--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley. It's Wednesday, July 23rd, and this is Evening Wire.
--:-- John Bickley: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has declassified the findings of a never-before-seen 2020 congressional investigation on Russiagate.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The investigation found that the Obama-era intelligence report claiming that Vladimir Putin wanted to help Donald Trump win the 2016 election was based on questionable information and violated intelligence-gathering standards.
--:-- Tulsi Gabbard: [via audio clip] First, Putin's principal interests relating to the 2016 election were to undermine faith in the U.S. democratic process, not show any preference for a certain candidate. In fact, this report shows Putin held back from leaking compromising material on Hillary Clinton prior to the election, instead planning to release it after the election to weaken what Moscow viewed as an inevitable Clinton presidency.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee also weighed in on the new evidence against Obama, telling Morning Wire that she wants anyone found guilty to face the full consequences.
--:-- Marsha Blackburn: The fact that D.N.I. Gabbard released 100 documents that show that the Obama administration was involved in this, that there was this plan that they all moved forward with. Everyone knew Hillary Clinton, it appears, that Hillary Clinton was having this dossier prepared. And it just shows you their hatred for President Donald Trump. And they were going to do whatever they felt was necessary to block him. And so they moved forward with this plan, I guess, thinking no one would ever find out. And of course, now everyone has found out those that are guilty should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Brian Koberger, who admitted to killing four University of Idaho students, faced the families of his victims before being sentenced today.
--:-- [Audio clip of emotional impact statements]
--:-- Georgia Howe: Surviving roommate Dylan Mortensen called Koberger a hollow vessel. He chose destruction. He chose evil. He feels nothing. He tried to take everything from me, my friends, my safety, my identity, my future. He took their lives, but I will continue trying to be like them to make them proud.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Koberger pleaded guilty earlier this month, avoiding the death penalty in exchange for four consecutive life terms, plus 10 additional years.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A New York man has been indicted for building and planting explosive devices across Manhattan.
--:-- Georgia Howe: 55-year-old Michael Gann allegedly crafted at least five IEDs and stashed them on Soho rooftops. He also threw one on a subway track. One of the devices held 600 times the legal explosive limit.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The feds say Gann searched chlorine bombs and dynamite online and even posted cryptic threats on social media.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Thanks to quick work by the FBI and NYPD, no one was hurt. But Gann now faces up to 40 years in prison.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The illegal immigrant charged with the shooting of a Border Patrol officer earlier this week was in fact vetted under the Biden administration, but only via Zoom.
--:-- Georgia Howe: He was then released under Biden's border policy in 2023. 21-year-old Miguel Mora Nunes never showed up for court, was ordered deported but stayed, and racked up numerous arrests.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Now he's accused of opening fire in Fort Washington Park, only to be shot and caught later at a Bronx hospital. The officer is recovering.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Trump administration is launching a new investigation into Harvard University's compliance with federal visa rules.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the latest.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a letter to the university's president demanding records tied to the exchange visitor program.
--:-- Tim Pierce: The program issues visas for international students, professors, and researchers.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Rubio says the probe is needed to protect national security.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The move follows a series of legal clashes between Harvard and the administration over the university's international enrollment and federal funding.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A federal judge has blocked past attempts to bar Harvard from a visa program, but affirmed the government's right to investigate.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: In an interview with CNN this week, anti-activist Mahmoud Khalil repeatedly refused to condemn Hamas.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And the Trump administration says it's yet more proof that he's a terrorist sympathizer.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Here's Khalil, who had been championed by left-wing Democrats being questioned by Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown.
--:-- Mahmoud Khalil: Do you specifically condemn Hamas, a designated terrorist organization in the United States, not just for their actions on October 7th?
--:-- Mahmoud Khalil: I condemn the killing of all civilians, full stop. But what I don't want to get into is, no, I am very clear with condemning all civilians.
--:-- Mahmoud Khalil: I'm very straight in my position in that part. But it's disingenuous to ask about condemning Hamas while Palestinians are the ones being starved now by Israel.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Khalil became a cause celeb among the left when the Trump administration moved to deport him after he helped lead disruptive anti-Israel protests at Columbia University.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Khalil filed a $20 million claim against the Trump administration this month, claiming he had been falsely imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted, and smeared as an anti-Semite.
