In this Live, I start with a disturbing and deliberately vague warning from Senator Ron Wyden, who sent a cryptic letter to CIA Director John Ratcliffe accusing the agency of engaging in deeply troubling classified activity—followed by a press release designed to make sure the public knew something was very wrong, even if he couldn’t say what. That alone is alarming. But what follows may explain why.
I then walk through explosive reporting and floor remarks from Senator Chris Murphy outlining what appears to be a straight-up bribery scheme: a secret $500 million investment by a UAE-linked firm into Trump’s cryptocurrency venture just days before his inauguration, followed by Trump overriding national security objections to sell advanced AI chips to the UAE—chips long considered too sensitive because of their likely transfer to China. At least $187 million appears to have gone directly to the Trump family, with additional millions flowing to the family of Trump’s top Middle East advisor.
I connect these revelations to broader concerns about corruption normalized at the highest level, the collapse of meaningful congressional accountability, and the growing possibility that classified intelligence, foreign money, and geopolitical influence are colliding behind closed doors. I also return to the Epstein files, ongoing financial investigations, and the troubling question of whether these threads are beginning to converge.
This isn’t chaos. It’s a pattern—and it’s hiding in plain sight.
