Bonus Pod: Biden's New Autopen Scandal, Houthi Crackdown in the Middle East & JFK Files Released
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Well, we have done that with many. So you have 18 Secret Service. I would say if there are 18 with Hunter Biden, that will be something I'll look at this afternoon. OK, sir. I just heard about it for the first time. So he's in South Africa. That's very interesting. You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. Good Tuesday morning. Ben Ferguson with you and welcome to the 47 Morning Update. We've got three major stories for you. And first up, does the auto company

pin count with Joe Biden's name if he didn't actually even know that it was being used? That is a question that Donald Trump has asked about the pardons that he gave to many on his days when he was going out of office. And we have reason to believe that many of those pardons were not signed by the president's actual signature, but instead by the auto pin. Also, Donald Trump spent quite a few hours from last week to this week going after terrorists

all over the Middle East. So what all did he accomplish? We'll explain that as well. And finally, President Trump says that the JFK files will be released today. How many pages? I'll give that to you in a minute. It's the 47 Morning Update and it starts right now. Story number one. Donald Trump has made it very clear, declaring that

Biden's pardons of January 6th committee members are void, vacant, due to the auto pin apparently being used. This all started in a conversation on Marine One when a reporter asked a very simple question of the president about that auto pin. Listen. I would say that they're not in one because I'm sure Biden didn't have any idea that it was taking place.

And somebody was using an ono pen to sign off and to give pardons to, as an example, just one example, but the J6 unselect committee. They gave, think of it, they gave pardons with an ono pen. I don't think Biden knew anything about it. And what they did is they deleted and destroyed all of the information that took them over a year to get.

And the reason they did that is because the information was very incriminating about them. Like Nancy Pelosi was determined conclusively that she knew about 10,000 soldiers and turned it down. And if we used 500 soldiers, you would have no problem, let alone 10,000.

The young lady that said that I grabbed these powerful young Secret Service agents by the neck. Okay, you know that was a big hoax. It was a lie. And she admitted it and they deleted everything.

So, you know, they did a scrimmage. Now, that wasn't all that the president had to say on this. He then put out a true social post that said, quote, the pardons that sleepy Joe Biden gave the unselect committee of political thugs and many others are hereby declared unselected.

void, vacant, and of no further force or effect because of the fact that they were done by auto pen. In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them, but more importantly, he did not know anything about them. The necessary parting documents were not explained to or approved by Biden. He knew nothing about them, and the people that did may have committed a crime. Therefore, those on the unselect committee who destroyed and deleted all

evidence obtained during their two year witch hunt of me and many other innocent people should fully understand that they are subject to investigation at the highest level. President went on to say this quote, the fact is they were probably responsible for the documents that were signed on their behalf without the knowledge or consent of the worst president in history of our country, crooked justice.

Joe Biden. Now on Monday, during a White House press briefing, the White House press secretary, Caroline Leavitt, responded to a question from CNN's Caitlin Collins regarding Trump's post on Sunday night in which he declared the pardons are void, vacant, and of no further force or effect because of the fact that they were done by the auto pen. Caroline Leavitt said Trump was begging the question that I think a lot of journalists in this room should be asking.

about whether or not the former president of the United States, who I think we can all finally agree was cognitively impaired, quote unquote. The president was begging the question that I think a lot of journalists in this room should be asking about whether or not the former president of the United States, who I think we can all finally agree was cognitively impaired. I know it took people some time to finally admit that.

that, but we all know that to be true as evidenced by his disastrous debate performance against President Trump during the campaign. I digress on that. But the president was raising the point that did the president even know about these pardons? Was his legal signature used without his consent or knowledge? And that's not just the president

or me raising those questions, Caitlin. According to the New York Post, there are Biden officials from the previous White House who raised those questions and wondered if the president was even consulted about his legally binding signature being signed onto documents. And so I think it's a question that everybody in this room should be looking into because certainly that would propose perhaps criminal or illegal behavior if staff members were signing the president of the United States autograph without...

