New Jersey ICE Facility Showdown, Trump's Controversial DNI Pick, Dr. Oz Talks TDS: AM Update 6/3

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0:39I went into that facility. I went to the medical. I went to outdoor recreation, indoor recreation. The food was good. It's all a false premise. The state of New Jersey suing the private operator of Newark's illegal immigrant detention center as Borders are Tom Homan disputes claims of inhumane conditions. He knows nothing about intelligence, but what he has is the number one qualification. He's totally devoted to Donald Trump and will do whatever it is Trump wants. President Trump making a surprise pick to replace outgoing director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, drawing heavy criticism over his lack of national intelligence experience.

1:20New reporting suggesting a massive Pentagon loan to a company linked to Donald Trump Jr. may have originated inside the White House. I am concerned about folks who have focused their entire life energy on dislike of the president. But, you know, treating stupid is really hard. And Dr. Mehmet Oz stepping behind the White House lectern to take questions from reporters, including about the severe medical illness known as TDS. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM update.

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3:08The illegal immigration showdown in New New Jersey expanding after nearly two weeks of protests outside an ICE facility. The state of New Jersey filing a lawsuit against the GEO Group, Inc., the private operator of the Delaney Hall Federal Immigration Detention Facility in Newark. The suit filed yesterday in state court in Essex County, where Newark is located, the complaint asking the court to order GEO to provide the New Jersey Department of Health full access to the facility amid allegations of inhumane conditions, which state officials claim are well-documented. The commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health, listed as the named plaintiff in the case, the complaint citing a state law that declares the commissioner, quote, shall have full access to any premises for the purpose of examination if he has reason to believe that on the premises there exists a violation of any health law of the state or any provision of the state sanitary code.

4:05Democratic Governor of New Jersey Mikey Sherrill writing in a statement, quote, if the GEO group with a$1 billion government contract has nothing to hide, and if the conditions inside Delaney Hall are as safe and as sanitary as this private corporation and the Trump administration claim, then there's no legitimate reason why my health inspectors are being kept from full access throughout the building. The move coming after a chaotic Memorial Day weekend where reports of detainee hunger and labor strikes led to clashes outside and reported 21 arrests with agitators outside the facility. One of the anti-ice protesters arrested after allegedly biting and kicking ICE officers during the demonstrations, causing serious injury.

4:49Newark City leaders reporting they've also been blocked from thorough inspections, with state health officials limited to food service areas during a recent visit. Newark Mayor Raz Baraka saying the goal is clear. Our objective is to close the building, right? And the people that have the greatest ability to close the building is GeoGroup. That's a private organization. They have a contract with the government, with HSI, to house detainees. This was a halfway house prior to what it is today. The Department of Homeland Security and GEO Group denying the allegations, saying detainees receive certified meals, medical care, and meet federal standards.

5:30DHS calling the facility well-run, saying specific claims of mistreatment have not been substantiated. Border Czar Tom Homan telling Sean Hannity Monday night that he has personally inspected the facility. I went into that facility. I went to the medical. I went to outdoor recreation, indoor recreation. I even made a surprise visit this weekend and walked into the cafeteria and ate the same meal that the detainees around me were eating. And I made sure my tray equaled their tray. I had spaghetti and meat sauce. I had beans. I had green beans. I had bread and rolls. I had drinks. I had dessert.

6:07The food was good. It's all a false premise. There was never a hunger strike. The congressman said, oh, people are on hunger strike. No, they weren't. They may not be eating in the cafeteria, but what I found out, they're ordering food from the commissary, eating in their cells. Holman saying there will be no change there, despite the backlash. That facility isn't going anywhere. We're going to enforce the law. We're going to detain people and remove people. Matter of fact, a lot of the people in that facility, we couldn't release because they're mandatorily detained by federal statute. So we couldn't release them if we even wanted to, but we're not going to release any of them.

