Georgia Case Against Trump IMPLODES, plus Hamas Terror Tunnels UNDER UN Agency Headquarters

Summary

The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson: Detailed Summary of February 16, 2024 Episode

Introduction

In this compelling episode of The 47 Morning Update, host Ben Ferguson engages in a critical discussion with Senator Ted Cruz about two major stories: the dramatic unraveling of the Georgia case against former President Donald Trump and the alarming discovery of Hamas terror tunnels beneath a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in Gaza. The conversation delves deep into the implications of these events, shedding light on potential corruption within the legal system and the United Nations' role in Middle Eastern conflicts.

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1. Georgia Case Against Donald Trump Implodes

Timestamp: [00:01] - [13:15]

A. Fani Willis’s Corruption Exposed

The episode opens with Ben Ferguson outlining the collapsing Georgia prosecution against Donald Trump, highlighting testimonies from Fani Willis, the Fulton County District Attorney. Senator Ted Cruz criticizes Willis for her alleged misconduct, including her personal relationship with the special prosecutor she appointed, which involved significant financial transactions handled in cash.

• Notable Quote:
  • Senator Ted Cruz [00:57]: “The Georgia case is an absolute disaster... Fani Willis... was paying hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money, including tens of thousands of dollars in cash under the table.”
  • Unnamed MSNBC Analyst [02:06]: “If Fani Willis lied to the court, it's game over for her. She will be disqualified if they had a relationship prior to when they represented to the court.”

B. Implications of the Scandal

Senator Cruz emphasizes the severity of the accusations, suggesting that Willis’s actions indicate a deeply partisan and possibly corrupt effort to prosecute Trump. He underscores the lack of transparency and the unusual use of cash in legal proceedings, drawing parallels to illicit activities.

• Notable Quote:
  • Senator Ted Cruz [04:05]: “District attorneys do not pay prosecutors and lawyers that they have hired on the taxpayer dime in stacks of cash. That's what drug dealers do.”

C. Impact on the Trump Case

The alleged misconduct by Willis and her associate could undermine the entire prosecution against Trump, potentially leading to his removal from the case. Cruz argues that this setback is a significant victory for Trump and a setback for those seeking to dismantle his political influence.

• Notable Quote:
  • Senator Ted Cruz [11:05]: “The prosecution is in shambles. The prosecutor is at this point revealed to have likely lied to the court, to be corrupt... it is game over.”

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2. Hamas Terror Tunnels Under UNRWA Headquarters

Timestamp: [13:15] - [29:11]

A. Discovery of Terror Tunnels

The conversation shifts to a shocking revelation: Hamas has constructed a command tunnel beneath the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza. This tunnel housed intelligence centers and command operations, directly linking the United Nations agency to terrorist activities.

• Notable Quote:
  • Senator Ted Cruz [16:15]: “Beneath the headquarters of UNRWA was a subterranean data center... living quarters for Hamas terrorists... It totally reveals UNRWA as a facilitating entity for terrorism.”

B. UNRWA’s Role and Corruption

Senator Cruz condemns UNRWA for its alleged involvement in supporting Hamas, pointing out that funds intended for humanitarian aid are being diverted to finance terrorism. He highlights the agency's history of corruption and its direct participation in the October 7th Hamas attacks.

• Notable Quote:
  • Senator Ted Cruz [18:09]: “The UN has always been just a pit of anti-Semitism, anti-Israel hatred, but they have funneled billions of dollars to UNRWA, which in turn is supporting terrorists and supporting Hamas.”

C. Biden Administration’s Complicity

The discussion criticizes the Biden administration for continuing to fund UNRWA despite knowing the agency’s ties to Hamas. Senator Cruz reveals that he and other senators have urged the Justice Department to investigate UNRWA USA for providing material support to terrorist organizations.

• Notable Quote:
  • Senator Ted Cruz [20:46]: “Joe Biden and the Democrats funded Hamas and the October 7 terror attack.”

