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Chapter 1: What is the significance of the 60-day ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran?
The U.S. and Iran negotiate a 60-day ceasefire extension that's awaiting one final hurdle, President Trump's signature.
We are being patient. We do not have unlimited patience.
I'm Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley. Georgia's off today. It's Friday, May 29th. This is Morning Wire. The DOJ opens an investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll.
Carroll had so many holes in her story that she couldn't even remember exactly when the sexual assault she claimed had supposedly happened.
Chapter 2: What are the terms of the tentative ceasefire framework awaiting Trump's approval?
And Democrats are running several faith-focused candidates in red states, including Texas. But is their message landing with voters?
You can't call yourself a Christian and vote to cut food stamps for the poor.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of the DOJ's investigation into E. Jean Carroll?
Go to shopify.com slash morningwire. That's shopify.com slash morningwire. U.S. and Iranian negotiators have agreed to a tentative 60-day framework extending the ceasefire and launching a new round of talks over Iran's nuclear program. And this framework is now only awaiting President Trump's final approval. Joining us now is Cabot Phillips, host of Wired in Live. Hey, Cabot.
So we've been hearing rumors about this coming for weeks now. We finally have this framework agreement. What exactly is in it?
Yeah, it's no doubt significant. So as for what's on the table, pending President Trump's final signature, again, is a 60-day memorandum of understanding. Basically, this is just an agreement to keep talking. It would hold the ceasefire in place in order to begin negotiations on Iran's nuclear program. But to be clear, nothing here has been finalized yet.
Chapter 4: How does the investigation into Carroll connect to her claims against Trump?
This is a framework to extend the ceasefire and open up the Strait of Hormuz. But ultimately, this is about getting talks going moving forward to hopefully secure a long-term deal.
Right. Now, we had what appeared to be agreements near completion for a few weeks now. Then we had these military flare-ups recently, a couple this week. What changed here?
Yeah, there's definitely more substance here than any of the previous near misses for sure, John. The actual terms of this deal appear to have been largely settled earlier this week, and the delay has just been both sides going back to senior leadership for a formal sign-off. U.S.
officials are saying that the Iranians have approvals lined up from senior leadership, but given all the turnover there and the different ideologies now in place, it remains to be seen if that's actually going to come through. Trump reportedly wanted a few days to think this over, and he said this week that he's not in a rush to agree to anything.
And if this all sounds like both sides are walking on eggshells, that is because they are. There is an air of obvious distrust between the two sides after months of failed talks. And the White House appears reluctant to announce anything definitive until Iran formally puts its name on this, given just how many times they've pulled out of similar agreements in the last minute.
Right, and there's lots of history to show that the U.S. should indeed be very skeptical going into this. Now, if this does go into full effect, what changes on the ground?
Well, the 60-day extension framework would mostly affect two headline items, the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. blockade. All shipping through the Strait would be, quote, unrestricted. That means no tolls and no harassment from the IRGC. and Tehran would have to clear all of its mines out of the Strait within 30 days. That would be a very heavy lift. The U.S.
naval blockade of Iranian shipping would then be lifted, pretty much returning commercial shipping back to the pre-war status quo for 60 days, at least on paper. There still needs to be some heavy lifting in terms of the Iranian nuclear question, but that is precisely what these 60 days would be used to address.
Trump has never backed off his vow that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, and that'll be at the top of his agenda heading into further negotiations with Tehran. That's for sure.
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Chapter 5: What strategies are Democratic candidates using to appeal to Christian voters in red states?
And they're doing it with China's help. And these reporters watched a sanctioned vessel called the Catalina 7 pump oil through a hose into a second ship whose name had been painted over in black. So it's pretty much exactly what it looks like. One tanker offloads Iranian crude onto another, onto another to disguise its origin. And the second ship then delivers it on to China.
in the process bypassing U.S. sanctions.
And the destination for this black market oil is ultimately China.
Yeah, overwhelmingly. As we've talked about on the show, China relies on Iran for nearly 15% of its oil. That accounted for about $31 billion in revenue for the regime last year. That equates to roughly 90% of all Iranian oil sold abroad last year and more than 45% of the regime's budget. So this is a huge area of their economy. Iran pretty much had to circumvent the U.S.
blockade in order to avoid complete economic catastrophe.
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Chapter 6: How are Democratic candidates addressing traditional Christian values in their campaigns?
And that is what it appears they've done, at least partially, with this shadow fleet.
Really highlights just how desperate they've become here. Kevin, thanks so much for reporting. Absolutely.
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Chapter 7: Are evangelical voters responding positively to Democratic candidates' faith-based messages?
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Writer E. Jean Carroll is being investigated by the Justice Department over potential perjury during her civil litigation against President Trump. Trump critics say this is political retribution, while Trump supporters say this is the justice system at work. Joining us now to discuss is Andy McCarthy, former federal prosecutor and a columnist for National Review. Andy, thanks for coming on.
It's been a while.
Chapter 8: What challenges do Democratic candidates face in connecting with religious voters?
It's my pleasure. Thanks for having me. So bring us up to speed on this. What exactly is Carroll being investigated for, and then how does a perjury investigation like this work?
Well, to answer your second question, which is easier to answer, it usually doesn't work because the Justice Department doesn't have time or resources to manage the civil justice system. As far as a perjury case is concerned, they're the cases that are among the most difficult to make.
Because even if somebody intends to lie to you, if there's, for example, literal truth in what the person says, even if the person intends for it to be misleading, you can't make a perjury case. And on the other side of the coin, even where people say things that ostensibly could be taken as misleading, unless you can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they willfully intend to
deceive you, you have no perjury case. So perjury cases are highly unusual, and the Justice Department generally does them only when you lie to the government or you lie to the court in a case that the government's involved in.
Now, specifically in this case with Carol, this is connected to her initial litigation against Trump in which she's alleged to have perjured herself, correct?
This is in the deposition phase. That's the lead up to the trial. New York opened a window during the height of the Me Too fervor where they allowed what otherwise would have been time-barred claims. By the time this was raised, it was about 25 years old. I think the statute of limitations was probably two. But they allowed these claims to be brought forward for a year.
So the first trial involved the sexual assault claim and one defamation. And then we had the second trial involved two defamations.
And she had claimed that she was not receiving any help funding her legal cases when that turned out not to be true, correct?
I just looked in the last couple of hours at the transcript. So she said that she was unaware of any funding. And then what she learned evidently was that her lawyers had drummed up some funding from like a nonprofit group. I don't want to say which one I think it is because I don't know that that's proven at this point.
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