6:42Everybody in that facility I have ascertained is legally being detained, legally being detained. Many of them, again, mandatory detention, many of them criminals. President Trump announcing he has tapped Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence, replacing the outgoing current DNI, Tulsi Gabbard. In a Truth Social post yesterday, the president praising Pulte's non-traditional experience, writing, quote, William has deep experience managing the most sensitive matters in America, the safety and soundness of the markets, and over$10 trillion at Fannie Mae Freddie Mac, a substantial increase from where it was just 12 months ago.

7:25Pulte making headlines in the past for going after the president's political foes, including criminal referrals relating to mortgage fraud against New York State Attorney General Letitia James, Democratic Senator Adam Schiff, disgraced former U.S. Congressman Eric Swalwell, and Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Pulte also reportedly nearly coming to blows with Treasury Secretary Scott Besant this past September. Politico reporting Besant threatened to punch Pulte in his effing face after getting word that Pulte spoke poorly about him to the president. The White House declining to comment on that report.

8:02Pulte is a businessman with lengthy experience in private equity and the grandson of a prominent real estate developer. Critics were quick to point out he has no national security experience and is now entering perhaps the most important national security post there is. Here, Democratic U.S. Senators Mark Warner of Virginia, Peter Welsh of Vermont, and Adam Schiff of California. What do we know about Bill Pulte? One, he knows absolutely nothing about intelligence. Second, this guy currently serves as the director of federal housing programs. And what we've seen there is Pulte's complete willingness to manipulate facts, put out disinformation, and basically do whatever Donald Trump wants.

8:46He knows nothing about intelligence, but what he has is the number one qualification. He's totally devoted to Donald Trump and will do whatever it is Trump wants. We need a D &I who is experienced and knowledgeable, respected, but Pulte has none of these things. Republican leaders not exactly jumping to Pulte's defense yesterday. Here, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Republican Senator Tom Cotton. Do you think that Bill Pulte has the experience to be the active DNI and same with you as Senator Tom, Senator Cotton, as the chairman of the Intelligence Committee, is he the kind of person you want leading the Intelligence Committee?

9:24I'll defer to the chairman on that. We was made aware of that appointment this morning. Obviously, it's something that if the administration decides to pursue a permanent appointment to that position have to come to the Congress and have confirmation hearings and ultimately a vote here in the Senate. But Senator Cotton, you want to speak to that? We have four more weeks with Director Gabbard as the DNI, and I look forward to implementing last year's Intelligence Authorization Act with her to implement wide-ranging reforms that will shrink the DNI and take it back to its original intent to provide a mere coordinator or process role for the intelligence community.

10:01And for the, for the, for the, for the, for the, for the, for the, for the, for the observations on the matter. The White House has not yet indicated when it will nominate a permanent successor. Pulte will need Senate confirmation if officially nominated for the post. Gabbard's last day as DNI is June 30th, the outgoing DNI citing her husband's recent bone cancer diagnosis as her reason for stepping down. Coming up, new reporting shining a spotlight on a massive Pentagon loan that went to a company tied to the president's son. And Dr. Mehmet Oz filling in for Press Secretary Caroline Levitt behind the White House briefing room lectern addressing Trump Rx and TDS.

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12:15Three months later, the Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital, or OSC, announcing a$620 million loan to Vulcan, raising the company's valuation tenfold, from roughly$200 million to nearly$2 billion, according to Bloomberg. At the time, representatives for the Pentagon, Vulcan, and Trump Jr., denying any impropriety, and until last week, there was zero evidence suggesting political interference. But ProPublica's interviews with Pentagon officials and reviews of Department of War documents tell a different story. According to the outlet, sources and records showing the request to loan hundreds of millions of dollars to the firm, linked to Trump Jr., was made by Peter Navarro, a White House advisor to President Trump and a friend of Trump Jr.

13:03ProPublica reporter Robert Fadarecci explaining what he uncovered about Navarro's involvement in the Vulcan deal on NPR. I know that you reached out to both the White House and Peter Navarro, the White House advisor, about all of this. What did they tell you? So they denied that Don Jr. played any role in this deal, that there was any political favoritism. They say that this was an entirely merit-based process. But what our reporting found is that when the call came in from the White House, Pentagon staff were asked to move at an unusually rapid speed. The staff were working late nights with little sleep to get this loan done in a matter of weeks, which for the Office of Strategic Capital is quite fast.