D. Calls for Policy Change

Senator Cruz advocates for an immediate halt to funding Gaza through UNRWA, arguing that without strict oversight, American taxpayer money inevitably supports terrorism. He condemns the administration’s prioritization of political ideology over national security.

• Notable Quote:
  • Senator Ted Cruz [28:22]: “If you cannot assure that the money doesn't go to terrorists who want to murder Americans, don't send the money.”

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3. Conclusion and Calls to Action

Timestamp: [29:11] - End

Ben Ferguson wraps up the episode by urging listeners to support the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) in their efforts to aid Israelis affected by terrorism. He emphasizes the importance of community involvement and encourages donations to provide essential supplies to those in need.

• Notable Quote:
  • Ben Ferguson [23:17]: “Your gift will be matched to double in impact and help provide twice the support.”

Ferguson also highlights the importance of sharing the podcast to spread awareness of these critical issues, ensuring that the public remains informed about the corruption in the legal system and the dangers posed by UNRWA's alleged ties to terrorism.

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Closing Remarks

This episode of The 47 Morning Update delivers a comprehensive analysis of significant political and security issues affecting America and Israel. Through incisive commentary and substantial evidence, Ben Ferguson and Senator Ted Cruz expose potential corruption within the Georgia prosecution against Trump and highlight the perilous connections between UNRWA and Hamas. Listeners are left with a clear call to action to support humanitarian efforts and remain vigilant against governmental and organizational misconduct.

Transcript

[Ben Ferguson]

Welcome. It is Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you. We have a packed list for you, including the shocking testimony coming out of Georgia with Fanny Willis. Plus Hamas just happened to have a tunnel that was under a building where the UN had offices. We're going to get into that. Plus really important information that deals with the issue of unrwa. We're going to have all that for you in the show. But Senator, let's first start with the this trial that was against Donald Trump in Georgia, a prosecutor that got a special prosecutor hired that she was hooking up with, traveling with and paying tens of thousands of dollars in cash and then hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees where apparently she lied to the court about this relationship. And MSNBC is even saying this is a very bad day for this legal attack on Donald Trump in Georgia.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Well, as we know, there are four pending prosecutions against Donald Trump. And the effort of the Democrats to try to destroy Donald Trump and in particular to try to prevent the voters from being able to vote for him and elect him is massive. One of the most problematic cases, all of them are messed up. But you look at the Georgia case, the Georgia case is an absolute disaster. And I will tell you, if you are a wild eyed left wing partisan that wants to see Donald Trump prosecuted, this week was a very, very bad week for you because Fanny Willis, the Fulton County DA testified and it turns out the lead prosecutor that she hired was a man. She was sleeping with a man. She was having an affair with a man. She was paying hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money, including tens of thousands of dollars in cash under the table. And she lied to the court about it. I mean, it is as bad a train wreck as you've ever seen. And by the way, if you don't believe me, listen to what MSNBC had to say about this week.

[Unnamed Analyst]

Right? Don't let the legalese fool you. This is epic. This is monumental. If things are going in the direction we think Fani Willis lied to the court, it's game over for her. She will be disqualified if they had a relationship prior to when they represented to the court. It's, it's a huge deal. I can't overstate it.

[Ben Ferguson]

I can't overstate it. Lying to the court. Senator, can you explain how big of a deal that is, especially if you're the DA and on top of that, you've hired the special prosecutor who you're funneling taxpayer dollars to that you're in a relationship with. This is corruption at like Biden crime Family level.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Yeah, it's a massive problem. She was caught with her hand in the cookie jar and it undermines the entire prosecution. It makes clear that this was a partisan hit job from day one. But here, listen to her testimony at the trial.

