El-Sayed’s Synagogue Attack Apology, Milo Deported, Fake NFL Player’s Alleged Scam: AM Update 8/31

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0:41To anybody who feels like my comments might have been hurtful, I'm really sorry that was not my intention. Michigan's Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate, Abdul El-Sayed, apologizing for his response to a Michigan synagogue attack as Democrats clash over the party's direction and a possible Kamala Harris comeback. He was ordered to appear in immigration court. He didn't show up. The judge ordered him deported. British commentator and social media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos arrested by ICE and deported back to the U.K. A third day of deliberations getting underway in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial after jurors asked to examine key evidence before breaking for the weekend.

1:17And a fake NFL football player and his supposed financial advisor accused of turning online romance into a million-dollar scam. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM update.

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2:53El-Sayed addressing the attack in a March 13th social media video.

3:23always begets violence. Only peace can extinguish that. Because hurt people hurt people. Nearly six months later, those remarks following El-Sayed into the general election. El-Sayed facing questions from reporters Saturday at the state Democrat convention. At the end of the day, our responsibility is to come together as a party. And I made clear I got a really important question about that at the Jewish caucus. And my comments might have been misconstrued to be justifying something I did not intend to justify. Right. To anybody who feels like my comments might have been hurtful. I'm really sorry that was not my intention.

3:54We condemned that terrorist attack. We condemned it outright. What I was trying to do was offer context for why it happened, but it wasn't the time for context, and you don't ever want to trample somebody's pain. El Sayyed also reportedly softening his message at the state convention after defeating Congresswoman Haley Stevens in the primary, CNN reporting he avoided naming a frequent target of his campaign, the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC, in his speech. His outreach also running up against questions about far-left streamer Hassan Piker, who appeared alongside him at multiple campaign events during the primary.

4:26Piker building a following among young progressives and drawing criticism for remarks about Israel, Jews, and the September 11th attacks. In this clip from several years ago, Piker leaving little doubt about where he stands on America. I say I hate America all the time. A lot of motherfuckers want to kill me over that take, but at least I say it with my fucking chest. People will be like, Hassan, you hate America. I'm like, yeah, I do. I do hate America. People will be like, Hassan, you hate cops. They say, yeah, I do. Why? I'm not a pussy. El-Sayed responding last week that only he and his campaign spokespeople speak for his campaign.

4:58Reporters pressing El-Sayed on that relationship again Saturday. I'm just going to say this. I'm going to stop you right there. If we're here where? What state is this? We're in the state of Michigan. If you want to make this race about a streamer in California, I just think you're missing the vote. This is about affordability in Michigan. This is about being able to see a doctor in Michigan. This is about Donald Trump's disastrous policies in Michigan. That's what I'm focused on right now. I am not interested in a conversation about a social media person in California. The fight over the Democratic Party's direction also surfacing on the Sunday shows.

5:29Former Obama White House chief of staff and Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, a possible 2028 presidential contender, drawing a line over how far the party should stretch to accommodate its socialist wing. Emanuel yesterday on Fox News Sunday. I don't consider Democratic Social as part of the Democratic Party. About four weeks ago, they had a convention in Chicago, a separate party. They believe in defunding the police, letting prisoners out of prisons, opening the borders, eliminating the Pentagon. If you're so confident people want that, I'll see you in November. Put it on the ballot. Let's go. Run as a separate party.

6:03The Democratic Party is not open to be taking over. Elsewhere Sunday, attention turning to who might lead the party's next presidential ticket. Democrat Congressman Jim Clyburn of South Carolina weighing in on the party's presidential prospects yesterday on NBC as his home state prepares to hold the first Democratic primary in 2028. Former Vice President Kamala Harris keeping the door open to another run, prompting a question about whether Clyburn would welcome another Harris campaign. When you look to 2028, Congressman, do you think Kamala Harris should run for president again? Now, that's up to Kamala Harris.

