Lockheed Lemons: Only 29% of F-35s are Fully Mission-Capable

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Lockheed Lemons: Only 29% of F-35s are Fully Mission-Capable

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) With the U.S. on the verge of world war, the U.S. Air Force secretary has admitted that only a small fraction of its advanced F-35 fighters is fully mission-capable.

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall made this surprising admission Wednesday at a congressional budget hearing, in response to questions from Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.

Gaetz asked Kendall how many F-35s are available for operations, to which Kendall said 55%. However, the number of F-35s that are fully mission capable is even less than that: 29%, according to the head of the F-35 program. Kendall said he had no basis for disputing the 29% figure cited by the head of the F-35 program.

Citing a GAO report, Gaetz argued that the number of capable F-35s is because the Pentagon has given too much power to Lockheed Martin for executing the F-35 program.

“This GAO report says the reason it’s failing is because the fox is watching the henhouse. The very contractor bilking the taxpayer for this platform is now in a position to where they can’t sustain it,” he said.

The Defense Department’s floundering F-35 program has been plagued with problems for years.

Last May, a Government Accountability Office found that the Pentagon lost more than 1 million F-35 parts over the last five years.

Another, separate GAO report from last year said that the F-35 program’s total procurement costs have increased by $13.4 billion since the last cost estimate in 2019.

“This is, in part, due to DOD spreading out aircraft purchases and adding years to its delivery schedule,” the GAO said. “Contractors also continue to have challenges with delivering aircraft and engines on time, but they are working to address these issues.”

The total cost of the F-35 program is now estimated to be roughly $1.7 trillion. This includes the delivery of 215 F-35s to the Air Force over the next three decades.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Study Links Colon Cancer to Gingivitis as Mystery Looms over Recent Uptick

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Study Links Colon Cancer to Gingivitis as Mystery Looms over Recent Uptick

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) As cases of colon cancer and other forms of cancer are on the rise, particularly among younger adults since the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists continue to speculate about the possible causes.

Many suspect a link between the cancers and the COVID vaccine, arguing that the artificially replicated mRNA mainpulates parts of the cell, as well as weakining the overall immunity of recipients, making them more vulnerable to diseases, including COVID variants.

However, some researchers now suggest that bad breath may be to blame—or at lease a comorbidity.

A recent report from Scientific American indicated that there may be a link between the proliferation of cancer in the digestive system and a certain type of bacteria found in the mouth.

A study pointed to F. nucleatum—a form of Fusobacterium frequently found in human oral cavities—as a potential sign of colon cancer growth and development.

The bacteria are associated with dental plaque, and also with the gum disease gingivitis. Some types of the bacteria are able to resist acidic environments, as is found in the stomach, for instance, and therefore it can move throughout the body.

The study found that acid-resistant F. nucleatum in particular is associated with colon cancer, and may in the future provide warning signs of the cancer which, at the moment, can only be detected via surgery or colonoscopy.

Researchers even suggested that the bacteria can gather nutrients to feed on in a hostile environment.

According to the authors of the study, this finding could lead to new ways to diagnose, or perhaps even treat, colon cancer.

The study’s first author, Martha Zepeda–Rivera, said that the bacteria have been demonstrated to contribute “to this proinflammatory, pro-oncogenic environment,” in which colon cancer in particular can thrive.

Christopher Johnston, a geneticist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and co-senior author of the study, was optimistic that the findings could be leveraged to anticipate and alleviate the risk of colon cancer.

“These results are like a roadmap since we’ve identified the specific clade in tumors,” Johnston said, adding that he and his team will continue to research.

“And now we’ve outlined the differences that can be investigated moving forward.”

Was it Treason? Nat’l Guard Whistleblowers Say Pentagon Officials Lied about Jan. 6 Response

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Was it Treason? Nat’l Guard Whistleblowers Say Pentagon Officials Lied about Jan. 6 Response

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Whistleblowers from the DC National Guard testified to Congress on Wednesday about Pentagon officials prevented them from promptly responding to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill uprising.

