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--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley. It's Friday, June 9th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The federal indictment against former President Donald Trump was unsealed today. The 49-page document charges Trump on 37 counts, 31 of those counts being the willful retention of national defense information. Other counts in the indictment include conspiracy to obstruct justice, corruptly concealing documents or records, and making false statements.
--:-- John Bickley: Trump has condemned the charges as political persecution, while special counsel Jack Smith urged Americans today to read the indictment. I invite everyone to read it in full, to understand the scope and the gravity of the crimes charged. Our laws that protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the United States and they must be enforced We have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone
--:-- Georgia Howe: New evidence revealed to lawmakers claims then President Joe Biden accepted a million bribe from an executive at the Ukrainian gas company Burisma. That's the company that was paying his son, Hunter Biden, $1 million per year to sit on its board. The allegation is contained in an FD-1023 form that the FBI created based on an interview they conducted with a confidential human source in June 2020. The form was viewed by the members of the House Oversight Committee. President Biden attempted to dismiss the claim as, quote, malarkey, but those who viewed the document said the confidential source has been, quote, consistently reviewed by the FBI and has been, quote, found to be highly credible.
--:-- John Bickley: Ownership rights of the so-called Manifesto of the Shooter who killed six people at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, has been transferred to the families of the school. David Rabin, an attorney for the shooter's parents appeared in court Thursday informing the judge that he will help transfer the writings to the parents of Covenant School students in an effort to keep them from being released
--:-- Georgia Howe: Joran Vandersloot the main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalie Holloway in Aruba has arrived in the U.S. after being extradited from Peru on Thursday. He's set to stand trial for extortion and wire fraud. Videos show Vandersloot leaving Peru in handcuffs where he was serving a 28-year sentence for the murder of a Peruvian woman.
--:-- John Bickley: A new study from North Carolina State reports that sucralose, the popular sweetening agent found in Splenda, causes damage to DNA, raising the risk of cancer, and causes leaks in the gut lining. Sucralose was shown to damage the tight junctions in the intestinal barrier, leading to holes where gut contents can leak into the bloodstream, a condition known as leaky gut.
--:-- Georgia Howe: South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone will soon unveil their recently rehabbed Mexican restaurant in Colorado. The pair spent more than a million renovating the original 1974 Casa Bonita restaurant in the Denver suburb of Lakewood after it declared bankruptcy in 2020 The 56 square foot restaurant features caverns waterfalls and pools and was historically a destination for family dinners and even appeared in an episode of South Park.
--:-- John Bickley: And babycenter.com has revealed some interesting name trends emerging so far in 2023. Babycenter.com analyzed real-time data from hundreds of thousands of names shared voluntarily by new and expectant parents. One trend is nicknames being used as real names. The most popular are Ellie, Bella, Theo, Nora, Josie, and Charlie. The second trend is names with word meanings, including faith, grace, and serenity. Lastly, in a nod to Tom Cruise's Top Gun film, the name Maverick is also trending in 2023.
--:-- Georgia Howe: All right, 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 our latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.
