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[0] A California man was apprehended near the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during an admitted assassination plot.
[1] Attempted murder charges have been filed against the suspect who cited political motivations for his plans to kill the conservative justice.
[2] I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire, editor -in -chief, John Bickley.
[3] It's Thursday, June 9th, and this is Morning Wire.
[4] The January 6th Committee makes its prime time debut this evening.
[5] What do the Democrat -led hearings hope to accommodate?
[6] and what should Americans expect from the made -for -television event.
[7] And 90 young women, including several former Olympic gymnasts, are filing a billion -dollar lawsuit against the FBI over its handling of the Larry Nasser's sexual abuse case.
[8] We discussed the claims against the Bureau.
[9] It took over 14 months for the FBI to contact me, despite my many requests to be interviewed by them.
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[19] New details have emerged about the assessment.
[20] nation plot targeting Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
[21] Here with the latest on the thwarted attack and how lawmakers are responding is Daily Wire's senior editor, Cabot Phillips.
[22] So Cabot, a very scary situation.
[23] Walk us through the timeline here.
[24] What do we know so far?
[25] We're still waiting on all the details, but according to an affidavit from the FBI, at around 1 a .m. Wednesday, two U .S. Marshals saw a man dressed in all black carrying a suitcase and backpack, get out of a taxi cab in front of Justice Kavanaugh's home.
[26] Now, the man allegedly saw the two marshals and then turned to walk back down the street.
[27] At that point, he placed a 911 call and told dispatchers that he'd come from California to kill Justice Kavanaugh.
[28] Police arrived shortly afterwards and detained him and found that he was carrying a Glock handgun with two magazines in ammunition, a knife, pepper spray, zip ties, and other burglary tools, including a crowbar, hammer, and screwdrivers.
[29] Now, what do we know about the suspect?
[30] Well, he's a 26 -year -old California man who told authorities that he was upset about the court's intention to overturn Roe v. Wade, but chose Justice Kavanaugh to kill because he was angry about the Uvaldi shooting and thought that Kavanaugh, quote, would side with Second Amendment decisions that would loosen gun control laws.
[31] That's according to the affidavit.
[32] He told authorities that he'd been thinking of how to give his life purpose, and after finding Kavanaugh's address online, bought a handgun with a plan of killing him and then killing himself.
[33] Wow.
[34] The FBI is now handling the case and has since charged him with attempt to murder a United States Supreme Court Justice.
[35] Keep in mind, we haven't seen a truly violent incident like this at a Justice's House since 1985 when someone fired a gun into the apartment of Justice Harry Blackman.
[36] So obviously, this is a huge deal.
[37] Now, this follows a growing number of demonstrations and protests at the home of some of these conservative justices.
[38] Does that play into this at all?
[39] Yeah, definitely.
[40] After the Roe opinion leaked earlier this year, we did start seeing demonstrations at the home of justices.
[41] And there was a pretty stark partisan divide on whether or not that was appropriate.
[42] Most on the right said that it was a dangerous precedent to allow protests at private residences of just an inappropriate form of intimidation that they viewed as being aimed at swaying future court decisions.
[43] But many on the left viewed it differently.
[44] They said that it was appropriate as long as the demonstrations were peaceful.
[45] Now, the White House did tell the daily wire yesterday that, quote, President Biden condemns the actions of this individual in the strongest terms and is grateful to law enforcement for quickly taking him into custody.
[46] But while the president obviously denounced the incident there, there were still those who pushed back on him and other Democrats saying that their rhetoric, at least in part, has contributed to the growing threats aimed at conservative court justices.
[47] On that note, I talked to Daily Wire reporter Mary Margaret Ollahan.
[48] She's been at the Supreme Court covering protests there and also documenting protests at justices homes.
[49] I've been covering abortion protests for a couple years now, but the protests since the Roleek are unlike any I've ever seen.
[50] These ones are large and angry, and their rhetoric is increasingly threatening, vulgar, and violent.
[51] And I've covered them demonstrating at the Supreme Court, where they kind of aggressively knocked over, pushed and shoved prolite activists out of the crowd.
[52] And I followed them to the justice's private homes where they yell expletive -filled chants.
[53] The environment is escalating.
[54] People are scared.
[55] These protesters are getting increasingly worried that Roe v. Wade is going to be overturned.
[56] And they've been misled by the media.
[57] They've been misled by a lot of people.
[58] So they think that when Roby Wade is overturned, That's it.
