrible that would have been. We simply cannot allow a government like that to exist in this world.
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John Solomon
Sarah, I want to shift gears to something that, for whatever reason, Republicans in the House versus Republicans in the Senate, Republicans in the House seem much more incentivized to fund ICE to end the shutdown and to get the Save America act passed. Can you give us a status update on what's happening with ICE funding and how that coordinates with ending the shutdown?
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Congressman Randy Fine
Well, the good news is the shutdown has come to an end because President Trump has signed an executive order to pay everyone that was affected by the shutdown so everybody could go back to work. But that is a workaround to a fundamental problem, which is the Senate, for whatever reason, wants open borders. I don't understand why. And they sent us a bill that does not fund ice, that does not fund Customs and Border Protection. It's the Senate Open Open Borders bill. What we've agreed is if the Senate will send us a second bill that Republicans can pass through reconciliation, that. That will fund everything, and then we can pass both of them. But. But what is extraordinary to me is the Senate has put these arcane rules that were mentioned nowhere by our founders, that are mentioned nowhere in the Constitution, that are only about 30 or 40 years old over the health and welfare of the American people. I did not come to Washington to protect Senate rules. I came to Washington to protect the American people. And we're going to expect them to do the job and, and give us a bill that keeps our borders protected and deports illegal immigrants.
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Amanda Head
Yeah. So you and the White House have been working on making sure that America wins the artificial intelligence race, but does so responsibly. Recently, the White House announced a plan to create a sovereign stack. Get that to the world through peaceful but well regulated terms. You've got a companion bill that would make that a reality in Congress. Talk about the importance of this and what lies ahead in the legislative fight over it.
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Congressman Randy Fine
Well, people could think about it this way. Think about a world in which we've got sort of the Windows architecture, right? You've got, you've got IBM computers and Windows and Microsoft Word going back to sort of the 80s versus a second method of computers, the Apple platform. Now, these were both American, but imagine one of those was American and one of those was Chinese. Well, obviously the Microsoft platform was the one that became dominant. And in much the same way, we want the American AI stack, hardware, software, all the different components working together to become the standard that people use around the world. We do not want it to become a Chinese standard. And we have a real advantage right now in certain aspects of that stack. But we need all of the different players to work together, whether it's the software provider, the people making the microchips, the people making the servers. We want it to be integrated and then to make that a standard that can be sold around the world, because that's going to be a big part of what makes this the second American century. And much like our military has shown dominance over the last few days, we want our technology to do the same.
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John Solomon
Sarah, I want to finish up. I know that you are talking to your constituents and making sure that they are, that they are heard for you. And you've been talking about a lot of your accomplishments. And I think that a lot of times we forget that federally, it's not always the business on Capitol Hill that you're dealing with. You secured, I think, $18 million in federal grants for your district. Tell us about those.
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Congressman Randy Fine
Well, I'm excited. You know, I got elected only one year ago this week. It was April 1st of last year. I got elected April 2nd. I got sworn in. So I've only been a congressman for a year. But a big part of what we do is trying to make sure that federal government money comes back to our district fairly. And so a big issue in my district has been beaches. You know, Florida is known for our beaches. But man, man has made decisions that require us to spend money to, to make those beaches resilient and put sand on them. And so I've worked on issues related to that, roads, airports and all kinds of infrastructure over my district, which is larger than the size of Connecticut. And we've been very proud to bring home $18 million, which is not bad for a guy who showed up basically in the middle of the ball game and had to figure out how to make it work. So we're very proud. I've got a great team that works really hard to make that happen. And we're starting to talk about that as we travel around the district during this Easter and Passover recess.
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Amanda Head
Yeah. So very important for people to understand the benefits that come with hard work in Congress. Congressman, great honor to have you on the show. We always enjoy having you on. Thank you for joining us today.
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Congressman Randy Fine
Thanks for having me. Happy to come back anytime.
