July 28, 2025 • 12 mins
1. Congressional Probe into Autopen Pardons
This section discusses a developing controversy involving:
- Senator Rand Paul raising concerns about the use of an autopen—a mechanical device used to sign documents—for issuing presidential pardons during the final months of President Joe Biden’s administration.
- Allegations that Anthony Fauci and Jill Biden (former First Lady) may be implicated in the probe, with questions about whether President Biden was mentally aware of the pardons issued.
- Claims that hundreds of pardons were signed mechanically, possibly without Biden’s direct knowledge.
- Testimonies suggest that staffers, including those connected to the First Lady, were involved in the process, and many invoked the Fifth Amendment.
- Hunter Biden’s pardon was reportedly signed by Biden himself, unlike others.
- Senator Paul suggests indicting Fauci to test the validity of his pardon in court.
The central issue is whether autopen-signed pardons are legally valid if the President was unaware of them.
2. Historic Trade Deal Between the U.S. and European Union
This part highlights a major international agreement announced by President Donald Trump:
- The European Union agreed to:
- Purchase $750 billion in U.S. energy.
- Invest an additional $600 billion in the U.S. economy.
- Open up all member countries to zero-tariff trade with the U.S.
- Buy hundreds of billions in U.S. military equipment.
- A 15% baseline tariff will be applied to European imports, including automobiles.
- Trump emphasized the deal as a win for American workers, manufacturers, and farmers, framing it as the “biggest deal ever made.”
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
One year ago, our country was dead. We had a
dead country because of an incompetent president and incompetent Democrats.
All they know how to do is talk and think
about conspiracy theories and nonsense. We were a dead country
and now we have the hottest country anywhere in the world.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
If you're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with
Ben ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Good Monday morning, nice to have you with us on
the forty seven Morning Update. And here the two big
stories we're covering this morning. Senor ram Paul coming out
signaling that there's big trouble coming down the pipe for
former first Betty, Joe Biden and Anthony Falci. Why well,
they're being looked at now in the auto pen probe.
Also call it the Art of the Deal. The USA
(00:44):
has the biggest ever trade agreement with the European Union,
Donald Trump getting it done, and the EU will also
buy seven hundred and fifty billion in US energy.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
I'll have all the details on that deal for you
in a moment.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
All right, I want to take a moment talk about
the economy. You've been seeing what's happening on Wall Street.
You've seen what's been happening with interest rates and you've
probably seen gold prices hitting all time record highs. Why
because there is uncertainty all over the world right now,
and when there is uncertain times, you want real answers
about your financial stability. Well, at Kurt Elliott Precious Metals,
(01:21):
you get more than gold and silver. You get trusted
guidance from a team that puts people first always. You
also get transparency. This is why I recommend them. Their
mission is clear. They want to help you protect what
matters most with real metals, real service, and real clarity.
Now here's why I love what they do at Kurt
(01:43):
Elliott Precious Medals number one bullyon only approach. They focus
on investment grade medals, not overpriced quote collectibles or gimmick
products that cost you an insane amount of money for
what you're actually getting. What they do is they sell
you more metal for your money and fair value when
it's time for you to actually sell.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
They also have upfront transparent pricing just eight percent when
you buy and zero commissions when you go to sell.
There are no hidden fees on top of that, ever,
that is the reason why I recommend them. They also
make sure they give you personalized guidance for you. You're
never just a number, no pressure, always real answers, and
(02:26):
they make sure that you are in control. So if
you're ready for real, honest clarity and all of the
BS taken out, visit k e PM dot com slash
ben that's k e PM dot com slash ben to
schedule your personal portfolio review. Ask about today's unique market
(02:46):
window and how the current silver to gold ratio might
work in your favor. Protect what matters, plan with clarity
k e PM dot com slash Ben or seven to
two zero six h five nine hundred seven two zero
six oh five thirty nine hundred Kurt Elliott Precious Medals,
Smarter Metal Investing starts with them. It's the forty seven
(03:10):
Morning Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Story number one.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
There's another major story that is happening and the media
is not covering it. Senator Rand Paul is now signaling
very clearly that Jill Biden, the former First Lady of
the United States of America, the wife of former President
Joe Biden, as well as Anthony Fauci, you remember the
COVID guy, they could be looked at in the Auto
(03:36):
pen probe. Senator Paul, saying that the former First Lady,
Joe Biden, and Anthony Fauci absolutely could be examined during
the Congress's auto pen examination. President Trump has railed against
his predecessor, the former President Biden, for using the art
autopen to pardon individuals during his last few months in office.