The four whistleblowers spent much of their testimony discussing the three-hour 19-minute delay from the time they were requested to deploy to the Capitol to when they arrived. Their testimony suggests that the top Pentagon officials failed in executing President Donald Trump’s authorization to have at least 10,000 National Guards members ready to assist in quelling violence on Jan. 6.

Then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy has claimed that he ordered the DC National Guard’s commanding general, Maj. Gen. William Walker, to deploy to the Capitol during a 2:31 p.m. conference call—which was after a riot began, but before the Capitol building was breached. However, National Guard whistleblower and Secret Service agent Timothy Nick said Wednesday that McCarthy lied about that call.

“McCarthy claims he was on the 2:31 PM call and spoke on that call. This is false … He was enroute to the Washington D.C. Regional Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to support that agency’s concept of operations on January 6th. He went on to claim that he called and spoke to Major General Walker at least twice, ordering the deployment of the DC Guard. This is also false,” Nick said.

The whistleblower also said that Army Lieutenant General Charles Flynn lied in his previous assertions that he was not on the same 2:31 p.m. call. Not only was Flynn on that call; he was discouraging the National Guard from deploying to the Capitol, according to the whistelblower, Nick.

“Lieutenant General Flynn was also on the call and even participated in discussions … Lieutenant General Flynn, while on the call, discussed how they ‘did not like the optics’—that is a direct quote—of sending Guardsmen to the Capitol,” Nick said. “They stated it would be in their best military advice to recommend to the Secretary of the Army, Ryan McCarthy, to deny the request from Command General William Walker to deploy the DC National Guard.”

The DC National Guard wasn’t given the order to go to the Captiol until 5:09 p.m. on Jan. 6, Nick added.

“We arrived too late. One American lay dead with other sisters and brothers injured, including federal and local law enforcement officers. We were ready and standing by. I know if we were able to deploy immediately when General Walker made the request, the National Guard could have helped end the civil disturbance and restored public order quickly,” he said.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Report: Federal Agencies Not Safeguarding Unaccompanied Minors

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Report: Federal Agencies Not Safeguarding Unaccompanied Minors

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Another inspector general report has found that the federal agency responsible for caring for unaccompanied minors (UACs) brought into the United States is continuing to fail to vet sponsors and protect the children’s safety and well-being.

A Texas advocacy group is again renewing its call for state lawmakers to investigate and implement oversight measures since the majority of UACs are being housed in Texas.

“Now that Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has announced interim charges for the Texas Senate to consider, Alliance for a Safe Texas is calling on him and House Speaker Dade Phelan to instruct legislators to investigate and provide oversight of the nongovernmental organizations based in Texas that are housing unaccompanied minors,” Sheena Rodriguez, the founder of Alliance for a Safe Texas, told the Center Square.

“These include those involved in the Texas foster care system, which is impacted by the large influx of unaccompanied minors,” Rodriguez added.

Patrick recently released interim charges, which include border security initiatives to be considered by the Senate Border Security Committee chaired by Sen. Brian Birdwell.

Rodriguez has met with Birdwell and other local officials calling on them to investigate and provide oversight.

“Our research has found that the majority of unaccompanied minors being brought into the country are being housed in facilities in Texas,” she said.

Rodriguez said a measure led by Rep. Stan Kitzman to enact reforms at the state legislative level, as well as calling on the attorney general’s office to investigate, garnered bipartisan support last year among state legislators.

“While this was a positive step, we are calling on the legislature to prioritize this issue,” she said.

“Texans may not realize that the majority of HHS-contracted facilities housing unaccompanied minors are in Texas,” she added. “Texas children are being put at risk by federal policies and the state must implement reforms to protect all children in its care.”

At least 52 HHS-contracted facilities housing UACs were operating statewide in Texas in 2020, according to a 2020 U.S. Government Accountability Office report. No other state has nearly the number of facilities or is receiving the volume of UACs than Texas.

From fiscal 2015 to 2023, the largest number of UACs by far—82,391—were released into Texas. California received 68,249; Florida, 60,192, the Center Square first reported.

