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Logan Sekulow: Welcome to Seculo. I'm back. It's Logan Seculo. Will Haines in studio and phone lines are open for you at 1-800-684-3110. Another interesting I guess you should say discovery, if you will, in the Letitia James investigation issues. We're going to get into it in just a moment. And later on in the show, of course, it is the third anniversary of October 7th attacks in Israel. So we're going to discuss that with Jeff Ballabon from ACLJ Jerusalem. We also have Rick Grenell joining us. So again, it's going to be a packed show. We're going to kind of be doing a few different topics today, of course, honoring the memory of those people that were lost and talking about what the future holds in that whole situation that is still ongoing, obviously between Israel and in in Gaza. And though we are in the middle of what you'd say is a quote-unquote ceasefire, we also have a message from the mayor of New York City that I'm sure is going to make you all thrilled. Phone lines are open for you at 1-800-684-3110. That's 1-800-684-3110. Let's kick it to the current news of the day. Will, of course, again, I have to always state this, we are live because sometimes it feels like these situations never go away. And here we are once again talking about Letitia James.
Will Haines: That's right. And if you'll remember, we broke this down for you back in August that there was a whistleblower within the office of Letitia James in the Attorney General's office that was sent a department-wide a a Department of Justice-wide email calling out alleged corruption of Letitia James. Now we just had quotes from that back in August, but we sent a state FOIA request immediately. And folks, we got the email. We got it yesterday evening as well as 78 other pages. And now it gives one a little bit more context to some of the quotes that we were able to read, but as well as other things that are in it, like the back and forth between this alleged whistleblower and Letitia James's office, including allegations of her sending detectives to follow him and bang on his door and harass him as he says he has evidence of corruption within the New York Attorney General's office when it comes to prosecuting political enemies. And he also says she's only doing this cuz she's trying to get reelected this November. We're going to break it all down for you, but one, you got to hand it to the uh FOIA department within the state Attorney General's office in New York for actually handing this stuff over cuz it doesn't make them look very good.
Logan Sekulow: Yeah, committing to it. So we're going to get that broken down for you. Some of that we can read for you. Some of it maybe not safe for radio. You got to make sure Do we uh blur that out on the email when we put on the screen share?
Will Haines: We did just for
Logan Sekulow: Okay. I'm just making sure. You know, making sure all of our uh cuz we we air this on the Salem News Channel. Got to make sure that we're
Will Haines: We did. We put a little redaction.
Logan Sekulow: We're good. Okay. Just making sure. We had to do our own redactions.
Will Haines: One is ours, but
Logan Sekulow: One is our redaction due to some language that was being used in these government emails. Phone lines are open for you, as I said, 1-800-684-3110. We'll be taking calls and questions about this. We're going to break it down a lot more in the next segment. And then of course, we are going to spend a good portion of our today's show talking about really the third anniversary of the October 7th attacks and what that means right now. And we're going to be joined by Jeff Ballabon at ACLJ Jerusalem. And again, there's a reason we have an ACLJ Jerusalem. We're going to break all of that and tell you really what we've been working on for the last few years and what the future is going to hold. And look, it's it's a tough time. Uh it's it's rough out there, I have to say, if you're in the Jewish community. And we we have the mayor of New York City who again just a what a week ago decided to launch his, you know, council against antisemitism, puts out a statement today that could do what? Certainly rile up a certain base and a base that is not too kind to the Jewish people. We're going to discuss that a little bit later. And once again, the ACLJ, we're also at the biggest fights for freedom and liberty right now. You know, you heard about this whistleblower. We're going to dive into that a lot more. We're defending Israel. We're doing so much. We need your help to support the work of the ACLJ. Become a champion today if you can. That's at aclj.org/champions. That's where you can sign up to become a monthly supporter of the organization. It's a great way to engage with what we're doing here and give monthly. That again is at aclj.org. We'll continue on the show taking your calls and comments when we get back. Don't go anywhere. Short short breaks and we'll be right back.
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Will Haines: Welcome back to Seculo. Some phone lines are open for you 1-800-684-3110. Look, I think we actually I just looked at Robert from Maryland's call. I think it's probably good to take this because
Logan Sekulow: Yeah.
Will Haines: all of these topics I feel like we can kind of start morphing in your brain, whether you hear Letitia James, Jack Smith, whoever it may be, they all start combining and we kind of get lost in the shuffle here. So let's take Robert from Maryland, longtime caller. Robert, go ahead.
