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Ben Ferguson
I've learned that Comey was actually very much involved in the Russia investigation in a very negative way. And chances are this DOJ has every single email, every text message, every communication. I believe likely he will be found guilty.
Republican Politician
Wait, what? What's his.
Ben Ferguson
I believe likely he committed a crime. You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
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We've got two big stories for you. First up, Democrats going after Donald Trump. Now saying that this is vengeance prosecutions going after James Comey. Well, we have new information showing that is absolutely not true. And I'll explain that to you coming up in Just a moment. Also, Google and YouTube are now claiming they're letting conservatives back online even though they were silencing and censoring them in the past. So what does this really mean for free speech and conservatives? I'll explain that to you as well.
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It's the 47 Morning Update and it starts right now.
Ben Ferguson
Story number one.
Conservative News Host
As you know, James Comey has been indicted. The question is, what happens next? Well, how did we get to where we are now is also a question that many are asking. And I want to take you back to 2020 in 18. Katherine Heritage, who has done extensive reporting on James Comey, had this to say back then. Listen carefully to the word she chooses.
Legal Analyst
Amazing exchange to me is when you had Director Comey confirm that he shared those memos documenting conversations with the President with three other people. So the Columbia professor, that's what he testified to. Also his. What he described as his personal attorney, Patrick Fitzgerald, and. And then this other attorney. What's key here is that he told you, Brett, that those memos were returned to the FBI after they found classified information. He can call it whatever he wants. That is a classified spill of information. Doesn't matter whether they have clearances. They didn't have the ability to secure that information.
Conservative News Host
Sure. You listen to that and you go back at the timeline, and now you understand a lot of where we're going with this case. You also have this post from Kathryn Herridge. Based on my two decades covering the FBI and the Justice Department, a thin indictment suggests a holding charge with the potential of a more complex superseding indictment.
Conservative Commentator
That adds more charges.
Conservative News Host
As you know, the media has been claiming that this is a nothing burger, that there's nothing there, that this is a weak indictment, which is exactly why I am bringing this up for you now. Heritage went on to say this is not only possible, but plausible in Comey's case based on the recently declassified FBI leak investigation. Cash Patel, codename Arctic Hayes. The Arctic Hayes records reveal several FBI senior leaders and Columbia Law Professor Daniel Richmond said they coordinated media leaks at Comey's direction. The former FBI Chief of Staff James Baker, former FBI general counsel Andrew McKay, the former deputy Director Daniel Richmond, and a Columbia law professor. August 14th. I was among the first to report on Arctic Hayes, she says, and she's absolutely right. Now, Democrats have no desire for you to know any of the background that I just gave you. Why? Because they are afraid that this is going to become a even bigger issue. And that's why they're trying to act as if this is something that is quickly going to disappear, that there is actually nothing there, that there is nothing that you should be worried about, and that this is somehow just vengeful law enforcement. In fact, that's the Democratic talking points. Senator Amy Klobuchar putting it this way on Face the Nation as Democrats are trying to spin their way out of this disaster.
Legal Analyst
You sit on the Judiciary Committee. So I want to ask you about what's happening right now. Earlier this month, the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, Eric Siebert, resigned after failing to bring a case against New York Attorney General Letitia James. We just spoke about her with Robert Costa. Monday, Lindsey Halligan was sworn in as the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. She has never prosecuted a case before. Three days into this new job, she moved forward with the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey on two counts. Have you spoken to your fellow Republicans on the Judiciary Committee? Do they have concerns about what's happening in Virginia?
Republican Politician
Well, I plan on doing that this week. And what I see this, as a former prosecutor myself, this is weaponizing the Justice Department, basically taking a career prosecutor who was recommended by the Republican governor of the state of Virginia, clearly has Republican roots, who made a decision based on the evidence over a period of months, made a decision, then he's pushed out, forced out, so that the president can install his own aid into the job. When I questioned Attorney General Bondi during her confirmation hearing, she assured me that politics would not play a role, that they would make independent decisions. That is not what this is. This is a vengeance prosecution. It is not about the law.
Conservative News Host
That is a spin that you're going to be receiving for weeks and probably months that this is a vengeful prosecution. Now, to be clear, that is what Democrats did year after year after year after year. They went after their political opponents, their political enemies. They lied. They decided to try to put people in jail and to even go after the President of the United States of America to the point where he had how many different mug shots and how many different indictments against him over and over again. But now we're finding out about all the corruption with proof of just how bad it's actually gotten. We also know the Democrats are trying to move now to shut down the government. So maybe you won't be paying attention to James Comey. And as they're trying to shut down the government, they're saying somehow this is Donald Trump's fault. Hakeem Jeffries saying this about a possible government shutdown and saying it's all Donald Trump's fault.
Republican Politician
You haven't had any formal meetings with President Trump. You were around him during inauguration, have obviously met him. What are your expectations from this meeting and can you compromise?
