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SCOTUS Hands Trump ICE Victory, Biden Autopen News, Assassination Attempt Trial Start: AM Update 9/9
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The Supreme Court delivers a victory for Trump’s immigration agenda, reinstating ICE’s authority to conduct roving patrols in Los Angeles. Internal emails reveal DOJ dissent over Biden’s last-minute pardons as the Oversight Committee nears a final report on the autopen. Jury selection begins in the trial of Ryan Routh, accused of attempting to assassinate President Trump at his Florida golf course. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly challenged Housing chief Bill Pulte to a fight at a private DC dinner. Get 20% Off with code MK at TakeLean.com Go to COZYEARTH.com | Use code MEGYN & save up to 40% off on Cozy Earth!
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Megyn Kelly
Good morning everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. It's Tuesday, September 9th, 2025 and this is your AM update.
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Paul Perez
Our agents are enforc immigration law as it is on the books. You know, these are these are targeted enforcement actions.
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Megyn Kelly
Another win for the Trump administration as the Supreme Court allows ICE to restart roving patrols in Los Angeles.
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James Comer
These pardons and executive orders, I think they're in legal jeopardy.
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Megyn Kelly
New reports indicate dissent within the Biden DOJ on the controversial pardon process as an oversight committee investigation into the auto pen nears the final stage, jury selection begins in the case against the man accused of attempting to assassinate then candidate Donald Trump. And you'll never guess which cabinet secretary reportedly challenged another Trump official to a fist fight. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update. You know all those fad diets? Half of Americans do them. And if you do it enough, you could be at risk of diabetes, liver damage, heart attack and stroke. Oh joy. Weight cycling is when you lose 10 or more pounds, but then you put the pounds back plus a couple more. That puts tremendous strain on your organs and leads to serious health issues over the long haul. Bottom line, most people need help to stop weight cycling. And this is why I want to tell you about non prescription Lean created by doctors. Now, Lean is an oral supplement. It's not a GLP1 injectable it it uses studied ingredients which Lean says target weight loss in three powerful ways. One, maintaining healthy blood sugar two, helping control appetite and cravings and three, burning fat by converting it to energy. And of course, burning fat helps keep the weight off. So if you want to lose meaningful weight at a healthy pace and keep it off, consider adding lean to your diet and exercise lifestyle. Get 20% off when you enter mkakelean.com that's code mkakelean.com the Supreme Court on Monday delivering a win for the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in la, clearing the way for ICE raids to resume. In an unsigned order, the justice is pausing a ruling that restricted ICE stops in much of Southern California. As the case works through the courts a group of immigrants and advocacy organizations suing the government, arguing the raids violated the Fourth Amendment's ban on unreasonable searches and seizures, raising concerns about racial profiling and discriminatory targeting of the Latino community. In July, Biden appointed federal Judge Mame Uwusi Mensah Frimpong, barring agents from making stops based on any combination of the following apparent race or ethnicity, speaking in Spanish or accented English, being at a location where illegal aliens are known to gather, and working specific jobs like construction. In early August, the Trump administration appealing to the US Supreme Court after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to pause the order. Justice Brett Kavanaugh joining the majority and also writing a separate concurring opinion, concluding, quote, apparent ethnicity alone cannot furnish reasonable suspicion under this court's case law regarding immigration stops. However, it can be a relevant factor when considered along with other salient factors. The justice continuing, quote here those circumstances include that there is an extremely high number and percentage of illegal immigrants in the LA area that those individuals tend to gather in certain locations to seek daily work that those individuals often work in certain kinds of jobs, such as day labor, landscaping, agriculture and construction, that do not require paperwork and are therefore especially attractive to illegal immigrants and that many of those illegally in the Los Angeles area come from Mexico or Central America and do not speak much English. National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez explaining Monday on Fox News how officers determine if there is enough reasonable suspicion to constitutionally stop an individual.
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Paul Perez
Our agents are enforcing immigration law as it is on the books. You know, these are, these are targeted enforcement actions. You know, we use a number of factors to determine where we're going to go and who we're going to go after. And many of these people, they run as soon as our agents and officers get there. So that as well is an articulable fact that can be used for reasonable suspicion. And we can go after them, we can chase them down, and then our investigation begins to determine whether this person's legally or illegally in the country, and then we take them into custody based on, you know, the answers that they give. You know, Karen Bass and those other Democrats that are demonizing our agents, they need to stop because it makes it a lot more dangerous for our agents to do the job that they were trained and swore to do.
