Deadly Shooting at Dallas ICE Facility, FBI Seized "Classified" Docs in Bolton Raid: AM Update 9/25

Summary

The Megyn Kelly Show — AM Update (September 25, 2025)

Episode Theme:
The episode, hosted by Mark Halpern (filling in for Megyn Kelly), covers the deadly shooting at a Dallas ICE facility, the FBI’s seizure of documents with classified markings in a raid on John Bolton’s office, shifting U.S. rhetoric and policy towards the Russia-Ukraine war, and a viral UN speech by Violet Affleck on Covid precautions. The episode offers pointed discussion on law enforcement, political rhetoric, national security, ongoing international tensions, and the return of pandemic anxieties.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Dallas ICE Facility Shooting

• Incident Overview (02:35)
  • A sniper fired at a Dallas ICE facility in the early morning, killing one detainee and critically injuring two others before committing suicide.
  • The shooter, Joshua Yawn (29), targeted detainees inside a van and a secure entry.
  • FBI confirmed the incident is being investigated as “an act of targeted violence.”
  • Shell casings with “Anti ICE” written on them were found.

Quote:
“I can confirm at this time that the FBI is investigating this incident as an act of targeted violence.”
— FBI Official (03:36)

• Context of Escalating Violence (03:56)

  • The attack marks the fourth violent threat/incident against Texas ICE or Customs & Border Protection facilities this year.
  • Reference to a coordinated July 4th attack on another Texas ICE facility by at least 10 armed individuals.
  • ICE agents have faced a 1,000% increase in assaults and doxing campaigns.

• Political & Rhetorical Reactions

  • Democrats’ harsh rhetoric against ICE agents and federal law enforcement is showcased, including labeling ICE as a “terrorist organization.”
  • California Governor Gavin Newsom just signed the “No Secret Police Act” banning law enforcement from using masks and requiring visible identification. On Late Night with Stephen Colbert, Newsom argued these are “authoritarian actions by an authoritarian government.” (05:51)

Quote:
“If some guy jumped out of an unmarked car in a van with a mask on, tried to grab me...you’re going to push back. These are not just authoritarian tendencies, these are authoritarian actions by an authoritarian government.”
— Gov. Gavin Newsom (06:04)

• Conservative Pushback
  • Vice President J.D. Vance blamed Democratic rhetoric for inciting violence against law enforcement.
  • Explicitly condemned left-wing media and politicians:

    “If your political rhetoric encourages violence against our law enforcement, you can go straight to hell and you have no place in the political conversation of the United States of America.”
    — J.D. Vance (06:47)

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2. FBI Raid on John Bolton — Classified Documents

• Details of the Raid (07:32)
  • Newly released court filings reveal the FBI found documents with “classified markings” relating to WMDs, the UN, and strategic communications in John Bolton’s D.C. office.
  • Some materials labeled “confidential” or “secret.”
  • Bolton’s attorney claims these were old documents, previously reviewed and cleared for Bolton’s memoir, and are standard for a long government career.
  • Bolton is being investigated under the Espionage Act; no charges have been filed.

Quote:
“Many of which are documents that had been previously approved as part of a pre publication review for Ambassador Bolton’s book, reviewed and closed years ago...typical records of someone who’s been in government over a 40 year career.”
— Bolton’s attorney Abby Lowell (paraphrased from 08:20)

• Political Framing
  • Discussion on whether the raid exemplifies authoritarian overreach by a President using the DOJ for political revenge (referencing both Trump and Biden administrations).
  • NYT reporting alleged emails from Bolton with sensitive info sent via unsecured channels.

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3. Shifts in U.S. Russia-Ukraine Policy

• Trump’s Messaging Turns (11:22)
  • President Trump posted that Ukraine “could actually win the war” with EU help, without conceding territory to Russia—a “drastic shift” from his past positions.
  • Ukrainian President Zelensky expressed surprise at this new openness, attributing it to improved US-Ukraine communication and Trump’s perceived learning curve regarding Putin’s intentions.

