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Good evening, America, and welcome to the Boomerang Tuesday edition of Just the News. No noise. I'm going to explain that in a second, but first, let's get rid of the formalities. I'm your host, John Solomon, reporting to you as always from the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. where just a little while ago, the House and the Senate in rapid fashion voted to order the Justice Department in the United States government to release all remaining files from the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal. It passed nearly unanimously in the House, 427 to 1. The lone Republican was Congressman Clay Higgins from Louisiana, who voted against it. But on the other side, the Senate quickly passed it as a unanimous consent. And now it said it to President Trump's desk where it will be signed. And this will be the moment that Democrats will realize they should have checked what was in the files before they argued that they were, they wanted them released. They were looking for that holy, holy Hail Mary against Donald Trump. They didn't find it. But what Republicans are likely to find is that Democrats were shaking down Jeffrey Epstein for money even after he was a convicted sex offender. That they had lots of their top echelons, people like the treasury secretary under Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton himself, Hillary Clinton, in Epstein's presence and looking to consort with him at all the times over a two decade era, maybe three decades, actually, when you look at the timeline. And when that's all said and done, the Republicans will have the upper hand to educate the American public about who really was in Jeffrey Epstein's back pocket. We're going to have all that throughout the show. In fact, joining us at the top of the show, the man who's going to lead that investigation, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, James Comer, the man who turned the Hunter Biden investigation around, the Democrats. Now they'll be doing the same on Jeffrey Epstein. I want to get to a couple other pieces of news right now. Just a little while ago, we've learned some new things about FBI Director James Comey's case. We're learning from court documents that our good colleague Jerry Dunleavy looked at that they're going to argue that one part of James Comey's obstruction of Congress was denying or claiming he had no idea about a Hillary Clinton intercept in which he approved a plan to hang a fake Russian shingle on Donald Trump's campaign house. Yep. Back in 2016, remember, the government intercepted that. Comey always said, I don't know if that rings a bell with me. I'm not sure that happened. Well, his own note show he knew about it. He actually wrote it in his notes. The government is going to argue if it gets to trial that James Comey was obstructing Congress by feigning knowledge of that incredible development. That's a big one that we're keeping a close eye. And then down in Texas, an important development team. The governor of Texas has done what the government here in Washington hasn't done yet, declared that the Muslim Brotherhood and the Muslim civil rights group CARE C A I R are both considered to be foreign terrorist organizations under Texas law. That happened a little while ago. Governor Abbott of Texas taking that strike against those two long term organizations that a lot of people have had a concern about going all the way back to 9 11.
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All right.
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With that I'm going to turn to my amazing co host Amanda Head. We have some other headlines. I think one of them in Texas as well.
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Yes, indeed, John. Let's start down there. In the Lone Star State, a federal court today has blocked that state's new congressional map ruling 2 to 1 that Texas Republicans must use the congressional map that they had in place before they redistricted earlier this year. Now the new map that was blocked would have given Republicans up to five US House seats to pick up for 2026 the all important midterm elections. But District Judge Jeffrey Brown, a Trump appointee, wrote from the wrote for the majority stating the public perception of this case is that it's about politics. To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 map, but it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 map. But what about California and all of these other states that are looking at redistricting efforts? I don't think that the courts are done weighing in on any of this. We're going to be hearing about it for at least the next year or so. And turning now to the Epstein files vote, House Oversight Chairman James Comer dropped a bombshell while speaking on the House floor, revealing this interesting detail about Democrats and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Here's the clip.
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Another email shows Democrat fundraisers invited Epstein to an event or to meet privately with Hakeem Jeffries as part of their 2013 effort to win a majority. So Hakeem Jeffries campaign solicited money from Jeffrey Epstein.
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So they were excited to have his money bags around, but now they don't want to have anything to do with the guy. John, interesting stuff happening over it. And House Oversight.
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I can't watch. I can't wait to watch the next few months when we find out what really was going on in the Epstein world, and it was not a Republican scandal. Listen, there'll be people from all different stripes involved, but it's going to be pretty amazing. And we're pretty lucky at the top of the show today to be joined by the chairman who just gave that speech on the floor. He's the man that will oversee this as well as so many other important oversight investigations, the chairman of that committee, James Comer. Mr. Chairman, great to have you on the show today.
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Thanks for having me.
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All right, so one of the great dirty secrets is that the Epstein was a bank for the Democrats. The Epstein machinery was a bank for Democrats for a long time, and they kept soliciting him even after he was a sex offender convicted in Florida. Tell us what you know and what you expect to find out with the new subpoenas you dropped on banks today.
