Legal analyst Joe diGenova, Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, National Journal political editor Josh Kraushaar, and Fox News security strategist and best-selling author Dr. Sebastian Gorka joined WMAL on Monday!

Mornings on the Mall

Monday, June 25, 2018

Hosts: Mary Walter and Tony Shaffer

Executive Producer: Heather Hunter

5am – A/B/C LIBERAL MOB ATTACKS PRO-TRUMP OFFICIALS:

• RED HEN / SARAH SANDERS: Restaurant owner who booted out White House press secretary took staff vote… Restaurant owner who booted out Sarah Huckabee Sanders explains she did so after taking a staff vote – and now the eatery has been slammed on Yelp and had its online menu hacked (Daily Mail) ­– The owner of The Red Hen restaurant that kicked out Sarah Huckabee Sanders has revealed why she refused to serve the White House Press Secretary. On Friday night Sanders was asked to leave the Lexington, Virginia restaurant where she was dining with her seven family members.  Restaurant owner Stephanie Wilkinson said she took a staff vote before asking Sanders to leave. When they voted to boot her out, Wilkinson complied.
• Sarah Sanders @PressSec Jun 23: Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so

• Red Hen eateries feel the heat after Sarah Sanders booted from Virginia restaurant with same name. The Red Hen @RedHenDC: Good morning! @PressSec went to the unaffiliated @RedHenLex last night, not to our DC-based restaurant.
• MAXINE WATERS / RED HEN: Maxine Waters calls for protesters to confront Trump officials in public. Maxine Waters calls for attacks on Trump administration: “If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them, and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.”
• PAM BONDI: Trump-Friendly Florida AG Pam Bondi Driven Out Of Movie Theater: ‘Shame On You’
• NIELSEN HOME PROTEST: DHS Head Nielsen, who was home at the time, walked by protesters shouting “Shame!” as she left her house. Protesters Play Audio Of Migrant Children Crying Outside Nielsen’s House
• WikiLeaks publishes the names, photos and locations of 9,000 ICE employees to ‘increase accountability’ over Trump’s family separation policy, (Daily Mail) – WikiLeaks this week published a database identifying more than 9,000 current and former employees of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, amid mounting criticism of the agency’s separation of migrant families. The organization, founded by hacker Julian Assange, claimed the searchable database, named ‘ICE Patrol’, would ‘increase accountability’ and serve as an ‘important public resource’. It contains information and photos gleaned from the LinkedIn accounts of ICE employees from bosses to interns, and is searchable by location, job title, school attended and field of study.

5am – D DOJ News:

• DOJ finally forks over trove of docs related to Clinton probe following GOP threats (Daily Caller) – The Justice Department claimed Saturday it has given House Republicans a trove of documents related to the Russia investigation and the probe against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. DOJ has partially complied subpoenas from the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees on probes related to both probes, according to a spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul Ryan. Lawmakers threatened to hold officials at the department in contempt of Congress until the documents were delivered.  “Our efforts have resulted in the committees finally getting access to information that was sought months ago, but some important requests remain to be completed,” Ryan’s spokeswoman AshLee Strong said in a statement. “Additional time has been requested for the outstanding items and based on our understanding of the process we believe that request is reasonable. We expect the department to meet its full obligations to the two committees.”
• Mark Meadows says Justice Dept. turned over only ‘small percentage’ of subpoenaed Russia documents (Washington Times) – A conservative lawmaker is challenging media reports that the Department of Justice gave members of Congress documents related to the probe of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Late Saturday, The Associated Press reported the Justice Department this week turned over documents related to the probe. But Rep. Mark Meadows, North Carolina Republican, called the report “not accurate” and said the department provided merely a fraction of what lawmakers subpoenaed.  “New reports of DOJ/FBI compliance with document requests are NOT accurate. While they have turned over additional documents, the new documents represent a small percentage of what they owe,” Mr. Meadows tweeted.  “The notion that DOJ/FBI have been forthcoming with Congress is false,” he continued.
• The FBI deliberately ignored ‘golden emails,’ crucial Abedin messages and more (Daily Caller) – The Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Hillary Clinton have a HUGE Weiner problem that is even bigger than we first realized. According to the recently released inspector general report, on September 28 and 29, 2016 the New York office of the FBI immediately reported to the Washington headquarters its discovery of, first, 141,000 and then 350,000 emails on the laptop of Anthony Weiner — also known as “Carlos Danger,” a now-convicted sex offender. Mr. Weiner is the husband of Hillary Clinton’s inseparable aide Huma Abedin.  Now we know by October 4, the New York office had found 700,000 emails. The New York agents had seen and reported to FBI leadership they had seen email headers, all domain names, Mrs. Clinton’s initials on one sensitive but not classified document, and the missing BlackBerry backups.

