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Dan O'Donnell's Farewell Tribute to Longtime Producer Paul Kronforst

Published April 30, 2025 | Video Starts at 1:31:25

Treasury Secretary Scott Besant confirming that earlier today in that Cabinet meeting, there was also a lot of discussion about what I consider to be The Trump administration's greatest success by far [is] cracking down on illegal immigration and totally sealing off the border. Of all people. HHS Secretary Bobby Kennedy Jr. Said his department is doing its best on the issue of missing children. (1:31:25–1:31:46)

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Asserts that the Trump administration's most significant achievement is its immigration policy and border security.

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Dan O'Donnell

“We did put 235 judges, progressive judges, judges not under the control of Trump last year on the bench.”
Dan O'Donnell's Farewell Tribute to Longtime Producer Paul Kronforst | Uploaded April 30, 2025 | 1:06:01-1:06:10
“The writ has been suspended three times. Once under President Lincoln during the Civil War.”
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“Following the Civil War, President U.S. Grant got a bill passed to suspend the writ of habeas corpus because of the Democrat organization…”
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“Immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor, there was the governor of Hawaii suspended the writ of habeas corpus.”
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“We were losing 4 to 5 to even $6 billion a day on trade, trade with Biden.”
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“Preliminary data obtained by the Post shows that there were fewer than 10,000 migrants crossing the border, a 93% decrease from the more…”
Dan O'Donnell's Farewell Tribute to Longtime Producer Paul Kronforst | Uploaded April 30, 2025 | 1:42:36-1:42:54
“The biggest story in America for about the past five or six days [is] the arrest of Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan.”
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“When Dugan was arrested on Friday, this story blew up internationally.”
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“The facts of this case are pretty damning.”
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“The law that governs this case is remarkably clear.”
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“Dugan is charged with two [crimes]; one is a violation of Title 18 of the United States Code, Section 1505.”
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“Ruiz was not lawfully present in the United States.”
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“Ruiz, therefore, is always and has always been susceptible to deportation.”
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“Officers will typically be plain clothes because, generally speaking, they're not allowed to make arrests in courtrooms.”
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“Hannah Dugan did by obstructing the ability of those ICE agents and FBI agents to arrest Ruiz outside her courtroom.”
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“Dugan actually lied in an email to all of her judicial colleagues, saying that the ICE agents who showed up outside her courtroom never…”
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“They informed her that they were there to apprehend Ruiz and that she needed to allow this to happen following the conclusion of his…”
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“There was a valid warrant, and because by allowing Ruiz to flee out of the jury room, Dugan very likely violated this statute as well.”
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“Six members of the Milwaukee ICE Task Force, and this is an interdepartmental task force, were going to arrest Ruiz or Flores.”
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“Two of the officers arrived at the courthouse. They presented their identification to a security guard.”
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“The sergeant, though, asked them if they were able to wait until after the completion of that hearing before Judge Dugan.”
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“Two of the officers were informed by the courtroom deputy that law enforcement was there.”
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“Dugan, quote, became visibly angry, commented that this situation was absurd, left the bench and entered her chambers.”
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“She asked if one of the deportation officers had a judicial warrant. He responded, no, I have an administrative warrant.”
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“As I reported exclusively, citing due Dugan's own email on Monday, April 21, to the entire Milwaukee county judiciary, that she did not see…”
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“She was lying to cover up what she had done because she knew, oh, I interfered in this.”
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“She saw the warrant. She said the second the first deportation officer said a second officer was in a public space, had a valid warrant.”
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“Another judge then escorted members of the arrest team away from Dugan's courtroom, down the hall through a set of double doors towards the…”
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“Multiple witnesses have described their observations after Dugan returned to her courtroom after directing members of the arrest team to the…”
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“No one is allowed in the jury box except members of the jury.”
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“Judge Dugan then escorted Flores Ruiz and his counsel out of the courtroom through the jury door which leads to a non public area of the…”
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“Defense attorneys and defendants who are not in custody never used the jury door.”
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“Ruiz then turned around and ran down the street. A foot chase ensued.”
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“Based on those facts, did Hannah Dugan corruptly obstruct or endeavor to obstruct the due and proper administration of the law? Yes.”
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“Did she harbor or conceal a person for whose arrest a warrant or process has been issued? Yes.”
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“Most banks still issue pre approval letters without actually verifying your income, employment or down payment.”
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“Acunet may be able to issue your pre approval without needing an appraisal.”
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“The Hannah Dugan story is emblematic of a runaway federal judiciary that seems hell bent not on fairly applying the law, but rather on, like…”