Criminal or legal procedures. It's very clear now this is going to be an issue the courts are going to have to deal with and one that Donald Trump is happily raising the question. Was there a legal activity with people signing Joe Biden's name without his knowledge?

or his consent. Next, story number two. One of Donald Trump's promises from the campaign trail was to go after terrorists all over the world. Peace through strength, making sure that we strike first on those that are trying to do harm to Americans, our soldiers, and American interests around the world. Well, over the past week, Donald Trump has intensified his counterterrorism efforts

efforts, both domestically and internationally. Here is a quick summary of just some of the things that the president has done. Airstrikes have been ordered. Starting on March the 15th, President Trump authorized large-scale airstrikes targeting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen's

This action was in response to the Houthis' threat to U.S. shipping assets in the Red Sea. The offensive aims to protect American interests and ensure navigational freedom in the region. Donald Trump putting it this way in his own words on True Social. Today, I organized

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and other ships, aircraft, and drones. Joe Biden's response was pathetically weak, so the unrestrained Houthis just kept going. It has been over a year since a U.S. flag commercial ship safely sailed through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, or the Gulf of Aden.

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These relentless assaults have cost the U.S. and the world economy many billions of dollars, while at the same time putting innocent lives at risk. The Houthi attack on American vessels will not be tolerated. We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective. The Houthis have choked off shipping in one of the most important waterways of the world, grinding vast swaths of global commerce to a halt.

and attacking the core principle of freedom and navigation upon which international trade and commerce depends. Our brave war fighters are right now carrying out aerial attacks on the terrorist bases, their leaders, and missile defenses to protect American shipping, air, and naval assets, and to restore navigational freedom. No terrorist force will stop American commercial and naval vessels from freely sailing the waterways

of the world. To all the Houthi terrorists, your time is up and your attacks must stop starting today. If they don't, hell

will rain down upon you like nothing you've ever seen before. President Trump went on to say to Iran, support for the Houthi terrorists must end immediately. Do not threaten the American people, their president, who has received one of the largest mandates in presidential history or worldwide shipping lanes. If you do, beware because America will hold you fully accountable and we won't be nice about it.

That is the president's clear message to the terrorists right now in the Middle East. Now, this message comes less than 24 hours after Trump also announced Friday night that the U.S. forces had killed the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq. The White House even released the footage of the airstrike on social media, making it clear that President Trump will go and terminate any terrorist leader anywhere he has to to keep Americans safe.

And here is story number three. Transparency with our government is a core foundation of Donald Trump's second term in office. And that was one of his big promises from the campaign trail. Even the biggest secrets that we've never been able to actually know what really happened.

One of those secrets deals with the JFK assassination. Well, President Trump has announced that his administration will release today approximately 80,000 pages of previously classified documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This is a major move.

towards transparency so that the American people, well, hopefully will have more trust in our federal government. We are tomorrow announcing and giving all of the Kennedy files. So people have been waiting for decades for this. And I've instructed my people that are responsible, lots of different people.

put together by Tulsi Gabbard, and that's going to be released tomorrow. Now, the decision to declassify these documents fulfills that promise. It is to provide greater transparency, the White House says, regarding the events surrounding Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

During a visit to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., President Trump stated, I don't believe we are going to redact anything. Just don't redact. You can't redact. It's going to be very interesting, quote unquote. Now, in addition to the JFK files, the executive order signed by President Trump in January also mandates the release of records.

Pertaining to the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., the National Archives and Records Administration has been tasked with processing and digitizing these records for public access.

access. Prior to the release, by the way, over 99% of the approximately 320,000 documents related to the JFK assassination had already been made public, but fewer than 4,700 files withheld in part or in full. In other words, anything they didn't want you to read, you didn't see. Well, Donald Trump now says, get ready to sit down and start reading all

all of the information of the 80,000 pages and you will be seeing that today. Thank you for listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever you're listening to this podcast right now and for more in-depth news also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast and we will see you back here tomorrow.