13:52Usually these deals are deliberated for months. The quote from one of the people involved that I spoke to was the call came from the White House. We have to get this done. That White House call reportedly coming from Navarro. According to a Pentagon official, of the dozens of companies being considered for funding at the time, Vulcan was the only deal initiated by a top aide to the president. Navarro did not respond to questions from ProPublica on the reporting, but Trump Jr.'s spokesperson telling the outlet the president's son does not discuss companies he has invested in with federal government officials and did not speak to Navarro about Vulcan.

14:32However, a month before the loan was announced, Trump Jr. hosting Navarro on his Triggered podcast, where the two spoke about rare earths without mentioning Vulcan. China has revealed itself with this rare earth issue as a country which is using the weaponization of their manufacturing floor, their supply chains, to exert pressure, not just on the United States, but to every other country that might do something that gets in the way of the Chinese dream of world domination. That's what we're fighting now. A defense official involved in the deal telling ProPublica that the October 2025 interview happened shortly after word came down from Navarro to Pentagon staff to make the massive loan to Vulcan.

15:27Vulcan, which specializes in producing the rare-earth magnets needed for critical military technologies, including drones and satellites, saying it would use the funds to build a large new facility that would make thousands of tons of magnets a year. ProPublica noting the Pentagon was also accused of cronyism last year when it awarded a Florida drone parts maker, on which Trump Jr. is an advisory board member with a contract to make drone engines for the Army. Still, reporter Faderecci telling NPR Navarro's reported involvement in the Vulcan loan is unique. So there have been other benefits and other contracts that have gone to firms that Trump family members either own a stake in or have a role in.

16:14This was actually the first instance of a contract given out by a federal agency that was traced back to the White House itself. The Pentagon, meanwhile, denying the allegations with a spokesperson telling ProPublica, quote, no company receives preferential treatment. Outside affiliations, investors or political connections play absolutely no role in the department's funding decisions. Dr. Mehmet Oz, U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator, leading the White House press briefing yesterday, becoming the latest member of the Trump administration to step behind the lectern while Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt is out on maternity leave.

16:56The CMS administrator announcing a crackdown on federal spending for health care for illegal immigrants while imposing new work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients. Dr. Oz also making a major announcement regarding Trump-Rx and the growing availability of cheaper prescription drugs for Americans. We are adding 160 more drugs to this site. Now, the site already has 700 or so or 600 or so drugs, so it's going to take it over 750 total. But that is an important number for other reasons. It means that four out of five medications that are picked up by Americans going into that same drugstore that I mentioned earlier now have the opportunity to double check that the price they're getting in that drugstore, wherever they're buying it from, is the best price out there.

17:42So it's a transparency site. The president's health also coming up during the briefing, following the fourth known checkup of Mr. Trump's second term last week. Dr. Oz hoping to put that criticism to bed. I had the president on my show 10 years ago. He also presented records. And at the time, I was stunned at how well he was doing, because so many of these numbers naturally over time will start going in the wrong direction. But if you look at these records, they're spectacular. You know, his cholesterol, his blood pressure, all the numbers are in excellent parameters. His ability, and listen, I work with him frequently.

18:17Many of you get to see him almost every day. That amount of energy and that amount of mental acuity does not exist in a vacuum. You have to have a vessel to carry it. And the president has a unique ability to just keep going at all hours of the day with remarkable strength. And in a light briefing moment, Dr. Oz answering a reporter's question about a very specific medical ailment afflicting so many in that very briefing room. Do you have any medical advice with Americans out there that are suffering from a very serious ailment called Trump Durantment Syndrome? I am concerned about folks who have focused their entire life energy on dislike of the president.

18:56It's disheartening to see people lost in that way, but treating stupid is really hard. And that'll do it for your AM Update. I'm Megan Kelly. Join me back here for the MK Show, live on SiriusXM's The Megan Kelly Channel, 111 at noon east, on youtube.com slash megankelly, and on all podcast platforms.

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