Morning Wire - FBI Document Denial & Pence Registers For Run | Afternoon Update | 6.5.23

Episode Date: June 5, 2023

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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Monday, June 5th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. House oversight chair James Comer announced today that the FBI has refused to hand over the unclassified record that allegedly links then-vP-Joe Biden to a pay-for-play bribery scheme with a foreign national. Comer announced that Congress will now proceed with contempt of Congress hearings this Thursday. The confidential human source who provided information about this, Then Vice President Biden being involved in a criminal bribery scheme is a trusted, highly credible informant who has been used by the FBI for over 10 years and has been paid over six figures.

These are facts and no about of spin and frankly lies from the White House or congressional Democrats can change this information. Former Vice President Mike Pence made his run official after filing FEC paperwork to run in the GOP presidential primary. Pence is expected to officially announce in Iowa on Wednesday. Here he is on Sunday at Iowa's Roast and Ride. And I don't have anything to announce today, but I can tell you, when I got time to announce come this Wednesday, I'm announcing in Iowa.

Meanwhile, New Hampshire GOP Governor Chris Sununu announced in the Washington Post that he would not be running in 2024 because, quote, beating Trump is more important. Here he is on CNN. If we do what we did in 2016, you're going to have somebody win this nomination with 35% of the Republican support. That's not where we should be as a party. That's not where anybody wants to be. But it's not just somebody for you. It's Donald Trump.

Well, it is. But again, it's somebody who is in the past. So far, one Major League baseball team, the Texas Rangers, has announced that they will not be holding a Pride Night event. When asked about their decision, the Rangers released the following statement. Our commitment is to make everyone feel welcome and included. in Rangers baseball. That means in our ballpark, at every game, and in all we do, for both our fans and our employees. We deliver on that promise across our many programs to have a positive impact across our entire community. Three bodies, all adult men over the age of 40 were recovered

this weekend at the site of an apartment collapse in Davenport, Iowa. According to officials, the six-story apartment building collapsed last Tuesday, and a rescue operation has been underway around the clock since then. Here's Davenport Police Chief Jeffrey Blodell. Three Davenport community members through this tragic event. So far, our community has rallied around these families. Continue to honor those families, continue to respect the families and what we do and how we act accordingly,

and keep them in your thoughts and prayers. Donald Trump's attorneys met with the Justice Department today to discuss complaints about the special counsel investigation into the former president's handling of classified documents. Here with more is Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce. Trump's legal team arrived at the DOJ this morning weeks after accusing special counsel Jack Smith of misconduct. According to reports, Trump's attorneys were to meet with DOJ officials about those accusations

as well as to get a feel for the state of Smith's investigations. Signs suggests that Smith is nearing a decision on whether to charge Trump over classified documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago last year. No details have yet been released from that Monday meeting. Over the weekend, Trump attacked the DOJ's treatment of Biden and the myriad of alleged crimes connected to the current president's family. Austin, Texas has its first serial killer in more than a century, according to authorities. Last week, police in Texas announced the arrest of 62-year-old Raul Meza Jr. in connection with two murders.

Meza turned himself in after a statewide manhunt was launched after the May 20th killing of an 80-year-old, former probation officer Jesse Fraga. After turning himself in, police say he admitted to an additional murder of 66-year-old Gloria Lofton in 2019. Mesa has been in and out of prison for decades, most notably serving time for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old child in the 1980s. Police say they do not believe he's responsible for the recent series of deaths at Lady Bird Lake. Local authorities have jailed a tuberculosis patient in Washington state who refused medical treatment for more than a year. Daily Wire reporter Brandon Dre has the details. A Washington judge issued an order in May for the unnamed woman to be

involuntarily detained for treatment, which is legal under state law. Pierce County Sheriff Deputies located and detained the woman Thursday, and she is now being housed in Pierce County Jail. This is the third time in 20 years that Pierce County officials have had to pursue a court order to force tuberculosis treatment. Indian authorities are searching for what went wrong in a deadly train crash that killed nearly 300 individuals with more than 1,000 injured in the Eastern Indian state of Odisha on Friday. Authorities say initial data shows that an electronic signaling system error is the likely cause of the crash. It's one of the worst train crashes in the country's history.

And torrential rain in Haiti over the weekend caused catastrophic flooding, leaving at least 42 dead, 85 injured, and nearly 14,000 houses damaged and many crops ruined. More than 13,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes in the Caribbean Island. Those are your drive-home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to Dailywire.com. and for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day. Listen to our latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.