The Daily Signal - FBI Will Release Video That Proves Epstein Killed Himself, says FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino; Karoline Leavitt Goes After Court That Struck Down Trump’s Tariffs | May 30, 2025

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Starting point is 00:00:25 We'd love to talk, business. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt goes scorched earth on a court ruling that struck down President Donald Trump's tariffs. We have more details on Secretary of State Marco Rubio's plans to overhaul the State Department, and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says the FBI will release evidence that proves Jeffrey Epstein did in fact kill himself. Today is May 30th, 2025, and this is your top news in 10. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt went scorched earth on a ruling from the United States

Starting point is 00:01:08 Court of International Trade that struck down President Donald Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEPA, to place tariffs on China, Mexico, Canada, and other nations. Before taking questions, Levitt issued a statement from behind the lectern about the ruling. Last night, the Trump administration faced another example of Judaism. overreach. Using his full and proper legal authority, President Trump imposed universal tariffs and reciprocal tariffs on Liberation Day to address the extraordinary threat to our national security and economy posed by large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits. The United States has run a trade deficit of goods every year since 1975. In 2024, our trade

Starting point is 00:01:56 deficit in goods exceeded $1 trillion. Everybody agrees this is unacceptable. President Trump is delivering on his promise to fix this problem, and he has taken a long overdue and much-needed bold stance for American workers after decades of our manufacturing base being hollowed out. The President's rationale for imposing these powerful tariffs was legally sound and grounded in common sense. President Trump correctly believes that America cannot function safely long-term if we are unable to scale advanced domestic manufacturing capacity,

Starting point is 00:02:33 however our own secure critical supply chains, and our defense industrial base is dependent on foreign adversaries. Three judges of the U.S. Court of International Trade disagreed and brazenly abused their judicial power to usurp the authority of President Trump to stop him from carrying out the mandate that the American people gave him. These judges failed to acknowledge that the President of the United States has core foreign affairs powers and authority given to him by Congress, Congress to protect the United States economy and national security.

Starting point is 00:03:03 Congress had created the National Emergency Act to provide the Congressional framework to strike down improper IEPA use. And any questions over whether President Trump improperly imposed these AEPA tariffs were already adjudicated in Congress following Liberation Day. Congress firmly rejected an effort led by Senator Rand Paul and Democrats to terminate the President's reciprocal tariffs. The courts should have no role here. There is a troubling and dangerous trend of unelected judges.

Starting point is 00:03:28 judges, inserting themselves into the presidential decision-making process. America cannot function if President Trump, or any other president, for that matter, has their sensitive, diplomatic, or trade negotiations railroaded by activist judges. President Trump is in the process of rebalancing America's trading agreements with the entire world, bringing tens of billions of dollars in tariff revenues to our country, and finally ending the United States of America from being ripped off. These judges are threatening to undermine the credibility of the United States on the world stage. The administration has already filed an emergency motion for a stay pending appeal and an immediate administrative stay to strike down this egregious decision. But ultimately,

Starting point is 00:04:09 the Supreme Court must put an end to this for the sake of our constitution and our country. On Wednesday evening, a panel of three judges from the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that the president improperly used AEPA to impose tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada for failing to adequately combat human and drug trafficking across America's borders, and the Liberation Day tariffs on other countries in an attempt to rebalance the trade deficit were also struck down. President Donald Trump, Barack Obama, and Ronald Reagan were responsible for appointing one of each of the three judges that ruled on the matter. For the tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada, which the panel calls trafficking tariffs, the judges decided that, quote, Aipa does not

Starting point is 00:04:51 authorize the trafficking tariffs for the separate reason that they do not satisfy the conditions that Congress imposed." End quote. More from the court on the trafficking tariffs, quote, the court does not pass upon the wisdom or likely effectiveness of the president's use of tariffs as leverage, and it does not satisfy the, quote, deal with, and quote, condition set by Congress.

Starting point is 00:05:15 As for the global tariffs from Liberation Day, the judges said that Congress's, quote, delegation of a power to regulate importation, read in light of its legislative history, and Congress's enactment of more necessary, enactment of more narrow, non-emergency legislation, at the very least, does not authorize the president to impose unbounded tariffs. The worldwide and retaliatory tariffs lack any identifiable limits and thus fall outside the scope of the president's authority, end quote.