[Fani Willis]

It's interesting that we're here about this money. Mr. Wade is used to women that, as he told me one time, the only thing a woman can do for him is make him a sandwich. We would have brutal arguments about the fact that I am your equal. I don't need anything from a man. A man is not a plan. A man is a companion. And so there was tension always in our relationship, which is why I was. Give him his money back. I don't need anybody to foot my bills. The only man who's ever foot my bills completely is my daddy.

[Ben Ferguson]

I mean, Senator, that's a new excuse I've never heard for funneling money to your. Your boyfriend, lover, slash special prosecutor. That's impressive.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

No, it really is. And understand this is bizarre. District attorneys do not pay prosecutors and lawyers that they have hired on the taxpayer dime in stacks of cash that. That's what drug dealers do. And listen to the rest of her testimony. Listen to this.

[Fani Willis]

Much less cash that time, probably four or five hundred dollars. And then I paid for a bunch of stuff. I think we did two different wine tours that you do, which are pretty expensive. I think I bought him. He likes wine. I don't really like wine, to be honest with you. I like Grey Goose. I bought him a bottle of wine while we were there. And the sippings that you do. I can't remember how like four or five different places you go. I remember we went to. To this place that they do pairings. That was the most expensive thing that I think that we did while we were there. So they would pair. They would pair champagne, chocolate and champagne, chocolate and caviar. It was a three. And it was like three different things. Sweden, Russia, someplace else. I'll make that up. But that. That was the most expensive thing we did that trip. And I paid for. I paid for that. You pay cash for us doing that? Yeah, I think that's.

[Ben Ferguson]

But by the way, Senator, at least we now have some real Russian collusion. She likes herself some. Some vodka from. From. From. From Russia. Right.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

She likes a Grey Goose. Champagne, chocolate and caviar. And, and look, to pay cash. I mean, to be honest, Ben, when is the last time you paid cash at anything more than a McDonald's?

[Ben Ferguson]

Yeah, I mean, I haven't seen cash like this. And we're talking from what they were saying at trial today, not speculation. This is tens of thousands of dollars in cash.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

This is not small amounts. And to be honest, this is. You reference the Biden crime family. This is reminiscent of when you make massive payments to multiple bank accounts. You're doing it to hide what is happening. Nobody pays thousands and thousands of dollars in cash unless you want people not to know. And I gotta say, listen to her boyfriend's testimony, because if anything is even more shocking.

[Ben Ferguson]

And this, by the way, her boyfriend that we're talking about here, this is the special prosecutor.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Yes. She hired with taxpayer money that is.

[Ben Ferguson]

That is billed hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars to go after Donald Trump, to go after up to a million, they think. And this is what he was asked about, these credit card statements and who paid for what.

[Unnamed Questioner]

Okay. And let's just talk about that travel.

[Unnamed Witness]

Okay.

[Unnamed Questioner]

The first trip is Belize in March 2023. That a trip that you took with Ms. Willis?

[Unnamed Witness]

Are you asking, did you take a.

[Unnamed Questioner]

Trip with Ms. Willis in 2023 to Belize?

[Unnamed Witness]

I did.

[Unnamed Questioner]

Did you take a trip to California with Ms. Willis in 2023?

[Unnamed Witness]

I did.

[Unnamed Questioner]

Did you pay for those trips on that credit card?

[Unnamed Witness]

I used the credit card to book the. The travel. But un. Understand, she paid you back cash. Well, let me say this. Let's take the Belize trip, for example. Since you started there, that was a birthday gift to me, so I paid nothing for that trip.

[Unnamed Advertiser]

Zero.

[Unnamed Questioner]

Okay, so the charges that are on your card, she gave you cash for.

[Unnamed Witness]

She did.

[Unnamed Questioner]

Okay. So all of the charges.

[Unnamed Analyst]

Excuse me, you, Honor, the witness.

[Unnamed Questioner]

Oh, did you have more?

[Unnamed Witness]

I did. Okay. I wanted to get into the charges on the car because. So traveling with her is a task. You can probably imagine the attention that happens. So for safety reasons, she would limit her transactions. I mean, imagine trying to walk through an airport or sit at a restaurant or do anything. So there was no. There's no attempt to conceal. It's a credit card. Everything is here. So.

