Jack Smith Report Blocked & Congestion Toll Avoidance | Afternoon Update | 1.7.25
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I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, January 7th, and this is your Morning Wire Afternoon Update.
A federal judge has blocked the release of special counsel Jack Smith's final report on Donald Trump. Judge Eileen Cannon issued the order today, delaying publication until a court of appeals reviews an emergency motion from Trump's co-defendants. The move follows legal filings that argue the report could create an unfair bias against some of the defendants. The Justice Department had planned to release the report by Friday. During a press conference today, Trump commented on the development.
The fake witch hunt started by the DOJ having to do with books and records, and Biden had many more. And he wasn't protected by the Presidential Records Act, I was. But all of that fake stuff that took the lives of people, I mean, literally destroyed people. People are destroyed because of what they did. Destroyed.
Content moderation policies on Facebook and Instagram are headed for some drastic changes. Daily Wire reporter Megan Basham has more.
In a video today, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the platform would end its partnerships with independent fact-checkers, loosen restrictions on controversial topics like gender and immigration, and scale back filters that previously censored innocuous posts. Zuckerberg cited bias among fact-checkers as a key reason for the shift, saying they had done more harm than good, especially in the U.S., Meta will now implement Community Notes, a similar program to that used by X. Here's Zuckerberg.
After Trump first got elected in 2016, the legacy media wrote nonstop about how misinformation was a threat to democracy. We tried in good faith to address those concerns without becoming the arbiters of truth. But the fact-checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the U.S.,
Shark Tank star Kevin O'Leary says he's nearing a deal to purchase TikTok. The deal comes as the social media platform faces a federal ban in the US. During an interview this week on Fox News, the 70-year-old businessman revealed that he plans to acquire TikTok's US assets alongside former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt. The pair hopes to secure ownership before the January 19th deadline that could see TikTok removed from US app stores. Here's O'Leary.
We don't have to shut TikTok down. It just has to change ownership to abide by American laws as deemed by the order of Congress.
The federal government raised alarms about TikTok's current ownership by Chinese tech firm ByteDance, citing risks of surveillance on American citizens. A U.S.-based owner could prevent the platform from being banned. Here's O'Leary again.
This company is living in a dreamland thinking the Supreme Court of the United States is going to uphold spyware against its American people. Ain't going to happen. And then you've got this timing situation.
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A bill barring men from women's sports is expected to receive a floor vote in the newly Republican-led Senate. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestigiacomo details the legislation.
The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act would define gender under Title IX as based on reproductive biology and genetics at birth. It aims to block federal funding for athletic programs that allow biological males to compete in female sports categories. The bill was pushed forward by Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, along with 23 Republican co-sponsors, including Senators Ted Budd, Marsha Blackburn, and John Kennedy. Critics argue the measure discriminates against transgender athletes, while supporters like Tuberville say it protects opportunities and safety for women and girls in sports. The vote could come as early as this week.
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