(03:57):
The President ordered a probe into the signatures on various
pardons in June, while GOP lawmakers requested interviews now with
several former White House staffers, including the former First Ladies
and the President's doctor who pled the fifth. They've now
also gone to staffers to testify and guess what they
pleaded the fifth as well. All of this playing out
(04:18):
before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Even though
Anthony Fauci has been pardoned, there is some question whether
it's a legitimate pardon. His pardon was not signed by
President Biden. That's what Senator Paul said in a statement.
It's unclear quote whether President Biden is mentally cognitive enough
(04:38):
of the situation to know even who he pardoned. Hundreds
and hundreds of people were pardoned in a day by
a mechanical signature from a machine. We do know there's
been testimony from the people running the machine that they
never talked to the president and that they talked to
an assistant that works for the president's wife.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
That is where the first lady comes in. Now.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Biden had previously argued that past administrations have used the
autopendicign government paperwork, proving its legality. However, Republicans have well
refused to let go of the criticism regarding his signature
on multiple pardons that he may not have known about,
meaning they would be in theory no and void. Who
(05:23):
knew we weren't being led by Joe Biden, but were
being run by some kind of chief of staff, some
chief of staff that worked for his wife. That's something
to a lot of Americans to know. They want to
know who was the person that was granting power of pardons,
who was the person that could have taken the country
to war, who was the person that was never elected?
(05:45):
Senator Paul went on to say, adding quote, so I
think the way the best way to sort this out
is you have to go to court. And I think
the easiest way to get this into court is they
should indicate what's going to happen next. They should, for example,
Anthony Fauci for line to Congress, and he will make
a defense that he's been pardon That's what again, the
(06:07):
Senator said today. Senator Paul also pointed out that the
autopen was not used to sign the pardon for Hunter Biden.
We know that Hunter Biden's pardon was signed directly by
the President of the United States of America. He went
on to say, quote, I think there is a question
whether these pardons are even valid. When he had to
pardon his son, he didn't take any chances by running
it through the auto pen. The pardon Frontter Biden for
(06:29):
any crimes committed over the last decade, any crimes was
done by personal hand signature by Joe Biden himself and
not by the auto pen. So if you look at
this story, there's two major questions that everyone should be asking.
Number one, why not indict a guy like Anthony Fauci
(06:50):
for lying to Congress and see if he uses the
I've been pardoned in court argument? And then it brings
up the big question does an auto pen signature that
the President may not have known about does it actually count?
Speaker 4 (07:03):
In fact?
Speaker 3 (07:04):
How many different and this is an even bigger question.
Pardons came through the White House that the President had
no clue even happened. These are the real questions that
the American people deserve answers to, and the President obviously
making it clear that he's willing to get to the
bottom of it to make sure it was done the
(07:25):
right way. Now, Story number two, Donald Trump reaches a
historic trade deal with the European Union. Europe is going
to buy seven hundred and fifty billion, we're now being
told in US energy.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
This is massive.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
President Trump announcing the sweeping trade agreement with the European
Union on Sunday, setting a baseline fifteen percent tariff on
European imports, including automobiles, while keeping existing fifty percent duty
on steel and aluminum in place. Now it's part of
the deal, the EU committed to purchasing seven hundred and
(08:06):
fifty billion US energy production. Trump announcing the agreement during
a press conference with the European Commission president after a
private meeting at the Trump Turnberry golf Course in Scotland.