Quote:
“It’s good that we have often phone calls and meetings...the fact that Putin was lying to President Trump so many times also made a difference between us.”
— President Zelensky (11:57)

• Recent Developments

  • Trump and Putin met in Alaska last month to discuss ending the war, but no summit with Zelensky followed.
  • Russian attacks escalated since, including airspace incursions into NATO countries.

• Trump’s Take at the UN (13:37)

  • Trump acknowledged his relationship with Putin but admitted the war’s dynamics have overridden expectations:

    “I thought that would be the easiest one because of my relationship with President Putin...but in war, you never know what’s going to happen.”
    — President Trump (13:37)

• VP Vance’s Interpretation (14:09)

  • Framed Trump’s position as adapting to “reality on the ground,” not a flip-flop.
  • Emphasized that Trump sees the war as disastrous for all sides and intends to keep pressure on Russia.

Quote:
“He is responsive to the reality on the ground...If the Russians refuse to negotiate in good faith, I think it’s going to be very, very bad for their country.”
— J.D. Vance (14:09)

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4. Violet Affleck’s UN Speech—Calls for Mask Mandates

• Youth Activism Returns to the Fore (15:06)
  • Violet Affleck (age 19, daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner) gave a speech at the UN, wearing a KN95 mask and urging world leaders to reinstate Covid mask mandates.
  • Criticized adults for wanting a “relentless beat of back to normal” and accused them of neglecting children’s health.

Quote:
“It is neglect of the highest order to look children in the eyes and say, we knew how to protect you and we didn’t do it.”
— Violet Affleck (15:29)

• Host’s Tone & Cultural Reference
  • Host Mark Halpern wryly likened Violet’s speech to Greta Thunberg’s famous “how dare you” admonition at the 2019 UN summit, underscoring the cyclical nature of youth-led climate and health policy demands.

Quote:
“While these remarks sound like something out of the 2020 time capsule, they were indeed made just this week, two years and four months after President Biden’s administration declared an end to the national Covid health emergency.”
— Mark Halpern (16:07)

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Memorable Moments & Notable Quotes

• FBI on targeted violence and ICE:

  “It is unfortunately just the most recent example we’ve seen of targeted violence...here in North Texas.”
  — FBI Official (03:36)

• VP J.D. Vance on political rhetoric and law enforcement:

  “If your political rhetoric encourages violence against our law enforcement, you can go straight to hell...”
  — J.D. Vance (06:47)

• Governor Newsom framing ICE operations as authoritarian:

  “I’m deeply proud that I had the privilege of signing the nation’s first bill to address the issue of masking...these are authoritarian actions by an authoritarian government.”
  — Gavin Newsom (06:04)

• President Zelensky on Trump and Putin:

  “Putin was lying to President Trump so many times...he just used the situation. He got images with President Trump. He sold to his audience Russian society. ‘You see, I’m shakable with the United States.’”
  — Zelensky (11:57)

• Trump’s reflection on Ukraine negotiations:

  “In war you never know what’s going to happen. There are always lots of surprises, both good and bad.”
  — Donald Trump (13:37)

• Violet Affleck’s UN appeal:

  “We have access to a technology to prevent airborne disease...and we refuse to use it. And I shudder to think of where we will be in another five years of unmitigated infection.”
  — Violet Affleck (15:29)

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Important Timestamps & Segments

• [02:35] Dallas ICE Facility Shooting - Full details and FBI statement
• [03:56] Escalation of violence against ICE and law enforcement
• [05:51] Governor Newsom on “No Secret Police” act and left-wing rhetoric
• [06:47] Vice President J.D. Vance reaction to rhetoric and violence
• [07:32] FBI raid and classified documents found at John Bolton’s office
• [11:22] Trump’s new Russia-Ukraine messaging and Zelensky’s reaction
• [13:37] President Trump at the UN on challenges ending Ukraine war
• [14:09] VP Vance explains the shift and continued Trump administration efforts
• [15:06] Violet Affleck’s UN address on Covid masking
• [16:36] Throwback to Greta Thunberg’s 2019 “How Dare You” speech