[Unnamed Questioner]

And that's not what I asked.

[Unnamed Witness]

Okay.

[Unnamed Questioner]

What I asked was the charges for Belize in March 2023 on that credit card. Those are things you purchased to go with Ms. Willis to Belize.

[Unnamed Witness]

Those are things that we booked with my card that she paid. Yes.

[Unnamed Questioner]

Yes. So those show up on your credit card.

[Unnamed Witness]

They do.

[Unnamed Questioner]

And you're saying that she paid you cash to reimburse you for all of that?

[Unnamed Witness]

She did.

[Unnamed Questioner]

And she paid you cash for both of your portions or just hers?

[Unnamed Witness]

Both.

[Ben Ferguson]

Okay.

[Unnamed Questioner]

So that trip believes just Belize. She paid you for everything on Belize the entire trip. So the food, tattoo parlor, all that stuff she paid for.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Maybe the question.

[Unnamed Witness]

There was no. There was no tattoo parlor in Belize.

[Unnamed Questioner]

The charges. There's a. There's a tattoo parlor on the charges. I'm not getting into what it was for. I'm just asking if everything that's on that card related to Belize she paid you back for.

[Unnamed Witness]

She paid for. Yes, ma'am.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Okay.

[Ben Ferguson]

By the way, Senator, just the conversation, general is hysterical, but also the fact that they're both saying the same thing. There is no paper trail. I got paid back in cash for everything. Everything, everything, Everything in cash. There isn't a single receipt. There's nothing here. And by the way, one of those trips was my birthday, so she paid for everything.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Look, neither you nor I are spring chickens. You're 40 plus years old. I'm 50 plus years old. Have you ever taken a trip where you, like, reimburse someone tens of thousands of dollars in cash? I mean, just. Just imagine what kind of like. This is not normal behavior. This is the behavior of people who are concealing transactions they don't want to have to happen. And by the way, it's pretty nice that he charges everything to his credit card, including the tattoo parlor, but he denies. But apparently it's on his credit card. So I don't know if they both got tattooed on their rear ends. We hate Donald Trump. I don't know what they got tattooed.

[Ben Ferguson]

We hate maga. Right.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

But even the, like, little charges, he's like, no, no, no, I didn't pay a penny. Understand?

[Ben Ferguson]

He's proud of it, by the way. He's bragging, basically.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

No, no. He's like, damn straight. Every penny she paid for.

[Ben Ferguson]

Yeah. And pay me back in cash on all of it. All of it. It's incredible to. To the seriousness of this for a moment, because that is just hysterical, what we played for you, but how big of a victory is this? Number one for Donald Trump and if she is taken off the case, which means he will be taken off the case, what does that do moving forward for this case with deals with Donald Trump and they're going after again, RICO charges, which are serious against him. That's how they put all this together.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Yeah. Look, it's not clear, but the prosecution is in shambles. The prosecutor is at this point revealed to have likely lied to the court, to be corrupt, to be funneling money, to be paying taxpayer money to her lover and profiting off that money. It ain't good at all. And that means the case is. Look, as the MSNBC analyst said, it's game over. Look, could they try to revive it with some other prosecutor? Sure. But this was always, I think, a rabid, partisan Democrat who hated Donald Trump, who wanted to make a name for herself. And I gotta say, you know, listening to the story of his saying it's hard to travel with her, I don't know, I'm kind of skeptical that walking through an airport anyone has any idea who Fanny Willis is. But if that's his theory, he's like, we had to hide it because everyone knew knows who she is. Listen, I think that was the objective of bringing this case. And maybe it worked, I don't know.