Guest (Male): Yeah, I wanted to ask if uh the both of you could kind of jog and refresh my memory about Attorney General Letitia James. She is the New York State Attorney General. Uh in addition to what you just uh shared about uh she only wanted to pursue prosecutions in order to get reelected. Is she also involved in some things with the sitting president, President Donald John Trump, in terms of trying to pursue some type of lawsuit or corruption case against him? That 's my question about Letitia James. The second question real quick is about where is are the Israeli defense forces right now uh in terms of destroying Hamas, obliterating them, crushing them? I mean absolutely decimating them politically and militarily. Where are they?
Will Haines: All right, Robert. The second part we're going to get into a little bit later in the show. So stay stay tuned. Next segment we're also going to be joined by Jeff Ballabon coming up in the next segment. I'll ask him that specifically of where we are currently in the situation in Gaza and what how Hamas is currently operating or lack of operating. Don't go anywhere for that. Let's go start at the beginning here. I do think we have to slow it down a little bit. Maybe give people a little bit of a refresher cuz when you hear something like a former prosecutor in the New York Attorney General's office send an email to a state attorney general Letitia James, you know, on Monday, you know, what does this all tie into? And of course, we're talking about Letitia James. We are taking a bit of time travel to just a few years ago. Right. Well, and I think a lot of this is interesting in light of what I'm about to read to you from this FOIA production that we received from the New York State Attorney General's office because Robert, remember, the civil fraud case was the Letitia James case. There was the Alvin Bragg case, there was the Jack Smith cases. There's all these cases that went forward. But the Letitia James civil fraud case was the one where she accused Donald Trump of inflating the value of property to get loans. And even though all the banks said, hey, there was no problem with these loans, these were within normal, you know, disputed values. We were giving him the the loan anyways. It was paid back. There was no victim here is what the even the banks uh attest testified to. Letitia James still was able to get a $500 million judgment against the president that was later overturned deeming it unconstitutional, the penalty. So that entire circus that was put on by Letitia James ended up not doing anything really for the people of New York if she was going after a criminal enterprise as she alleged with the civil suit. But when you read what this whistleblower is saying, Robert, he one goes into that this was from the original email he sent to the entire Department of Justice in New York Attorney General's Office that they conveniently started deleting from people's email boxes. It says, while the elected New York Attorney General uses significant taxpayer dollars, public taxpayer dollars to target convenient public enemies, there are countless ex- examples of her taking absolutely no action against rampant nonprofit homeless shelter fraud, Medicaid fraud, and antisemitic crimes in and around synagogues, to name just a few abandoned areas of this office's law enforcement agenda. Tish is prioritizing political theater and getting reelected in November over actually improving the quality of life for New Yorkers.
Logan Sekulow: And again, let's restate who this is from.
Will Haines: This is from an assistant attorney general with the in the Investor Protection Bureau who was tasked with, as he said, going after entities like Truth Social, Trump himself, uh Hewlett Packard, who had just gotten a DOJ-approved merger. All of these things he said were political theater and just political targeting to benefit herself.
Logan Sekulow: Right. Yeah, I just wanted to make sure you had a at least an understanding of what we're talking about here because it is a lot of Trump targeting
Will Haines: Right.
Logan Sekulow: but also it's though it's all coming out right now, it's not necessarily things that are happening right now. So again, it gets a little blurry.
Will Haines: Well, to this person, these allegations are that even beyond what happened with that civil fraud, Letitia James's office, including the her her underlings who was this person's direct boss, were directing them to go after things like Truth Social, after President Trump and all his allies and here's an
Logan Sekulow: So you had someone blowing the whistle saying, I'm not doing this anymore. And by the way, kind of I'm out and you should kind of go out with us.
Will Haines: And they there's it's interesting cuz you see his whole personnel file in this, which they were doing on purpose to try and I think tarnish the reputation of this individual. But what it also does kind of reinforce how he felt about what was going on in that department. But here's an interesting one because he he did reply and there's a lot of back and forth that we received through our work here at the ACLJ.
Logan Sekulow: Truth of a picture. Yeah.
