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[3] I'm Daily Wire Editor -in -Chief John Bickley with guest host Michelle Tofoya, host of the Michelle Tofoya podcast.
[4] It's Friday, May 31st, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
[5] Following the first -ever felony conviction of a former president, Donald Trump held a press conference at Trump Tower this morning.
[6] He vowed to appeal what he called a rigged trial, but he also struck an optimistic note.
[7] This is a case where if they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone.
[8] This is far beyond me. This is bigger than Trump.
[9] This is bigger than me. This is bigger than my presidency.
[10] And I don't mind because I'm willing to do whatever I have to do to save our country and to save our Constitution.
[11] But we're going to make America great again.
[12] We're going to make it better than ever before.
[13] November 5th.
[14] Remember, November 5th is the most important day in the history of our country.
[15] Thank you very much, everybody.
[16] The Trump campaign announced this morning that it's received 35 million in small dollar donations in less than 24 hours.
[17] That's a record -breaking hall.
[18] Some big dollar donors have also announced that they're now giving to Trump's re -election effort, including Silicon Valley venture capitalist Sean McGuire.
[19] He announced on Twitter that this Despite voting for Hillary in 2016 and no one in 2020, the Democrats' lawfare has converted him to Team Trump.
[20] He gave $300 ,000 following the verdict yesterday.
[21] A House subcommittee investigating the origins of COVID -19 wants access to the personal email records of Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
[22] The subcommittee cited concerns over emails released last week from Fauci's former advisor, David Morins.
[23] In those emails, Morins discussed deleting certain information and using private email accounts to avoid Freedom of Information Act requests, noting a, quote, secret back channel between the two.
[24] Fauci has until June 12th to provide the requested information.
[25] Chief Justice John Roberts has respectfully declined an ethics meeting with Senate Democrats.
[26] Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has details on the senator's request.
[27] Senate Democrats Dick Durbin and Sheldon White House requested a meeting with Justice Roberts to discuss Justice Samuel Alito in a recent controversy surrounding flags flown by his wife at their home.
[28] The senators are pressuring Alito to recuse himself from any case before the high court that involves January 6th and former President Trump.
[29] Alito himself had already refused congressional requests he recused himself from cases involving Trump.
[30] In his letter, Roberts said the court will follow the same procedures they have for 235 years, which leaves recusal decisions up to individual justices.
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[34] Chad Daybell has been found guilty of murdering his first wife and his second wife's two children.
[35] Daybell and his second wife, Lori Vallo, were part of a spiritual cult that led them to kill Daybell's first wife, Tammy, just weeks before he then married Valo.
[36] Lori Valo was convicted in May 2023 of the murder of her two children, 17 -year -old Tiley Ryan, and 7 -year -old J .J. Valo, and was sentenced to life without parole.
[37] The prosecution will seek the death penalty for Daybell.
[38] Question number one.
[39] Is Chad Guy Daybell not guilty or guilty of conspiracy to commit first -degree murder of Tiley Ryan and grand theft by deception?
[40] Guilty.
[41] Question number two, is Chad Guy Daybell not guilty or guilty of first -degree murder of Tiley Ryan?
[42] Guilty.
[43] Question number three, is Chad Guy Daybell not guilty or guilty of conspiracy to commit first -degree murder of Joshua Jackson -Vallow and grand theft by deception?
[44] Guilty.
[45] President Biden has authorized Ukraine to hit targets inside Russia using weapons supplied by the U .S. Germany followed the U .S. also granting use of its weapons inside Russia.
[46] This is a major policy shift in the first time a U .S. President has allowed the use of American weapons against a country that is armed with nuclear weapons.
[47] A statement from the Biden administration attempted to paint the decision as limited only for use for, quote, counterfire.
[48] Boeing, CEO, and other company executives met with the FAA Thursday to lay out planned improvements at the airline manufacturer.
[49] Daily Wire contributor Matthew Sinovsky has details of Boeing's new safety plan.
[50] The Federal Aviation Administration set a deadline of 90 days for Boeing to implement a safety plan after an airline door blew off a plane mid -flight.
[51] Issued back in February, that period concluded yesterday, with Boeing presenting a, quote, comprehensive action plan to the administration.
[52] Boeing's safety plans include better employee training, enhanced safety reporting by employees, less out -of -sequence work, and increasing internal audits.
[53] Despite the new safety plan, FAA chief Mike Whitaker says Boeing needs to do more before production can increase again.
[54] The popularity of the Birkenstock sandal continues to grow.
[55] The company announced it expects its 2024 revenue to be just shy of $2 billion.
[56] Started more than 250 years ago back in Germany, Birkenstocks were the preferred choice of hippies.
[57] But those comfortable souls have gone mainstream.
[58] Birkenstock is now offering several closed home models.
[59] models of its cork -based shoe and consumers can't get enough.
[60] For the first time ever, sales of Birkenstock's clothes -toed shoes, which include clogs, boots, and sneakers, exceeded sales of its sandals.
[61] Burkestock CEO says sandals sales were also up double digits and will remain its core item.
[62] And as always, socks are optional.
[63] All right, those are your drive home updates this afternoon.
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