5am – E Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name pulled from library award over ‘stereotypical attitudes’ in her popular books (Fox News) – Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name is set to be removed from a major children’s book award after concerns were raised about the “Little House on the Prairie” author’s depiction of certain races in the early-to-mid 20th century.  The Association of Library Service to Children’s (ALSC) board voted unanimously on Saturday to rename the “Laura Ingalls Wilder Award” as the “Children’s Literature Legacy Award.”  The association, which took the vote at its board meeting in New Orleans, said the vote “was greeted by a standing ovation by the audience in attendance.”

6am – A Mexican presidential candidate calls mass migration to U.S. a ‘human right’ (Daily Caller) – Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) declared mass immigration to the United States a “human right” for all North Americans during a speech Tuesday.  “And soon, very soon — after the victory of our movement — we will defend all the migrants in the American continent and all the migrants in the world,” Obrador said, adding that immigrants “must leave their towns and find a life in the United States.”  He then declared migration “a human right we will defend,” eluniversal.com reports.  While the election is not until July 1, Obrador is by far the frontrunner.

6am – B/C Walgreens pharmacist denies pregnant woman miscarriage medication over his ethical beliefs (WUSA9) – Nicole Arteaga was looking forward to the birth of her second child.  Already a mom to a 7-year-old son, Arteaga, 35, was nine weeks pregnant when her doctor delivered the worst news she could hear. Her unborn baby had stopped growing and had no fetal heartbeat.  She would have a miscarriage.  The doctor gave Arteaga three options: undergo a medical procedure to remove the lifeless fetus, wait for nature to take its course or take prescription medication to help her body let go of the deceased unborn baby.

6am – D Video appears to show ‘Permit Patty’ calling police over 8-year-old selling water without permit (WDSU New Orleans) – A video that appears to show a woman calling the police on an 8-year-old girl selling water outside her San Francisco apartment building went viral Saturday after it was posted to Instagram by the girl’s mother — but the woman in the video says she never called the police.  “An 8 year old selling water in front of her apartment building where she’s lived her whole life is NOT a reason to call the Police,” the girl’s mother, identified only as Instagram user @ladyesowavy, wrote in the video caption.  The young girl, who also was not identified, was on the sidewalk Friday with a cooler, calling out, “Cold water, $2!”  In the video, the woman on the phone, Alison Ettel, walks away and crouches behind a stoop, but is followed by the girl’s mother, who is filming.  “This woman don’t want to let a little girl sell some water; she be calling police on an 8-year-old little girl,” the woman filming says as she walks after Ettel. “You can hide all you want; the whole world gon’ see ya, boo.”

6am – E/F Public outrage / Red Hen restaurant:

• RED HEN / SARAH SANDERS: Restaurant owner who booted out White House press secretary took staff vote… Restaurant owner who booted out Sarah Huckabee Sanders explains she did so after taking a staff vote – and now the eatery has been slammed on Yelp and had its online menu hacked (Daily Mail) ­– The owner of The Red Hen restaurant that kicked out Sarah Huckabee Sanders has revealed why she refused to serve the White House Press Secretary. On Friday night Sanders was asked to leave the Lexington, Virginia restaurant where she was dining with her seven family members.  Restaurant owner Stephanie Wilkinson said she took a staff vote before asking Sanders to leave. When they voted to boot her out, Wilkinson complied.
• Sarah Sanders @PressSec Jun 23: Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so
• Maxine Waters calls on supporters to confront Trump officials in public spaces (The Hill) – Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) on Saturday called on her supporters at a rally to confront Trump Cabinet officials in public spaces like restaurants and department stores to protest the administration’s policies. “I have no sympathy for these people that are in this administration who know it is wrong what they’re doing on so many fronts but they tend to not want to confront this president,” Waters said at a Los Angeles rally on Saturday.  “For these members of his cabinet who remain and try to defend him they’re not going to be able to go to a restaurant, they’re not going to be able to stop at a gas station, they’re not going to be able to shop at a department store, the people are going to turn on them, they’re going to protest, they’re going to absolutely harass them until they decide that they’re going to tell the president ‘no I can’t hang with you, this is wrong this is unconscionable and we can’t keep doing this to children,'” she continued.  Waters’ call comes as the Trump administration faces major backlash over the handling of its “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which has resulted in the separation of immigrant families.
• Trump-friendly Florida AG Pam Bondi driven out of movie theater: ‘Shame on you’ (Daily Caller) – Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi was driven out of a movie theater on Saturday as a crowd of protesters surrounded her, shouting, “shame on you!” and “you’re a horrible person!” Video shared on YouTube shows Bondi and several others leaving the theater without responding or confronting the protesters who drove them out, following them all the way to a waiting vehicle.   

