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Episode Date: April 10, 2024

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This episode is brought to you by Adele Natural Cosmetics. Visit adele natural cosmetics.com and use code wire for 25% off your first order. That's ADEL Natural Cosmetics.com with code wire. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Wednesday, April 10th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. Former Trump Organization Financial Chief Alan Weisselberg was sentenced today to five months in prison. Weisselberg pleaded guilty last month to two counts of perjury while giving testimony during former President Trump's civil fraud trial. Weisselberg was accused of lying in July of 2020 when he said he learned Trump's triplex apartment had been overvalued from a Forbes article.

Attorney General Alvin Bragg's office claims Weisselberg knew well before the article came out. A group of House GOP members blocked a speaker Mike Johnson approved bill today, which seeks to revise and revise. renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The bill aimed to curb instances of reported abuse, like the illegal surveillance committed against then-candidate Trump and others, by limiting who can access Section 702 collected data. But critics of the legislation said the bill doesn't go far enough and needs to further protect the data of Americans.

Delivery of the articles impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has been delayed. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has more. According to Speaker Mike Johnson's office, this pushes the process until next week. Johnson previously said he would send the articles of impeachment to the Senate today, forcing the Senate to act tomorrow. Senate leadership, however, hinted that a full-scale trial on the Senate floor would be unlikely in that case. So to ensure they have enough time to perform their constitutional duty, the Speaker delayed delivery of the articles. The House voted to impeach Mayorkas on February 13th by a vote of 214 to 213. Meanwhile, Secretary Mayorkas was on Capitol Hill today, where he faced tough questioning

while testifying on the 2025 budget request before a House Appropriations Subcommittee. Congressman Michael Guest raised concerns about the Secretary asking for less funding amid the current border crisis. Guest used detention bed numbers as an example. What number do you need? Is 34,000, is that the number that you need right now? We are committed to working with Congress to sustain the 41,500 beds that Congress funded. If that's the number, why didn't you put that in your budget?

Why are you substantially underselling the number of detention beds and then making Congress come in and bump those numbers up? If those are the numbers you need, if those are the appropriate numbers, Mr. Secretary, I would ask that you put those numbers actually in your budget and that you ask Congress to fund that. Meanwhile, President Biden is signaling that he may take executive action on the border. During a Tuesday interview on Spanish broadcaster Univision, the president hinted that he may use executive power to dramatically limit the number of asylum seekers allowed to cross the southern border. Here's the president. Have you made a final decision on taking executive order in terms of what you want to do at the border? That includes the power to shut down the border, as it was suggested.

Well, it suggested that. We're examining whether or not I have that power. A source told Axios that no decision has been finalized, but that an executive order is likely by the end of the month. But in his Univision interview, Biden still suggests that there's no guarantee he can act without legislation from Congress. Some would suggest that I should just go ahead and try it. And if I get shut down by the court, I get shut down by the court.

But we're trying to work through that right now. This episode is brought to you by Zbiotics. Go to Zbiotics.com slash wire to get 15% off your first order with code wire at checkout. That's Zbiotics.com slash wire. Inflation data came in higher than expected in March. Daily Wire's senior editor, Cabot Phillips, breaks down the report. The Labor Department announced Wednesday that inflation rose 3.5% last month, exceeding projections from economists.

Some of the largest price increases have been seen on things like auto insurance, which is up more than 20% over the last 12 months, and baby food, which rose nearly 10%. Outpatient hospital services also rose by just over 8%. While other aspects of the economy look good on paper, with all-time highs in the stock market, relatively strong job growth and low unemployment rate, Americans have seen average prices across the board rise by more than

20% since the pandemic. The Environmental Protection Agency has, for the first time, implemented national limits on forever chemicals in drinking water. The substances known by the initials PFAs are called forever chemicals because they don't degrade much over time and are virtually indestructible. These chemicals have been found to cause higher rates of cancer, heart disease, high cholesterol, and reproductive issues among others. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, most Americans have trace amounts

of PFAs in their blood. Here's EPA administrator Michael Reagan making the announcement. Everyone should be able to turn on their tap and trust that the water that they're drinking and giving their children is safe. And a large storm system moving through the southern U.S. is bringing threats of strong tornadoes, strong winds, and a possibility of large hail. The forecast area stretches from Louisiana to Mississippi and Alabama to Florida. Currently in Louisiana, schools are closed due to the severe weather, and over 150,000 people are without power. Meanwhile, a flash flood emergency has been issued for New Orleans. A tornado watch has been issued in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, including the cities of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Jackson.

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