Will Haines: And by the way also, they told us there's more coming. We're going to get more production December 4th from this very FOIA case. But he writes back to the Attorney General uh after this back and forth with some of the also HR people in the office. I am in receipt of your September 18th letter, that's just a few weeks back, threatening me with professional discipline as well as civil and or criminal action and your subsequent September 30th letter providing a deadline of 5:00 p.m. today, which was this past Monday. So just a few days ago, we have fresh content from this production uh for me to confirm my destruction of your quote confidential and or privileged information. You have also commissioned your quote protection detailed detectives to repeatedly hound me by banging on my front door. Attached is one of the business cards of one of them left in my door after their latest intrusion. I understand you might be fearful of what I might do with what you refer to as confidential and privileged materials ahead of an important election. These documents are simply evidence and your threats will not compel me to destroy such evidence. If anything, carrying out your threats by bringing this into a legal forum will make this information public. He also goes on to say, and this is what's fascinating that even if you maintain Trump is a quote career criminal and a fitting target, you have failed to recover a single cent from him. You are either running a corrupt Stalinist politics of quote show me the man, I'll show you the crime in quote, or you are wholly ineffective at recovering any money for New Yorkers from such criminal activity. Either way, you are not fit to serve as the Attorney General of New York. New Yorkers deserve better. No need to mass delete my email this time. And then he resent the original email. I mean one
Logan Sekulow: Do it again. Good for him.
Will Haines: got courage. Two
Logan Sekulow: Doubling down.
Will Haines: They the the New York State Attorney General's Office gave us these emails that were correspondence between the two. But he is clearly upset with the New York Attorney General's Office.
Logan Sekulow: And not all of that redacted. Right.
Will Haines: Right. A couple little things here and there. You know, a lot of times you get them
Logan Sekulow: Some are the superiors, but that's been reported elsewhere. We know who those individuals are. They You got to hand it to them for being forthcoming.
Will Haines: Yeah. All right, let's let's take a call now. Let's go to Bob in Florida. Bob, line two, go ahead.
Guest (Male): Guys, Uncle Ben Parker said, Spider-Man's uncle, great power requires great responsibility. Letitia James can't handle that type of power. And let's be really honest, she wasn't going after Trump because she wanted Trump. She was going after Trump because she wanted to move from Attorney General to a higher office.
Logan Sekulow: She wanted to win essentially.
Will Haines: And that's a lot of what this individual is saying, is that you are neglecting your duties to the people that elected you by not one taking things seriously like rampant nonprofit homeless shelter fraud, Medicaid fraud, antisemitic crimes in and around synagogues. He's pointing out the issues that actually we point out on this broadcast all the time.
Logan Sekulow: The real local issues that you have an Attorney General of New York trying that should be getting involved in, but of course, instead you're having it pushed forward with a process that could result by the way. In In like when you look at this, as Will said, it takes some bravery and some guts to do this over and over again. Knowing by the way, there is a good chance when you're using these emails and these email addresses that they will become public. They are public information. It takes this time sometimes to get them to be released, but
Will Haines: Right.
Logan Sekulow: this person clearly knew and is pretty much stating, keep on going cuz all this is is building essentially my case. And you know inevitably there will be organizations like ours, there'll be shows like ours that will get to uncover the truth.
Will Haines: Well, and that that is one thing here as well because yes, did this individual send information from within his office that probably violates ethical and legal rules outside to an external email address that he is then able to maintain. That's what they're saying, hey, you you shouldn't have done this. Yeah, he probably did violate rules, but he also knows that. He says the best part of having uh we'll say a lot of money uh he put it a lot more colorfully uh is being able to tell the truth without fear of consequences. So here we go.
Logan Sekulow: Yeah. Yeah. Big money. Does he not How do we How do we know he has so much money?
Will Haines: Well, I mean when you read there's some interesting things in there about uh I'll I'll tell you later.
Logan Sekulow: Tell me in the break.
Will Haines: It's interesting. I think he does have a lot of money though.