7am – A/B INTERVIEW – Joe diGenova – legal analyst and former US Attorney to the District of Columbia – discussed latest DOJ News and the upcoming SCOTUS travel ban decision           

• Supreme Court poised to rule on Trump travel ban, other cases WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court, winding down its nine-month term, will issue rulings this week in its few remaining cases including a major one on the legality of President Donald Trump’s ban on people from five Muslim-majority nations entering the country
• Mark Meadows says Justice Department turned over only ‘small percentage’ of subpoenaed Russia documents
• The Justice Department gives House Republicans new classified information related to the Russia investigation after GOP lawmakers had threatened to hold officials in contempt of Congress or even impeach them.
• Trump says illegal immigrants should be deported with ‘no judges or court cases’ WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Sunday that people who enter the United States illegally should be sent back immediately to where they came from without any judicial process, likening them to invaders who are trying to “break into” the country.
• FBI SENDS GOP LETTER OUTLINING USE OF INFORMANTS IN TRUMP CAMPAIGN: The agency added that it had forwarded House Republicans’ request for summaries and transcripts of any conversations between Trump officials and informants to the director of national intelligence. But Nunes wasn’t satisfied with the FBI’s reply, and sent a letter to Rosenstein demanding more answers — including an explanation of how many informants were used, and at what expense — by Monday evening, Fox News has learned.
• STRZOK SUBPOENED: The disgraced FBI agent’s deposition will take place on June 27th at 10:00 a.m. EST.

7am – D INTERVIEW – Sean Spicer – Former White House Press Secretary – discussed Sarah Huckabee Sanders being removed from a Lexington restaurant

• RED HEN / SARAH SANDERS: Restaurant owner who booted out White House press secretary took staff vote…
• Sarah Sanders @PressSec Jun 23: Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so
• Red Hen eateries feel the heat after Sarah Sanders booted from Virginia restaurant with same name. The Red Hen @RedHenDC: Good morning! @PressSec went to the unaffiliated @RedHenLex last night, not to our DC-based restaurant.
• MAXINE WATERS / RED HEN: Maxine Waters calls for protesters to confront Trump officials in public. Maxine Waters calls for attacks on Trump administration: “If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them, and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.”
• PAM BONDI: Trump-Friendly Florida AG Pam Bondi Driven Out Of Movie Theater: ‘Shame On You’
• NIELSEN HOME PROTEST: Nielsen, who was home at the time, walked by protesters shouting “Shame!” as she left her house. Protesters Play Audio Of Migrant Children Crying Outside Nielsen’s House

7am – E Obama’s DHS chief admits they detained children, ‘we believed it was necessary’ (The Blaze) – Jeh Johnson, secretary of Homeland Security in the Obama administration, threw a wrench in the progressive narrative on Sunday, which contends that detainment of families, and the possible separation of children from their parents, is wholly unnecessary.  Instead, Johnson freely admitted the Obama administration did exactly what the Trump administration is being criticized for — and they “believed it was necessary.”  During an interview with Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday,” Johnson admitted they expanded immigrant detention in the Obama administration.  “Without a doubt the images, and the reality, from 2014, just like 2018, are not pretty,” Johnson said.         

8am – A INTERVIEW – Josh Kraushaar – political editor for National Journal – discussed the latest on the immigration fight in Congress and its impact on midterm elections.     

8am – B Seth Rogen refuses photo with Paul Ryan, scolds GOP lawmaker in front of his kids (Newsweek) – Seth Rogen told CBS late night host Stephen Colbert about his recent run-in with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and his children.  “My whole body puckered, I tensed up, and I didn’t know what to do,” Rogen recounted to Colbert on Friday night’s show.  The actor and comedian was speaking at an event to promote brain health hosted by Mitt Romney when he was first approached by two teenage children, who asked to take a picture with him. After taking the fan photo, the two kids told Rogen that their father wanted to meet him.  “And I turned around and Paul Ryan was walking towards me,” Rogen said. The two shook hands before Ryan asked for a photo with the star, and that’s where things went downhill Rogen told Colbert.

8am – C WMAL Host Mark Levin inducted into Radio Hall of Fame!       

8am – D INTERVIEW – Dr. Sebastian Gorka – Fox News National Security Strategist, NYT best-selling author of “Defeating Jihad” and former deputy assistant to President Donald Trump – discussed the reaction to Trump officials being harassed in public 

8am – E Bernie Sanders’ income tops $1M for second year in row, reports say (Fox News) – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ message of income inequality resonated with many voters in 2016 — and now the senator himself may know how the other half lives.  A financial disclosure document filed in May shows that the indepedent lawmaker from Vermont made more than $1 million in 2017, given him income of that figure or more for the second year in a row, VTDigger reported.  Most of that income – $885,767 – came from cash advances and royalties for his 2016 book, “Our Revolution,” which recounted the Sanders’ failed bid for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.