Here is part of what was said by the President
of United States of America at that event, where they say,
we've reached a deal, so.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
We're going to do the following The European Union is
going to agree to purchase from the United States seven
hundred and fifty billion dollars worth of energy, seven hundred
and fifty billion dollars worth of energy. They are going
to agree to invest into the United States six hundred
(08:47):
billion dollars more than they're investing already. So they're investing
a large amount of money. You know what that amount
of money is. It's very substantial, but they're going to
invest an additional six hundred billion dollars. They're agreeing to
open up their countries to trade at zero tariff, so
(09:08):
that's a very big factor opening up their countries. All
of the countries will be opened up to trade with
the United States at zero tariff. And they're agreeing to
purchase a vast amount of military equipment. We don't know
what that number is, but it's the good news is
we make the best military equipment in the world, so
sort of you have to do that. I mean until
(09:28):
somebody tops us, which is not going to happen. We're
way ahead of every other country in terms of the
quality of the military equipment. You saw that recently in Iran,
and you see that unfortunately, you see that often for
all the wrong reasons, right. So those things are seven
hundred and fifty billion, six hundred billion, opening up the country.
We are agreeing that the tariff straight across for automobiles
(09:54):
and everything else will be a straight across tariff of
fifteen percent, So we have a t para for fifteen percent.
We have the opening up of all of the European countries,
which I think I could say we're essentially closed. I mean,
you weren't exactly taking our orders, you weren't exactly taking
our agriculture, and then you would have smaller things. But
for the most part, it was closed. And now it's open.
(10:17):
It's open for our companies to go in and do
a good job with it. I think you'll like them.
I think you'll like it, and we will. Very importantly.
They'll be investing a lot of money. But the military
is a big number. But that's one number we're not
determining it's going to be whatever it is, but they're
going to be purchasing hundreds of billions of dollars worth
of military equipment. They're very important that they're going to
(10:39):
purchase seven hundred and fifty seven hundred and fifty billion
dollars worth of energy, so that's going to be great.
And six hundred billion dollars worth of investments into the
United States over and above.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
What they have so and.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
I think that basically concludes the deal. I mean, those
are the main factors. I don't think there are too
many other factors other then we're going to get along great.
And we have a great relationship now with NATO, which
is largely the same I mean not exactly but pretty
pretty close, right largely and with NATO, as you know,
they're going up to five percent from two percent, and
(11:14):
the relationship is very strong with NATO. So I just
want to congratulate you. I think it's I think it's
great that we made a deal today instead of playing
games and maybe not making a deal at all. I
think it's I'm going to let you say, but I
think it's the biggest deal ever made. Thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
Yet again, another massive promise the President kept in a
victory for American workers and American manufacturers as well, the
President saying he was going to bring back fairness to
the marketplace, especially in places that we're taking advantage of
us where our markets were virtually shut down completely in
Europe from our automobiles and agriculture, just to name two
(11:59):
different categories. So if you're an American manufacturer, the President
is your best friend. If you're an American company that
needed access to Europe farmers, president should be your best friend.
And yet again the President putting America first as he promised.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
you're listening to this podcast right now and for more
in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast
and we will see you back here tomorrow
One year ago, our country was dead. We had a
dead country because of an incompetent president and incompetent Democrats.
All they know how to do is talk and think
about conspiracy theories and nonsense. We were a dead country
and now we have the hottest country anywhere in the world.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
If you're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with
Ben ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Good Monday morning, nice to have you with us on
the forty seven Morning Update. And here the two big
stories we're covering this morning. Senor ram Paul coming out
signaling that there's big trouble coming down the pipe for
former first Betty, Joe Biden and Anthony Falci. Why well,
they're being looked at now in the auto pen probe.
Also call it the Art of the Deal. The USA
(00:44):
has the biggest ever trade agreement with the European Union,
Donald Trump getting it done, and the EU will also
buy seven hundred and fifty billion in US energy.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
I'll have all the details on that deal for you
in a moment.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
All right, I want to take a moment talk about
the economy. You've been seeing what's happening on Wall Street.
You've seen what's been happening with interest rates and you've
probably seen gold prices hitting all time record highs. Why
because there is uncertainty all over the world right now,
and when there is uncertain times, you want real answers
about your financial stability. Well, at Kurt Elliott Precious Metals,
(01:21):
you get more than gold and silver. You get trusted
guidance from a team that puts people first always. You
also get transparency. This is why I recommend them. Their
mission is clear. They want to help you protect what
matters most with real metals, real service, and real clarity.