According to a new report published by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, the Office of Refugee Resettlement has continued to fail to properly vet sponsors and was not protecting the safety and well-being of UACs.

ORR is housed within HHS’s Administration for Children and Families, which is tasked with caring for UACs arriving at the border.

The inspector general reviewed ORR’s implementation of sponsor screening and post-release follow-up calls for children in a sample evaluated from early 2021 at a time when ORR received a surge of UACs.

It found that staff didn’t always perform background safety checks of sponsors, handed children over to sponsors who provided illegible identification, meaning they didn’t know who the sponsors were, and didn’t make mandatory home visits.

In 16% of UAC case files, one or more required sponsored safety checks lacked any documentation indicating the checks were conducted. In 35% of cases evaluated, sponsor-submitted ID’s contained legibility concerns. In 19% of cases evaluated, UACs were released to sponsors with pending FBI fingerprints or state child abuse and neglect registry checks and the case files were never updated with results.

The 62-page report also states that ORR didn’t always conduct mandatory home studies and raised concerns about whether ORR guidance on discretionary home studies should offer more specificity. In 5% of the cases evaluated, sponsor records within the ORR case management system were not updated with child welfare outcomes or sponsorship history.

ORR is required to call UACs within one month of their placement with a sponsor. In 22% of the cases, ORR did not conduct timely safety and well-being follow-up calls, including not making calls for nearly a year.

In 18% of the cases, the follow-up calls were not documented in the case files, the report found.

The OIG made several recommendations to improve the process and ensure UAC’s safety, with which ACF concurred.

The administration claims it is reuniting children with family members through the program. A Florida grand jury report found this not to be the case, the Center Square reported.

Another OIG report found that ORR released hundreds of UACs to sponsors to whom they were unrelated; many were living with strangers who expected them to work to pay for their accommodations.

The U.S. Department of Labor is also investigating child labor violations related to UACs working in sanitation and slaughtering and meat-packing plants, the Center Square reported.

While members of Congress have raised concerns about ORR failures and missing UACs, they continue to fund ORR.

Solving the Complexities of Taxes, Precious Metals in Today’s Economy

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Solving the Complexities of Taxes, Precious Metals in Today’s Economy

(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the “Money Medals Midweek Memo,” host Mike Maharrey offered an in-depth look at tax day experiences, precious metals markets, and broader economic issues. 

Mike began by sharing a personal anecdote about the burden of writing a significant check to the IRS on tax day, reflecting on Mark Cuban’s assertion that paying taxes, next to serving in the military, is the most patriotic act a citizen can perform. While Cuban reportedly paid around $275,000,000 in taxes, Mike pointed out that this amount is relatively small given Cuban’s net worth of approximately $5.4 billion.

Mike then critiqued the public’s perception of tax refunds as a boon, suggesting it masks the true impact of taxation, especially for self-employed individuals like himself. He argued that the withholding system desensitizes people to the amount of tax they actually pay and posited that a broader understanding might trigger a tax revolt.

Mike Maharrey referred to the U.S. government’s borrowing practices as akin to a Ponzi scheme. He explained that the government funds itself not only through taxation and borrowing via the sale of Treasury bonds but also by continually needing to find new borrowers to pay off old ones when those bonds mature. 

He described this cycle—where the government borrows new money to pay back previous loans—as a hallmark of a Ponzi scheme, emphasizing its unsustainable nature. This discussion highlighted his concerns about the fiscal practices of the government, particularly in the context of its increasing debt and spending.

The conversation shifted to the precious metals market where Mike noted a significant selloff in gold and silver, highlighting recent market fluctuations. For instance, gold dropped nearly $80 from its daily high on a particular Friday, despite having surged over $2,400 an ounce earlier in the day. 

Silver also saw dramatic swings, with prices initially climbing toward $30 per ounce before plummeting below $28. Mike discussed the influence of geopolitical tensions and market dynamics on these movements and reinforced the value of gold and silver as inflation hedges.