6:37I supported her when she ran the last time. I will consider her, among all the others, if she were to run again. But whether or not she should run is a very personal family decision that I will leave up to her and her family. And when they make that decision, whatever it is, I will then make determinations as to what my actions will be going forward. Harris currently leading the RealClearPolitics average of 2028 Democratic primary polls at 21.2 percent, six and a half points ahead of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. British political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos deported to the United Kingdom after U.S.

7:19immigration authorities accused him of overstaying his visa. The Department of Homeland Security confirming Saturday that Yiannopoulos was removed Friday, one day after ICE agents arrested him at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, DHS saying he entered the U.S. legally in May 2019 but stayed beyond his authorized period. An immigration judge issuing a final removal order on July 22nd after Yiannopoulos failed to appear for a hearing, according to the agency. Yiannopoulos rising to prominence during President Trump's first campaign as a Breitbart editor and outspoken supporter of the future president.

7:54His public appearances becoming flashpoints in the debate over free speech, drawing both devoted supporters and protesters demanding he be denied a platform. Yiannopoulos making confrontation part of his appeal, delivering often viral marks like these. Feminism is cancer. Thank you very much. My view on this is that anybody who asks for a safe space or a trigger warning should be immediately expelled. The queers for Palestine, possibly the stupidest people to walk the face of the earth. Overlook the statistic that 97 % of Palestinians believe that homosexuality is an unacceptable lifestyle choice.

8:30I'm not scared by terrorists. I'm scared by Islam. Yiannopoulos later taking an unpaid internship in the office of then-Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, before working for rapper Kanye West, now known as Ye. Yiannopoulos also becoming increasingly critical of President Trump after his early support. His arrest now drawing celebration from conservative activist Laura Loomer, following years of public feuding between the two. Loomer telling The Washington Post she repeatedly contacted ICE, DHS, and the FBI about Yiannopoulos being in the country illegally beginning in 2024. White House boarder czar Tom Homan addressing the administration's handling of the case yesterday on CNN's State of the Union.

9:11Look, it's my understanding, looking at the Department of Homeland Security press release, that he overstayed his visa. I believe it was a visitor's visa, but I'm sure. But he overstayed the visa. He was ordered to appear in immigration court. He didn't show up. The judge ordered him deported. So once ICE gets an order of deportation from a federal judge, their job is to execute that order, and that's what they did. He had his due process, ordered removed by a federal judge, and ICE removed them. It's that simple. Homan also saying multiple people tipped off ICE, stopping short of confirming Loomer's claim that she was responsible for the arrest.

9:45Yiannopoulos posting a less direct response on X, a screenshot of a UK ad for KFC's Dirty Louisiana Burger. His caption quote, O-F-Off. Coming up, the jury in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial returning to deliberate this morning, as questions grow over whether all 12 jurors can agree on her fate. And a fake San Francisco 49ers football player is arrested and accused of conning dozens of women out of$1.3 million.

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11:34Clancy pleading not guilty to three murder charges after strangling her three young children inside their Massachusetts home in January 2023, then attempting to take her own life. Both sides acknowledged she was mentally ill, leaving jurors to determine whether she was also criminally responsible for the killings. The panel able to consider first-degree murder, second-degree murder, or manslaughter, as well as not guilty or a verdict of not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington telling reporters jurors sent just one note on Friday, asking to examine prescription pill bottles and the knife used during Clancy's suicide attempt.

12:11That request coming around 10 a.m., less than an hour into Friday's session, and roughly four hours into deliberations overall. Judge William Sullivan discussing the request with attorneys at Sidebar without bringing jurors into the courtroom or publicly reading their question. Any verdict requires unanimous agreement, and the judge may declare a mistrial if jurors cannot resolve their differences and remain deadlocked. We spoke with the MK True Crime Show co-host Phil Holloway, asking first whether jurors should have been kept sequestered as they weigh Clancy's fate. Whether or not to sequester a jury is always within the sound discretion of the trial judge.

12:50It's one of these things where there's a trade-off because juries don't like to be sequestered, and so it can make a juror less likely to pay attention in court. It could cause them to be distracted by feeling like they're missing out on personal matters. And so judges have to balance that with the needs of the trial, or in this case, the rights of the parties who have a fair trial. So the judge basically has to balance those considerations. I think in this case, probably sequestration would have made more sense, but it is something that's within the sound discretion of the judge. Inside the jury room, Friday's request for evidence offering a rare glimpse into deliberations, though Holloway cautions against reading too much into it.