[Ben Ferguson]

Yeah, it definitely did. And by the way, if you think that this means that this is the, you know, a one and done and Donald Trump's gonna get to move back to the campaign, you're wrong. Donald Trump's New York hush money case, this is that criminal case there, will start March 25. It's the first first of his criminal trials. And, and final question on the center, is this the reason why Democrats basically went around the country and started throwing jello at a wall and seeing if they get any of it to stick? And they doing all of these cases so that if this one falls, hey, we, we start another one March 25, and if that one falls, we'll start another one in May or June.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Look, yes and no, I, I don't think this is a grand conspiracy. I don't think there's one grand poobah in a smoke filled room saying, you bring this case, you bring this case, you bring this case. And part of the reason is if you were trying to do a grand conspiracy, no one would pick Fanny Willis to be part of it. Like, this prosecutor is a mess. And so I think it is, instead.

[Ben Ferguson]

Is it political opportunists that are just saying, I gotta make a name for myself and I want a pound of taxes.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

You know, there's a concept in antitrust law called conscious parallelism, which is, it's a bunch of rabid, partisan Democrats, all of whom hate Donald Trump. And they're all racing to, I'm gonna get him. No, I'm gonna get him. No, I'm gonna get him. So whether it is Fanny Willis, whether it is Alvin Bragg, whether it's Jack Smith, whether it is Letitia James, they're all like, I'm an ambitious Democrat and I hate the person that I think is the devil, so let's go abuse the justice system to go after him.

[Ben Ferguson]

I want to move to another really important big story, and this is one that has not been reported on by the media at all. And it deals with a Hamas command tunnel under the United Nations Gaza headquarters. It seems unbelievable, but it also backs up with reality of what we saw in Gaza with, with the Associated Press and, and Reuters and others who had their offices in the same offices where Hamas had apparently intel centers and command centers. And now we find out that Hamas had a command tunnel under a UN Gaza headquarters. How did the United nations not know about this, Senator?

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Well, listen, the, the organization is something that's called unra and UNRA stands for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. And it is a part of the United nations that is focused on giving aid to the Palestinians. And major stories have broken. UNWRA has always had massive corruption, massive aid to Hamas. And so last month the news broke that a dozen staff of UNWRA, a dozen people working for the UN took part in the October 7th massacre by Hamas. They were actively terrorists engaging in the October 7th attack which killed over 1200 people and took over 250 hostages. Now pause and think about it. The United nations is employing and paying terrorists. But then the news broke just a few days ago that not only was the UN employing terrorists, but beneath the headquarters of UNWRA was a subterranean data center. It had an electrical room, it had industrial battery power banks, and it had living quarters for Hamas terrorists who were operating the computer servers. And it was built directly under the location of the headquarters of unrwa. Now that could not have happened by accident and it totally reveals UNRWA as a facilitating entity for terrorism.

[Ben Ferguson]

So let's follow the money here. If UNRWA is getting funds from the United nations and we're the biggest donor to the United nations, we're giving money and it's being funneled to those that are helping carry out terrorist attacks as well as protecting terrorists and the planning. And the rockets that are being shot into Israel for years now while they've been in the same building.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Now that's exactly right. As the Times of Israel reported, UNRES Gaza headquarters is located in Gaza cities upscale Ramal neighborhood, an area that, that the Israeli the IDF had previously operated in and dismantled the local Hamas battalion and withdrawn its troops from. And here's a quote from Colonel Benny Aharon from the IDF who says quote, the IDF was here previously. The first time was to destroy the enemy. But when we were here the last time, we collected a lot of intelligence documents and findings, a lot of prisoners. And thanks to this we reached Here now, we carried out a targeted operation to take this capability away. We had a basis of information, but not enough to be able to dig down 20 meters to find it. 20 meters? About 60ft. We needed a bit more. There's information we get from prisoners we capture, from computers we find from documents, maps. And they went down and discovered this terror tunnel. Hazan, who is tasked with coordinating the brigade's underground operation, said the main entrance to the tunnel was located under an unrush school in the area.