Maharrey discussed geopolitical tensions related to Iran and Israel as factors influencing the precious metals market, specifically gold and silver prices. He mentioned that speculation about Iran attacking Israel had initially driven Safe Haven buying, contributing to the rise in precious metals prices. 

He described a scenario where Iran was seen to “flex” by launching missiles and drones, which mostly did not hit their targets. This tension heightened fears of a broader conflict in the Middle East, affecting market sentiments and driving the initial rise in precious metals prices as investors sought safe assets amid the uncertainty.

Delving deeper into the silver market, Mike argued that recent manipulations suggest a bullish future for the metal. He cited industry experts who believe the physical silver market may soon overpower the paper market, potentially leading to price corrections that favor physical silver due to supply constraints and market demands.

Returning to taxation, Mike introduced the concept of an “inflation tax,” which he described as a stealth tax affecting everyone, irrespective of their tax bracket. This form of inflation, which is called monetary inflation, erodes purchasing power and acts as a continuous tax, making everyday life more expensive. 

He cited recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) data to illustrate his point: the annual CPI for March was reported at 3.5%, up from February’s 3.2% and above the expected 3.4%. This, along with core CPI figures, underscored an ongoing underestimation of inflation’s true impact.

In conclusion, Mike encouraged listeners to consider investing in precious metals through Money Metals Exchange as a prudent hedge against inflation. Purchasing gold and silver is a proactive measure to safeguard against economic volatility.

Overall, the episode offered a comprehensive outlook on tax strategies, monetary policy implications, and investment advice amidst current economic uncertainties, emphasizing the need for awareness and proactive financial planning.

If Fraud Were an Agency, It Would be Federal Government’s Sixth Largest

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If Fraud Were an Agency, It Would be Federal Government’s Sixth Largest

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) U.S. taxpayers lose up to $521 billion a year to fraud across the federal government, according to a first-of-its-kind estimate.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office estimated annual fraud costs taxpayers between $233 billion and $521 billion annually, according to a new report published Tuesday.

The fraud estimate’s range represents 3% to 7% of average federal obligations. The estimate was based on data from fiscal years 2018 through 2022.

The government obligated almost $40 trillion from fiscal years 2018 through 2022, but had no reliable estimates of fraud losses.

David Walker, former comptroller general of the United States and a member of the advisory board of Main Street Economics, said the estimate was only part of a larger spending issue.

“The federal government’s estimated annual financial losses to fraud of between $233 billion and $521 billion is just the tip of the iceberg,” Walker told the Center Square. “When you add waste, abuse, and mismanagement, the numbers are much bigger.”

Rebecca Shea, GAO director of forensic audits and investigative service, put the fraud estimate in context. She said that most federal spending isn’t fraudulent and that the amount of fraud varies greatly by agency. However, those dollars add up.

“For a little bit of perspective on this relative to agency funding, the top of our range is greater than the budget for all but the top five agencies—and the bottom of our range, it’s larger than the ninth largest federal agency” she said.

“So, the context for that, what we’re seeing with this estimate, is that fraud may be the sixth largest agency that we are funding annually, and that’s a lot of money that could be going to better use,” she added.

There are more ways to put the fraud estimates into context.

At the high end of the estimate, $521 billion is enough money for the U.S. Air Force to buy 751 nuclear-capable B-21 Raider stealth bombers at $692 million per plane.

The Air Force plans to buy at least 100 such planes. That’s also enough money to run the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, for about 4.7 years at 2023 fiscal year spending levels.

Jared Smith, chief statistician and director of the Center for Statistics and Data Analysis, Applied Research and Methods at GAO, said the estimate wasn’t perfect.

“So it’s not that we’re certain the fraud falls in that range, but we have confidence that this is a number that reflects the severity of the problem,” he said.

The GAO used a probabilistic method to estimate a range of outcomes under different assumptions and scenarios where there was uncertainty.

The Office of Management and Budget was skeptical of the GAO estimate.

“OMB raised concerns about our estimate and how it would be interpreted,” according to the report. “OMB also questioned the plausibility of our estimate.”

