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--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire editor-in-chief, John Bickley. It's Wednesday, October 30th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- John Bickley: In what Republicans are cheering as a win for election integrity, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor today of Virginia, removing non-citizens from its voter rolls.
--:-- John Bickley: Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice has the latest. Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin celebrated the decision, calling it a victory for common sense and election fairness. Clean voter rolls are one important part of a comprehensive approach we are taking to ensure the fairness of our elections, said Junkin. He went on to note that the state uses paper ballots, counting machines not connected to the internet, a strong chain of custody process, signature verification monitored and secured drop boxes and a triple check vote counting process to tabulate results.
--:-- Tim Rice: The Biden Justice Department sued to stop the state from purging the non-citizens, claiming it was too close to the election for the move.
--:-- John Bickley: The Supreme Court also ruled Tuesday on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s request to remove himself from the ballots in Michigan and Wisconsin. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestigiacomo has the details.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: The court ruled against Kennedy, declining to require the two critical swing states to remove his name based on technicalities in their laws. Kennedy lamented the decision, saying, quote, the Supreme Court has unfortunately today sided with the secretary of state of Michigan and Wisconsin, both Democrats, to undermine election integrity and leave my name on the ballot.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Kennedy added that the decision was a purely political move made so folks who would have otherwise voted for Trump will throw away their vote by voting for him instead.
--:-- John Bickley: Following President Biden's comments last night in which he referred to Trump supporters as garbage, critics today are accusing the White House of distorting the official transcript. Daily Wire senior editor Joel Needler has more.
--:-- Joel Needler: A White House statement claims that Biden's apparent trash talk was aimed at, quote, hateful rhetoric from recent Trump rallies, not at individuals. Several legacy media figures were quick to claim that Republicans had seized on the president's comments.
--:-- Joel Needler: Here's a bit from MSNBC this morning. The president said something, immediately tried to clarify it, Joe, but it's certainly a story on the right who are trying to paint this to be the next basket of deplorables.
--:-- Joel Needler: On the other side, independent journalist Michael Schellenberger says that, quote, what Biden said is clear from the video. And now the White House has altered the official transcript in a potential violation of the Presidential Records Act
--:-- John Bickley: In a new report, IRS whistleblowers maintain that politics heavily influenced their probe into Hunter Biden. They also say the big guy was Joe Biden.
--:-- Tim Rice: We corroborated that the big guy was Joe Biden, yes. Did your supervisors accept that the big guy was Joe Biden?
--:-- Tim Rice: There was no question ever that the big guy was referring to Joe Biden. So FBI, IRS, everyone understood that. And that's why when we were doing the interviews, the prosecutors in Delaware specifically told us that they didn't want to ask about the big guy because they knew it was Joe Biden.
--:-- Tim Rice: In an interview with Katherine Herridge, agents Greg Shapley and Joseph Ziegler say that investigating Biden required unusual levels of approval, unlike typical cases. Comparing this to other high-profile investigations, Ziegler argued the case was constrained to avoid political fallout.
--:-- John Bickley: The IRS has so far not commented.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: A Colorado Airbnb host found her property destroyed after a suspected gang-related party trashed the rental. Police suspect members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang were involved, leaving the owner with $16,000 in damages and her property temporarily unusable. She's reached out to Airbnb for help as local authorities continue to investigate.
--:-- Karen Martiz: I saw my living space empty. We had furniture all over beautiful pieces, artwork. The artwork was on the floor. The walls were dirty. The carpets were stained. There was gum and cigarettes and just bottles of alcohol everywhere, bags of drugs. It was a horrible scene when I walk into my house. I couldn't believe I was actually living this.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Similar stories continue to be told as the notorious gang expands across the U.S. According to the NYPD, 517 of their arrests in New York City this year have been trained de Aragua gang members or affiliates.
--:-- John Bickley: The FBI is investigating a ballot box fire in southwest Washington. At least 475 damaged ballots were retrieved after officials say the fire was caused by incendiary devices.
--:-- Greg Kimsey: Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey says the county is attempting to contact voters whose information is still legible so they can complete new ballots. Similar devices destroyed hundreds of ballots in Vancouver, Washington, and damaged at least three ballots in Portland, Oregon. Investigators say there is evidence that three attacks are linked.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And if you live in New York City, you may start hearing the phrase, hey, I'm walking here just a little bit more. Jaywalking is now legal in the city, allowing pedestrians to cross the street outside of a crosswalk.
--:-- John Bickley: The legislation became law after the city's mayor, Eric Adams, took no action on the bill. The NYPD says it will continue efforts to improve traffic safety citywide.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And for more in-depth reporting on the biggest stories of the day, tune into our full episode of Morning Wire every morning.