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Amanda Head
Yeah, thank you, my friend. What a great conversation. All right, folks, quick commercial break. When we come up next, the Supreme Court has opened the door for Steve Bannon's contempt case to be dismissed. We're going to talk to one of the men behind that effort. Attorney Bob Costello did all the work that set the stage for what the Supreme Court did today. He's going to join us next right after this, these messages. Hey, folks, I used to think a mattress was just a piece of furniture until I got my Ghostbed. When I bought my first mattress from Ghostbed, it was a game changer. Why? Because Ghostbed doesn't build mattresses like furniture. They build engineered sleep systems. Their beds are serious health equipment beds designed for relief and recovery, not looks, not fluff. Your body should be healing while you sleep, not fighting for comfort. I notice a difference right away if you're waking up stiff, tossing and turning, sleeping hot, even reaching for a pain reliever before bed, hoping tonight's going to be different. Guess what? That may not be aging. It could be your mattress talking to you. And here's another thing I love about Ghostbed. You get 101 nights to try it at home. If you don't feel the difference, you can send it back risk free. Ghostbed is offering my audience their lowest prices of the year, plus an extra 10% off. Go to ghostbed.com justnews and use promo code justnews. That's ghostbed.com justnew promo code. Just news.
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John Solomon
Learn more and sign the pledge@workingwithcancerpledge.com. Welcome back everybody. We have some big news to get to from the Supreme Court, and it deals with our colleague Steve Bannon. Now, earlier today, the court gave the Trump administration a path to dismiss the criminal case against him over his failure to respond to congressional subpoenas. Now, it of course, would be a symbolic victory. Bannon famously already served jail time over this, but it would be a victory nonetheless. So with us to discuss this and much more is the attorney who represented Bannon during his criminal contempt case, Bob Costello. Bob, welcome back to the show. It's an honor to have you.
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Bob Costello
Thank you. Just to correct one thing, I represented Steve Bannon throughout his negotiations with the January 6th Committee. And then I was one of three trial attorneys until I had to remove myself from the case because I was going to be a witness for Steve Bannon about the fact that he was not contemptuous. Steve Bannon had offered Congress that he would testify if either Donald Trump waived executive privilege or if they went to court and got a ruling that said the executive privilege was being improvidently invoked. We told him, in either case, Steve Bannon will testify. Because history had shown that Steve Bannon had this exact same situation three times before. And each time he testified when that committee went to Donald Trump and said, will you consider withdrawing executive privilege? And the President did. And he did that in this case, too, at the end of the day. But they had no intention of really eliciting information from Steve Bannon. What they wanted to do and what they accomplished was they wanted to put that what they viewed as the head of the MAGA movement in jail. And that was their mission from day one. And it wasn't just the congressional committee, the January 6th committee, it was the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, D.C. specifically a fellow by the name of JP Cooney, who I thought at the beginning was going to be a fair prosecutor. Turned out he wasn't. And the proof of that is he's now running for Congress as a Democrat. What a surprise.
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John Solomon
Surprise, surprise. And thank you for that, Bob. I want to ask you, you know, for, for Steve Bannon, I guess maybe this feels like a victory, but he already served the time. And as you pointed out, I mean, this was political. It was, it was taking the head off of the MAGA movement. Does it send a message, though, to the legal community, to the prosecutorial community, that in the end, ultimately things could or should be made right?
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Bob Costello
Well, in the end, provided that you have Donald Trump as the President and a Department of justice, that's being fair. The answer is yes. If you go back to the Biden Department of Justice, the answer is no. Because they clearly just disregarded every opportunity we gave them to get testimony from Steve Bannon. He wasn't hiding. He's a well known figure. We simply did everything right. I told them that Steve Bannon would testify, provided the President waived the executive privilege. Because that privilege belongs to the President. It doesn't belong to Steve Bannon. Once it's invoked, he has no right to testify. And we told him that. But, you know, unfortunately, I was left dealing with Bennie Thompson, who's not even a lawyer, and he's the guy making decisions about matters that ultimately had to go to the Supreme Court of the United States. It's kind of silly, isn't
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Amanda Head
is. It's though, you know, you were a very successful prosecutor in one of the most competitive court districts in the country, Southern District of New York. You always followed the rule. And what happens here in this case, I think what the Supreme Court said today is, hey, there are processes here and you jumped the shark. You didn't follow them. Not you, but the committee, the Biden, Justice Department. And two, it does seem as though there's a nod to the ocean that even though Steve was a private citizen at the time, he was advising the President that the executive privilege extends to private people who also give the President some advice. I want to get your thoughts on just what sort of things the court may have corrected today by taking this action.