[Ben Ferguson]

Wow.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

And. And. And this. Look, the UN you want to talk about, number one, the UN has always been just a pit of anti Semitism, anti Israel hatred, but they have funneled billions of dollars to unra, which in turn is supporting terrorists and supporting Hamas and employing people who participated in the October 7 terror attack.

[Ben Ferguson]

What will America's response be to this? As the Biden administration said. Anything. Are there anyone in his administration or the UN Ambassador asking questions, saying, what the hell's going on at the United Nations Relief and Work Agency that's been knowingly, as you described it, providing support to Hamas terrorists who committed these atrocities against over a thousand Israelis and dozens of Americans as well.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Who.

[Ben Ferguson]

Which. Which. Which I think has been overlooked as well by this administration.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Yes. So sadly, the Biden administration, from day one, has been funneling money into Gaza. Look, early on in the Biden administration, I led a group of 17 senators saying, do not give money to Gaza because if you give money to Gaza, that will flow directly to Hamas and be used for terrorist activities. At the time I sent that letter, there were 150 House Democrats who sent a letter to the administration saying, please do give money to Gaza, even though it will likely be used by Hamas for terrorism. We now know, because it's been publicly reported how the Biden administration resolved that issue. The Biden administration concluded that it was, quote, highly likely. Those are their. Their terms. Highly likely that money given to Gaza would be used by Hamas for terrorism. Now, ordinarily, Ben, under U.S. antiterrorism law, if it's highly likely the money will be used for terrorism, you can't send the money. That would be common sense. Well, with the Biden administration did instead is they formally waived U.S. anti terrorism law because their political ideology, they so wanted to send the money, they didn't care if it would be used by Hamas for terrorism. So in a very real sense, Joe Biden and the Democrats funded hamas and the October 7 terror attack.

[Ben Ferguson]

Which goes back to the bigger question in the aid. It looks like American aid. We say, hey, we're gonna send some to Israel, but we're also wanting to send aid to Gaza. How do we not, how do we assure that that money's not gonna go directly in the hands of the terrorists?

[Senator Ted Cruz]

We can't. And it is truly asinine. In the wake of this horrific terror attack. What did Joe Biden and the Democrats want to do? Let's send more money to Gaza. Let's send more money to Gaza. And my view is stop sending money to people who want to kill us. If you cannot assure that the money doesn't go to terrorists who want to murder Americans, don't send the money. And by the way, this past week I led a group of senators urging the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into a US based non profit that raises money for unwra. And it's a group called UNRA usa, which is a non profit with the self described mission to support the, quote, work of UNRWA through fundraising, education and advocacy in the United States. And as I pointed out, here's what I wrote in the letter with several other senators, quote, we write to call on you to open a criminal investigation into UNRE usa, its principles and its leadership for knowingly providing material support to foreign terrorist organizations, including Hamas. This support facilitated and continues to facilitate terrorism, including the October 7 terrorist attack in which Palestinian terrorists killed or kidnapped dozens of Americans and over 1,200 Israelis. According to its 2021 annual report, UNRWA USA dispersed nearly $5 million in donations to UNRWA that year, making the organization UNRWA's largest institutional donor.

[Ben Ferguson]

I mean, you hear that and is an American taxpayer. It makes me angry to know that basically I'm funding the terrorists that took out these attacks, not just on the people in Israel, but we still have not, I think, gotten a full accounting from this administration on Americans that were killed and also taken hostage.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Now, sadly, that's right and the Biden administration we've talked about before, when it comes to foreign policy, it is all politics all the time. And they set aside US national security, that they set aside the interest of protecting our allies and they especially set aside the interest of protecting American citizens. And it's made the world much more dangerous.

