Morning Wire - Donald Trump Audio & Epstein Investigation Report | Afternoon Update | 6.27.23

Episode Date: June 27, 2023

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Night my way. Forever. I just love my job. Get tickets now. The Devil Wears Prada 2 in theaters May 1st, directed by David Frankel. I'm Daily Wire, editor-in-chief John Bickley. It's Tuesday, June 27th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. On Monday evening, CNN posted what it says is a recording that federal prosecutors included in their indictment of former President Donald Trump earlier this month. In the recording, Trump apparently shows secret information to a writer and publisher.

CNN obtained the alleged audio in which Trump is heard telling the pair during an interview he knew was being recorded that he was showing them secret. information. I have a big pile of papers. This thing just came up. Look, this was him. They presented me this. This is off the record, but they presented me this. Critics, including Trump himself, say the leak is a clear sign that the investigation into Trump is politically motivated. We'll have a full report on tomorrow's morning wire. Russian investigators have formally closed a criminal investigation into mercenary soldier Yevgeny Progogsion and his Wagner Group forces after their mutiny against President Vladimir Putin. Here with Morris Daily Wire's senior editor, Cabot Phillips.

Russia's Federal Security Service announced on Tuesday that since Progosion and his men had, quote, ceased activities directed at committing the crime, the criminal investigation into them would not be moving forward. The Kremlin had previously indicated that the charges would be dropped, but the criminal case was not formally closed until Tuesday. The news comes after Vladimir Putin initially promised punitive actions against those who challenged his authority by questioning the war in Ukraine and occupying a key Russian military headquarters. The Supreme Court ruled six to three today that state courts can act as a check on state legislatures regarding federal election issues, including electoral maps.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion for the court, stating, quote, state courts retain the authority to apply state constitutional restraints when legislatures act under the power conferred upon them by the elections clause. But federal courts must not abandon their own duty to exercise judicial review. We'll have a full breakdown on how the state. that could affect the 2024 election tomorrow morning. The U.S. Department of Justice released a 120-page report after completing its investigation into the death of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has more.

The DOJ investigation concluded that Epstein killed himself with help from significant misconduct on the part of the prison guards. Inspector General Michael Horowitz faulted 13 Bureau of Prison employees with negligence and job failures, including failing to monitor Epstein, lying about it, allowing Epstein to have extra clothing in his cell and failing to make sure he had a cellmate as recommended. In 2021, more than 106,000 Americans died from a drug-related overdose, and new data shows that two-thirds of those deaths were directly related to synthetic opioids. The biggest culprit was fentanyl. For Americans underage 24, roughly 80% of overdose deaths were due to fentanyl and similar drugs. All right, those are your drive-home updates this afternoon. To learn more about

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