Ben Ferguson
Well, Donald Trump has taken a go it alone approach from the very beginning of this Congress. And unfortunately, my colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle have behaved not as a separate and co equal branch of government and a check and balance on an out of control executive branch, but as a consistent rubber stamp for Donald Trump's extreme agenda. Our view going into the meeting is that we want to find bipartisan, common ground to find a spending agreement that avoids a government shutdown and actually meets the needs of the American people in terms of their health, their safety, and their economic well being.
Republican Politician
If I had.
Conservative News Host
This is the Democratic Party's new agenda. It's an extreme agenda. I agree with Hakeem Jeffries. The only difference is he's saying that Donald Trump's extreme when what Democrats are now trying to do is say, okay.
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Conservative News Host
You won't pay attention to everything else that's actually going on. You even hear the host there saying.
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That this is, well, kind of shocking.
Conservative News Host
That they're deciding they're going to move this way. And what does Jeffrey say? He doubled down on it and says, well, they're just a rubber stamp for the Republicans. So if you want to know how big of a deal the James Comey indictment is, I believe it's such a big deal. The Democrats are now doing anything they can to try to change the subject. They are terrified that this is going to turn into a big black eye for them. They are terrified that there's a chance there could be more to this indictment than this, the simplistic aspect that they're trying to describe it. They're also terrified that if he does go to prison, that there could be others that could come down around James Comey that would be other Democratic operatives. So just know as this story continues to grow and as the former FBI director goes to a trial, as he describes it, that there is a very good chance the Democrats will do anything they can to try to bait and switch you into caring about something else. So pay attention to this as it continues to happen. We're certainly going to keep you updated on it here because it is maybe one of the most important stories of this entire administration and the corruption of the last administration.
Ben Ferguson
Now, story number two.
Conservative Commentator
There is a story the media is not talking about, and that is exactly why we're going to expose it right now. And the fact is this. Google is now confirming that the Biden administration pressured it to censor Donald Trump and other conservatives on a multitude of issues. Google now confessing that the Biden administration pressed their words, not mine, the tech giant, as well as YouTube to censor content the government felt was COVID 19 misinformation. That, according to a letter released by Jim Jordan, the parent company of Google and YouTube, known as Alphabet, is now urging those counterculture voices to, quote, rejoin if they were kicked off the platform for violating the now abandoned rules on what content creators could say about COVID 19 and election integrity. Alphabet attorney Daniel Donovan shared the shocking admission Tuesday while speaking to the House Judiciary Committee. The Biden administration, Donovan wrote, created a political atmosphere that sought to influence the actions of platforms based on their concerns regarding their decision to describe things as, quote, misinformation. They went on to also admit this it is unacceptable and wrong when any government, including the Biden administration, attempts to dictate how the company moderates content. And the company has consistently fought against those efforts on First Amendment grounds. Senior Biden officials, including the White House officials, conducted repeated, they said, and sustained outreach to Alphabet, the company that owns Google and YouTube. They consistently reached out, impressed the company regarding certain user generated content related to COVID 19 pandemic that did not violate its policies. While the company continued to develop and enforce its policies independently, the Biden administration officials continued to press the company to remove non violated user generated content. Now let's be clear. These companies could have stood up to the Biden administration. They chose not to and now they're acting like they had no choice but to fall to the government pressure of the Biden regime. Now several members of the current Trump administration had videos pulled on topics that covered COVID 19 and the 2020 election, including current FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and also White House counterterrorism Chief Sebastian Gorka. YouTube Take seriously the company now claims the importance of protecting free expression and access to a range of viewpoints. YouTube values Conservative voices on its platform and recognizes that these creators have extensive reach and play an important role in civic discourse. They're now claiming. Now let's also be clear if you want to know just how much the media is involved in silencing and censoring people, let me just remind you of what the late night hosts were saying and celebrating Silicon Valley censoring Donald Trump. This is a montage of the big six that were on late night television. The same six that are crying when Jimmy Kimmel got a four day vacation suspension and are now saying that they're in favor of free speech no matter what. Well, we've got the tape and that's a lie. Take a listen.
Ben Ferguson
Been suspended from Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and even Snapchat.
Legal Analyst
But.
Ben Ferguson
Still plenty of apps you do have access to. You still have Spotify to drown out the sound of millions of people cheering as you leave. Google, Apple and Amazon removed the Parlor app from their platforms. Parlor is where all the right wingers gather to post QAnon sense and misspell the word parlor. Trumpers are complaining bitterly that they're being silenced. They, in fact, they won't shut up about being silenced. I love having Donald Trump off Twitter, not to mention all the other toxic.
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Racists and conspiracy theorists that have been booted off.
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Ben Ferguson
A lifetime Twitter ban has got a sting.
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They took away his precious.
Conservative News Host
Twitter isn't the only social media site.
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That wants nothing to do with our president.
Ben Ferguson
He's also been banned or restricted from a bevy of other platforms, including Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Reddit, even Twitch. What are you waiting for, pornhub? It's not a coincidence, it's a consequence.