[Ben Ferguson]

I want to tell you about one way that you can help in Israel right now. We all know about the atrocities that were committed by Hamas last October 7, which kicked off the vicious war. And Israel is having to defend itself from these terrorists on every side. The toll on the Israeli people is staggering and it's massive. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have been forced from their homes, entire communities have been torn apart, lives devastated by death and destruction. That is where the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is helping. They're right there in the middle of it all. Every single day they're distributing critical essentials like food, medicine and emergency supplies for hundreds of thousands of suffering Jews as we speak. The need is great and that's why I want you to know that we are partnering with the IFCJ right now. I want you to visit and I want you to support IFCJ.org to help and every donation is urgently needed to help the people of Israel to give to the International Fellowship of Christian and Jews. You just have to go to supportifcj.org that's supportifcj.org and give as generously as you can. Your gift will be matched to double in impact and help provide twice the support. Again, if you want to get involved and help the people in need in Israel with basic necessities, go to supportifcj.org that's supportifcj.org and they say thank you and God bless you for all of you that can get involved and help the people that are suffering the most in Israel right now. Senator, I want to ask you another question about just the response from this administration when this type of news comes out. There seems to be a no response or a very timid response. And I worry that's because they've known that there's been this level of corruption for quite some time. They're just now being faced with it in the government. What do we when did they know about the corruption with UNRA and when did the warning sign start hitting them? Was it before this attack or can they play done now?

[Senator Ted Cruz]

We've known about it a long time and I will say it's badly when I question the Biden administration, when I question the State Department and I press them, why do you keep giving hundreds of millions of dollars to Gaza? Gaza is run by Hamas. Hamas is the government of Gaza and Hamas is a terrorist.

[Ben Ferguson]

And people don't believe you when you say that. Just the tunnel system that we have seen since the Israelis have gone in is more than enough proof they control the Palestinians.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

So part of the leftist rhetoric, they say Gaza is the largest open air prison on earth. That's a lie. You know, Gaza is not run by Israel. Gaza is run by the Palestinians. Israel left the Gaza Strip. So the Gaza Strip is a portion of what used to be Israel and it is on the south west portion of Israel and they Just left Israel left and said, all right, there's a massive population of Palestinians. You guys are in charge. You run it. And they had elections in Gaza. And the people of the Gaza Strip elected Hamas, which is a terrorist organization, it pledges the destruction of Israel and the death of Jews. That is in its core mission. That's who the people of the Gaza Strip elected. Now, understand, over the past decades, billions of dollars have flowed into the Gaza Strip in terms of relief, both from the United States, from Europe, from international agencies, from unwra. And that money, instead of actually helping the Gaza Strip, helping the Palestinians, instead of building schools and hospitals, instead of building roads, they take massive amounts of that money and they turn it directly to terrorism. So, for example, and I've been to Israel many times, and when you talk with the Israeli forces, they explain money that goes into Gaza, say to build water pipes to bring fresh water to people who need it. They take the water pipes, they cut it into six feet segments, and they use those water pipes, they turn them into rockets, and they fill them with propellant and explosive and shrapnel ball bearings and metal that they can then fire into Israel. And so the result is the people of Gaza, the Palestinians get denied relief they desperately need. Why? Because Hamas, who controls it, would rather kill Jews than help Palestinians. And every time I asked the Biden administration, okay, how do you make sure the money going into Gaza doesn't go to terrorism? Their response, you know what they say?

[Ben Ferguson]

What's that?

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Oh, we trust unwra. UNRA is great. Give it to unwra. UNRA will be fantastic. And it has been evident for a long time that UNRA and Hamas are utterly intertwined. A dozen UNRA employees were actual terrorists on October 7th. And yet the Biden administration position is we love UNWRA.

[Ben Ferguson]

Final question on this. Is there a way to actually stop the funds going into Gaza, going into unrwa? And what Donald Trump did it.

[Senator Ted Cruz]

Absolutely. You can stop it. The reason this money has gone is because Joe Biden places a higher priority on his political ideology than he does on keeping Americans safe or keeping Israelis safe and our allies safe. And the result is the world's a lot more dangerous.

[Ben Ferguson]

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