[59] No more abortion in the United States.
[60] And so they're panicking.
[61] So moving forward, where do things stand on those bills aimed at protecting justices?
[62] Back in May, the Department of Homeland Security issued a memo warning of increased threats against Supreme Court justices that was following the leaked road draft.
[63] The Senate responded by quickly passing legislation, which would have offered increased security to justices and their families and also granted Supreme Court police the ability to arrest those who interfered with the court's duties.
[64] Now, even though the bill passed the Senate unanimously, it's currently stalled in the House because Speaker Nancy Pelosi has just kept it from being voted on.
[65] She told Fox that she thought law enforcement should handle the threats themselves on a case -by -case basis and that it wasn't necessary for Congress to intervene.
[66] But as you can imagine, given what just happened, there's likely going to be a lot of pressure to get that bill passed.
[67] Right, and you can see why.
[68] Cabot, thanks for reporting.
[69] Absolutely.
[70] That was Daily Wire senior editor, Cabot Phillips.
[71] Coming up, the January 6 Commission hearing makes its way to primetime television.
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[75] On Thursday, the House Committee investigating the Capitol Riot on January 6th, 2020, will take to the primetime airwaves for a hearing to showcase what they've discovered in their nearly year -long investigation.
[76] The committee, chaired by Democrat Congressman Benny Thompson, is composed of seven Democrats and two Republicans, though the latter were not appointed by GOP leadership, but rather by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
[77] Joining us to discuss the hearing is columnist David Marcus.
[78] Morning, David.
[79] First, remind listeners how this committee was formed and why it's controversial.
[80] Good morning.
[81] So the timeline matters here.
[82] On July 1st of last year, Pelosi appointed eight members to the committee, including Republican Representative Liz Cheney, but did so without consulting GOP leadership.
[83] Minority leader Kevin McCarthy was furious at the move and told members in his caucus that if any accepted a slot from Pelosi, they would lose other committee assignments.
[84] McCarthy then appointed five Republicans, but Pelosi refused to seat two of them, representatives Jim Banks and Jim Jordan.
[85] And at that point, GOP leadership withdrew all five.
[86] and refused to participate in the committee at all.
[87] Another never -Trump Republican, Representative Adam Kinsinger, eventually also joined the committee.
[88] How are committees generally formed?
[89] Is this a departure from the norm?
[90] No, it absolutely was.
[91] I mean, in 230 years, this hasn't happened.
[92] As a rule, each party fills out committees as it sees fit.
[93] And Banks and Jordan, they're pretty stalwart Republicans.
[94] McCarthy did not assign controversial firebrands such as Matt Gates or Marjorie Taylor -Ga.
[95] Green, as some thought he might.
[96] But Pelosi said Banks and Jordan had made comments about the 2020 election that disqualified them.
[97] Importantly, in the week or so after Pelosi refused to seat them, polling showed a sharp dip in confidence in the committee.
[98] So it's going to have to overcome that with its evidence.
[99] And what about that?
[100] What kind of evidence can we expect to see during the hearing?
[101] And what is the committee trying to prove?
[102] I mean, they've amassed thousands of text messages, including from people close to Donald Trump.
[103] There's videos, witness testimony.
[104] Representative Raskin has promised that the committee can at least prove that Trump and his associates incited the riot, though that remains to be seen, obviously.
[105] Right.
[106] What is the committee's goal in terms of an end result to this process?
[107] Could criminal or other charges be brought against people connected to the riot?
[108] It's unlikely, and of course there are hundreds of trials ongoing for defendants who breached the Capitol.
[109] But part of the broader goal for Democrats, as well as maybe Cheney and Kinsinger, is to show the need for federal election reforms, such as the voting bill that Biden had hoped to sign into law.
[110] If they can show that, as Chairman Benny Thompson claims, we were close to losing our democracy, then that will be used to really push for greater federalizing of our elections.
[111] And now we have learned that the committee hired a former ABC News TV producer to help craft this primetime event.
[112] How unique is that, this being prime time?
[113] and heavily produced.
[114] Is this something that's often done?
[115] No, no, it isn't.
[116] And of course, it's led to allegations from Republicans that this is all about politics rather than arriving at any truth.
[117] Even NBC news correspondent Yamitial Sindor said this week that the committee has to make people care more about January 6th than they do about inflation and baby formula.
[118] That's a heavy lift and may explain why they've brought in a producer.