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Well, just so you know, the overall current events of this investigation, over two months ago, I met with many of the victims. Many of the victims who were up in the gallery today during this, this discharge petition vote, they were, were pleading and begging for us to subpoena the estate. I did that. I subpoenaed the estate as chairman of the House on me. We've gotten every document in. There was nothing in those documents about Donald Trump that implicated him in any wrongdoing. There was nothing, no new information whatsoever about Donald Trump. But what was in the documents was, was two sitting members of Congress, both Democrats, that were. One was soliciting money from Epstein after he'd been convicted of being a sex offender. That was Hakeem Jeffries, the minority leader, who, who's been on TV nonstop demanding more transparency on the. On the Epstein investigation. And then the other was Stacey Plaskett, the. The Democrat from the Virgin Islands who was texting with Jeffrey Epstein during an Oversight committee hearing, where I was sitting two chairs down from her, didn't know who she was texting with, and she was texting with Epstein. They were colluding, trying to embarrass and hurt Donald Trump. So the evidence, the new evidence that came out from the estate was that Democrats were working with Epstein, that media journalists were working with Epstein, all for one purpose, to try to embarrass Donald Trump. And we also learned that Jeffries, the main Democrat in the House, now the new Nancy Pelosi, that he was actually soliciting Epstein for money. So nothing bad about Trump, only bad stuff about The Democrats. We'll see where this investigation goes. But we've been subpoenaing documents and turning everything over to the American people, and hopefully we'll continue to do that.
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Yeah, I mean, Mr. Chairman, this seems like a really stupid gamble. It's like a political and twisted version of storage wars. Democrats have been clamoring to buy this storage unit, but they have no idea what's in it. Do you anticipate that? And as Sean said, could be folks on both side of the aisle who are very, very nervous tonight. But how long will it take now that it's passed? How long will it take for everything to get dumped on the American people?
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Well, I've subpoenaed the documents already. This discharge petition wasn't necessary. I subpoenaed Pam Bundy a month ago, and they've been cooperating with us. But what people have to understand, there are a lot of class action lawsuits taking place right now between law firms representing victims of Epstein Island. Then you have ongoing criminal investigation, the grand jury testimony that has to be released by a judge. In fact, the Trump administration asked a judge to release some of the grand jury testimony, and the judge, who was an Obama appointee, denied it. So I think the Trump administration has been more cooperative than what they're getting credit for in the media. But now that this discharge petitions passed, which, which really didn't change anything at all, I think we're going to get all the information, even some of it, that that's probably not supposed to be released because of ongoing investigations. I believe that everything will come out. And, and the Democrats have no idea what's, what's in these documents. They didn't know what was in the estate. They're, they're fishing. And, you know, they really want us not to comply so they can say we're covering up or we're hiding. So I have no idea what other information will come out. But if it's like what came out of the estate, it's not going to be good for the Democrats.
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Yeah, they may have caught a whale that eats them. It'll be very interesting to see what happens on that fishing expedition. Mr. Chairman, there are two very important people that you subpoenaed early on, or, excuse me, that you asked to voluntarily cooperate. They didn't say scheduled their interviews. Now there's a subpoena. But Bill and Hillary Clinton, if they continue to duck you, will you take them to court? Will you try to enforce a subpoena? Will you go the Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro, Route 2%.
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We're going to go that route. We expect to hear from Bill and Hillary Clinton. Look, Donald Trump's answered questions for years about Jeffrey Epstein. Every day he gets asked questions about Epstein and he answers them in front of the American people. We've subpoenaed Republicans and Democrats. Two Republicans have come forward, Bill Barr and Alex Acosta. They did interviews in deposition, and those were, those were tough, but they did them. They didn't back down. Other Democrats have sent letters that saying they knew nothing about Epstein, which would hold in court. If something ever comes out that they did know something, then they've committed perjury there. But the Clintons have never responded. They're the ones group in this investigation that's never had to answer questions in front of a credible reporter. And they've never certainly answered questions from, from attorneys or members of Congress. So we expect the Clintons to come in or I expect the, the Clintons to be met with the same faith that Bannon and Navarro were met with when the Democrats were in control.
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Well, and I'm curious, because Democrats have been very, very vocal about these files being released. So does that mean that supportive of making sure that the Clintons came forward to testify?
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They don't want the Clintons to testify. They've not lifted a finger to help get the Clintons in. They were, they were quick to demand Acosta testify and Bill Barr testify. They're always Trump, Trump, Trump, but they don't say a word about Democrats. But I'll tell you this, they hate Trump so much, they would be willing to give up Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and Hakeem Jeffries if it meant having a scalp from, from Donald Trump. So, look, the Democrats have Trump derangement syndrome. They're just hoping and praying that there's something in these documents somewhere. They don't know where, but somewhere that would implicate Trump. And what's sad about that is the Republicans on the Oversight Committee and I think the Republicans in the House of Representatives, we want transparency. We're not hiding anything. We want every name released, we want every document made public. But at the end of the day, our goal is, is to get justice for the victims of Epstein and Maxwell and to figure out who in the government's responsible for not apprehending Epstein and Maxwell sooner. But the Democrats objective is, is one fold. They want to try to get Donald Trump. They don't know how, they don't know in what way. They just hope and pray that there's Hail Mary is caught in the end Zone at the last second. And there's something in there pertaining to Donald Trump. And that's, that's sad. And I hope the American people are seeing the hypocrisy of the Democrats throughout this whole Epstein thing, because remember, they had four years under Joe Biden. They could have released the document any given day. And they never cared about that until there was some Twitter chatter that, that maybe Donald Trump was on the Epstein list.