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Bob Costello
Well, they certainly clarified the fact that a private citizen, a non government employee, can be governed by executive privilege. The privilege belongs to the President when he decides to impart information to a trusted advisor, whether that person is being paid by the government or is simply a private citizen. That's a decision made by the President, should be honored. And the President invoked executive privilege here. So really he tied Steve Bannon's hands. And Bannon was not legally allowed to break that. We tried to get around it by saying, listen, we've been down this road before. Steve Bannon has testified before here. If you really want his information, here's what you should do. And I put this in writing to Bennie Thompson. I explained to him, simply ask the President if he's willing to waive executive privilege. They refuse to do that. And I said, if you refuse to do that, you have another route. You can go to District Court and get a ruling that the invocation of executive privilege is improper under these circumstances. In either of those cases, Steve Bannon will comply and testify and provide documents. But they didn't want to do that. They simply wanted to have Steve Bannon say, my hands are tied, I can't testify, and therefore they're going to find him in contempt. And that's exactly what they did. And they went to a willing Department of justice in Washington, D.C. the U.S. attorney's office, because the vast majority of these contempt proceedings issued by Congress are not prosecuted. And I thought since I think something like 70 or 80% of them weren't prosecuted, that I would find a common sense person in the U.S. attorney's office. And boy, was I surprised because while I was attempting to get a declination from the U.S. attorney's office. They were secretly trying to. They tried to obtain my home, office and cell phone records. Now, that's outrageous. You can't do that to a lawyer representing a prominent person like Steve Bannon. Of course they found nothing, but that wasn't the important point. The point was that they tried to do it. And the judge got very upset about this. But he said, I'll take care of this at the end of the case. Well, he forgot at the end of the case to take care of our motion for sanctions against JP Cooney, who's running for Congress right now. And so we reminded him. When I say we, it was David Schoen and myself. And we reminded him two additional times to take some action. He could take the action of simply saying, I deny your request, but he didn't even do that. It's left hanging to this day on that case. I've never seen a federal judge do that, but this one did.
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John Solomon
Well, and it wasn't just Bob Costello. It wasn't just Steve Bannon. In so many of these cases, politicization seems to hang very heavy in its presence. And I want to ask you about Rudy Giuliani. I mean, this is someone who, like you, I mean, privacy was violated for him. His home, his office were raided. And I know you've pointed this out. The same FBI agents who were champing at the bit to do that are the same ones who wouldn't go anywhere near Hunter Biden's laptop.
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Bob Costello
Oh, boy. Yes. I told the agent the morning that Rudy Giuliani's apartment was being searched. He called me at maybe 6:15 in the morning, to the delight of my wife, I might add. And he put me on the phone with the agent. And I said to the agent, look, I'm not trying to embarrass you. I'm going to ask you a simple question. Do you know what a hard drive looks like? And he said, yes. And I said, can you describe it to me? And he described it accurately. I said, now, would you go with the phone and Rudy Giuliani into Rudy's office at the apartment in Manhattan? I said, are you there? Yes. I said, look on the desk and you will see three hard drives. He said, yes, I see those. I said, well, those are Hunter Biden's hard drives. And his reaction was, Whoa, whoa. I said, according to the search warrant that you have, you are required to seize all electronic devices in Rudy Giuliani's apartment. And those are electronic devices. But I wanted to tell you in advance that those were Hunter Biden's hard drives. He said, oh, no, we're not touching those. I said, what do you mean you're not touching those? You're required by the search warrant to touch those. In fact, you're required by the search warrant to seize those. He said, absolutely not. We're not going anywhere near there. He was adamant that he wasn't going to touch them. Now, the interesting part was all he could look at on the desk was at the actual hard drives. He didn't know what was in there. He didn't know that those were Hunter Biden hard drives, except for the fact that I told them and Rudy told them, but they wouldn't touch those at all. That was very early on, which showed you that the FBI wanted nothing to do with any evidence that would implicate Hunter or Joe Biden. And there was plenty of evidence on those hard drives that implicate both of them. I mean, that was a. That was a lesson I was learning, that things were not as fair and square as they used to be. I believed when I was a federal prosecutor, the rules were completely different. And Rudy Giuliani agreed. These are not the same FBI. These are not the same rules. I don't know what's going on here. They have an objective that they're trying to accomplish, and they don't care what the evidence is. That's my experience, at least.
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Amanda Head
Before we let you go, the last five years have shown us that attorney client privilege was pierced very lightly. I mean, very, very aggressively, but with very light concern or regard for the protections that the debate and speech clause was eviscerated. 14, 15 members of Congress were being targeted by these investigations. So attorney client sensitive communications, congressional work, but supposed to be protected by the Constitution, warmth. How do we get back to a system where those two privileges are more sacrosanct than they were in the five years around these sort of very controversial investigations?