13:35Anytime we have jury notes, you really lack context other than the actual note itself. But we just don't know what prompted them to submit that note. It may have been one juror that had a question about what the knife looked like, or it may have been a group of them that wanted to know more about the pills. And so it's very difficult to infer anything, particularly at this early stage in the deliberations. Once we start to see more notes, and I think we probably will, we might be able to discern some sort of a pattern and be able to see if they might be leaning one way or another based on a series of notes.

14:19But with just one note, you really can't tell. The panel now set to enter a third day of deliberations. We asked how that timeline stacks up against the volume of evidence presented. 10 hours of deliberation for a trial that lasted more than a month is really no time at all. We can expect probably several more days of deliberations. There's a lot of evidence to go through. There's a lot of testimony to go through. You have a lot of conflicting testimony that the jurors are going to have to consider and debate with each other in the jury room. And you might imagine that there's going to be some strongly held beliefs in that jury room.

14:59There's a lot of people in the public, for example, who have strong feelings that she's absolutely guilty. And you have strong feelings that she's absolutely not guilty by reason of insanity, perhaps. So you can imagine there's probably some of that in the jury room. And so it's going to take a while for the jury of 12 people to reach any kind of consensus. A man posing as a San Francisco 49ers player, along with his supposed financial advisor, now under arrest, accused of running a shocking fraud involving scamming dozens of women out of about$1.3 million. Federal prosecutors in Oregon identifying the defendants as 35-year-old Dajon Labrae Love and 18-year-old Taylor Jamie Chan, both charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

15:46investigators identifying 26 alleged victims across California, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon in a scheme stretching back to February 2022. Love allegedly finding women through dating apps and social media, then convincing them to send money for investments to him or Chan, whom he introduced as his financial advisor. Love presenting himself online as a wealthy San Francisco 49ers wide receiver. Love publicly posting photos and videos of himself dressed in team gear, pretending to train, along with posts allegedly stolen from real NFL players and presented as his own. An affidavit submitted by an FBI agent detailing more than$1 ,100 in purchases from a custom football helmet company, plus purchases from businesses selling realistic fake cash and social media followers' likes and views.

16:35Investigators describing those purchases as part of an effort to make his invented lifestyle look legitimate. Outkick obtaining video of Love documenting supposed career milestones for the woman he was trying to impress. My boy J. Love signed this contract. How you feel? I'm ready. You ready for the season? No, we go to hell here. Let me go in and get this over with. Sign that bad boy. Who you signing with? Who's your decision? The Niner. You already know the Niner game. Yes, sir. signed a contract iced up you know i'm saying we good to go let's get ready to start the season anything you got to say for the fans look out number seven last name love six five two ten i'm out there wide receiver yes sir both the nfl and the 49ers reportedly telling investigators love had never been employed by either organization the affidavit describing other identities love allegedly used, including saying he was related to Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love.

17:38Love also allegedly telling some women he was a real estate investor from a wealthy Swiss family. Prosecutors saying Love pursued romantic relationships with many of the women, promising they could build wealth and a future together. Love allegedly using phone apps to fabricate bank balances and investment accounts, making it appear he had the fortune to back up those promises. One alleged victim reportedly losing more than$87 ,000, only uncovering the deception after nearly a year of dating Love. Another woman reportedly describing threats when she resisted, alleging Love said he would physically hurt her if she didn't give him the money in her savings.

18:16According to the affidavit, Love's fabricated social media presence led search engines and artificial intelligence to occasionally identify him as a legitimate 49ers player. Investigators searching his name themselves in January and reporting that some results repeated the false claim. His financial records reportedly telling another story. Investigators finding no identifiable legitimate source of income. The FBI arresting Love and Chan at the Boise airport on August 24th. Investigators saying Love was in Idaho to meet new targets. The Bureau believing there are more victims and urging anyone who may have been caught in the alleged scheme to come forward.

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