Now here's why I love what they do at Kurt
(01:43):
Elliott Precious Medals number one bullyon only approach. They focus
on investment grade medals, not overpriced quote collectibles or gimmick
products that cost you an insane amount of money for
what you're actually getting. What they do is they sell
you more metal for your money and fair value when
it's time for you to actually sell.
Speaker 4 (02:03):
They also have upfront transparent pricing just eight percent when
you buy and zero commissions when you go to sell.
There are no hidden fees on top of that, ever,
that is the reason why I recommend them. They also
make sure they give you personalized guidance for you. You're
never just a number, no pressure, always real answers, and
(02:26):
they make sure that you are in control. So if
you're ready for real, honest clarity and all of the
BS taken out, visit k e PM dot com slash
ben that's k e PM dot com slash ben to
schedule your personal portfolio review. Ask about today's unique market
(02:46):
window and how the current silver to gold ratio might
work in your favor. Protect what matters, plan with clarity
k e PM dot com slash Ben or seven to
two zero six h five nine hundred seven two zero
six oh five thirty nine hundred Kurt Elliott Precious Medals,
Smarter Metal Investing starts with them. It's the forty seven
(03:10):
Morning Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Story number one.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
There's another major story that is happening and the media
is not covering it. Senator Rand Paul is now signaling
very clearly that Jill Biden, the former First Lady of
the United States of America, the wife of former President
Joe Biden, as well as Anthony Fauci, you remember the
COVID guy, they could be looked at in the Auto
(03:36):
pen probe. Senator Paul, saying that the former First Lady,
Joe Biden, and Anthony Fauci absolutely could be examined during
the Congress's auto pen examination. President Trump has railed against
his predecessor, the former President Biden, for using the art
autopen to pardon individuals during his last few months in office.
(03:57):
The President ordered a probe into the signatures on various
pardons in June, while GOP lawmakers requested interviews now with
several former White House staffers, including the former First Ladies
and the President's doctor who pled the fifth. They've now
also gone to staffers to testify and guess what they
pleaded the fifth as well. All of this playing out
(04:18):
before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Even though
Anthony Fauci has been pardoned, there is some question whether
it's a legitimate pardon. His pardon was not signed by
President Biden. That's what Senator Paul said in a statement.
It's unclear quote whether President Biden is mentally cognitive enough
(04:38):
of the situation to know even who he pardoned. Hundreds
and hundreds of people were pardoned in a day by
a mechanical signature from a machine. We do know there's
been testimony from the people running the machine that they
never talked to the president and that they talked to
an assistant that works for the president's wife.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
That is where the first lady comes in. Now.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Biden had previously argued that past administrations have used the
autopendicign government paperwork, proving its legality. However, Republicans have well
refused to let go of the criticism regarding his signature
on multiple pardons that he may not have known about,
meaning they would be in theory no and void. Who
(05:23):
knew we weren't being led by Joe Biden, but were
being run by some kind of chief of staff, some
chief of staff that worked for his wife. That's something
to a lot of Americans to know. They want to
know who was the person that was granting power of pardons,
who was the person that could have taken the country
to war, who was the person that was never elected?
(05:45):
Senator Paul went on to say, adding quote, so I
think the way the best way to sort this out
is you have to go to court. And I think
the easiest way to get this into court is they
should indicate what's going to happen next. They should, for example,
Anthony Fauci for line to Congress, and he will make
a defense that he's been pardon That's what again, the
(06:07):
Senator said today. Senator Paul also pointed out that the
autopen was not used to sign the pardon for Hunter Biden.
We know that Hunter Biden's pardon was signed directly by
the President of the United States of America. He went
on to say, quote, I think there is a question
whether these pardons are even valid. When he had to
pardon his son, he didn't take any chances by running
it through the auto pen. The pardon Frontter Biden for
(06:29):
any crimes committed over the last decade, any crimes was
done by personal hand signature by Joe Biden himself and
not by the auto pen. So if you look at
this story, there's two major questions that everyone should be asking.
Number one, why not indict a guy like Anthony Fauci
(06:50):
for lying to Congress and see if he uses the
I've been pardoned in court argument? And then it brings
up the big question does an auto pen signature that
the President may not have known about does it actually count?