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Bob Costello
Since you mentioned that topic, I just want to add a little footnote here, that that same lawyer, JP Cooney, who got my phone records in the Bannon case, then went on to work for the special prosecutor. And that's. Those are the same people that took the phone records for all of those senators. Quite coincidentally, they happen to all be Republicans. So I'm pretty sure that that guy, JP Crooney, was involved in the second stealing of evidence like that. And the way you stop this is you have somebody impose sanctions for doing that. I mean, it's clearly in violation of the law. But so far, we gave Judge Nichols in Washington, D.C. the opportunity to do that and he didn't act at all. And we reminded him and he didn't act and we reminded him again and he didn't act. He still hasn't acted. But I hope that Congress will push forward this investigation of Arctic Frost and go after the same people who took the congressman and senators records, their phone records, because this is rampant. And the important thing was in the Hunter Biden case, they had an undisclosed search warrant on Rudy Giuliani's icloud account. What does that mean? That means that since I didn't know and since Rudy Giuliani didn't know, when I got Hunter Biden's hard drive, I was communicating with Rudy Giuliani to say, rudy, I have Hunter Biden's hard drive. And you are not going to believe what's on this hard drive. Well, that information was being intercepted by the FBI, the same people who had the Hunter Biden hard drive nine months before I did and verified that it was accurate and had not been tampered with. Where were those FBI people when the 51 CIA people put out that phony statement before the Biden Trump debate and said, this is a product of Russian disinformation? Why didn't the FBI come forward and say, oh no, we've had that hard drive. We examined it, it's genuine. They didn't do it. They kept quiet. And that's a real problem because, you know, if the FBI knew it, the CIA knew it.
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Amanda Head
Right?
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John Solomon
Bob Costello, your pursuit of justice is legendary, as is your entire career. It's an honor to have you here, sir.
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Bob Costello
Well, thank you very much. You guys are doing great work.
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John Solomon
Thank you, sir. All right, everybody. Coming up after the break, we are going to take a closer look at that daring mission behind enemy lines in Iran to save a downed American airman. And can you believe it is actually being criticized by foreigners online? Unbelievable. We're going to get to all of that on the other side with Colonel Rob Manus.
- [35:13]
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- [36:13]
Martha Stewart
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- [37:27]
John Solomon
I need to be healthy every day to survive it and go through the next chemo round and the next chemo round. So it's important that work was part of that to keep my mind busy for 8, 9 hours and then I had to go back and face the reality. I had a goal and the goal is to survive.
- [37:44]
Amanda Head
Research shows there is a significant connection between the ability to continue to work and cancer recovery. We can make work a better place
- [37:52]
John Solomon
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- [38:04]
Amanda Head
Welcome back America. If you didn't have a chance to watch the press briefings day at the White House, what the War Secretary, the CIA Director and President Trump told us. It is an extraordinary story. The 48 hour scramble to rescue an American airman that was down in enemy territory in Iran. Subterfuge. Hundreds of special forces and other operators on the ground to make sure an American Came home safely. An extraordinary thing, something cut out of a movie, except it was real life in real time. Here to break it all down for us, he's a retired Air Force colonel, host of one of my favorite podcasts, the Rob Manus Show. He's also the founder of Gator Pack. Colonel Rob Maintenance. Colonel, good to have you back on.
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Colonel Rob Manus
Good evening, John and Amanda.
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Amanda Head
Great to have you on. I can't think of a better person to help us walk through this. When listening to those briefings today, it is just extraordinary, the complexity, the sophistication, and ultimately the success of a mission that probably was stacked against that airman. That airman's badly injured, he's in enemy territory, and we still get him back before the Iranians can follow him, can get him. How did that happen?
- [39:10]
Colonel Rob Manus
And he's a colonel, which means he's older than most of the other these Panthers that are out there.
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Amanda Head
Good point.