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Amazing. Sir, I want to ask about the federal government. I think a lot of people look back. We wrote a whole series in 2021 on this about the failure to really prosecute him when they had the first evidence in 2007 and eight, the U.S. attorney's office in Miami does a non prosecution agreement. Florida gives him sort of a light deal. Have you learned anything from the Acosta interviews that would explain why in 0708amore aggressive federal prosecution execution didn't occur?
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Yeah, and let me be clear. I'm not defending Acosta. I think they dropped the ball. I think they had an opportunity and they missed it. So in no way am I defending Acosta. But I will repeat what he said, and it's in the transcript. He was asked by both Republicans and Democrats specific questions about why Epstein didn't get a more harsher sentence. And he said that a couple dozen girls that they interviewed, a majority said that Epstein and Maxwell were horrible people, but there were several that testified that Epstein, Maxwell did nothing wrong and the others were lying. And then Epstein had the best attorneys. He had the equivalent of an O.J. simpson legal team. And he was concerned about whether or not they would win in court. And he thought that declaring Jeffrey Epstein a sex offender would be, would be a victory, even though that he wasn't going to have to serve very much time in prison. So that was a Costa's excuse. I'm not defending that. I don't think that's a good excuse. I think that's a punt. But that's what he said. And there's probably lots of instances of prosecutors in both parties throughout history that were concerned as to whether or not they were going to win in court when there were witnesses testifying both ways and the, and the people they were prosecuting or the person they were prosecuting had, you know, the best legal team money could buy.
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Sir, before we let you go, I know obviously this is a huge issue for the American people, especially as far as transparency, but also making sure that the government shrinks during these four years that President Trump is in office. You guys have done A great job of collaborating with DOGE to look at inefficiency, waste, fraud and abuse, all of that stuff moving forward. Once we get beyond this Epstein saga, tell us about what your plans are.
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Well, we've got to reduce the size of the federal government. There are too many agencies doing, offering repetitive services. We saw during COVID when many of these agencies didn't see their workforce for years, that the American taxpayer can survive just fine without them to provide the salary and benefits for life for these federal employees that work in these agencies that are obsolete or over bloated with personnel, it's pretty, pretty disgusting. We're doing everything we can to work with this administration to get some type of reduction in force by proving agencies are obsolete or agencies have abused their power, or agencies are over bloated. And we're going to continue to do that and hopefully we can see some reduction in force. Look there, there are government agencies that are doing great work, that probably need more employees, but there are a whole lot of government agencies that we don't need and they either need to be slashed significantly or eliminated altogether. And that's what our goal is from this point on. To try to work not only to identify waste, fraud, abuse, but to do something about it. To do something about it would be to significantly reduce government spending and the size of the, of the federal workforce.
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The President today gave us a blueprint for getting rid of the Education Department, outsourcing it to other agencies. You think Congress will codify that?
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I hope so. I think so. I mean, who, who's not for local decision making? You know, the whole US Department of Education is an unnecessary level of bureaucracy. But I want to say this. There are a lot of federal funds that flow to state departments of education and local departments of education. I want to see that federal money continue to flow. Many of your title programs in public education are federally funded. So you take school system like the one where my kids go to school. Federal funds account for about 20% of their overall budget. So we want the federal funds to keep flowing. We just want to eliminate the bureaucracy at the U.S. department of Education and the poor decisions they make on everything from curriculum to staffing that some fat cat bureaucrat in Washington's trying to tell some rural school district in Kentucky that's not what we want. So get rid of the bureaucracy. Get rid of all those unnecessary bureaucrats, but allow the federal funding to go straight to the state departments of education and let's have local decision making.
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I met a teacher who said for 42 days the education department was closed and all of our kids kept learning in our school district. It works fine without the bureaucrats.
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Yep.
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Yeah. Congressman, Mr. Chairman, great to have you on the show. Congratulations on another big day of oversight. Sure. Appreciate you having me on.
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Thank you, guys.
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Yeah. Thank you so much. All right, folks, a quick commercial break. When we come back, North Carolina Congressman Pat Harrigan will be with us. Discuss the ongoing immigration enforcement efforts in Charlotte. Over 140 people arrested in the first bagnet, making that city a lot safer. We'll have that next right after these messages.