Speaker 4 (07:03):
In fact?
Speaker 3 (07:04):
How many different and this is an even bigger question.
Pardons came through the White House that the President had
no clue even happened. These are the real questions that
the American people deserve answers to, and the President obviously
making it clear that he's willing to get to the
bottom of it to make sure it was done the
(07:25):
right way. Now, Story number two, Donald Trump reaches a
historic trade deal with the European Union. Europe is going
to buy seven hundred and fifty billion, we're now being
told in US energy.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
This is massive.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
President Trump announcing the sweeping trade agreement with the European
Union on Sunday, setting a baseline fifteen percent tariff on
European imports, including automobiles, while keeping existing fifty percent duty
on steel and aluminum in place. Now it's part of
the deal, the EU committed to purchasing seven hundred and
(08:06):
fifty billion US energy production. Trump announcing the agreement during
a press conference with the European Commission president after a
private meeting at the Trump Turnberry golf Course in Scotland.
Here is part of what was said by the President
of United States of America at that event, where they say,
we've reached a deal, so.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
We're going to do the following The European Union is
going to agree to purchase from the United States seven
hundred and fifty billion dollars worth of energy, seven hundred
and fifty billion dollars worth of energy. They are going
to agree to invest into the United States six hundred
(08:47):
billion dollars more than they're investing already. So they're investing
a large amount of money. You know what that amount
of money is. It's very substantial, but they're going to
invest an additional six hundred billion dollars. They're agreeing to
open up their countries to trade at zero tariff, so
(09:08):
that's a very big factor opening up their countries. All
of the countries will be opened up to trade with
the United States at zero tariff. And they're agreeing to
purchase a vast amount of military equipment. We don't know
what that number is, but it's the good news is
we make the best military equipment in the world, so
sort of you have to do that. I mean until
(09:28):
somebody tops us, which is not going to happen. We're
way ahead of every other country in terms of the
quality of the military equipment. You saw that recently in Iran,
and you see that unfortunately, you see that often for
all the wrong reasons, right. So those things are seven
hundred and fifty billion, six hundred billion, opening up the country.
We are agreeing that the tariff straight across for automobiles
(09:54):
and everything else will be a straight across tariff of
fifteen percent, So we have a t para for fifteen percent.
We have the opening up of all of the European countries,
which I think I could say we're essentially closed. I mean,
you weren't exactly taking our orders, you weren't exactly taking
our agriculture, and then you would have smaller things. But
for the most part, it was closed. And now it's open.
(10:17):
It's open for our companies to go in and do
a good job with it. I think you'll like them.
I think you'll like it, and we will. Very importantly.
They'll be investing a lot of money. But the military
is a big number. But that's one number we're not
determining it's going to be whatever it is, but they're
going to be purchasing hundreds of billions of dollars worth
of military equipment. They're very important that they're going to
(10:39):
purchase seven hundred and fifty seven hundred and fifty billion
dollars worth of energy, so that's going to be great.
And six hundred billion dollars worth of investments into the
United States over and above.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
What they have so and.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
I think that basically concludes the deal. I mean, those
are the main factors. I don't think there are too
many other factors other then we're going to get along great.
And we have a great relationship now with NATO, which
is largely the same I mean not exactly but pretty
pretty close, right largely and with NATO, as you know,
they're going up to five percent from two percent, and
(11:14):
the relationship is very strong with NATO. So I just
want to congratulate you. I think it's I think it's
great that we made a deal today instead of playing
games and maybe not making a deal at all. I
think it's I'm going to let you say, but I
think it's the biggest deal ever made. Thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
Yet again, another massive promise the President kept in a
victory for American workers and American manufacturers as well, the
President saying he was going to bring back fairness to
the marketplace, especially in places that we're taking advantage of
us where our markets were virtually shut down completely in
Europe from our automobiles and agriculture, just to name two
(11:59):
different categories. So if you're an American manufacturer, the President
is your best friend. If you're an American company that
needed access to Europe farmers, president should be your best friend.
And yet again the President putting America first as he promised.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
you're listening to this podcast right now and for more
in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast
and we will see you back here tomorrow
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