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The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson
Biden’s Chief of Staff Under Fire for Autopen plus U.S. May Join Allies in Labeling Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorists
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Ben Ferguson
This is an Iheart podcast.
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Donald Trump
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Ted Cruz
Don't be silly. You don't be silly.
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Donald Trump
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Ted Cruz
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Donald Trump
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Ben Ferguson
We had a big win with the Supreme Court on the Department of Education. And we wanted, as you know, we want to bring education back to the states, take the federal government out of it, a little tiny bit of supervision, but very little, almost nothing like to make sure they speak English. That's about all we need.
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Donald Trump
You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. Good Wednesday morning. So nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update. And we've got two major stories we're going to be dealing with this morning. First up, Joe Biden in serious trouble with the auto pin. Apparently, he was not the one making the decisions at the end of the day when it came to who was going to receive a presidential pardon in the final hours of his presidency. This could spell major issues for people like Dr. Anthony Fauci. And I'll have more on that in a moment. Also, the Muslim Brotherhood is an organization that many other countries have already designated as a terrorist organization. Yet why has the United States of America not done so so far? Well, there's new legislation to make that happen and it could be a major moment for this White House, including the possibility of an executive order. We'll have those details for you as well. It's the 47 Morning Update and it starts right now in a shocking article coming from the New York Times. Yes, that New York Times, the liberal New York Times. They are now claiming that Joe Biden did not know what he was signing when it came to many of the pardons on his way out of office. And the New York Times article by Tyler Pager this week coming out, quoting from the forthcoming book Original Sin, stated that Biden's inner circle blocked Joe Biden from campaign prep and removed him from poll briefings. We're now learning even more about what was actually happening around the president. It was more than just blocking him from those types of things. But apparently he didn't know what he was signing when it came to the auto pin. Donald Trump saying this about the president. Listen carefully, right?
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Ben Ferguson
I get, we get thousands of letters a week, Susie. Right. Thousands I mean, tens of thousands. Sometimes I look at a room, there's a room where we have many, many people working, responding and sending letters back. That's what an auto pen is supposed to be, to write to a young seven year old boy. Rights to the president. And he wants to be president someday. And he loves America. That's what the auto pen is supposed to be. It's not supposed to be for signing major legislation and all other things. No, the auto pen. And I doubt he knew, I doubt, I doubt they even spoke to him about it. I think they had. It's called a freewheeling auto pen. Like Biden was never for open borders, Biden was never for transgender, for everyone. So I don't think he, I think the radical left people that took, they took over the White House. And if I didn't win, our country was finished.
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Donald Trump
Not only did President Trump say that, but he went on to say this as well.
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Ben Ferguson
Look, the auto pen, I think is maybe one of the biggest scandals that we've had in 50 to 100 years. This is a tremendous scandal. And I know the people on the other side of the. See that desk, that Resolute desk. Unfortunately, he used it before me. You know, we have our choice of seven desks. They're all beautiful. But I chose the Resolute and so did he, unfortunately. But the people on the other side of the Resolute desk, I know them, Lisa, the whole group. And they're no good. They're sick people. And I guarantee you he knew nothing about what he was signing. I guarantee it.
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Donald Trump
This comes on top of new reporting that Biden's chief of staff reportedly gave approval for auto pin pardons on the final day in office, saying, quote, I approve the use of the auto pin for the execution of all of the following pardons. Biden's chief of staff, Jeff Zentz wrote in an email. It's actually a paper trail now. The former President, Joe Biden's chief of staff issuing the final approval for multiple high profile preemptive pardons during Biden's final days in office. Biden's alleged use of the auto pin has become a sticking point now for Are these pardons actually real? Donald Trump has said thousands of pardons that Biden signed were void and claimed that the former president did not know what documents he was signing through the auto pin device. Now, Biden has issued a series of preemptive pardons in the final days when he was the president, including the former chief medical adviser to the President, Anthony Fauci and The former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, an attempt to safeguard them from retribution, he called it from Donald Trump. Now, in an article intended to be his defense of the auto pin issue, it emerged that although Biden reportedly made the decision in a meeting, Biden's chief of staff is the one who gave final approval for the use of the auto pin, at least in the case of Fauci and Millie. And the New York Times is Now confirming on Biden's final day as president, January 19, Biden had a meeting with his aides until nearly 10pm to talk about various preemptive pardons. Emails obtained by the Times show that an aides in a summary draft of the decisions formalized during the meeting to the Assistant of the Chief of staff at 10:03pm the assistant then sent the email to the Chief of Staff and others present in the meeting requesting approval from the Chief of Staff, not the President and the White House Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed. At 10:28pm the Times is also reporting the Chief of Staff then replied all to the email. Three months later, I approve the use of the auto pin for the execution of all of the following pardons. Biden's Chief of Staff sent an email, according to the Times. Guess what? That Chief of staff could not be immediately reached for comment when being asked about all of this. Now additionally, the Times reports that Biden did not personally approve each name included in the broad categorical pardons. Rather, after extensive discussion of different possible criteria, he signed off on the standards he wanted to be used to determine which convicts would qualify for reduction in sentence, the Time states. When asked about the Times report, Donald Trump telling reporters the White House that Biden's alleged use of the auto pen amounts to possibly again one of the biggest scandals that we've had in 50 to 100 years. So now it is going to be up to the courts to decide are these pardons actually legitimate or are people like Dr. Anthony Fauci finally gonna have to face the music? Now story number two, it is a very important piece of legislation that very well could become an executive order and finally be done in the US Something that's already been done around the world. Texas GOP center Ted Cruz is set to introduce a bill that would formally designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. The Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation act of 2025 which follows repeated attempts to name the group of terrorist organ. Now it differs from previous versions as it calls for a bottom up approach and according to a fact sheet provided by Senator Cruz's office. The previous attempts failed because, quote, not all Muslim Brotherhood branches are currently violent and wouldn't therefore meet the criteria for designation. Now, let's be clear about what other countries are doing. Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the United Arab Emirates already designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. The bill urges Secretary of State Marco Rubio to catalog Muslim Brotherhood branches that are designated as terrorist groups and designate additional ones that meet relevant criteria. And mandates the designation of the global Muslim Brotherhood for its support for those terrorist groups. That approach actually mirrors what President Donald Trump did in 2017 in his effort to sanction Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard, known as the irgc, an effort that designated the IRGC as a foreign terrorist group. Now, Cruz's effort is openly supported by GOP centers from Arkansas, Tom Cotton, for example, and Rick Scott in Florida, as well as Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania. Arab allies also appear ready to back the initiative, with one official telling the Free Beacon in June that any of the countries in the Middle east that have already designated the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization would welcome the United States doing the same thing. Now, Cruz's bill would use three ways to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization. Congressional action under the 1987 Anti Terrorism act, the State Department recognizing the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization and specific designation as a Specially Designated Global terrorist group. This is just some of what they're now looking at. Now, the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, would have 90 days after the bill passes to submit a report to Congress cataloging all Muslim Brotherhood branches around the globe. The legislation would instruct him to designate any identified group that meets the criteria. The bill then authorizes a formal designation for the Muslim Brotherhood's global operation under the 1987 ATA, creating a primary embargo under which Americans are banned from engaging in financial transactions with the group and rendering its services. In April, Jordan, the country banned the Muslim Brotherhood from the country altogether. According to their charter. The terrorist group Hamas is a wing of the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood assassinated Egyptian President anwar Sadat in 1981 for making peace, by the way, with Israel. The Muslim Brotherhood's goal is clear, to turn the world into a theocratic empire. Stand with us has also said the Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928, is a revolutionary fundamentalist movement to restore the caliphate and strict Sharia. Islamic law is something that they demand. I want you to hear more directly from what Senator Cruz had to say about this legislation and also the fact that this could become an executive order.
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Ted Cruz
The Muslim Brotherhood is a global Islamist Violent organization. It was founded in 1928 in Egypt. It was a fringe group for the first few decades, and then it grew dramatically inside of Egypt, and then it spread beyond. The Muslim Brotherhood has branches and countries and territories all over the world. And. And they are openly committed to seizing control of those countries and seizing control of those. Those territories. They explicitly intend to use violent jihad to overthrow non Islamist governments. During the Obama administration, they did. They seized control of Egypt. Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood seized control until they were ultimately overthrown by the Egyptian army. By the way, when. When the Muslim Brotherhood took over Egypt, the Obama administration cheered them on. And how do we know that the Muslim Brotherhood supports terrorism? Because several of their branches are explicit terrorist organizations. Among those is Hamas, which everyone listening to this podcast knows about. Hamas. Hamas is one of the wings of the Muslim Brotherhood. They also include other groups that that folks may not have heard about, like Hasam and Liwa Al Thawrah, both of which the State Department says have been associated with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. And they are branches that have already been formally designated as terrorist groups. Other Brotherhood branches are committing terrorism right now, but they haven't yet been formally designated. Just a few weeks ago, the Jordanian government disrupted attacks being planned by Brotherhood members, and police raided the Islamic Action Front, which is the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood branch. I think it would make a very good sense for us to vote on it on the Senate floor for John Thune to bring it up and make senators vote. Most of the Democrats are gonna vote no. I think it'd be valuable to get them on record, force them to vote. But I'll tell you what I think the real path to success will be, is that we're gonna lead the fight in the Senate. I hope we tee this up for a vote. And if the Democrats block it, which in all likelihood they will, they have for a decade. What I think's gonna happen is I think the president is gonna do this through an executive order. And I'm certainly urging President Trump to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization through an executive order. And I think the fight that I'm leading in the Senate helps build momentum for the president to step in and make this designation. I think it's gonna happen. I think we're see it happen this term.
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Donald Trump
There's no doubt the Muslim Brotherhood is a global terrorist organization. In fact, they have chapters in 80 different countries. And if you want to know what the Brotherhood thinks about America, they want America to fall in 2010. Their supreme guide told their followers to, quote, be patient because America is heading towards its demise. Make no doubt about it, it's long overdue for us to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. And hopefully it's something the President will be doing very soon. Thank you for listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever you're listening to this podcast right now. And for more in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson Podcast and.
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Ted Cruz
We will see you back here tomorrow.
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Ben Ferguson
This is an iHeart podcast.