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--:-- John Bickley: I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Thursday, March 28th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- Georgia Howe: That's right, John. Let's get to the top stories.
--:-- John Bickley: FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to over two decades in prison. Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has more.
--:-- [Music transitions to a serious tone, and Cabot Phillips speaks in a professional tone.]
--:-- Cabot Phillips: The embattled former cryptocurrency mogul was hit with 25 years for his role in his company's collapse and the defrauding of users. In court today, U.S. District Judge Louis Kaplan said Bankman Freed had obstructed justice and tampered with witnesses mounting his defense, which Kaplan acknowledged played a role in his ruling Bankman Freed was convicted on seven criminal counts in November and have been in holding since. Prosecutors sought it as much as 50 years while Bankman legal team argued for no more than six and a half years claiming that FTX users, quote, did not suffer substantial losses, something current FTX Administrator John Ray said was false in a letter to the judge.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Prosecutors said the brazenness of the crime and the extent of the victim's losses warranted a harsher sentence.
--:-- John Bickley: Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee heard pretrial motions today in the Georgia election interference case. Attorneys for Donald Trump are seeking to dismiss the case, arguing that the former president calling the election results into question was, quote, the height of political speech.
--:-- [Music transitions to a serious tone, and a guest speaker, likely a lawyer, speaks in a professional tone.]
--:-- Guest: He said that even if what the president said were untrue, his speech is protected by the First Amendment. Prosecution, however, claims that Trump's speech was part of a conspiracy to commit crimes. For purposes of the RICO statute and the manner in which it functions, it doesn't matter whether that's First Amendment conduct or not.
--:-- Guest: My colleague has fully explained why much of this conduct is not shielded under any circumstance by the First Amendment.
--:-- John Bickley: Judge McAfee ended the hearing without making any rulings on the motions.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Four people have been killed and several others injured in a stabbing rampage in and around Rockford, Illinois. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the latest.
--:-- [Music transitions to a serious tone, and Tim Pierce speaks in a professional tone.]
--:-- Tim Pierce: Police say a 22-year-old man has been taken into custody for his alleged involvement in violence which spans multiple scenes. It's not yet clear how the violence unfolded. According to reports, four survivors were in stable condition after being stabbed by the attacker. One survivor remains in critical condition.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Officials have not yet identified the four people who were killed, but describe them as a 15-year-old girl, a 63-year-old woman, a 49-year-old man, and a 22-year-old man. According to officials, not all of them died from being stabbed.
--:-- Tim Pierce: During a press conference today, officials revealed the suspect said he had been on drugs. Soto said he believes the drugs provided to him by Jacob were, quote, laced, unquote, with an unknown narcotic.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Soto said he became paranoid after the drug usage. He said he retrieved a knife from the kitchen at Jacob's house and proceeded to stab Jacob and Ramona to death.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: California's state bar has recommended John Eastman, a Trump election attorney, be disbarred. The Wednesday filing comes months after Eastman was charged with multiple disciplinary counts stemming from allegations surrounding Trump's questioning of the 2020 election results.
--:-- [Music transitions to a serious tone, and a guest speaker, likely a lawyer, speaks in a professional tone.]
--:-- Guest: The judge ruled that Eastman exhibited quote an unwillingness to acknowledge ethical lapses regarding his actions demonstrating an apparent inability to accept responsibility.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Former Connecticut senator and 2000 vice presidential candidate to Al Gore, Joe Lieberman, has died at age 82. Lieberman was the first Jewish VP nominee for a major party and later became known for his efforts at bipartisanship.
--:-- John Bickley: In his final years, Lieberman was the founding chairman of the No Labels political movement. A statement from his family reads, Senator Lieberman's love of God, his family, and America endured throughout his life of service in the public interest.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And the White House is expecting 40,000 guests to participate in their, quote, egg-ucation-themed Easter egg roll on Monday, up 10,000 from last year.
--:-- John Bickley: Longtime educator and First Lady Jill Biden plans to transform the more-than-century-old tradition into an educational experience. The South Lawn and Ellipse will feature various educational stations where children can learn about farming, nutrition, exercise, and more.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The event will still include an egg-rolling race where children use wooden spoons to roll colorful eggs across the South Lawn.
--:-- John Bickley: Those are your drive-home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to the latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.