Starting point is 00:05:41 On the constitutional issues, the court focused on Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, which outlines the duties in powers of Congress and did not mention the broad foreign policy powers of the president that is provided in Article 2, and Levitt took issue with that in Thursday's briefing. The conclusion of the ruling read, quote, AIPA does not authorize any of the worldwide retaliatory or trafficking tariff orders. The worldwide and retaliatory tariff orders exceed any authority granted to the president by Aipa to regulate importation by means of tariffs. The trafficking tariffs fall. The trafficking tariffs fail because they do not deal with the threats set forth in those orders. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is moving quickly.

Starting point is 00:06:21 on President Donald Trump's directive to overhaul the State Department. On Thursday, Rubio notified Congress his plan for the State Department will eliminate or consolidate more than 300 offices. The elimination or consolidation of more than 300 department offices amounts to nearly 45 percent of the State Department's stateside offices, according to a document shared with the daily signal by a senior State Department official. The document outlines that these bureaus will focus on energy and technology, humanitarian affairs, internal operations, foreign assistance, strategy, and security, respectively.

Starting point is 00:06:54 Some offices that have authorities spread across these domains will be broken up and absorbed by other offices within the respective bureaus. Cybersecurity and defense issues and digital freedom issues, for example, will be moved out of the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy to other parts of the State Department. Rubio released a statement after transmitting the plan to Congress. Quote, the plan submitted to Congress was the result of thoughtful and deliberative work by senior department leadership, we have taken into account feedback from lawmakers, bureaus, and long-serving employees. The reorganization plan will result in a more agile department, better equipped to promote

Starting point is 00:07:30 America's interests, and keep Americans safe across the world, end quote. As Rubio suggests in his statement, he announced the, quote, comprehensive reorganization plan, end quote, in April, which the secretary characterized at the time as an aggressive effort to, quote, bring the department into the 21st century, end quote. Before Rubio's time in Foggy Bottom, the State Department had nearly 750 offices, and these offices often had duplicative or overlapping authorities and responsibilities. In April's preliminary plans, the State Department was aiming to close 132 offices and consolidate 137 more. The closure or consolidation of these offices would come with massive staffing changes as well. Rubio ordered undersecretaries and other top officials to develop plans to cut their respective staffs by 15%.

Starting point is 00:08:15 With the closure and consolidation of more than 300 offices, Rubio's reorganization overshot its April target. FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced the FBI will be releasing footage that proves disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself. Bongino made the shocking announcement on Thursday. Quote, you're going to see there's no one there but Epstein, end quote. That's what Bongino said of the forthcoming footage. Here's a clip from a news hit. Bonino said making the announcement. I am not asking anyone to believe me.

Starting point is 00:08:50 I'm telling you what's there and what isn't. Right. There is nothing in the file at this point on the Epstein case. And there's going to be a disclosure on this coming shortly. We are working through some, there is video. That is something the public does not. There's video of him killing himself. No, no, not the actual act.

Starting point is 00:09:10 But the entire MCC Bay, it was only one camera. There are other, there's video that when you look at the video and we will release, that's what's taken a while on this, we are working on cleaning it up to make sure you have an enhanced. And we're going to give the original so you don't think there were any shenanigans. You're going to see there's no one there but him. Right. There's just nobody there. So I say to people all the time, if you have a tip, let us know. But there's no DNA.

Starting point is 00:09:34 There's no audio. There's no fingerprints. There's no suspects. There's no accomplices. There's no tips. There is nothing. If you have it, I'm happy to see it. There's video clear as day.

Starting point is 00:09:44 he's the only person in there and the only person coming out. You can see it. However, Bongino did admit that the video will not show Epstein killing himself, just that the footage will prove that Epstein caused his own death. The public has continued to question whether Epstein killed himself or was killed. Previously on February 27th, the Department of Justice released the first tranche of documents relating to the Epstein case, dubbed the Epstein files,

Starting point is 00:10:12 in which the deceased of financier is accused of sexually exploiting over 250 underage girls. The first tranche of documents included 200 pages of flight logs, redacted contact books, and other documents. Earlier this month, Attorney General Pam Bondi told reporters that the FBI is still reviewing, quote, tens of thousands, end quote, of child porn videos that were in Epstein's possession, which is delaying the release of more files. That is your top news in 10 for Friday, May 30th, 2025. Until next time, I'm Bradley Devlin, politics editor at The Daily Signal, host of the Signal Sitdown. We'll see you soon.

The Daily Signal - FBI Will Release Video That Proves Epstein Killed Himself, says FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino; Karoline Leavitt Goes After Court That Struck Down Trump’s Tariffs | May 30, 2025

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