Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, December 18, 2019

Episode Date: December 18, 2019

House Democrats vote on impeaching the President, Trump sends a scathing letter to Nancy Pelosi, the country’s top-secret FISA court issues an unprecedented rebuke of the FBI, Elizabeth Warren backs away from Mandatory Medicare, the suburbs around Washington, DC rank the richest in the nation. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, is the FBI really corrupt? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here Wednesday, December 18th, 2019. You are listening to The O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening today in America. House Democrats vote on impeaching the president. Mr. Trump sends a scathing letter to Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. The country's top secret FISA court issues an unprecedented rebuke to the FBI. Elizabeth Warren backs away from mandatory medical. care, the suburbs around Washington, D.C., the richest in the nation. Also ahead, the message,

how corrupt is the FBI? But first, House Democrats finally holding a vote on impeaching President Trump. The roll call comes after years of investigations, months of closed-door hearings, weeks of public testimony. The articles accuse Mr. Trump of obstruction of Congress and abuse of power. After the Christmas break, the Senate will hold some kind of trial, but the president is expected to be acquitted fairly quickly. Mr. Trump firing off a letter to Nancy Pelosi hours before the impeachment vote, saying Democrats will pay the political price in 2020. The speaker routinely labels her party's impeachment push a, quote, moral obligation. The president outright dismissing that, claiming, quote, more due process was afforded to those accused in the Salem

witch trials. The country's top FISA judge issuing a historic rebuke of the FBI, claiming the Bureau used misleading information to spy on the 2016 Trump campaign. The FISA court gives the agency until January 10th to explain why it withheld evidence and relied on a phony Russian dossier to obtain warrants against advisors to the president. More on this in my message of the day. Elizabeth Warren, slowly backing away from her mandatory Medicare for all health care plan, now calling the program a choice. The new language directly contradicting the senator's statements just a few days ago. Ms. Warren is falling in the polls. That might be why she's changing her tune. A new study confirms the Richard Neighborhoods

in the USA can be found near Washington, D.C. According to the survey by the Census Bureau, nine of the top 20 wealthiest communities ring the capital. Median household income around D.C. stands at 130,000 per person, twice the national average. In a moment, we'll look at corruption within the FBI. Right back with that. You've been hearing about gold all over the news. Prices continue to climb, not surprising, given all the warnings of a recession and the uncertainty of the upcoming election. Americans are looking for stability as a way to protect their savings in retirement. That's why I recommend you consider gold and silver as a safe haven for your savings in retirement. The company I recommend, in half a years, is American Hartford Gold Group.

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After Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz issued his report on FBI misbehavior seeking FISA warrants to spy on the Trump campaign, intelligent, fair-minded Americans were confronted with a choice. Do you believe the FBI simply made 17 deceptive mistakes in applying for the surveillance, or do you think the FBI's then leadership, James Comey and Andrew McCabe, directed any illegal operation to damage Donald Trump? Yesterday, the head of the nation's FISA court, Judge Rosemary Cullier, took the extremely rare step, a publicly scolding and therefore, embarrassing the FBI, by issuing an order that its leadership appear before her to explain

the questionable warrants. Attorney General Barr and U.S. Attorney General Barr, and U.S. Attorney Durham, both investigating alleged FBI corruption, also issued statements saying their evidence so far points to political bias by the FBI. In the face of all that, the Trump hating New York Times trots out 95-year-old William Webster, who writes that the real problem here is President Trump himself because he's saying bad things about the FBI. Webster, a Republican, is a former head of the Bureau, and objects to the FBI being branded corrupt by the president. But if James Comey and Andrew McCabe did use their vast power to interfere in the election of 2016, what word would you use, Mr. Webster? With due respect, because William Webster is a patriot,

blind loyalty in the face of disturbing evidence does not help the country. It remains to be seen whether the Justice Department can convince a grand jury to issue indictments against former members of the FBI, but it is certainly possible. We should know by late spring, early summer. Somebody tell William Webster. As for President Trump, he remains very angry, which is understandable. The FBI has put him through hell, aided by the most corrupt media America has ever seen. The FBI was certainly guilty of gross wrongdoing. We'll find out. We'll find out. whether it was caused by politics or incompetence. In the meantime, all Americans should be as outraged as the FISA judge. If powerful agencies in Washington can spy on a guy running for

president, they can spy on anybody. If agents are falsifying information to get surveillance warrants, that's fascism. And there is a very good chance. That's what happened. Yet the media downplays that and continues to attack President Trump. Can you imagine if the spying was on the Obama campaign? I'm Bill O'Reilly and I approve that message by actually writing it. For more commentary, please go to Bill O'Reilly.com. And for a very nice Christmas gift, please consider my book, the United States of Trump. In a moment, something you might not know. According to a new survey on 2020 New Year's resolutions, the two top resolutions are reducing debt, followed by spending less. Now, there are a lot of small steps that can get you there. But if you're a homeowner who's

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Here's a look at the country's top charities ranked by donation. First up, the United Way worldwide. The group takes in about $4 billion in donations each year, building classrooms in the Philippines, job training centers in Ohio, delivering mosquito nets to Africa, all kinds of things. Charity Navigator, the largest gift evaluator in America, gives United Way Worldwide a near-perfect 96% rating. Even wealthy nations like the USA struggle with hunger. Roughly one and six Americans are malnourished. Feeding America spends $3 billion a year to support hundreds of food banks around the country. They earn a 94% rating each year from Navigator.

Another popular charity in the USA is St. Jude's Children's Hospital, two and a half billion in donations. The hospital works to cure childhood cancer with 8,000 patients treated annually. their families pay nothing thanks to your donations. St. Jude gets 91% from Charity Navigator. Finally, the Salvation Army spends $4 billion in 130 countries. The organization is actually a Protestant-run deal with more than one and a half million members worldwide. They've been ringing those signature Christmas bells since 1891, the longest charitable campaign in history. No score from Charity Navigator because they don't rank religious organizations.

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