Trump Commutes George Santos Sentence; Alex Acosta Defends Epstein Plea Deal; Prince Andrew Loses Title
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You've got New York Republicans blasting the decision, those who know him best. One representative calling him a convicted con artist, another saying he stole millions, defrauded an election. His crimes weren't more than a three-month sentence. I just don't understand. why President Trump felt he needed to commute the sentence for George Santos because he was a Republican and he voted with Republicans. I think because he's so supportive of President Trump. Yes. And Mike Johnson was asked if he would have, like, you know, let him come back to Congress. And he said, yeah, that's what we do. If that's what the people want. It's just ridiculous. So yeah, George Santos out. He'll have a reality show sooner or rather later. Oh, yeah. He's going to do something. He's so flamboyant and animated. Yeah, people love it. Alex Acosta, the former South Florida. attorney who gave Jeffrey Epstein that sweetheart deal in the mid-2000s testified to house lawmakers last month and were learning some of what he said. So he told the committee that Epstein got that deal because a trial would have been a, quote, crapshoot. He said some of the witnesses refused to testify, some changed their stories and they just didn't think that they were going to be able to successfully prosecute him. He said Epstein's attorneys at the time, Alan Dershowitz and Kenneth Starr used tactics that skirted the line of misconduct and that he and his colleagues found them frustrating and distasteful. He said, we put him in jail. He registered as a sex offender and the victims had an opportunity to recover. And that was a win. He also said that everyone on the team favored a pretrial resolution and that's what they decided to do. I don't know of anyone who thinks that sweetheart deal was win. And then the Miami Herald reported that some new documents showed that Epstein met and dined multiple times with Matthew Menchell, the former chief criminal prosecutor in Miami's U.S. Attorney's Office, who helped craft that sweetheart deal. Now, this was years after Menchell had left the Justice Department, but... You work on that case. You know all of that about Epstein. And then you go and you have dinner with him multiple times. The whole thing. Stinks. Stinks. Stinks. And there's so much more that we keep learning in bits and pieces. That's why there continues to need to be a push for more transparency. Absolutely. Because there's a lot of stuff that we still don't know. Prince Andrew has given up his royal title. He will no longer be known. as the Duke of York. This as more details about his alleged abuse of Virginia Joufrey has come to public light. She wrote a book before she died and it's set to be released tomorrow. Parts of it have already been made public. In his statement, Prince Andrews said that the continued accusations about him distract from the work of his majesty and the royal family. He also added that he continues to deny the allegations and we're also learning this morning that police are looking into allegations that he He was using his security team to find information on Virginia Joufrey. She claims in the book that he used his team and internet trolls to hassle her. Now on Friday, we talked about the part of the book where she says the night he assaulted her, she drew him a bath, and he licked her feet. And that the whole thing lasted less than 30 minutes. She was paid $15,000 by Epstein.
Also, in the book, claims that Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell wanted Virginia Dufray to have their baby and offered her a mansion and $200,000 a month, but that she refused. So that was another big bombshell that was in this book. She also said she was abused by a prime minister. She did not name him. She said that she was left bloodied and bruised by him. It was an especially brutal incident and that that's when she realized, you know, just how awful. Jeffrey Epstein was because of his callous response when she was upset. Yeah, well-known prime minister. I don't know who that could be, but... Still a lot of questions about what exactly happened. This is like something out of a movie. The famous Louvre Museum in Paris was robbed over the weekend. Thieves took just seven minutes to steal priceless jewels and in broad daylight. So the break-in happened around 9.30 in the morning. Three men dressed as construction workers rolled up on scooters. They used a lift to enter through a second-story window and used gas-powered chainsaws to break the window and get in. Then they used those chainsaws to break the glass. They apparently threatened the guards who tried to stop them. They managed to steal nine of France's most valuable pieces. They left behind a whole bunch of evidence, a construction vest, the chainsaws. They fled on scooters. A lot of it caught on security cameras. There's cameras everywhere. One of the stolen objects was an emerald set imperial crown containing more than 1,300 diamonds that once belonged to Napoleon 3's wife. Wow. That was found broken outside the museum, like they must have dropped it or something. They also stole a diamond and sapphire tiara that belonged to another queen of France. They stole a crown that belonged to the daughter of Napoleon Bonaparte's first wife. I mean, they got nine pieces of extremely expensive. And they knew what they were doing. Seven minutes, broad daylight, in and out. Highly planned. Yeah. They knew, it sounds like they knew what they were going for. And it's not the first time something's been stolen from the Louvre. Back in 1911, Mona Lisa was stolen. It was. It took two years. No. Because what are you going to do with the Mona Lisa? If you stole it, who wants it? Exactly. It took two years before that was recovered. We'll see how long it takes for the authorities there to catch these three thieves. The Ryan Gorman Show on News Radio, WFLA. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at Ryan Gorman Show, and find us online at ryan gorman show.com. Hey guys, Lady Luck here. Are you going on any road trips this summer? I know I'm going to be going on a bunch of road trips. And being that I'm going to be passenger princess, I love playing on SpinQuest.com. SpinQuest has all of my favorite slot games, live blackjack, live craps. Head on over to SpinQuest right now and get yourself a $30 coin pack for just 10 bucks. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Avoid where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details. Summer is here, which means we all want to look and feel our best. A gLP1 may be right for you. Visit orderly meds.com to learn more about which gLP1 you could be eligible for. Getting started is fast, easy, and happens virtually through telemedicine from licensed professionals. Check it out for yourself. Go to orderly meds.com slash podcast. That's orderly meds. Taking care of yourself feels great. Compat of medications are not FDA-approved eligibility required and determined by a licensed provider. Individual results may vary. See website.
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