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Closing Thoughts

This episode of The Megyn Kelly Show AM Update provides a sharp, fast-paced rundown of breaking national and international events. The discussions focus on the dangerous real-world impacts of political rhetoric, scrutiny of law enforcement actions, the ongoing saga of classified information with political implications, evolving U.S. foreign policy, and the resurgence of youth activism on global stages. The tone is brisk, pointed, and direct, with little equivocation—a signature feature of the show.

Listeners will come away with a multifaceted view on issues ranging from immigration and security to geopolitics and pandemic-era debates, all contextualized within the rhetoric and power struggles of 2025.

Transcript

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[FBI Official]

I can confirm at this time that the FBI is investigating this incident as an act of targeted violence.

[Mark Halpern]

A shooter opens fire on an ICE facility in Dallas, killing one and injuring others. Court documents reveal FBI agents reported recovered classified documents from former National Security Adviser John Bolton's office and Ukraine's President Zelensky. Reacting now to the apparent shift in President Trump's Russia messaging.

[Public Health Advocate]

It is neglect of the highest order to look children in the eyes and say, we knew how to protect you and we didn't do it.

[Mark Halpern]

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[Mark Halpern]

A shooter opening fire on a Dallas, Texas ICE facility yesterday morning, killing one and injuring two before turning the gun on himself. Authorities confirming no law enforcement officers were injured in the attack. Instead, all three victims are ICE detainees, the two survivors now in critical condition. According to authorities, the attack occurring around 6:40am local time, a sniper positioned on a nearby rooftop began firing indiscriminately at the facility, including towards a van and a secured entryway. Fox News reporting the victims were inside the van when they were hit. Multiple news organizations identifying the shooter now as 29 year old Joshua Yawn, his body found dead with a rifle nearby on a rooftop. Authorities recovering shell casings near his body. FBI Director Cash Patel releasing a photo showing one shell with the words Anti ICE written on the side. Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas field office John Rothrock at a press conference Wednesday morning.

[FBI Official]

I can confirm at this time that the FBI is investigating this incident as an act of targeted violence. It is unfortunately just the most recent example we've seen of targeted violence to include here in North Texas where back on July 4th we saw a coordinated attack carried out against an immigration detention center in Alvarado, Texas.

[Mark Halpern]

Special Agent Rothrock referencing there a July 4th attack on an ICE facility. At least 10 people armed with tactical gear and weapons allegedly attacking the facility, shooting a local law enforcement officer in the process. That officer is expected to recover from the injury. Yesterday's shooting marking at least the fourth violent incident or threat against the Texas ICE or Customs and Border Patrol Protection facility this year. As President Trump ramps up immigration enforcement efforts, aiming to conduct the largest mass deportation effort and in U.S. history. Democrats ramping up their rhetoric. Here a sampling of some Democratic talking points from recent months. Every single ICE agent who's engaged in this aggressive overreach and are trying to hide their identities from the American people will be unsuccessful in doing that. This is not the Soviet Union.

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We're not behind the Iron Curtain.

[Mark Halpern]

When I see ice, I see slave patrols. We will continue to call out the.

[Public Health Advocate]

Terrorist organization that is ice.

[California Governor Gavin Newsom]

If everything is legitimate and proper.

[FBI Official]

Why are you wearing masks?

[President Donald Trump]

This is not Germany. That's the SS and the Gestapo.

[Public Health Advocate]

They're acting more like vigilantes than of agents of our government.

[Mark Halpern]

Homeland security reporting a 1,000% increase in assaults against ICE agents, including doxing campaigns, compared to the same period in 2024. In March, several ICE agents doxed in Southern California, leading to widespread use of masking by agents. Earlier this week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signing into law the so called no Secret Police act, attempting to ban law enforcement officers from covering their faces. Governor Newsom Tuesday on Stephen Colbert's late night show saying left wing rhetoric on immigration enforcement is not hyperbolic.

