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Speaker 1 (00:01):
BIA News this hour. I'm Terry mccreeey coming up in
official order designating Muslim Brotherhood chapters as terrorist groups. Reaction
from the former FBI director and New York's Attorney General
after their federal cases were tossed by a judge. A
more House student charged for the salt and hurling terroristic threats.
But first, here's BIA News now boxing.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Cham Claressa Shields gave back to her hometown of Flint,
Michigan with her fifth annual Thanksgiving turkey giveaway. To me,
it's important because I was once in their shoes, and
people who had it and who wanted to give back,
they gave it to me and my family. At Burston
Field House, Shields handed out over three hundred turkeys, saying
it's her way to support the community that supported her.
Activist groups are urging nationwide boycotts of major retailers like Amazon, Target,

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and Home Depot this Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The
goal is to shift spending to local economies and black
owned brands, from hair care and fashion to coffee and
home decor. And Jamil Elamine, the former Black Panther leader
once known as h Rap Brown, has died at eighty two.
The Bureau of Prison says he passed Sunday in North
Carolina after a long health decline. Alamine was serving life

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for killing a Fulton County, Georgia deputy in two thousand,
a crime he always denied it. BI in Needs Now
on Demand twenty four to seven on the iHeartRadio app
Back to Terry McCready.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
President Trump signing an executive order that would allow his
administration to designate certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as
foreign terrorist organizations. Back in March, Trump delivering a message
of thanks to Muslim Americans for helping return him to
the Oval Office as he hosted an if Tar dinner
at the White House. I just want to say hello

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to all of the people that supported us so strongly,
Ramadan wil Barrack.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
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Speaker 1 (01:52):
The order gives direction to Secretary of State Marco Rubio
and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant to determine whether any chapters
should receive the designation. This move would allow for increased
sanctions as well as more power to disrupt financial support.
A White House fact sheet on the order said that
the goal was to eliminate the designated chapters capabilities and

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operations and deprive them of resources. Former FBI Director James
Comy and New York's Black Attorney General, Letitia James, are
reacting to the news that their federal cases are being tossed.
Comy releasing a video saying President Trump cannot use the
Justice Department to target his political enemies.

Speaker 3 (02:34):
I know that Donald Trump will probably come after me again,
and my attitude is going to be the same. I'm innocent,
i am not afraid, and I believe in an independent
federal judiciary.

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Comy also said the case against him was a prosecution
based on malevolence and incompetence. James issued a statement saying
she's heartened by the victory and once again called the
charges baseless. James was indicted for mortgage fraud and Comy
was indicted for allegedly lying to Congress about the Trump
Russia investigation. Both claimed the appointment of Trump's former personal lawyer,

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Linday Halligan as US Attorney for the Eastern District was unlawful.
The Justice Department is expected to appeal. A Moorhouse College
student is facing charges for aggravated assault and making terroristic
threats after a video went viral. Showing Matthew Gonzales Forestein
choking a Clark Atlanta University student outside an off campus

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apartment complex. Police say officers were called to Lucky Street
Northwest on a report of a physical dispute several days ago.
Authority say a woman told officers that while she was
aboard a Georgia State University school bus, she was injured
when an unidentified man stepped on her foot and walked away.
When she confronted him, police say the suspect's girlfriend inserted

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herself and pushed the victim before the male suspect joined in.
Several witnesses broke up up the melee. Forestein was transported
to Fulton County Jail. Video of the scuffle, reshared by
a COAU student, has sparked hundreds of thousands of views
on TikTok and anger from parents, students, and alumni. I'm

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Terry McCready for the Black Information Network