- [39:17]
Colonel Rob Manus
And that it's something that the President and the Secretary and the Chairman, all three focused on, just for a little bit, was the will to continue prosecuting their combat mission. Both of these aviators found themselves ejected from their aircraft and deep in enemy territory. The backseater being wounded and older, by the way, than all the other aviators that he's flying with, had very good training back when they were very young second lieutenants. I've been through the training. That training sticks with me in my mind today. I can recall it. And that's why they're so effective, especially the weapon systems officer. He was separated from his pilot, surrounded by enemy forces. Almost immediately, the Iranians put a reward out for the citizens to try to get the $90,000 or whatever it was. So that's going to generate at least some people to come out and try to capture this guy. And then he's hurt. And he. He went through his training. He got to as high ground as possible. And folks, if you're out there thinking about why physical fitness training is very important for Air Force officers, this is it. He had to have extremely good cardio, having gone through all that adrenaline. He's wounded, he's running from the enemy, and he's trying to get to a place where he can check in with our forces and get identified so they can come pick him up. It was an amazing process. Just from the perspective of the crew members that were ejected from the aircraft and found themselves in enemy territory. And then the operation itself, especially to get the second officer picked up safely and get everybody back into friendly territory with zero casualties, it was absolutely amazing. I don't know if y' all realize this, John, but we actually went into enemy territory as deep as you could probably possibly go, considering what's going on in the war effort, made an airfield almost out of nothing, operated from that airfield, rescued this, this airman who's up in the mountains over 7,000ft with helicopters that we flew in on transport airplanes. And then when we had a contingency and the C130s got stuck and didn't take off, we sent more special operations aircraft in to pick everybody up. And in amongst all that, there are firefights going on with the special operations forces and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps that is trying to attack them and get this aviator and capture him. It was amazing operation.
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John Solomon
Absolutely.
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Amanda Head
It is amazing.
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John Solomon
Colonel. The military was demoralized under the last administration, and that's not my opinion. Just look at record low recruiting under President Biden. What message does this send to service members? That this president, this Secretary of War, they will by no means leave anyone behind?
- [42:20]
Colonel Rob Manus
Absolutely. That's the message it sends to our military members, but also to their mothers and fathers and grandparents who may not have any military experience. This is what it means to be an American warrior whose country is dedicated to that individual being able to complete the mission on behalf of the United States of America. Look, we left $300 million worth of aircraft burned up on that Runway deep inside Iran because that equipment, you can replace it in a year or a year and a half. That is not expensive compared to what it takes to replace just one of these aviators. And nothing can replace, I think somebody said, the 200 years of military tradition that says we don't leave anybody behind. We will come for you and we will find you and we will get you out of whatever predicament you're in. The men that were POWs in Vietnam for years and years and years live by that. And every American warrior lives by it today. Not just the airmen, but even folks on the ground go through serie training because you never know when you might face a situation where you could be captured or have to evade.
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Amanda Head
Just stunning. Before we let you go, there is a false narrative out there today that if President Trump advances to the next phase of the war and attacks and power plants and some bridges used by Iran's military to carry out their war against us, that somehow would be a war crime or that it would be immoral, unethical. Take that on from the law of the military.
- [43:55]
Colonel Rob Manus
Bridges and power plants and airfields were attacking the international airport in Iran tonight. It's a dual use facility, which means it's used for military and civilian purposes. So are power plants and so are bridges. It doesn't really matter what the civilians that don't understand the law of armed conflict say is a war crime. What matters is what's really a war crime or not. And our forces are highly professional. Our staffs are highly trained and highly professional. And when they select a target and they decide they're going to go kill a target, John and Amanda, it's because that target is being used for military purposes to advance the enemy's mission. And it's our job to remove that capability to advance our mission, which is to destroy the government of Iran so that it can never harm its own people or anybody else for all time.
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Amanda Head
Yeah, that's an answer you're not going to hear a lot of evening newscast, but that is the accurate answer. I did a lot of reporting on it today. Colonel, as always, you're right. Great to have you on the show, my friend. Thanks for joining us.
- [45:00]
Colonel Rob Manus
Thank you all. Happy Easter.
- [45:02]
Amanda Head
Yeah, Happy Easter to you as well. All right, folks, a quick commercial break when we come back. Why is the medical station establishment ignoring the recent studies on cancer treatment that relate to ivermectin and similar compounds? We're going to tackle that with one of my favorites, Dr. Frida McCullough, right after these messages.
