Evening Wire: USA Grabs Gold & Ghislaine Pleads The Fifth | 2.9.26
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What gold medals did Team USA win at the Winter Olympics?
Team USA grabs more golds, Ghislaine Maxwell invokes the Fifth Amendment, and TPUSA's halftime show racks up big numbers. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley. It's Monday, February 9th, and this is Evening Wire. The U.S. is off to a strong start at the 2026 Winter Olympics with some gold medals already secured. In the women's downhill and alpine skiing, Breezy Johnson got the gold. The American mixed team captured gold in figure skating. They're led by skaters including Madison Chalk, Evan Bates, Alyssa Liu, and Ilya Malinin. Since 1924, Team USA has won a total of 330 medals in the Winter Olympics, including 114 golds. The U.S. is currently in third place for gold medals for the Milan Games overall, behind Norway and Switzerland.
We're on day nine of the search for Nancy Guthrie. Daily Wire reporter Lyndon Blake has the latest.
Monday afternoon, Savannah Guthrie released a new video pleading for her mother's return. This was the fourth video from the family and the first video that appears to be unscripted. This video is more of a plea for the public's help in finding 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie instead of a direct message to the alleged author of a ransom note. Here's a little bit of what Savannah said. We believe our mom is still out there.
We need your help. Law enforcement is working tirelessly around the clock trying to bring her home, trying to find her. So I'm coming on just to ask you, not just for your prayers, but no matter where you are, even if you're far from Tucson, if you see anything, you hear anything, if there's anything at all that seems strange to you, that you report to law enforcement, We are at an hour of desperation, and we need your help.
The deadline for the $6 million Bitcoin ransom was Monday at 5, Mountain Time. At this time, the Pima County Sheriff's Office say they do not have a suspect or person of interest in this case. We're breaking down every detail of this case in the Daily Wire series, Finding Nancy Guthrie, a Daily Wire true crime investigation. It's on Spotify, Apple, and the Daily Wire platforms.
Jeffrey Epstein's longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell invoked the Fifth Amendment today in response to nearly every question by the House Oversight Committee. The Fifth Amendment shields individuals from answering questions that may incriminate them. Maxwell has said she'll give a full account of what she knows if she's guaranteed clemency for her 20-year sentence. But President Trump has been noncommittal on the issue, saying he, quote, has not thought about it. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff fell on his sword over the weekend, resigning over alleged Epstein links. Here's Daily Wire reporter Tim Pearce with the story. The prime minister's chief of staff resigned on Sunday amid increasing pressure on Starmer to step aside.
This comes after the latest trove of Epstein files and emails linked one of his former ambassadors to the late convicted pedophile. Emails show that former UK ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, appeared to share confidential information with Epstein during the 2008 financial crisis. Other files revealed that Epstein paid Mandelson $75,000 between 2003 and 2004. In a statement, Starmer's chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, took responsibility for Mandelson's appointment. Starmer also released a statement showing appreciation for McSweeney's work, saying, "...our party and I owe him a debt of gratitude, and I thank him for his service." British cabinet minister Pat McFadden said that blaming McSweeney for Mandelson's appointment is a mistake, saying, quote, it's a prime ministerial appointment and prime ministers have to take responsibility for the decisions that they make.
Conservative Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takeuchi has led her party to a landslide victory in this week's elections. She now has a clear mandate from the people to strengthen ties with the U.S., increase defense spending, and kickstart Japan's economy. The prime minister took a major gamble, calling national elections just three months into her tenure.
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