Logan Sekulow: Why? Okay, good for him. Uh in the next segment we are going to shift topics a little bit to a different tone here. Of course, it is the third anniversary of the October 7th attacks in Israel. We're going to be joined by Jeff Ballabon, head of ACLJ Jerusalem, to discuss not only where we've been, but where things are headed for Israel, for the Jewish people, for Christian people, how things actually are on the ground in Israel right now, three years after these horrendous attacks. And of course, what instigated one of the biggest uh conflicts in modern history in terms of Israel being involved. And of course, that even bled into what's happening in Iran. Let's discuss it when we get back. I would love to hear your questions or comments on this as well at 1-800-684-3110. 1-800-684-3110. We'll be right back. Welcome to the all-new ACLJ app. Expert analysis and insight big tech can't censor. Customize your news and get real-time alerts on the issues you care about. Advocacy is now at your fingertips. Take action, make a difference, support the causes you care about with just one tap. Be the first to know. Breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox. Everything you need all in one place. Stay informed, stay empowered. Download today. We are so excited to announce the ACLJ's brand-new app, completely redesigned to provide you with the best tools available to partner with us at the ACLJ. You can watch the daily Seculo program, sign the petitions, customize your ACLJ membership experience, donate with the click of a button, and receive up to the minute critical updates that the mainstream media can't censor. Just scan the QR code on your screen or go to your phone's app store, search ACLJ, and click install. It's that simple. The challenges facing Americans are substantial. At a time when our values, our freedoms, and our constitutional rights are under attack, it 's more important than ever to stand with the American Center for Law and Justice. For decades now, the ACLJ has been on the front lines protecting your freedoms, defending your rights in courts, in Congress, and in the public arena. And we have an exceptional track record of success. But here's the bottom line. We could not do our work without your support. We remain committed to protecting your religious and constitutional freedoms. That remains our top priority, especially now during these challenging times. The American Center for Law and Justice is on your side. If you're already a member, thank you. And if you're not, well this is the perfect time to stand with us at aclj.org where you can learn more about our life-changing work. Become a member today aclj.org. We are waiting to connect with Jeff Ballabon ACLJ Jerusalem. As you can imagine, sometimes connections uh don't go as planned when we're calling the Middle East, specifically even during times of these are Middle Jewish holidays. And also uh obviously things are being very monitored and very secure right now. So if we don't get to Jeff, uh my apologies, but we are going to keep working at that. But I would love to hear your thoughts. You know, we are three years removed from the October 7th attacks. Um I said it when this happened originally, that you would have a few weeks where Israel was not the bad guy, where Israel was not seen as the villain in this situation. And then the tide would turn. You'd start with a Bono and you two coming out saying they support Israel, they stand with Israel. And then you know, the months would roll on and all of a sudden you have those same celebrities going, okay, well I think this is gone too far. And then then you all of a sudden have the more conservative organizations backing off their support of Israel. And sometimes it feels very lonely to be out there. And look, I'm not saying I can donate everything that the government of Israel has done over the last three years or ever. Uh I would say the same about the United States government, whether that is a Trump administration or a Biden administration. There are very few times and like in this country where I feel like that I'm being fully represented 100% it's not the way things go. But when you start talking about who and who was not the aggressor on October 7th is when things very rapidly change. And I want to hear your thoughts because there are statements being made today. Of course, it is not that popular. I've seen maybe one post today outside of I'd say my normal Jewish sphere of internet where you have some of the influencers that are involved in Zionism, Israel, and so on posting of course about it. But I've maybe seen one or two other people throughout the day who've said, hey, we got to uh remember this day is a real tragic one as thousand plus people were killed, hundred or hundreds were kidnapped uh from the music festival, Nova music festival, of course from kibbutzes and from all these areas, innocent people by the way, people that were not involved in any kind of war. Uh but you have it changed to be military. It's acting like it's some sort of military combatants. We're joined by Jeff Ballabon right now. I know who's who's talking to us. Connection may be rough everyone who's watching right now, but just know that we wanted to hear from Jeff. Jeff, obviously a somber day, but one that we uh have not moved on from even three years later.
Jeff Ballabon: That's true. I mean I'm here in Israel at attempting a conference that's run by an organization founded by and run by literally tens of thousands of Israeli military commanders and security officials. And it is at the same time painful but uplifting. It's about resilience. It's about the spirit of the people. And the numbers they're talking about, the anecdotes they're talking about, the the younger generation, the 16, 17, 18-year-olds preparing to join the army now, more and more are dedicating themselves to going into combat units. They recognize that it's literally life and death, but it's also true that more and more they're dedicating themselves to faith and to family. And it's extremely emotional here, but it's not a sense of failure. It's a sense of tragedy turning into victory and to and and ultimately a sense of Jewish destiny.