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Welcome back, everybody. The Trump administration has been expanding their immigration enforcement crackdown, this time going to Charlotte, North Carolina, a place that DHS Assistant Secretary Trisha McLaughlin has called an epicenter for human trafficking. And now Democrats are fighting back against this crackdown in that city. Democrat Governor of North Carolina Josh Stein says that the Trump Trump administration's DHS is stoking fear in the city and is calling for a path to legal status for illegal aliens. So joining us now to discuss what on earth is going on. He is a congressman from the great state of North Carolina as well as a member of the Four Country Caucus made up of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, Congressman Pat Harrigan. Congressman, thanks so much for being with us tonight.
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John and Amanda, always great to be with you. Thanks for having me.
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Likewise. You know, I used to hear about Atlanta being the epicenter of human trafficking in this country, I guess because of the size of Hartsfield Jackson Airport. But it seems like that epicenter just moved right up the 85 to Charlotte. But maybe it's not just Charlotte. Maybe because now they're going to Louisiana. Is there a single city in this country that is split from the epidemic of human trafficking and illegal immigration?
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Amanda, there's not. Look, I do a lot of nonprofit work with human trafficking and it's such a pervasive problem all across the country. I think folks actually can't possibly wrap their minds around how big it is. It is impacting every single major metropolitan area that we have in this country. And like it or not, it is Both tied and not tied to illegal immigration. Kind of depends on the vein in which it's coming from. But the two sometimes intersect. And I think that's exactly why you've got ICE and you have border patrol working in Charlotte right now before moving on to other cities across the country. It's just incredibly important that we get these illegal alien criminals off the streets.
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Sir, you put out some, I think, really important statistics about Charlotte has a unique demographic. About one in every six residents of the city is a foreign national right now. It's been a haven for a lot of people, including illegal aliens. How has that put pressure on the safety net, on the cops, on the social welfare system in that city?
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Well, it certainly burdened it beyond belief. And actually, just a couple weeks ago, the fraternal order of police of Charlotte reached out and wrote a joint letter to Josh Stein, our governor, Governor and the president, requesting that the national guard actually be sent into Charlotte to allow and assist local law enforcement to kind of get back over the hump of crime and violent crime that has been happening in Charlotte. And this has been a problem for a long, long time. The cmpd, Charlotte police, they've been hundreds of officers short, chronically short, for years, as long as I can remember, honestly, can never seem to get up and above the manning levels that they need in order to adequately address the crime in the city. And they have a democratic led administration in the city and in the governor's office that is soft on crime. They've pursued really terrible policies that are built on poor principle that have allowed criminals to simply not face any punishment, get released back onto the streets. The incidents of recidivism that we have in North Carolina is fully unacceptable. And so we've got calls for the national guard and we've also got ICE and border patrol operating, working in two totally different veins to try to make Charlotte a safer place.
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Congressman, these 130 illegal immigrants arrested in Charlotte, are these everybody's abuelita who really just came into the country illegally and has been domiciled here peacefully? Who are these people?
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No, this is a very targeted hit list of criminal illegal aliens that have rap sheets as long as the 2,500 miles that they came in from overseas? I mean, it is just astounding what's going on. We've got child rapists. We've got folks that have multiple DUIs and fleeing the scene of accidents. We've got folks that have been arrested over and over for larceny. And keep in mind, these federal detainers that are coming down, are not being honored by local law enforcement. That's the problem. We have over 1400 of these in the last year where local law enforcement has just flipped the bird to the federal government because they want to effectively operate as sanctuary cities. And what I think people do not realize is that sanctuary cities are not protecting immigrants, they are protecting criminals. That is a key distinction that we've got to understand. Because when you partner these sanctuary cities with these ultra liberal policies that allow judges and magistrates to simply release people back out into the community when they do not force consequences for criminal conduct, you end up having mayhem and chaos in your city. And we've got to get back over the hurdle and make Charlotte safe again. And that's what ICE and Border Patrol are helping to do right now.
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Now. And the trafficking agencies, they watch and they look for the weak links and that's where they settle in when they see a city that's just going to turn them right back out onto the street. So I want to turn to something that is probably a hidden headline to a lot of people in the nation, but it's a big deal. We're in a race for rare earth metals and for rare earth magnets and the things that power the future of this economy. And there is a big, I think a billion dollar, nearly billion dollar new center being built in North Carolina to help America win this war with China. Tell us about it.