- [45:21]
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Martha Stewart
how to make hosting look effortless. Here's a secret. Getting ahead of the message with new Reynolds Kitchens countertop prep paper. Just lightly wet the counter beforehand so the paper grips and stays in place. Then lay down the Reynolds Kitchens countertop prep paper so drips and spills stay on the paper, not all over your kitchen counter. You can roll out dough, prep a party spread, or cook alongside family. When you're done, cleanup is as simple as lifting the paper and revealing that clean counter underneath. Effortless. You can use it for cooking and baking, prep and even crafting, especially when you need extra working space. Because when the mess is already handled, you can focus on what matters. The food, the people, and the moment. It may look effortless, but now you know. It's Reynolds Kitchen's countertop prep paper. Take a tip from me. Wet it, set it, prep it, done. Make it easy. Make it with Reynolds Kitchens countertop prep paper, available now in the Reynolds wrap aisle and Walmart.
- [47:32]
Bob Costello
When I was diagnosed, all I wanted to do was get back to work.
- [47:36]
Amanda Head
I wanted to get back to that
- [47:37]
Bob Costello
trajectory that I was on.
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Amanda Head
Prior to the cancer.
- [47:40]
Bob Costello
I always felt like I had value.
- [47:43]
Dr. Peter McCullough
I had a place on the team. To just be treated with dignity, it means everything.
- [47:48]
Amanda Head
Research shows there is a significant connection between the ability to continue to work and cancer recovery. We can make work a better place for healing.
- [47:58]
John Solomon
Learn more and sign the pledge@workingwithcancerpledge.com. Welcome back, everybody. Here's a question asked by our next guest tonight. Why has the medical establishment ignored the potential of ivermectin and membendazole in cancer treatments, given that 84% of participants in a recent study reported positive results? Joining us to discuss this and more is world renowned doctor and chief scientific officer at The Wellness Company, Dr. Peter McCullough. Doctor, welcome to the show. Thank you.
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Dr. Peter McCullough
Thank you.
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John Solomon
I don't know anything that is even 80% effective in treating cancer, much less things like, like chemotherapy and radiation, which destroy the body almost as much as the cancer does. Why on earth is this not getting more publicity?
- [48:50]
Dr. Peter McCullough
You know, we have, I think, critical information here at the Wellness Company. We did the right thing. We have a combination ivermectin and Benazole product used on label for neglected parasitic infections. But patients can elect to use it off label if they inform their hematologists, oncologists, and they complete, you know, forms. And so we actually have these patient reported outcomes which are encouraging. And of course they're preliminary. But, you know, this is exactly the type of thing that Dr. Jay Bhattacharya at the NIH and the National Cancer Institute should be pursuing. So let me give you the information. It's about 200 patients. We followed them each for over six months. The most common cancer was prostate in man, breast cancer in women, and then lung cancer and much less frequently other forms of cancer. 30% the cancer was widely metastatic and actively going in the wrong direction. And when they went on ivermectin, benbetazole, 84% had this net clinical benefit. But let me break it down. 48.4% there was regression of the cancer as reported by the patient from their doctors based on their scans done every three months. 36.1% stayed the same. And then 15.6% worsened, which certainly can do in cancer now. Patients get chemotherapy, radiation, surgery. This is on top of that very preliminary patient reported outcomes, but boy are they encouraging.
- [50:27]
Amanda Head
Yeah, that's a stunning data. There's a bias in the current big pharma world and that is let's go find the big next most expensive drug. And it often comes at the expense of looking at time tested trued medicines that have worked in the past that just either cheaper to make so they're not as much a financial incentive. How do we begin to adjust that paradigm so that we don't ignore things that might be the perfect solution to a current crisis?
- [50:54]
Dr. Peter McCullough
That's a great question. We need incentives for cancer centers, John. This is very important. Right now. The cancer centers are encouraged through what's called book and bill. That means they actually can bill for administering chemotherapy and they get a cut of the revenue. So cancer centers make more money when they give expensive cancer drugs. They should be incented to actually use broad based regimens, including, you know, generic medications. In this case, that may be quite useful.
- [51:22]
Amanda Head
Yeah.
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John Solomon
Dr. McCullough, I know a lot of people donate to cancer research. If we already have something that could possibly be so efficacious, where's that money going?
- [51:35]
Dr. Peter McCullough
You know, that's a very good point. A lot of these cancer research societies, the money gets sucked up into big pharmaceutical protocols. And I know people, you know, are wanting to do the right thing, thing. Listen, cancer is very well funded in the United States through the National Cancer Institute and through the drug companies, they cooperate in what's called cancer cooperatives. What we've done at the wellness company is in a sense be a disruptive force and allowed patients to make their choice. And we tracked what happened and it was very, very favorable.