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“It is no coincidence that almost all of these judges were appointed by Barack Obama or more recently, Joe Biden.”
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“A lot of the Biden appointees were activists put on the court within the past couple of years just to thwart President Trump's agenda.”
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“Chuck Schumer was bragging about [appointing judges to thwart Trump's agenda] a month ago.”
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“We are in over 100 lawsuits against them, and we are having a good deal of success.”
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“Democrat Congresswoman Laura Friedman of California said the quiet part out loud nine days ago. Every single week we have a litigation…”
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“These courts aren't ruling on the merits of the case.”
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“The point is to use the temporary injunction knowing full well that courts of appeals or the United States Supreme Court are going to knock…”
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“It has been almost two weeks, actually, I think more than two weeks now. Yeah, the 15th. It's been 15 days since she said this.”
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“Federal judges in Washington, D.C. four years ago literally did just that, they said, no, we're just going to hold them in a dungeon like…”
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“Trump has been floating the idea of suspending the writ of habeas corpus for illegals.”
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“People who are not lawfully permitted to be in the United States do not have the same lawful protections of the United States Constitution.”
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“Deportation has always been a power reserved exclusively for the president and his secretary of State.”
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“The president can say no more immigration or deport every single person we know to be in this country illegally.”
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“The idea that the federal courts can somehow stop [deportation] is a very recent phenomenon.”
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“District judges can issue injunctions that have the effect of a nationwide law.”
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“Now we have it down to a very manageable number.”
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“The tariffs, for the most part, haven't even kicked in yet.”
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“A deal with India is very close.”
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“Just how good a job and how quickly has the Trump administration closed the border? We've got brand new statistics.”
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“John Nelson did not have a great tenure as a town of Waterford Police Department.”
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“We have now new details from an investigation into his time as a Milwaukee county sheriff's deputy.”
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“This is painting the picture of a bad, bad cop who shouldn't not under any circumstances be allowed to remain as mayor.”
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“Illegal border crossings remain near historic lows in April.”
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“April's numbers follow February crossings of roughly 8,300 and March of barely 7,100.”
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“Monthly migrant encounter numbers are lower than the illegal crossings racked up on individual days during the Biden administration.”
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“We're no longer allowing these people to just roam free in the interior of the United States.”
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“We're detaining them or shipping them right back across, across the border.”
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“You can't be detained for no reason other than the people in power want you detained.”
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“You can suspend that, though, according to the Constitution, in cases of rebellion or invasion.”
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“We are clearly in the throes of an invasion.”
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“The Bucks only have two assets worth trading, Giannis and Lillard, and now Lillard can't be traded because nobody's going to trade for a guy…”
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“He only has two years left on his contract. If you don't trade him, then you get nothing for him, presuming he leaves in two years.”
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“Cleveland and Oklahoma City are probably the best examples of those that have made it [rebuilding through the draft] work.”
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“The Washington Wizards are an example of a team that's been trying it [rebuilding through the draft] for 25 years and it's never been…”
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“This past season there wasn't a single good rookie in the end.”
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“This year is thought to be a good year for the draft.”
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“The season at least ended with them overachieving.”
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“John, there's a recall movement against [Mayor Nelson] in Franklin.”
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“He has proven himself to be unfit for office, unworthy of the responsibility and completely, completely devoid of any ability for the public…”
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“Now we're not even going to get into Nelson's uber cozy relationship with zombies Zimmerman and the rock which has been a hallmark of his…”
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“What was revealed in these investigations is a direct assault on his character.”
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“These are his co workers, these are his classmates. These are the people who knew him best, all saying the same thing. This is an…”
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“I am calling on mayor Nelson to take this opportunity at his meeting in a half hour to resign.”
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“We had the number one station in America in the last quarter of 2024, putting up the highest ratings in the history of the personal people…”
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“Since inheriting the afternoon time slot with Paul at the helm, we have retained the number one status in literally every demographic.”
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“Pretty much every show on this station is still number one by a wide margin.”
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