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Oh my gosh, there's so much activity going on in this space. And we're doing the very best that we can to lead in this space on the National Defense Authorization act, certainly from a defense perspective. And so you've got MP materials, you've got Vulcan elements, which is actually out in, just south of raleigh. You've got ICD materials, which is actually in our district, 10th district, doing awesome things like tantalum and hafnium. But the reality is, is we've got to completely decouple our supply chain from China. We cannot be dependent for these rare earths on the greatest adversary that our nation has potentially ever faced in its history. We have got to start mining and we've got to start processing these materials here at home. And at the very least, we've got to mine in friendly countries if and then process back here in the United States. There's so much work happening between the Office of Strategic Capital, the Department of War and private industry to help solve this problem. But it is a huge problem. All these materials are all throughout our aircraft, fighter jets, tanks, all sorts of defense materials, you name it. It's incredibly important for the future of our nation's defense as well as the future of our market economy. And we've got our foot on the gas when it comes to making sure that America can produce these materials.
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Speaking of materials, anytime I see a list of states that, you know, rank high in the happiness factor or, you know, great communities, North Carolina is always up there. But you put some information out. You know, so many people have concerns about the price of homes, and if you knock off 20 to 40% of that price, that would bring that down to a reasonable level. And 20 to 40% is what you say is attributed to regulation. How do we move that out of the way so that people can finally start buying homes again? Not condos, not apartments and skyscrapers, actual homes.
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Yeah, look, I mean, you can't have high prices and high interest rates. And that's where we are right now. And so, number one, we can bring interest rates down. President Trump is working hard to do that with, even with the recalcitrant Fed. But secondarily, we've got to reduce the red tape at the local level. Right. We dealt with this with Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. Carolina, where everybody is just stalled out, pointing at each other, saying, we can't even build these temporary shelters because of this red tape that exists at the federal level or these local ordinances that are preventing these different codes from being met. And therefore, the action is zero. You look at that. We've got to lower the barriers to building new homes. It's incredibly important. And I would also argue, too, look, if you look at Charlotte, you've got 22% of the homes in Charlotte and now owned by institutional level investors that used to be single. You know, family home ownership used to be the greatest wealth driver for the middle class in this country, but it's become unaffordable. We have got to change the way that we look at single family housing, period. Who can own it and how easily we can build it. We do those two things. I think we change the paradigm with respect to Americans, ordinary Americans owning homes again.
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Yeah. And that's a big part of the American dream. So I love those ideas. Tar Heel State Congressman Pat Harrigan, thanks so much for being with us tonight, sir. We'll get you back on again very soon.
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Always great to be with you, John. And Amanda, thanks for having me.
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Absolutely. Likewise. All right, everybody. Next, John, we'll sit down with Congressman Abe Hominid to discuss a shocking story about the Democratic Attorneys General group allegedly influencing criminal prosecutions through financial payments. You don't want to miss that. It's on the other side of this break.
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Welcome back, everybody. When I first came to Washington, there was a rule in Congress freshmen were to be seen but not heard. Well, not anymore. And our next guest is a proof that a freshman representative in Congress can make a huge difference in. He represents the state of Arizona and almost on a daily basis I see headlines crossing my desk about something he's doing to make an impact. His name is, as you know very well, Congressman Abe Homendy. Congressman, great to have you back on the show.
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Good to be with you, John. Thank you for having me.
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I love what this request to Pam Bondi represents because I think you have found something pretty interesting in the weaponization of government. You have filed a complaint against the Democratic Attorney General's group. Tell us a little bit about what you found and what Concerns you?
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Sure.
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John. So, as we know that there's been all these lawsuits across the country by the attorneys general, and they're going after what they call the fake electors. And what we discovered was that there seems to be a coordinated effort by the Democratic Attorneys Generals association And these Democrat AGs, as well as these supposed nonprofit groups like States United Democracy Center. And they all have the. Interestingly, they all have the same address as the Democratic Attorney General Association. And what we discovered in Arizona in particular was that the attorney general, she was paid $200,000 by these groups to go. And coincidentally, it happened right after the indictments of the alternate electors. So it seems like there's a lot of political calculations and why they're going after these alternate elect from 2020. And so this payment, what it shows is a pattern of corruption, possibly bribery. It's actually being funded to her private legal fund because, remember, it all has to tie back in the 2022 Attorney General race, which I was a candidate for and which was decided by 280 votes. John. So we had a long lawsuit. It spanned almost two years. And it looks like that they were helping pay her legal fees through her campaign in order to fight that challenge. But it was all done through the States United. So in States United, they were known to have an attorney relationship with the Attorney general that they were taking lead on some of these cases on filings. I mean, in one instance, they actually filed with the court a motion they forgot to remove States United header on it. So it looks like the Attorney General's office in Arizona gave a lot of authority to these outside groups. And it looks like if there is payments involved, which there are, and which we have proof of, there needs to be a federal investigation into corruption.
