Spain Migrant "Attack," Reflecting Pool Vandal Battle, Guthrie "Ransom Notes" Update: AM Update 8/3

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What we are doing is speeding up everything related to the processing of cases and the repatriation of migrants who have entered irregularly, mainly since yesterday. As you can see, many of these migrants are already leaving. Cooperate, cooperate with the Moroccan authorities, whose willingness and cooperation I also appreciate, so that these repatriations can be carried out as soon as possible and, therefore, so that the migrants who arrived irregularly, mainly yesterday, can leave. The Spanish Prime Minister criticizing some EU partners for their reaction to the crisis while singling out Italy, saying the leaders of that country politicized the incident instead of offering support. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni posting pictures of the Suta incident with the caption, quote, This is the Sanchez model the Italian left wing likes so much. Maloney calling for joint action from other EU countries, quote, to strengthen external borders, combat irregular immigration, fight human traffickers, make returns more effective, and eliminate any factor that could incentivize new illegal entries. The Italian Prime Minister's call to eliminate policies that are, quote, pull factors to Europe, signed by almost two dozen EU heads of state. Over the weekends, Bain saying it will be deploying a floating barrier off the coast of Suta, according to the New York Times. Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department raising its travel warning for the Spanish enclave, urging Americans to reconsider going there after the massive migrant surge. The new Level 3 advisory highlighting, quote, unpredictable and dangerous conditions. President Trump last week describing the scenes as a, quote, catastrophe and an invasion, warning it could preview challenges for America. That same thing's going to happen to us if the Republicans don't get elected, except worse, much bigger, much easier to get into, despite the fact that we have built thousands of miles of wall, which I said we were going to do. But we didn't have that, forget it. But we have the safest border in the world. We're not in office. Our country will be invaded at levels that made Spain, look, small time. Because when you look at what happened to Spain, they don't know what to do. And it's happening again today. They're coming in by the tens of thousands. It's just invading the country. And what that is is weak law, bad management, but very liberal law. President Trump blasting his own U.S. attorney for D.C., Janine Piro, one of his top allies, after her office abruptly dropped felony vandalism charges on Friday against a man accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Puro saying the damage was caused by contractors, not vandals. In a pair of truth social posts Saturday, Mr. Trump saying he, quote, disagrees 100% with Puro's decision. Continuing, quote, I don't know what she was thinking. To me, it was a pure case of vandalism. Look for yourselves at the vandalism that took place at the reflecting pool. The material is being cut with a knife or a box cutter for all to see.

But in a 20-page motion filed by U.S. attorney Puro's office, Puro writing the damage appears to have been caused by a flawed installation by the contractor Atlantic Industrial Coding and not by the defendant, former Olympic canoeist David Hearn. Hearn indicted last month on claims that he had, quote, forcefully and violently torn the bottom liner of the reflecting pool on June 19th. The Justice Department now with an about face, saying, quote, it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the reflecting pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt, end quote, dropping all charges against Mr. Hearn. DOJ blaming the Interior Department for the error, saying Interior failed to make documents available to justice prior to the indictment. Writing, quote, had the Interior Department been forthcoming with the information clearly in its possession, the government would not have sought a grand jury indictment. TV legal analysts, quick to criticize the U.S. Attorney's Office, hear former federal prosecutor Ellie Honig of CNN. This is how not to prosecute 101. First of all, do not hold a press conference for a nothing little case. Second of all, do not overstate your evidence. And third of all, to the point that Caitlin just made, do your work first. Do your investigation first. It's ridiculous now. that the U.S. Attorney's Office is saying, well, it's Interior's fault. Well, it's this person's fault. Where it's that fault? We didn't know this. They didn't tell us that. That's your job as a prosecutor. You don't charge a person with a felony, which could have locked him up. The max here would have been 10 years had he been convicted. You don't charge a person with a felony until you know what you're talking about. And if Jeannie Piro thinks that it's somehow taking blame off her office to say, well, there's all these other things out there that we weren't told. She's wrong. She's actually putting the blame on herself because they didn't know this stuff. They didn't figure out before they indicted. That's how they should have done it. Mr. Hearn's attorney, Norm Eisen, demanding an apology by the government to Mr. Hearn, adding the DOJ's, quote, dismissal today does not erase the abuse of government power in arresting and charging a patriotic American who did nothing wrong. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum backing Mr. Trump's claim that vandals were responsible. The secretary writing on X, quote, The evidence is clear. Vandals have repeatedly caused damage to the reflecting pool. Some of these acts were even caught on camera. Intentional damage done to the reflecting pool is no different than defacing any one of our other national monuments. We won't back down to deranged people who want to destroy, deface, or degrade our monuments. which is meaningless as to Mr. Hearn, specifically, who appears to have been exonerated. Piro's office saying it is also moving to dismiss at least one other of the three misdemeanor cases against those the DOJ is accusing of vandalizing the pool.