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Megyn Kelly
Justice Kavanaugh also issuing yet another rebuke of judicial overreach, writing, quote, federal judges may have views on which immigration policy approach is better or fairer, but judges are not appointed to make those policy calls. We merely ensure in justiciable cases that the executive branch acts within the confines of the Constitution and federal statutes. Three liberal justices all dissenting, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor writing, quote, the Fourth Amendment protects every individual's constitutional right to be free from arbitrary interference by law officers. After today, that may no longer be true for those who happen to look a certain way, speak a certain way and appear to work a certain type of legitimate job that pays very little. Attorney General Pam Bondi posting on X quote, Another massive victory at the Supreme Court from the DOJ attorneys, this time defending ice. Now ICE can continue carrying out roving patrols in California without judicial micromanagement. California Governor Gavin Newsom releasing a statement, quote, trump's hand picked Supreme Court majority just became the grand marshal for a parade of racial terrorists in Los Angeles. Trump's private police force now has a green light to come after your family and every person is now a target. The case is expected to eventually be back before the U.S. supreme Court as the appeals process plays out. The House Oversight Committee moving into the final stages of its investigation into the Biden administration's use of the auto pen. This is A new report reveals concern among Biden White House officials about the pardon process adopted in the final weeks of his presidency. According to internal emails obtained by Axios, quote, high ranking officials repeatedly questioned and criticized how the president's team decided on controversial pardons and allowed the frequent use of an auto pen to sign measures late in his term. Under President Biden, 4,225 people were granted clemency. Pew Research finding 95% of those actions occurring in the last three and a half months of his term. Among the controversial acts, 37 death row sentences converted to life without parole. A January 17 statement attributed to Mr. Biden reading, quote, I am commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses who are serving disproportionately long sentences. These acts of clemency all signed with the auto pen, a mechanical device used to replicate the president's signature. Axios reporting that multiple senior DOJ officials within the Biden administration raised concerns about the process created by the White House Counsel's office. A DOJ ethics attorney at the time writing a memo calling the recipients nonviolent was untrue or at best misleading writing. Quote, unfortunately, and despite repeated requests and warnings, we were not afforded a reasonable opportunity to vet and provide input on those you were considering. The lawyer then providing a list of violent offenders who received clemency from Mr. Biden, including a man who pleaded guilty to killing a woman and her two year old daughter. Congressional investigators also reviewing executive orders and other directives signed by good old auto pen, raising questions about the validity of a wide range of those actions. In July, former President Biden admitting to the New York Times that he did not sign off on each pardon, but rather on broad sets of criteria. Last week, investigative journalist John Solomon reporting on a separate Trump White House led inquiry into the Biden administration's use of the auto pen to grant clemency, finding there were four meetings from December 2024 through January 2025 in which President Biden was said to have given, quote, verbal approval to proceed. However, Solomon reports the National Archives responsible for maintaining documents from administrations past possessed no staff notes that could confirm President Biden attended any of those meetings. Congressman James Comer reacting to that reporting late last week on Fox.
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James Comer
One thing that is consistent with all the memos and with all the emails that we're receiving from the National Archives as well as the testimony from the Biden inner circle is the fact that no one in the White House saw Joe Biden very often, especially during the last six months of the his presidency. One of the things that Andrew Bates said that is consistent with everyone else is even though he was one of Joe Biden's top deputies, he would only see Joe Biden once a month. And that included seeing him in the hall or seeing him from a distance as far as up close, face to face interaction. It was very seldom, maybe even, you know, a couple of times a year. That's consistent with what Ian Sams told us in our last transcribed interview. He said that he only saw Joe Biden two times in two years. These people in the Biden White House covered for Joe Biden's cognitive decline. I think that these pardons and executive orders, especially in the last few months of the Biden presidency, I think they're in legal jeopardy.
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Megyn Kelly
The oversight committee set to interview former White House press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre and former White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients in the coming weeks. Chairman Comer previously indicating the investigation could result in criminal referrals to the doj. Coming up, day one of jury selection in the trial of the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Trump. And it's already a spectacle and seemingly mild mannered Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant reportedly challenging another Trump official to a fight. The details next, cozy Earth's pajamas and blankets are soft, breathable and so cute. You're going to start planning your evenings around them. Let's talk about the bamboo stretch knit pajamas. The fabric is insanely soft, sketchy and lightweight. You can wear it way past bedtime. It could be your all day cozy uniform confession. It has been mine many days. Then there's the bubble cuddle blanket. This thing transforms your couch or your bed. The plush textured faux fur is not just stunning, it's nap inducing. Abigail Finan and I argued over the one we had, binge sessions. She won. I mean I love her book reading chilly nights. It elevates all of it. And here is the best part. Cozy Earth backs everything with a 100 night sleep trial and and a 10 year warranty on blankets. Lifetime guarantee on apparel. How about that? Go to cozyearth.com use code Megan at checkout for up to 40% off your new favorite pajama set and blanket. That's cozyearth.com code Megan. And if you get a post purchase survey, be sure to let them know you heard about Cozy Earth right here. Elevate your downtime with Cozy Earth. Jury selection underway in the federal trial of Ryan Ruth, the suspect accused of attempting to assassinate then candidate Trump last September at Mr. Trump's West Palm beach golf course. The defendant, though not a lawyer, opting to represent himself. He faces five total charges, including the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate, assaulting a federal officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammo, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Federal Judge Aileen Cannon agreeing to allow Ruth to represent himself, though ruling his public defenders must serve as standby counsel. The trial is taking place in the Southern District of Florida. That's the same court where Judge Cannon oversaw other Trump related cases. If the pretrial phase is any indication, Judge Cannon may have her work cut out for her in her courtroom at the final pretrial hearing. Ruth filing a motion laced with inflammatory language at one point requesting, quote, a round of golf with the racist pig, apparently a reference to President Trump. He wins, he can execute me. I win, I get his job. Sorry, Hillbilly Vance. Oh boy. If convicted, Ruth faces up to life in prison. He has pleaded not guilty. Former Assistant U.S. attorney Andy McCarthy Monday on Fox News warning Ruth could attempt to turn the trial into a spectacle.