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Ben Ferguson
Recognize it because you've never faced one before. Lifetime ban. Trump's basically the Pete Rose of social media.
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Right now.
Ben Ferguson
Trump's phone is stuffed into a pile of rice after being drenched with tears. In addition to Twitter, Trump has been banned or restricted from Apple, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Google, Amazon, Pinterest, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, Twitch, Stripe, Discord, and Shopify. Trump started this year thinking he should be on Mount Rushmore. Now he can't even get on Instagram. How have our lives changed since Trump has been banned from Twitter? Well, I thought we'd take a quick look outside and see has the world changed since our president has been banned from Twitter? Let's just look outside and see what's going on. I like it. Elon Musk is in the middle of purchasing Twitter. Well, today Musk said that one of the first things he would do after the acquisition goes through is lift the permanent Twitter band on Donald Trump. Tell you what, banning Trump was like. One of the few almost good things Twitter's done in like a decade is that Donald Trump is a scam account. It's all a scam. All of it's a scam.
Conservative Commentator
That is late night demanding and celebrating the silencing of people they disagreed with. The same thing they were crying about this past week when someone actually lied on TV about the shooter that took out Charlie Kirk. So always remember, whatever it is they're saying is happening to them is probably exactly what they've been advocating for for years.
Ben Ferguson
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Ben Ferguson
Where do you see the business actually heading?
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Featuring the iconic journalists of Variety and hosted by co Editor in Chief Cynthia Littleton.
Republican Politician
The only constant in Hollywood is change.
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Episode: "Comey Indictment Is Just Beginning plus YouTube Reverses Course"
Date: September 29, 2025
Host: Ben Ferguson
This episode of The 47 Morning Update is dominated by two major stories central to current U.S. political debate: the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey and the recent reversal of content policies on YouTube in response to increasing criticism over conservative censorship. Host Ben Ferguson delivers pointed commentary, challenges mainstream narratives, and brings in outside quotes and tapes to build his argument that these events highlight deeper problems of media bias, political weaponization, and attacks on free speech.
[02:06]–[13:26]
"Chances are this DOJ has every single email, every text message, every communication. I believe likely he will be found guilty." — Ben Ferguson ([02:06])
"I believe likely he committed a crime." ([02:23])
“He can call it whatever he wants. That is a classified spill of information. Doesn’t matter whether they have clearances.” — Legal Analyst quoting Katherine Herridge ([05:46])
“A thin indictment suggests a holding charge with the potential of a more complex superseding indictment.” — Quoting Kathryn Herridge’s reporting ([06:44])
"They are terrified that there is a chance there could be more to this indictment... they’re also terrified that if he does go to prison, there could be others that could come down around James Comey." — Ben Ferguson ([12:04])
[13:26]–[19:45]
"The Biden administration... sought to influence the actions of platforms... regarding their decision to describe things as, quote, misinformation." ([13:28]) "The company has consistently fought against those efforts on First Amendment grounds." ([13:28])
[17:14]–[19:45]
“Trumpers are complaining bitterly that they’re being silenced. They...won’t shut up about being silenced. I love having Donald Trump off Twitter...” — Late night host montage ([17:47]) "What are you waiting for, Pornhub? It’s not a coincidence, it’s a consequence." — Late night host ([18:00])
"That is late night demanding and celebrating the silencing of people they disagreed with. The same thing they were crying about this past week when someone actually lied on TV about the shooter that took out Charlie Kirk." — Conservative Commentator ([19:45])
| Timestamp | Topic/Quote | Speaker | |-----------|-------------|---------| | 02:06 | "Comey likely will be found guilty." | Ben Ferguson | | 05:46 | “He can call it whatever... classified spill.” | Katherine Herridge via Legal Analyst | | 06:44 | "A thin indictment suggests... holding charge." | Kathryn Herridge | | 09:04 | "Weaponizing the Justice Department." | Republican Politician | | 11:08 | "Go it alone approach... bipartisan common ground." | Hakeem Jeffries | | 12:04 | "Democrats... trying to change the subject." | Ben Ferguson | | 13:28 | "Biden administration... pressuring for censorship." | Daniel Donovan (Alphabet) | | 17:14 | Montage of late night hosts on Trump bans | Multiple | | 19:45 | Commentary on late night/media hypocrisy | Conservative Commentator |
Ben Ferguson’s delivery is urgent and direct, marked by a strong skepticism of mainstream media coverage and Democratic Party strategies. He frames both the Comey indictment and social media censorship as part of a pattern of double standards and government overreach. The inclusion of direct quotes, taped segments, and attributions to both conservative and mainstream sources both grounds the discussion and amplifies the episode’s combative, activist style.
For listeners wanting a combative conservative perspective on major stories in American politics, this episode distills Republican arguments about media bias, political prosecution, and free speech, providing ammunition and context for further political debate.