[California Governor Gavin Newsom]

Masked men jumping out of unmarked cars, people disappearing, no due process, no oversight, zero accountability happening in the United States of America. Today people ask, well, is authoritarianism? You're being hyperbolic.

[Mark Halpern]

Bull.

[California Governor Gavin Newsom]

We're being hyperbolic. If you're a black and brown community, it's here in this country. And so I, I'm deeply proud that I had the privilege of signing the nation's first bill to address the issue of masking. Also to require you have simple identification. To your point, I mean, if some guy jumped out of an unmarked car in a van with a mask on, tried to grab me, I mean, by definition you're going to push back. And so these are not just authoritarian tendencies, these are authoritarian actions by an authoritarian government.

[Mark Halpern]

Vice President J.D. vance at a Wednesday event in North Carolina slamming Democrats in the wake of the shooting, calling out Governor Newsom directly and by name.

[Vice President J.D. Vance]

It is time to stop the rhetorical assault on law enforcement, because here's what happens when Democrats like Gabby Gavin Newsom did say that these people are part of an authoritarian government. When the left wing media lies about what they're doing, when they lie about who they're arresting, when they lie about the actual job of law enforcement, what they're doing is encouraging crazy people to go and commit violence. You don't have to agree with my immigration policies, you don't have to agree with Donald Trump's immigration policies. But if your political rhetoric encourages violence against our law enforcement, you can go straight to hell and you have no place in the political conversation of the United States of America.

[Mark Halpern]

FBI investigators recovering documents with classified markings. In last month's raid, a former Trump national security adviser John Bolton's D.C. office. That's according to newly released court filings. On that same day, a team also raiding Bolton's home, although it's unknown if any classified information was recovered from that location. According to the filings, the FBI sees documents referencing weapons of mass destruction, the United nations and strategic communications from Bolton's office. Several of the records marked as, quote, confidential or secret. Secret information as described in the court filings, could reasonably be expected to cause serious damage to national security if it's disclosed without authorization. Politico reporting. The confidential designation is used for routine diplomatic communications. Bolton's attorney Abby Lowell saying in a statement, quote, these materials, many of which are documents that had been previously approved as part of a pre publication review for Ambassador Bolton's book, were reviewed and closed years ago. Lowell then going on to describe the records as ordinary, saying, many are 20 years old or more and are the typical records of someone who's been in government over a 40 year career. It's unclear if the recovered documents have been previously declassified. This raid is the latest development in a years long saga over potential wrongful handling of classified information related to Bolton. The justice department under Trump 1.0 unsuccessfully suing the former national security advisor to stop publication of his memoir, alleging it contained classified information. Now many on the left calling the investigation into Bolton just one example of an authoritarian overreach, they say, by a president too happy to use the Department of Justice as his own personal police force. However, last month the New York Times reporting U.S. intelligence agencies under President Biden collected information appearing to show that Bolton sent emails with sensitive information to people close to him on an unclassified system. Information relating to that alleged attack is redacted in the newly released court filings. Bolton is being investigated under the Espionage Act. So far, no charges have been filed. Coming up, Vice President J.D. vance weighs in on President Trump's apparent shift on his stance towards the Russia Ukraine war. And Ben Affleck's daughter makes a masked appearance at the United nations begging world leaders not to forget about the 2020 pandemic.

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Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky saying he was surprised by President Trump's Tuesday Truth social post with a drastic shift in messaging by the president on the Russia Ukraine war. President Trump suggesting for the first time Ukraine could actually win the war with the help of the EU and not have to give up any of the Land Russia has taken in the process. Mr. Zelensky telling Fox News he believes the sudden shift result of passing time allowing more U.S. ukrainian communication and allowing President Trump to learn Russian President Vladimir Putin's true intentions.

[Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky]

It's good that we have often phone calls and meetings and I think the fact that Putin was lying to President Trump so many times also made a difference between us. We are ready to finish this war as quick as possible. But he understand that Putin doesn't want and understand that he is not winning, but he sails to everybody that he will win. And I was very positive signals from the side that that Trump and America will be with us to the end of the war. President Trump tried not to close this diplomatic possibility of negotiations with Putin. Putin, as always, he just, I think uses the situation used. Sorry, he just used the situation. He got images with President Trump. He sold to his audience Russian society. You see, I'm shakable with the United States.

[Mark Halpern]

Just over a month ago, President Trump and President Putin meeting in Alaska to discuss bringing the nearly four year war to an end. President Trump then announcing a desire for Putin and Zelensky to meet face to face as soon as possible. But no such meeting ever materialized. And in the weeks since, Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilian populations have intensified. In addition, Russian fighter jets and drones recently entering the airspace of NATO countries including Poland, Romania and Estonia. President Trump on Tuesday at the UN General assembly in New York acknowledging the difficulty in bringing the war to a diplomatic end.

[President Donald Trump]

I've also been working relentlessly stopping the killing in Ukraine. I thought that would be. Of the seven wars that I stopped, I thought that would be the easiest because of my relationship with President Putin, which had always been a good one. I thought that was going to be the easiest one. But you know, in war you never know what's going to happen. There are always lots of surprises, both good and bad.

[Mark Halpern]

And Vice President J.D. vance in North Carolina on Wednesday casting the shift as an acknowledgment of the reality on the ground.

[Vice President J.D. Vance]

And one of the things I'll say about the president is that he is responsive to the reality on the ground. I believe the president is growing incredibly impatient with the Russians right now because he doesn't feel like they're putting enough on the table to end the war. That's number one. Number two, the president has grown very confident that this war is bad for Russia. You hear me say this all the time. You hear the president say this all the time. The war is bad for Russia, it's bad for Ukraine, it's bad for America. He sees the economic numbers that are coming out of Eastern Europe. He sees the number of dead people, both Russians and Ukrainians, that are happening in that war. And the president is telling Vladimir Putin it is time to stop the killing. Look, if the Russians refuse to negotiate in good faith, I think it's going to be very, very bad for their country. That's what the president made clear. It's not a shift in position, it's an acknowledgement of the reality on the ground. We're going to keep on fighting for peace every single day. In the Trump administration.

[Mark Halpern]

Here'S something a little different. The daughter of celebrities Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, 19 year old Violet Affleck at the UN on Tuesday begging world leaders to bring back mask mandates. Violet, outfitted in a KN95 mask, obscuring most of her face, accusing policymakers of stealing away children's futures.

[Public Health Advocate]

But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes. For adults, the relentless beat of back to normal, ignoring, downplaying and concealing both the prevalence of airborne transmission and the threat of long Covid manifested in a series of choices. It is neglect of the highest order to look children in the eyes and say, we knew how to protect you and we didn't do it. We have access to a technology to prevent airborne disease, something that millions of our ancestors and millions of people around the world today would kill for, and we refuse to use it. And I shudder to think of where we will be in another five years of unmitigated infection and reinfection.

[Mark Halpern]

Violet, pointing to her own mask as she referenced the available technology to fight airborne disease. While these remarks sound like something out of the 2020 time capsule, they were indeed made just this week, two years and four months after President Biden's administration declared an end to the national Covid health emergency. This appearance reminiscence of the much memed 2019 UN speech by Greta Thunberg when she dropped her famous how dare you.

[Greta Thunberg]

You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. Yet I'm one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you.

[Mark Halpern]

Well, that'll do it for your AM update. I'm Mark Halpern, host of NextUp. Megan is back tomorrow and you can catch the Megyn Kelly show Today live on SiriusXM Triumph Channel 111 at noon east on YouTube at Megyn Kelly and of course on every podcast platform ever invented.

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