[119] I'll also say I've heard some rumblings on the hill about the legality of this.
[120] You know, how is the producer being paid and what exactly are they being paid to do?
[121] Yeah, important questions.
[122] What should listeners be watching for in the hearing?
[123] Are we expecting bombshell revelations?
[124] Look, the committee's going to try to connect the speech Trump gave on January 6th to the storming of the Capitol.
[125] Trump is notorious for not texting much so it remains to be seen if they can come close to doing that.
[126] But more broadly, this is going to be about.
[127] the poll numbers.
[128] So far, Americans have grown less and less worried about the riot.
[129] And the Democrats, plus the two Republicans on the committee, want to turn those polls around.
[130] Well, we'll be watching.
[131] We'll see if other people tune in, too.
[132] Thank you for joining us today, David.
[133] Thanks for having me. That was Daily Wire contributor, David Marcus.
[134] Dozens of gymnasts are seeking more than one billion in settlements from the FBI for failing to intervene when the agency first received sexual abuse allegations against Dr. Larry Nassar.
[135] According to the gymnasts, FBI agents were aware but failed to step in for nearly a year after being notified that Nassar was abusing young girls.
[136] Daily Wire investigative reporter Mairead Alorty is here with more details for us.
[137] So, Marade, tell us about this claim against the FBI.
[138] Yeah, so this is a massive claim.
[139] About 90 women who say they were sexually assaulted by Nassar, including Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, are seeking damages from the FBI to the tune of $1 billion.
[140] Two other gold medalists, Ali Raisman and Michaela Moroni, are included in the claim as well.
[141] Each plaintiff has asked for $50 million, according to their lawyers.
[142] They say the FBI's delay of nearly a year directly contributed to the continued abuse.
[143] Here's what Ali Raisman had to say during the hearing.
[144] I felt pressured by the FBI to consent to Nassar's plea deal.
[145] The agent diminished the significance of my abuse.
[146] It made me feel my criminal case wasn't worth pursuing.
[147] And has the FBI defended the delay in?
[148] action at all?
[149] The FBI declined to comment.
[150] However, the DOJ investigation did find the Bureau did fail to properly investigate.
[151] The DOJ Inspector General said the FBI failed to open an investigation into the abuse claims after being informed and didn't even inform federal or state authorities in Michigan where NASA practiced.
[152] According to the same investigation, in 2016, Los Angeles FBI agents opened an investigation into Nassar and interviewed several accusers, but they still neglected to inform Michigan law enforcement.
[153] Now, remind us of the details of the Nassar case.
[154] I know he was accused of assaulting dozens of gymnast under the premise of medical care, but there were other charges as well.
[155] What was he ultimately convicted for?
[156] Of course.
[157] So Nassar was convicted on child pornography charges in 2017, and in 2018, he pled guilty to 10 charges of sexual assault of minors, although his accusers far exceed that number.
[158] Overall, Nassar has been accused of repeatedly assaulting at least 265 young women and girls.
[159] He's been sentenced to a combined at least 140 years in federal and state prison, effectively life behind bars without parole.
[160] The testimony at the trial was extraordinary with many of his accusers, including lawyer and former gymnast Rachel Den Hollander, looking him right in the eyes and reminding him what he did to them under the pretense of medical care.
[161] So what happens next with this claim against the FBI?
[162] So the FBI has six months to respond to this claim, known as a tort claim.
[163] If the FBI does not settle or denies the claim, a lawsuit can be filed in federal court.
[164] Now, have any of the women spoken out about this claim yet?
[165] Yes, Maggie Nichols, a national champion gymnasts, said, quote, it is time for the FBI to be held accountable.
[166] Samantha Roy, a former University of Michigan gymnasts, said that, quote, if the FBI had simply done its job, Nasser would have been stopped before he ever had the chance to abuse hundreds of girls, including me. Well, if it does go to trial, this is going to be a landmark case.
[167] Marade, thanks for reporting.
[168] Thanks, Georgia.
[169] That was Daily Wire investigative reporter, Mairead Allorty.
[170] Another story we're tracking this week.
[171] Consumers are increasingly experiencing shrinkflation at the supermarket, with companies offering less product for the same price.
[172] A box of honey bunches of oats went down from 14 .5 ounces to 12 ounces.
[173] Angel soft toilet paper downsize each roll by more than 100 sheets, and bounty paper towels have dropped from 165 sheets per roll to 147.
[174] Gatorade also shrunk its bottle size by four ounces.
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