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Yeah, conflicts of interest. It really is. It looks almost in some ways like a pay to play operation. There's another element that we've been tracking, and that is you see some Biden Justice Department money going to these state attorney generals around the time that they're bringing these indictments against the electors. And it's odd. Like in Wisconsin, the Attorney General of Wisconsin actually originally ruled that there was nothing wrong in having electors, alternate electors. And then all of a sudden, two years later, he flips around, now I'm going to indict them. And you do see grants coming in from the Justice Department. Should this lens be broadened beyond just the private money? And also looking at whether the Biden administration was trying to induce these attorney generals into bringing these delayed indictments, a lot of them are delayed to 2023, 2024.
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Yeah, absolutely. And you're exactly right. What the Biden government was doing, I mean, they were the coordinated efforts they had with Fanny Willis and Georgia, for instance, in New York, and now what you're describing in Wisconsin, too, using grant money. Now, this is why when President Trump took office, you know, it's been a challenge to try to go after the deep state because their tentacles are everywhere. And it's. We're still discovering and uncovering so much of it. But what Biden's DOJ did was reprehensible because, I mean, John, it almost feels like a lifetime ago that we saw that the first indictment against President Trump came about, and it kept going and going and going. And what they did to weaponize the government, to go after their political opponent, not just the federal government, but using local and state law enforcement officials. And that is what's so terrifying, that these Attorneys Generals, these DAs, I mean, here they are tasked to upcoming uphold the rule of law, and yet are getting money from either private organizations or, say, from the Biden DOJ in order to enact their agenda, and nobody's being held accountable. So I hope my letter requesting investigation to Attorney General Pam Bondi, for her to take the lead on it and to go after Chris Mays in Arizona and to open up an investigation. I mean, the evidence is there. We saw the financial transactions. We know that the money was being transferred there. And the timing was obviously very suspicious. And with the filings of it, it's a coordinated effort that we have to uncover, because if there's no accountability, if these nonprofits, if this deep state, if the deep state tentacles are able to reach our legal system, which I believe it has. I mean, you look at the judges, the judges are also. I mean, some of these judges, the rulings do not make any legal sense. As a former prosecutor, I'm stunned to see constantly it's a barrage of bad legal rulings. And what I get wor worried about so much, John, is that these judges, they're gonna be the ones who destroy the rule of law and thus our country. And we have to rein them in, because right now it seems like they're out of control.
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There is grave concern and grave distrust in the American public now that these institutions like judges and courts have become politicized. The FBI, the Justice Department. I want to step back for a second, because the origins of what the Arizona ag, the Wisconsin ag, the Georgia District attorney in Fulton county, did, all of them have their origins in Arctic Frost and sort of the work that the Justice Department does. And when we step back to that and you see Jack Smith subpoenas, when you look at what the FBI is looking at, they weren't investigating a specific crime. It looks like they were dragging the ocean for rusty license plates, looking for a crime that they can then prosecute. Sort of the general warrant approach which we, our founding fathers, tried to get rid of when they built our wonderful judicial system. Is there a danger that this is really all these investigations are fruits of the poison tree because there was just this dragnet looking for any crime or any dirt on any person not specifying the crime at hand?
F
Yeah, it absolutely is. I mean, at the time, John, I mean, you lived through it. I mean, after 2020, you know, and especially those who dare to challenge the results of the 2020 election, I mean, you are casted out of society almost. I mean, some of them had their banks, they had. They got debanked. They had their social media accounts banned. They had the legal system going after them. So at the time, it's almost terrifying to understand exactly how society was viewing these people. And so they were almost being egged on by elected officials as well. So ultimately, the Jack Smith, I mean, some of these cases, what they did to President Trump, the American people knew that it was wrong, and that's why they elected him last November. In many ways, they understood, you know, here they saw that President Trump was being attacked politically by the legal system of Joe Biden and all the tentacles around it. And in many ways, the American people said, enough is enough. We are going to elect President Trump once again. And he's put a great cabinet in place. President Trump has. But there' syou know, we're almost a year into the administration, and ultimately, I think the American people, at this point, they want to see justice. We want to make sure that people are held accountable, because the pain and suffering they put, you know, so many of them, for instance, in Arizona, these alternate electors, many of them are my friends. You know, many of them are grandmothers. They're just honest, good, patriotic Americans who wanted to do the right thing. They've had to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars of their own resources to go to be able to fight against this weaponized legal system that Joe Biden and these Democrats created and their minions like the ags. So if there's not accountability, you know, Arctic frost is just the tip of the iceberg. There's so much to uncover. So hopefully, with us in Congress right now, having the House and the Senate and the presidency, we have to have more bold action because we know that the leftists, they don't sleep with this. They're gonna be more aggressive if, God forbid, they ever take power again.
B
Yeah, what they did in 2020, they're already trying to perfect for 2028. There's no doubt. Before we let you go, have you heard from the attorney general and what is your assessment of the Justice Department's pursuit of all of this weaponization? We are about nine months in. There's a couple indictments. But would you like to see more activity in the coming months?