Logan Sekulow: Yeah, Jeff. Um it's really upsetting that we have seen how things have changed, but I'm glad to hear that there are people who feel that way in Israel. It's always good to understand to try to have an understanding of what the tone is there because we are getting force-fed, you know, propaganda continually. And again, the the propaganda machine does a pretty good job. And of course, we can turn to the mayor of New York City, which we always will. And look, who launched his, you know, fight against antisemitism council last week, used a lot of good words, of course avoided the words Israel, avoided any of that connection. And then today put out his statement, his tribute, if you will, to this uh marking the day of the third year since the October 7th attack. And do we have that statement?
Will Haines: Yeah, and this is what the mayor said. He said this day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers. It marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7th on that day. Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss. Then he dedicates a paragraph twice as long to everything Israel has done after October 7th. And then Jeff has this line, three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue, where war crimes are met with impunity and our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment. The mayor of New York completely flipped October 7th on the day on this day that we are still mourning as he says.
Logan Sekulow: And causes a genocide.
Will Haines: And makes it about Israel and basically says it's time to move on from Hamas and focus on those war crimes that have been met with what he calls impunity.
Logan Sekulow: And uses all of those buzzwords, Jeff, again, genocide, all of that within this statement to then make it feel like they were in the middle of a military conflict. Of course, there's always been conflict between the situation, but as if that this was not the catalyst to this war, that this was just somehow midway through, you know, they had a bigger attack, a bigger incursion. And now it's led to this. It's not that shocking, but it can be upsetting.
Jeff Ballabon: Well, in my view, this isn't even mere gaslighting, which is evil enough and painful enough. He's taking the opportunity of October 7th, a day which exists in raw pain for all of us. And he uses it to intentionally incite more violence against Jews all over the world cuz that's what's happening. These lies, these absolute blood libels of genocide and and war crimes and occupation and apartheid, which are they're absolutely false. He's using them because he sees that this is causing Jews around the world to be attacked, around the world to be killed. And that's why he's doing it. He's using it to incite violence in a continued act of genocide that he and his ilk have been attempting, honestly, for decades.
Will Haines: And Jeff, I I think even there as well, it it's it's going to be lost on some people, but even in that first segment uh section of his statement calling it a a war crime that was committed by Hamas. It it it does so many things rhetorically. It equates it is a state-to-state conflict of the Hamas-Israel conflict. So gives credibility to Hamas. It also uh takes that and says, you know, Hamas was fighting a legitimate war and went too far here on October 7th as well as gives them the past by saying they have been punished because Israel is the one who is not uh been punished yet for their war crimes.
Jeff Ballabon: Let let's be clear and it's terrible to say things like this because people but people called it a lie when it's true. And we live in a world really where media has been pushing pure evil as truth. Here's the truth. They burnt babies alive in ovens. They raped and tortured people and mutilated in the most horrible way. And I I I won't go into more detail, but that's that day and everyone here knows it, everyone here feels it, and Jews around the world know it and feel it. And those who support us and actually pay attention to the truth know it and feel it. And and since then it was it was the announcement October 7th, three years ago was just the announcement that it's open season on Jews everywhere. And we have unfortunately now we take it back to the things we normally deal with here, which is law and policy and even politics. These things are being embedded into law and policy and politics and media. And it is completely reminiscent of what happened before the last great attempted genocide against the Jews. And that's really what's happening here. And yes, Will, I agree with you. He he has this really carefully crafted statement that is malevolent on on on every level.
Logan Sekulow: Jeff, I appreciate you joining us today. I know it's tough, not only cuz of the day, but also very busy in your schedule at that conference there again, joining us live from Jerusalem. Jeff Ballabon, head of ACLJ Jerusalem, understandably when this 33 years in now, why it's so important that our team exists there. And you could be a part of that as well. Help support it today at aclj.org. If you can give, give. You can donate, of course. You can become a champion if you want, but also just look at the incredible content we provide on that website. Nothing we do is behind a paywall because people like you support us financially. But if you're just someone who wants to share this content with everyone, I encourage you to do so. If you can't give financially, that's totally fine. But if you can and you like this content, you like that we have the best of the best, you like that we have an office in Jerusalem, Washington D.C., around the world, you like the ACLJ, all the work that we do for persecuted people around the world, I'm going to ask you to support. But also we have a second half hour coming up. You can find us live broadcasting on aclj.org and archived however you get your podcast. We'll be right back. Second half hour, don't go anywhere.
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