First Jurors Picked in Trump’s Business Records Trial

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First Jurors Picked in Trump’s Business Records Trial

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Efforts to pick a jury continued Tuesday, the second day of former President Donald Trump’s unprecedented criminal trial.

Trump is the first president to face criminal charges, which he described as a politically motivated prosecution designed to keep him from returning to the White House in a re-match with President Joe Biden this November.

The process of picking 12 jurors and six alternates could take the rest of the week. As of Wednesday morning, seven jurors had been selected.

At least one of the dismissed jurors already had spokent to media, an alarming breech of judicial integrity that hinted at the level of two-tiered justice that likely lies ahead.

Critics noted that demonstrably biased Judge Juan Merchan had insisted that a hatred of Trump not be the sole disqualifying factor if potential jurors claimed that they could follow the court’s instructions to render an impartial verdict in spite of their prejudices.

It is one of several red flags already calling into question the validity of the trial, which George Soros-backed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg had to rewrite the law to file, turning a state-based misdemeanor for which the statute of limitations already had expired into a federal felony, while still holding the trial in state court.

Bragg’s office and the Biden Justice Department have also been exposed for collusion, and the U.S. Attorney’s office forced a delay of the trial last month with an 11th-hour document dump.

Merchan also has been called upon to recuse due to his past record of donating to Democrat causes and candidates, including President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign.

His daughter Loren Merchan has received millions of dollars doing campaign-related work for several high profile Democrats, including Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; and Vice President Kamala Harris, some of which involved raising money off the case that her father is currently overseeing.

Following Trump’s criticism of the conflict of interests, the judge imposed a sweeping gag order that prevented Trump from criticizing his and Bragg’s families, along with other court officials and potential witnesses.

Merchan said he expected opening statements to begin Monday, The Hill reported.

Trump again lashed out on his social media platform and has used the trial to support his fundraising efforts.

“This conflicted, Trump Hating Judge won’t let me respond to people that are on TV lying and spewing hate all day long,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Tuesday.

“He is running rough shod over my lawyers and legal team,” he continued. “The New York System of ‘Justice’ is being decimated by critics from all over the World. I want to speak, or at least be able to respond. Election Interference! RIGGED, UNCONSTITUTIONAL TRIAL! Take off the Gag Order!!!”

Trump pleaded not guilty in April 2023 to 34 felony counts related to charges he paid off Stormy Daniels through a lawyer before the 2016 presidential election and covered it up as a legal expense before being elected president.

Trump faces 88 felony charges spread across four cases in Florida, Georgia, New York and Washington.

Arkansas Investigating the ATF’s Killing of Clinton Airport Exec

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Arkansas Investigating the ATF’s Killing of Clinton Airport Exec

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ deadly March predawn raid on a Little Rock airport executive is beginning to look a lot like murder.

The ATF has yet to publicly comment on its killing of Bryan Malinowski, other than to say that the former director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport shot first. But Malinowski’s family has released footage showing the ATF covering a Ring doorbell camera before its raid, suggesting that Malinowski didn’t know who was at the door.

In a recent statement, Malinowski’s family said there is no publicly available evidence showing whether agents knocked on the door or announced their presence. His wife Maer said she only heard loud banging immediately followed by the crash of the front door being forced open.

“Bryan Malinowski was asleep but rose to the sound of the door crashing and located a firearm. His wife believed the noise must have been intruders and she fully believes her husband thought the same. He loaded a magazine into a pistol and emerged from the master bedroom into a hallway leading indirectly to the front entryway,” Malinowski’s family said.

“He reached a corner in the hall and looked around it to see several unidentifiable figures already several steps inside his home. We do not know who shot first but it appears that Bryan shot approximately three times at a decidedly low angle, probably at the feet of the intruders who were roughly 30 feet away.”

Meanwhile, it has been revealed the ATF’s raid on Malinowski was over a paperwork issue.

Malinowski was allegedly selling guns without having a required federal firearm license, of FFL. Someone is required to have an FFL if selling guns is his or her principal livelihood—though the Biden administration has recently changed that to cover potentially all private gun owners.