- [52:05]
Amanda Head
What a novel idea, putting the patient back in control. Of their health. We almost forgot that used to exist before COVID Before we let you go, I had a long interview today with senator Ron Johnson. He continues to find really significant evidence that strong signals of safety concerns with the COVID vaccine were swept under the rug for two or three years. All right, we started with a heart inflammation for young people. Now it's ischemic stroke for older people. He says there may be another round of disclosures coming soon. How did we get to a point where doctors saw it and the medical staffers thought it's okay to hide something that might be a signal of danger to patients?
- [52:44]
Dr. Peter McCullough
They were led by the public health agencies. And what he's talking about is a report on stroke where our public health agencies actually changed the verbiage in the report to make it less serious, make it less concerning in the description of these vaccine induced strokes. So we have to take a very careful look at our public health agencies. They should be putting patient safety first and not trying to push the pharmaceuticals and the vaccines and other products. And so things got backwards and boy, Johnson is an American hero in putting Americans first in terms of their drug and vaccine safety.
- [53:23]
John Solomon
He really has been a clarion voice on Capitol Hill about this. One more question before we let you go. I know you said that this study, these are preliminary findings and there are some other official things that have to happen, but once that happens, is there any chance in the world that the establishment medical community is going to embrace it? Will they be forced to because of their patients?
- [53:42]
Dr. Peter McCullough
Well, you know, things are moving along. There are a few cancer trials individually of ivermectin, mbembanazole. What needs to happen now is large scale clinical trials largely in solid organ tumors of the combination. And I think at higher doses, you know, the most common dose was one capsule a day. That's 25 at 250. But in fact, some actually use two or even three or four. I think we need to move to higher doses and do a large prospective, double blind, randomized placebo controlled trials. We understand the safety profile here. So I think now it's a full steam ahead in terms of large scale trials.
- [54:22]
John Solomon
Unbelievable. When you look at that safety profile compared to again, the, the side effects of things like chemo and radiation, There just is absolutely no comparison. World renowned doctor and chief scientific officer at the Wellness Company, Dr. Peter McCullough. Thank you so much for coming and thanks for this great news.
- [54:38]
Amanda Head
Thank you.
- [54:39]
John Solomon
Absolutely. All right everybody. And to our viewers, go to TWC Health, just news and use the promo code just news to save 10% on your order. That's TWC Health Slash Just News promo code. Just news to save 10%. We'll be right back. On the other side,
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- [56:01]
Martha Stewart
is Martha Stewart from the Martha Stewart Podcast. Ever wonder how to make hosting look effortless? Here's a secret Getting ahead of the mess with new Reynolds Kitchens Countertop Prep Paper Just lightly wet the counter beforehand so the paper grips and stays in place. Then lay down the Reynolds Kitchens countertop prep paper so drips and spills stay on the paper, not all over your kitchen counter. You can roll out dough, prep a party spread or cook alongside family. When you're done, cleanup is as simple as as lifting the paper and revealing that clean counter underneath. Effortless. You can use it for cooking and baking, prep and even crafting, especially when you need extra working space. Because when the mess is already handled, you can focus on what matters. The food, the people and the moment. It may look effortless, but now you know. It's Reynolds Kitchen's countertop prep paper. Take a tip from me. Wet it, set it, prep it done. Make it easy. Make it with Reynolds Kitchen's countertop prep paper, available now in the Reynolds Wrap aisle in Walmart.
- [57:14]
John Solomon
I think when you're diagnosed with cancer you crave a semblance of normalcy and control and so work allowed me to be me. So I think it's really important that companies stay flexible.
- [57:25]
Congressman Randy Fine
Cancer in a diagnosis can be all consumed, but it doesn't have to be.
- [57:30]
Amanda Head
Research shows there is a significant connection between the ability to continue to work and cancer recovery. We can make work a better place
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John Solomon
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Amanda Head
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John Solomon
Welcome back, everybody. The economy remains a key topic, of course, ahead of midterms. And if you remember, not too long ago, during the last administration, the WOKE agenda was spreading like wildfire in corporate America. However, the culture has been shifting since then. President Trump back in office. The influence of WOKE and DEI is nearly dead. So how do we put that final nail in the coffin? Joining us to discuss this and more is the president and co founder of the American Conservative Values etf, Tom Carter. Tom, welcome back.