The second note coming on February 6th before the second ransom deadline, in which the sender apologizes and writes that Nancy had, quote, perished shortly after she was taken and that she is, quote, buried in nature now. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos speaking to a few media outlets over the weekend, as well as releasing a brief video on the department's YouTube channel. In that video, Nanos addressing why he put the notes out now. Investigators felt like there's a number of pieces of information in these notes that someone might, it just might jar someone to say, you know, I've heard that, or the wording, the style of the writing is... Mike jogged somebody to kind of think about who would have written this? How was this done? I think anybody who reads them, my investigators, we look at it, and clearly there's things in there that are very concerning to our investigative team. Nanos going on to ask the community for more help in solving this case. A lot of people have called this with information, but we also know a lot of people are hesitant to do so. And so I hope that by constantly reminding the public, we're here, we're not going anywhere. If you have information, someone knows who this person is. Someone knows something. We want that person to call us. We need that phone call. A lengthy Wall Street Journal deep dive yesterday on the case delving into the divide between local authorities and the FBI. The FBI, far from taking ownership of the case, last week directed us to the Pima County Sheriff's Department for any comment on the case. This, after Director Kash Patel told Sean Hannity last week that had Sheriff Nanos contacted the FBI earlier than he did, additional nest camera footage might possibly have been recovered. instead of deleted. Nanos trying to squash any perceived issues between local and federal law enforcement, telling the journal that if FBI director Kash Patel, quote, really believes that we tried to block them or keep them out of this or not share things, I 100% want him to call me because that's the furthest from the truth. The journal reporting Nanos says he and Kash Patel have never spoken during the entire six months of this investigation. In the latest Groundhog Day episode of the Iran War, President Trump ordering U.S. forces to hit pause on new strikes in Iran late Saturday night, citing progress toward a deal to end the several-month-long conflict in the Middle East. This after reports, Mr. Trump was just hours from taking more serious action. In a truth social post Saturday, Mr. Trump announcing allies in the Middle East reached the outlines of an agreement to potentially end the war. Mr. Trump writing the deal, quote, would include the immediate, complete, and total opening of the Hormuz Strait and an end to Iran's nuclear threat. The president promising the U.S. remains, quote, locked and loaded, but was calling off the planned attack, quote, for the future benefit of the world, and likewise the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, end quote.

Mr. Trump's apparent de-escalation coming after days of threatening new attacks before a reported phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bid Salman earlier on Saturday. The Saudi leader expressing concern over U.S. plans for massive new strikes against Iran, according to Axios. The outlet reporting other major powers in the region, including Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and Pakistan, also pushing for a de-escalation in the war for fear of a wider regional conflict. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE have all come under attack by Iran after previous U.S. escalations in Iran. President Trump addressing the decision on Air Force One last night. I was asked by Saudi Arabia, by UAE. and by Qatar and by Iran. We were all set to go. It's about at this time right now. And it would have been a massive attack. We're all set to go. But when the allies asked to fall it off, you got to sort of say, well, let's see. And the reason they asked is I think there's a deal. There's a deal on Hormoz, and then there will be a deal on the nuclear. Or you might call it the denuclearization of Iran. I go it the denuclearization of Iran. What do we expect? We're holding it. We'll just say. We can do it any time we want. But we're asked by the three primary groups. We're also asked by Iran, very strongly, actually. They said, we'd like to make a deal. Now, you know, I don't know what they say because a lot of times they'll say that to me and then they'll go out and say, we don't know what he's nothing. Obviously, they don't want to be attacked. They knew the extent of the attack because they saw it for me. Mediation efforts are currently underway, a regional official tells the AP, in a post on X, Iran's defense minister, writing that the country remains on alert despite the announcement. Of course, President Trump has signaled major strikes are imminent and then put them on pause in favor of last-minute negotiations many times since the war began at the end of February, so we'll see. That'll do it for your AM update. I'm Megyn Kelly. Join me back here for the MK Show, live on SiriusXM's The Megyn Kelly Channel, 111 at New East, on YouTube.com slash Megyn Kelly, and on all podcast platforms.

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