--:-- Georgia Howe: As Khalil and some humanitarian groups claim Israel is to blame for mass starvation in Gaza, a new video suggests otherwise.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Daily Wire reporter Cassie Akiva explains.
--:-- Cassie Akiva: In the footage, Hamas terrorists are seen feasting underground while Gazans go hungry.
--:-- Cassie Akiva: The Israeli Foreign Ministry says that the footage shows Hamas terrorists are, quote, boasting about full meals in their tunnels, far from the suffering above.
--:-- Cassie Akiva: The U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says Hamas is blocking food aid in a power struggle with the U.N., demanding control over distribution.
--:-- Cassie Akiva: They say Hamas is stealing and reselling supplies and even killing 12 of its aid workers to intimidate locals.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Department of Health and Human Services has found systemic disregard for the sanctity of life in the organ transplant system.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestigiacomo has the details.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: HHS announced an initiative to reform the organ transplant system following an investigation that revealed organ procurement that began even when patients showed signs of life.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: The investigation examined cases where organ procurement was authorized but not completed.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: More than 100 cases showed patients with neurological signs incompatible with organ donation.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Almost 30 patients may not have been deceased when organ procurement began.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the findings horrifying, and he said organ transplant organizations will be held accountable.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The head of the Food and Drug Administration is warning about illegal Chinese vaping products entering the U.S.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Commissioner Marty McCary said cracking down on illegal vapes is a top priority for the agency.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The agency plans to confiscate and seize more illegal vape products.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Many of these products appeal to children and teens through bright colors and fruit and candy flavors.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Some are disguised as smartphone cases, highlighters, or handheld video games to hide the vapes from parents.
--:-- Georgia Howe: McCary told ABC News that 85% of vapes sold in stores are illegal.
--:-- Georgia Howe: There is no approved vaping product in the United States that has a video game.
--:-- Georgia Howe: There is no approved vaping product in the United States that has one of these cutesy, fruity flavors.
--:-- Georgia Howe: 85% of the vaping products sold in the vape stores are illegal, according to the FDA's list.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The U.S. Olympic Committee has banned men from competing in women's sports.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Daily Wire reporter Moreta Lordi has more.
--:-- Moreta Lordi: The Olympic Committee says it held a series of respectful and constructive conversations with federal officials after Trump signed the Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports order back in February.
--:-- Moreta Lordi: While the decision doesn't necessarily keep men from other countries out of women's sports, The committee says it would work with international groups to provide safe and fair environments for women.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The 2028 Summer Olympics will be held in Los Angeles under Trump's watch, while the 2026 Winter Games will be hosted by Italy.
--:-- Georgia Howe: President Trump has just secured a massive $550 billion trade deal with Japan.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Saying it will create hundreds of thousands of jobs.
--:-- Georgia Howe: On Truth Social, the president called it the largest deal ever made and said there has never been anything like it.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Japan will now open their country to trade in things such as cars, trucks, rice, and agricultural products.
--:-- Georgia Howe: They will also pay 15% reciprocal tariffs to the U.S.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The deal marks the first time that Japan has opened its market to the U.S. and comes just two weeks after Trump announced 25% tariffs on the country.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Treasury Secretary Scott Besson had this to say.
--:-- Scott Besson: The Japanese government was ready to deal. And as only President Trump could do, he brought the Japanese trade delegation into the Oval and had a very fulsome negotiation with them.
--:-- Scott Besson: And I tell you, they're tough negotiators, but President Trump's tougher.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Netflix has decided not to renew Harry and Meghan's $100 million deal.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The news comes after official figures showed that Meghan Markle's show With Love, Meghan failed to rank among the platform's top 300 most watched titles between January and June of 2025.
--:-- Georgia Howe: It earned even lower views than the couple's 2022 docuseries Harry and Meghan.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And IMDb gave the series an embarrassing score of 3.2 out of 10.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Netflix still plans to release the second season of the show, but that will be the last.
--:-- Georgia Howe: All right, those are your drive home updates.
--:-- Georgia Howe: To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And in case you missed it this morning, we covered some major stories, including Trump going scorched earth on Obama, Congress moving to question Ghislaine Maxwell, and the fallout from Hunter Biden's F-bomb-filled interviews.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Thanks for tuning in.
--:-- Georgia Howe: We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.