- [59:26]
Tom Carter
Hi, thanks for having me.
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Congressman Randy Fine
Amanda.
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John Solomon
A lot has changed since the last time we spoke to you. Talk to us about the Texas Stock Exchange. Expanding, expanding access for a lot of people.
- [59:37]
Tom Carter
Yeah, you know, it's pretty exciting. The New York Stock Exchange has opened up a Texas Stock Exchange to give people in Texas, US the opportunity to trade there. So we are dual listed both on New York and Texas. And as you know, being a conservative fund ourselves, we love the people of Texas and we think it's a really good opportunity for us to get the name out, have people in Texas understand what we're doing. And so that dual listing is very exciting for us. We came onto the Texas exchange about a week ago and so, yeah, you can trade us either on Texas or New York now and remind everybody that ticker, it's a cvf.
- [60:21]
Amanda Head
Yeah. So important and so novel. I want to turn to the, the power of shareholder movements. The left did it for well over a decade. Then you came to bear and we've had some victories with places like Disney and Target. What's the next phase for conservatives to make this a lasting tool in the toolbox of keeping corporate America focused on business and out of the game of politics?
- [60:46]
Tom Carter
Yeah, well, you know, I think there's still a number of areas that we can work on, John. I mean, I think the debanking thing that the Trump family has brought ahead to is something that we need to continue to monitor. You know, Christian organizations, Christian not for profits, conservative organizations, not having the ability to have open bank accounts at certain institutions is an issue. And we of course, have been on top of that all along. I think like Amanda said in her intro, you know, DEI and some of those things have fallen by the wayside. But we need, we still need to keep diligent because we believe that they're just renaming it and there, there's still a lot of that going on within the C Suites because, you know, these people, a lot of them are, are certainly progressive liberals and, and they're going to want to continue with those initiatives and we need to monitor that and make sure that the boardrooms and the C suites are not doing DEI and, and things like that or, or critical race theory in their trainings. And, and so, you know, it's our job to monitor corporations and ensure that they're, they're, they're not hurting Republicans and they're not squelching Republican voices.
- [61:54]
John Solomon
Tom, I know you talk to a lot of heads of companies for companies out there that are just basically rebranding, wokeness and dei. Are they doing it because they believe in it? Are they doing it because, because they are placating woke board members. Why are they still doing it? Because it can be quite destructive to your bottom line?
- [62:11]
Tom Carter
Well, it's a great question and I'm not sure we know the answer to it. I think of the tech companies, they try to placate a lot of times their workforce. A lot of these companies are on the left coast in California, Washington, Oregon, and I think their workforce is oftentimes progressive. And so they try to placate them. You know, I think sometimes it is. It is the board members as well. But we think that it's more because the left is so loud. And to John's point earlier, conservatives have been so quiet. And so we're trying to open up that dialogue for conservatives to be much louder about the fact that companies are doing this and waking conservatives up to the fact that the companies they invest in may not be sharing their values. And we want to make that clear.
- [63:00]
John Solomon
We got 30 seconds. Tell everybody where they can find out more.
- [63:03]
Tom Carter
You can find out more@investconservative.com and again, the ticker symbol for the American Conservative values fund is ACVF. You know, we're trying to track the S P500 performance as closely as we can while investing with your values. That's our goal. And we appreciate you guys having us on and letting us talk about the things that conservatives should be concerned about, the financial markets.
- [63:27]
John Solomon
Absolutely. President and co founder of the American Conservative Values etf, Tom Carter, thanks so much for being with us tonight. And that's going to do it for us. We will be back here tomorrow night at 6pm Eastern. Have a good one.
- [63:39]
Martha Stewart
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- [64:17]
Bob Costello
People at work supported me while I was going through treatment.
- [64:21]
Martha Stewart
By not treating me like somebody who
- [64:23]
Bob Costello
was going through treatment.
- [64:24]
John Solomon
Treatment sucks.
- [64:26]
Amanda Head
Cancer sucks.
- [64:27]
Bob Costello
Being engaged with work really helped to
- [64:31]
Amanda Head
oh, I just knew I was going
- [64:33]
Martha Stewart
to beat this thing.
- [64:34]
Amanda Head
Research shows there is a significant connection between the ability to continue to work and cancer recovery. We can make work a better place for healing.
- [64:44]
John Solomon
Learn more and sign the pledge@workingwithcancerpledge.com.