For that minor infraction, the ATF had Malinowski under surveillance for days, installed a GPS tracker on his vehicle, and had undercover ATF agents had made several controlled buys from him at gun shows.

Now, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is calling for answers amidst a state investigagtion.

“As someone who couldn’t be a bigger law enforcement supporter, when our government acts in a particular way that raises questions, we have an obligation to say something, Griffin said during an interview with local media Sunday.

“My understanding, having looked at the ATF rules is that they generally require a bodycam when there’s a preplanned raid, right? Why? Well, because information from a camera helps fill the vacuum of conspiracy and all this other stuff. So, record it with a bodycam that’s required and then there’s policy that it shall be released as soon as possible.”

According to Second Amendment journalist Lee Williams, the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division is investigating Malinowski’s killing. Once their investigation is complete, state prosecutors, not federal, will determine whether any ATF agent should face criminal charges, Williams said in an article Wednesday.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

NPR Suspends Editor Who Accused Network of Far-Left Bias

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NPR Suspends Editor Who Accused Network of Far-Left Bias

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) NPR has suspended Senior Business Editor Uri Berliner after he publicly accused the network of spreading far-left rhetoric in an essay that began a media firestorm.

Berliner received a letter last week that informed him that he would be suspended without pay beginning Apr. 12, 2024, NPR’s media correspondent David Folkenflik wrote in his report.

Berliner was told that he failed to follow NPR’s rules and get approval for outside work for other news outlets after the Free Press published his essay and follow-up interviews.

Additionally, Berliner was accused of publicly releasing proprietary information about audience demographics that NPR considered confidential, the report said.

Berliner would be fired for another policy violation, the letter, which was called a “final warning,” said.

Berliner, a dues-paying member of NPR’s newsroom union, told Folkenflik that he would not appeal the punishment by the far-left network.

He also claimed the figures discussed in his essay “were essentially marketing material.”

“If they had been really good, they probably would have distributed them and sent them out to the world,” he said.

Berliner conceded that he did not get permission to speak with Folkenflik, but noted that he thinks it would be “extraordinary” if he were fired for speaking to an NPR journalist.

NPR’s chief executive of less than a month, Katherine Maher, released a statement that said “everyone is entitled to free speech as a private citizen” in America, even though she previously criticized and downplayed Berliner’s rhetoric. Additionally, people on social media revealed that Maher has an extreme far-left bias.

NPR emphasized that “the CEO is not involved in editorial decisions,” the report said.

Some people in the newsroom acknowledged that Berliner’s critique was valid, while leftists who work for NPR said they are no longer willing to work with him, Folkenflik wrote.

Dismissed Juror in Trump Case Already Giving Interviews to Left-Wing Media

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Dismissed Juror in Trump Case Already Giving Interviews to Left-Wing Media

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) As the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump unfolded, the legacy media was quick to seize the opportunity for views and clicks by interviewing one of the dismissed jurors. 

CNN, known for its left-wing stance and anti-Trump sentiments, released on Monday an interview with Kara McGee, a New York woman who underwent vetting as a potential juror in Trump’s trial.

Seemingly attempting to mimic the scenery of a red carpet at an awards ceremony, CNN anchor Laura Coates introduced McGee as a star during Monday’s broadcast.

“Everyone was so eager to understand what it was like to even be called for jury duty today. When did you realize this was the Trump trial?” Coates asked McGee.

Initially expecting to be awestruck by Trump, McGee began by recounting her impression of the former president, soon followed by critical remarks. 

“I don’t like him,” McGee asserted. “I don’t approve of what he did as president, but the right to a fair trial is extremely important.” 

Earlier in the interview, she reflected, “I had never seen him in person before. You see him sitting there and it’s like, ‘Oh, it’s just a guy. He’s just a dude.’” 

McGee attributed her dismissal to her work schedule and characterized Trump as a “larger-than-life public figure.” 

Trump currently faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush money payments made by his former attorney, Michael Cohen, to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal. 

Revived by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the case has drawn widespread criticism for its perceived weaknesses and flaws. 

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