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Sep 15, 2026
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Federal indictments were returned at Guthrie, Oklahoma on January 28th against Duke W. Jeffries, a Democrat, and Willard Smith, a Republican, both wealthy farmers of this county, charging them with offenses against the franchise and against the civil rights of Negroes.
65 TucksNARRATOR
The specific charge against the men, who were election officials at Seward when the general election was held on November 8th, as that they enforced the provisions of the grandfather clause amendment to the state constitution the indictments were returned as a result of the recent instruction to the grand jury by judge who held that federal constitution is supreme over any state law in granting the elective franchise and also as a result of the statement issued prior to the recent election by Judge John Embry, United States Attorney here, to the effect that violations of the election law reported to him would be prosecuted.
65 TucksNARRATOR
The United States Court of Appeals decided, on February 11, that Oklahoma's Jim Crow law is constitutional.
65 TucksNARRATOR
Judge E.B. Adams filed the opinion which was concurred in by Judge W.C. Hook.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Do you find it surprising that you still have a job at the Department of Justice? Did you work with some of the former Senate staff of senior influential Senate leaders there at the U.S.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Attorney's Office to make sure that Mr. Ed Martin would not be the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia to expose your involvement in covering up for the Fed's erection? Ma'am, care to comment?
Cara CastronovaCORRESPONDENT
I tried to ask Ballantine questions in a DC courthouse, but she hid in a conference room until reporters left.
Cara CastronovaCORRESPONDENT
Why is a prosecutor facing repeated allegations from defendants and Trump allies still working for the federal government and being paid by taxpayer dollars of regular Americans she has been accused of politically persecuting? If January 6th is about accountability, accountability must apply to everyone, including Jocelyn Valentine.
Patrick RedfordHOST
Within a year of the Super Bowl, FTX was bankrupt, and Bankman-Fried had been arrested on criminal charges.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This evening, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has confirmed the arrest of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in The Bahamas.
speaker_1ADVERTISER
Former billionaire FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in The Bahamas today.
Larry DavidSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Prosecutors in the United States have filed charges and are likely to request his extradition.
Kent CovingtonCORRESPONDENT
The Secret Service froze $52 million in cryptocurrency.
Kent CovingtonCORRESPONDENT
Janine Pirro is the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
Janine PirroSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Americans are losing, according to the State Department, up to $12 billion a year to cyber fraud and these scam centers, which are mainly in Southeast Asia.
Kent CovingtonCORRESPONDENT
Piro started the scam center strike force last fall.
James O'BrienHOST
He's our Nigel.
James O'BrienHOST
But the seventy-two million pounds from, um, cryptocurrency billionaires who, who have spent much of their working lives living abroad, one of whom, I'll read you the first line of the United States Attorney Office, uh, press release, "Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo designed BitMEX as a platform to flout US anti-money laundering rules." And this guy's now giving thirty-six million quid to Nigel Farage.
TurnerAUDIENCE
[laughs] Absolutely.
TurnerAUDIENCE
Absolutely.
James O'BrienHOST
Uh, yeah, of course, he deserves five million quid.
James O'BrienHOST
He's our Nigel, but the seventy-two million pounds from, um, cryptocurrency billionaires who, who have spent much of their working lives living abroad, one of whom I'll read you the first line of the United States Attorney Office, uh, press release.
James O'BrienHOST
"Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo designed BitMEX as a platform to flout US anti-money laundering rules," and this guy's now giving thirty-six million quid to Nigel Farage.
TurnerAUDIENCE
[laughs] Absolutely.
Jason de BrettevilleHOST
In 2004, Brett wised up and fled the swamp and made his move out to Orange County.
Jason de BrettevilleHOST
where he worked in the Orange County branch office of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District for over 20 years.
Jason de BrettevilleHOST
During his time at the office, Brett served as chief of the Corporate and Securities Fraud Strike Force, and he worked on countless high-profile white-collar cases during that tenure.
Jason de BrettevilleHOST
In September of last year, Brett left the office to co-found the National Advocacy Institute, where he provides advocacy training to attorneys across the country.
Ken JulianGUEST
And they decided they needed some prosecutors down there.
Ken JulianGUEST
And Nancy Wiebenstock, Ed McGaw, Tom Umberg, like some very familiar names here in Orange County.
Ken JulianGUEST
People who went on to do great things opened up the office and started on what has been the mainstay, I think, of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Orange County, and that's fraud cases, right? We're sort of an epicenter for fraud, always have been.
Ken JulianGUEST
And I think that was the case back then.
65 TucksNARRATOR
Federal indictments were returned at Guthrie, Oklahoma on January 28th against Duke W. Jeffries, a Democrat, and Willard Smith, a Republican, both wealthy farmers of this county, charging them with offenses against the franchise and against the civil rights of Negroes.
65 TucksNARRATOR
The specific charge against the men, who were election officials at Seward when the general election was held on November 8th, as that they enforced the provisions of the grandfather clause amendment to the state constitution the indictments were returned as a result of the recent instruction to the grand jury by judge who held that federal constitution is supreme over any state law in granting the elective franchise and also as a result of the statement issued prior to the recent election by Judge John Embry, United States Attorney here, to the effect that violations of the election law reported to him would be prosecuted.
65 TucksNARRATOR
The United States Court of Appeals decided, on February 11, that Oklahoma's Jim Crow law is constitutional.
65 TucksNARRATOR
Judge E.B. Adams filed the opinion which was concurred in by Judge W.C. Hook.
John CatsimatidisHOST
But you still have to do your job and make sure that our city is safe.
John CatsimatidisHOST
In my personal opinion, my personal opinion was I don't mind the governor as the governor going after major criminals and going after major criminals and being a little bit softer on the busboys and the waiters and the bartenders that maybe are not here 100% legal, but what is the position of the U.S. Attorney's Office?
Jamie McDonaldGUEST
John, our focus is on getting dangerous criminals off the streets and keeping New Yorkers safe.
Jamie McDonaldGUEST
And to do that, we work with the intelligence community, as you've talked about with Jay, with the FBI.
Jamie McDonaldGUEST
But the second thing, John, is vigilance.
Jamie McDonaldGUEST
I think we've got to remember it so that we remain vigilant and so that we do all of the things that's necessary to ensure that the nation and New York continues to be safe.
John CatsimatidisHOST
Jamie McDonald, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District in New York, the most powerful U.S. Attorney's Office in the country.
John CatsimatidisHOST
Thank you so much.
John TerrettGUEST
See you next weekend.
John CatsimatidisHOST
We have a new United States Attorney in New York.
John CatsimatidisHOST
With us today is Jamie McDonald, and he assumes the role of U.S. Attorney and took the place of Jay Clayton.
John CatsimatidisHOST
Jamie McDonald, congratulations on the new job.
John CatsimatidisHOST
Tell us about the challenges that you face as the United States Attorney in New York.
Jamie McDonaldGUEST
Thank you, John.
Jamie McDonaldGUEST
So you and Jay talk about national security, but we think about New York security as national security.
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