F
Yeah, absolutely. Especially in Arizona. But I know that they have received the letter. I know others in the White House as well. So, you know, I'm going to follow up and I'm not going to let up on this, you know, especially when it involves Arizona. I'm going to protect Arizona. So, yeah, I just want to see, you know, more action, especially the corruption. You know, President Trump's victory gave the people a fighting chance. It gave us a fighting chance to go after this corrupt system. And the war isn't over. It's just beginning in many ways. But the legal system has been so corrupted. We have to uncover it all and go after the bad actors. And we have to start it somewhere. And when we have the evidence, like we discovered here with the, with the Democratic Attorney General's association bribing possibly these AGs, there has to be consequences. They have to be held accountable.
B
Well, great work as always, sir. You're always finding things that others have not yet seen. And that is such a great responsibility of Congress, that power of oversight. And you do it so well. Great to have you on the show tonight, sir. Thanks for joining us.
F
Thanks, John.
B
Yeah, thank you so much. Wow, what a great story, folks. We're going to keep following this. This is a big, big story. We're going to take a quick break. When we come back, we'll have a good discussion about health. But first, these messages from our great sponsors and advertisers.
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Yeah, and a lot more people today are dealing with that than ever before. Also with fatty liver. I was with my doctor recently, and we were talking about, like, as an old person's disease. Like, listen, it's on the rise with children, a sedentary. I would have never guessed that fatty liver was a crisis for children, but apparently it's on the rise quite a bit.
D
You know, I think we need to change our thinking on this. It's more about behavior, and it's not about age. Okay. So, yes, if you're living that sedentary lifestyle and you're eating processed foods and you're eating highly refined sugar products and so forth, then absolutely, these conditions will develop. And then the problem is you're behind the eight ball already once that develops. Right. And so you want to get ahead of it. One way that pure health helps people get ahead of it is with their blood sugar formula. And as you can probably guess, this formula helps support healthy blood sugar levels. It could also reduce appetite and kind of take care of those sugar cravings, Making it easier to stay away from those tempting treats. Maintaining healthy blood sugar has so many advantages, from dropping extra pounds to shrinking belly fat to boosting your energy levels. And of course, keeping your blood sugar in check can keep your vision, kidneys, heart, and circulation healthy, too. But remember, they have 45 different products. So what you do is when you go to them, you kind of identify where your behavior is off and where you can preemptively, you know, start to head off any issues in the future by looking at what they have in forming, really, a natural medicine cabinet.
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Welcome back everybody. Let's close with a bit of a tease of what you will find Tomorrow over on JustTheNews.com John, another one of your amazing reporters putting out something tomorrow. Give us a tease.
B
Where we started the show, the Boomerang and I think that with the Democrats they pushed this Epstein thing without really knowing, as James Comer said to Just try to get Trump. It didn't work, didn't hurt Trump, but it's about to hurt a lot of Democrats. You're going to see that, you know, Hakeem Jeffries doing the shakedown for money from a guy who's already convicted sex offender. What sort of judgment is that? You're going to see emails, you're going to see money. And there were a lot of people that when Jeffrey Epstein got indicted under the Donald Trump Justice Department, people forget that it was Donald Trump who went after him with the harder charges, that they said, oh, we're going to get the money back.
A
You know, it's interesting to me coming from the Democrat Party, the party of you have to pass the bill to know what's in it. They really want to pass this and then find out what's in.
B
Falls into the category. Watch what you wish for. And I think this is going to be one of those great political learning lessons. Democrats are going to have a circular firing squad when they're all done. It's going to be really, really interesting. I thought there's today a reminder that we've got the Supreme Court is probably going to play one of the largest roles in history in shaping the next round of elections. You've got the Louisiana case. Now, California and Texas are going to fall under that right because Harmeet did what we predicted she was going to do. She sued California. And then you've got the Supreme Court taking the Mississippi case, which says, can you Keep counting ballots 5, 6, 7 days after an election, if it's, if someone stuck a postmark on election day. I think where the Supreme Court comes down to this is going to radically shape how election strategies are and we will be living in the most 26 will be one of the most contested elections because I think some of the rules are about to change.
A
Well, and I feel like it there, there are obviously contests and litigation leading into it, but it's going to be on the other side of it, too.
B
Oh, yeah, no, absolutely. Yeah.
A
And it'll drag out for months and months and months. And what happens, John? I mean, parliamentary speaking, what happens if you don't know who has the majority in Congress come January when people are supposed to be sworn in, what happens?
B
Oh, well, I think these things will get issued going into it. I don't think there'll be a lot of hanging chad disputes post election. But the Democrats will be furious at the Supreme Court. I predict when we're done, they're already kind of furious. But the Supreme Court's going to be an originalist because it is an originalist court and the Democrats are far from the original intent of the Constitution on a lot of these issues. We didn't event. We didn't vote for an election trimester. We voted for election day. And so I think a lot's going to change.