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Andy McCarthy
It'll be an attempt to sow chaos, I'll have to say attempt because I would assume that if Routh was not capable of, you know, forming coherent thoughts, he wouldn't be on trial. And you have a constitutional right to represent yourself, but it doesn't change the rules of the trial. So he will try to make it chaotic, make it incoherent, make it very hard to proceed. The judge will have to try to keep that reined in while allowing him to represent himself. And the Justice Department prosecutor is going to have to be very professional and just play it by the book. She can sanction him if he operates outside the rules. He's capable of representing himself. The lawyers are there to be consulted with and to do things like if he decides to testify in his own behalf, they can put the questions to him as he directs, but their role in the case is really consultation. It's not to actually defend him as lawyers.
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Megyn Kelly
Ruth arriving to court yesterday morning wearing a gray suit with a red striped tie, his ankles cuffed, preparing to interview prospective jurors. Can you imagine NPR reporting Judge Cannon rejecting some of Ruth's proposed questions, including some about jurors attitudes toward Palestine and a proposal that the US Purchase Greenland. Noting the, quote, politically charged nature of those inquiries, prosecutors say Mr. Ruth set up a sniper hideout near Trump International Golf Club on the morning of September 15, where then candidate Trump was set to play golf later that day. In the early afternoon, Secret Service agents spotting the barrel of a rifle poking out of the bushes along the course. Agents opening fire, the suspect escaping though through the trees. Approximately 40 minutes later, authorities apprehending Mr. Ruth on the interstate. Police recovering handwritten notes with dates of venues where Mr. Trump had appeared or was scheduled to. Two cell phones and a handwritten letter titled Dear World stating, quote, this was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but I am so sorry I failed you. Opening statements are scheduled for Thursday. The trial expected to last two weeks. Two top Trump officials reportedly clashing at a private dinner party in Washington last week, a confrontation that, according to Politico, nearly turned physical. About 30 guests gathering in the ultra exclusive new executive branch Members Only club co founded by Donald Trump Jr. In Georgetown for its inaugural dinner. The guest list a who's who of MAGA world officials and tech insiders from Cabinet secretaries to agency heads, according to one eyewitness and four others familiar with the events. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant lashing out at the nation's top housing chief, Bill Pulte, accusing him of badmouthing Besant to President Trump. The exact nature of the allegation is unclear. Political reporting Secretary Bessant confronting Pulte saying, quote, why the f are you talking to the president about me? F you. I'm going to punch you in your effing face. That was dramatic. A dramatic reenactment for you there. I don't know the tone when club co owner Omid Malik stepped in to quiet the outburst. Secretary Bessen allegedly saying, quote, it's either me or him. You tell me who's getting the F out of here or we could go outside. I really think my acting lessons when I did the blonde origin are coming back to help me. Pulte, who the eyewitness described as looking stunned, replying to Besant, quote, to do what? To talk? Going outside to chit chat? No, said Secretary Besant, quote, I'm gonna beat your effing ass. This is a colorful character. This might come as a surprise to anyone used to watching the soft spoken secretary defending President Trump's economic policies on the Sunday shows, or watched him skillfully answering questions at his confirmation hearing. But it's not the first time Mr. Besant made headlines for a heated confrontation with another top Trump official in April, reports surfacing of a shouting match between the secretary and then special government employee Elon Musk, a witness telling Axios, quote, it was two middle aged men thinking it was WWE in the hall of the West Wing. Elon Musk posting the Politico report about this latest alleged confrontation between Besant and Pulte to his X account with the caption quote, hmm, indeed. Elon, Secretary Besant, Mr. Pulte, Mr. Malik and the White House officially declining to comment. And that'll do it for your AM Update. I'm Megyn Kelly. Join me back here for the Megyn Kelly show live on Sirius XM Triumph channel 111 at noon east on YouTube.com Megan Kelly and on all podcast platforms.
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