A
All right, John, I got to get your take before we go, everybody. You can go over to X to the first lady's account by Friday and vote on the four choices for the names for the turkeys. I want to get your vote. Sugar and spice, Pumpkin and pie, Gobble and Wattle, Acorn and squash.
B
I'm gonna vote for the Giants because they're a turkey of a team this year. They really let me down. I'm sorry. I'm bitter about the loss.
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Hosts: John Solomon & Amanda Head
Date: November 18, 2025
This episode centers on explosive new developments in the investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, Congress's unprecedented move toward transparency, and the political consequences for both parties. Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC), and Congressman Abe Homendy (AZ) join to discuss not only the Epstein files but also immigration enforcement, national security, housing affordability, and allegations of financial influence in legal prosecutions by Democratic Attorneys General. The episode also touches on health and wellness topics with Dr. Joseph Clark.
(00:26 – 13:05)
Key Points:
Notable Quote:
"They were looking for that holy, holy Hail Mary against Donald Trump. ... But what Republicans are likely to find is that Democrats were shaking down Jeffrey Epstein for money even after he was a convicted sex offender."
— John Solomon (00:50)
Comer on New Evidence:
"There was nothing ... about Donald Trump that implicated him in any wrongdoing. ... What was in the documents was two sitting members of Congress, both Democrats. ... [Hakeem] Jeffries ... was soliciting money from Epstein after he'd been convicted."
— James Comer (06:15)
(07:47 – 17:59)
Key Points:
Notable Quotes:
"They hate Trump so much, they would be willing to give up Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and Hakeem Jeffries if it meant having a scalp from Donald Trump."
— James Comer (11:32)
"We've got to reduce the size of the federal government. There are too many agencies doing, offering repetitive services..."
— James Comer (15:23)
(03:26 – 04:36, 49:06 – 51:41)
Key Points:
Notable Quote:
"I don't think that the courts are done weighing in on any of this. We're going to be hearing about it for at least the next year..."
— Amanda Head (03:51)
"The Supreme Court is probably going to play one of the largest roles in history in shaping the next round of elections."
— John Solomon (50:01)
(19:14 – 28:18)
Key Points:
Notable Quotes:
"This is a very targeted hit list of criminal illegal aliens that have rap sheets as long as the 2,500 miles that they came in from overseas."
— Rep. Pat Harrigan (23:08)
"Sanctuary cities are not protecting immigrants, they are protecting criminals. That is a key distinction that we've got to understand."
— Rep. Pat Harrigan (23:35)
(24:26 – 26:56)
Key Points:
Notable Quote:
"We cannot be dependent for these rare earths on the greatest adversary that our nation has potentially ever faced in its history."
— Rep. Pat Harrigan (25:18)
(26:21 – 28:18)
Key Points:
Notable Quote:
"Homeownership used to be the greatest wealth driver for the middle class ... but it's become unaffordable. We have got to change the way that we look at single family housing, period."
— Rep. Pat Harrigan (27:33)
(30:36 – 40:23)
Key Points:
Notable Quotes:
"This payment ... shows a pattern of corruption, possibly bribery. It's actually being funded to her private legal fund…"
— Rep. Abe Homendy (31:43)
"If these deep state tentacles are able to reach our legal system, which I believe it has ... the legal system has been so corrupted. We have to uncover it all and go after the bad actors."
— Rep. Abe Homendy (38:56)
(41:51 – 47:37)
Key Points:
Notable Quote:
"The real gold in these formulas is taking them to head off the formation of these conditions in the first place..."
— Dr. Joseph Clark (43:39)
(48:56 – 52:05)
Key Points:
Notable Quotes:
"Democrats are going to have a circular firing squad when they're all done. It's going to be really, really interesting."
— John Solomon (49:54)
"We didn't vote for an election trimester. We voted for election day. And so I think a lot's going to change."
— John Solomon (51:35)
The hosts maintain a tone of investigative scrutiny, frequently championing themes of transparency, accountability, and “real news.” There is a strong undercurrent of skepticism toward Democratic motives and policies, and frequent appeals to “American values” and the will of the people. Commentary is often direct, assertive, and occasionally tongue-in-cheek (as in the closing turkey-naming segment).
This installment of "Just the News No Noise" delivers a multifaceted overview of current political news, focusing especially on the fallout from the Epstein file revelations and their anticipated partisan consequences. It provides insider commentary from leading members of Congress, sharp critique of law enforcement and criminal prosecution tactics, and practical segments on policy, community safety, and public health.
Listeners will come away with a clear sense of the evolving investigations on Capitol Hill, the stakes for both political parties, and the broader context of legal, electoral, and societal issues facing the country.