July 4, 2025 • 34 mins
On this "Best of Hannity", Fox News contributor Gianno Caldwell shares his heartbreaking story of losing his teenage brother to gun violence in Chicago. In a powerful interview, Caldwell talks about his new book, The Day My Brother Was Murdered, and founding the Caldwell Institute for Public Safety to combat violent crime. He discusses soft-on-crime policies, the fatherless crisis, and the need to restore faith, education, and law enforcement. Later, Alina Habba, now U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, joins Hannity to respond to political attacks from Democrats and outline her crime-fighting initiatives—including Operation Apex Hammer and a crackdown on human trafficking and Medicare fraud.
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I was pretty disgusted on the part of the families
in this Coburger case. He pled guilty is going to
avoid the death penalty. Uh, but he didn't have to
really do anything or give any explanation to the families,
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nor did the families have any say in whether or
not they supported this. A lot of the families of
these these young college kids are are frankly outraged and disgusted.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
These families want and need closure, they really do, and
they deserve it. And I think the prosecutors before they
made that deal, they should have included some explanation. I mean,
if you watch the facts of this case, and I
know them pretty well, kind of inside and out. Unfortunately,
I mean, this guy was stalking these young college kids
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for a long time, late at night, driving and past
their house, driving in the driveway of the house. I mean,
just very creepy and bizarre. And it ends up in
the murder of four kids. And we have all of
this violence that takes place, you know, when we talk
about statistics, and I ran all throughout the twenty twenty
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four election the names of people that were murdered brutally
by Biden Harrise, the illegals, the people that were raped
by Biden Harris, the illegals, other victims of violent crime,
Biden Harris illegals, never mind again known terrorist plotting, planning, scheming,
never mind cartel members, never mind drug dealers on other island, criminals,
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And it's very upsetting, you know. I used to ask
all the time, Barack Obama's hometown was Chicago. Violence throughout
his entire eight years as president was prevalent in Chicago.
We went back and looked. We could only find two times,
maybe three, that he mentioned the violence in Chicago, never
lifted a finger to stop it. And then it really
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came home personally for me when a very dear friend
of mine I'm going to introduce to you in a second.
You know him. He is a fellow Fox employee, Giano Caldwell.
It was June twenty fourth, It was twenty twenty two,
and his eighteen year old brother, innocent brother, was murdered.
He was just standing with his friends on the South
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side of Chicago on a street. Black suv pulls up
and several unidentified men open fire. Fifty shellcasings later found
at the sea. Three in the crowd rushed to the hospital.
Two survived, not his brother. And it just is heartbreaking
to me. But out of this tragedy. I have, you know,
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stayed in touch with Gano and I've watched him turn
tragedy into you know, an incredible passion and cause in
his life, as he has now developed the Caldwell Institute
for Public Safety. He just authored a brand new book.
It just came out. It's on We'll put it up
on Hannity dot Comments, on Amazon dot com, and it's
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in bookstores around the country. It's called The Day My
Brother was Murdered, My Journey through America's violent crime crisis.
And when you hear his story and he writes about it,
it'll break your heart because nobody cared. And I can't
tell you how many conversations we had. I'm like, well,
didn't you talk to the detectives? Yeah, what they say
they can't tell you. They know who did it, but
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they're not going to do anything about it. Like these
conversations that we had, you can't even imagine how bad
the system is and how little they care about the
family in the aftermath of such horrific evil and such
a tragedy. My friend Janald caldwells with us, sir, how
are you?
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Thank you?
Speaker 2 (05:08):
I am I calling you, sir. I call you my brother.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Yes, you're my big brother.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Well why am I the older brother? Why don't you
be the older brother. You're telling me I'm old when
you say that.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
No, No, you're my mentor. You're my big brother. And
I got to tell you you have been one of
the biggest inspirations in my life. And I really do,
truly mean that. After my brother was murdered, we would
talk multiple times a week. What's going on with the investigation,
how's your family doing? And you were really and truly
an angel. I know you may not consider yourself and
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angel generally speaking.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Oh by the way, anyone that knows me knows that's
not true. We'll go ahead.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
Well, no, no, no, it really is true, Sean. And
people around the country have said similar things, Even people
who don't like you politically have said, Sean is a
great guy. And I know that you're a fantastic person.
You're a big brother, and you're a mentor and I
can't thank you enough for your support over the years.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Well, I'm just proud of you. And we've had this
discussion privately, and why not bring the publicly. You know
a lot of people when something like this happens, they
just crumble and fall apart. You did the opposite. You
turned it into action. And I'm going to tell people
what you did and if you if you don't want
me to stop me at any point. You immediately took
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charge of your family, You took your savings, You moved
your family out of Chicago. Don't I won't give out
the location. You moved them to a much safer place.
And you just said I'm not letting this happen again
and the pain I'm going through, I'm not going to
let other families go through it if I can avoid it.
And then you partnered with John Walsh, and then you're
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doing a number of projects to bring awareness to this
and stop this madness. I mean, I mean, you've inspired
me every step of the way because you're You're relentless,
You're unrelenting.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
And as you mentioned all of that, one of the
things I cannot not mention it is the fact that
I met John wallsh through you. And you know I
wrote this book the day my brother was murdered, My
journey through America's violent crime crisis, because I simply felt
like I had no choice. As you mentioned on June
twenty fourth, twenty twenty two, my life changed forever when
my innocent teenage baby brother, Christian was murdered on the
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South side of Chicago. He wasn't the target, but it happened,
and it happens to so many families, whether they be
in Chicago or across the country. So what did I do?
Because I needed to do something about it if that
was the only way that I can quote unquote have
a grieving moment, because I never fully dipped into the
grieving process, because I've been focusing on action. What can
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I do to stop this from happening in our country?
And I created the Caldwell Institute for Public Safety at
Calwell Institute dot org. I encourage people to support our
efforts there. And when I wrote this book, I talked
about it with nine families who experienced the same tragedy,
including my own, people like James from Philadelphia. He was
an army veteran who had PTSD and who would often
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go to a park at one and two in the
morning because he couldn't sleep. And on June twenty fourth,
he went to the same park that he would go
to every week and there were a group of children there.
I'm talking about ten eleven years old and some teenagers,
and he said to them, what are you all doing
out here this late? They took a traffic cone and
they beat him to death. Or people like Catherine. Catherine
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was a mother, grandmother, sixty four year old wife, chemical engineer,
going home on June twenty fourth when a shootout took
place on a freeway in Texas. She was hit after
a drug deal had went bad. Both the drug dealer
and a drug buyer was trying to rip each other
off and she became collateral damage. Or talk about baby
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Cecilia six months old or rather five months four days
from six months old in Chicago. She's in the car
with her parents on June twenty fourth, parents in the
front seat, brother three years old in the back. They
thought they hear fireworks. Cecilias, did we know how bad
it is? Sean? We've been knowing how bad it is.
We talked about it time and time again. But I
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wanted to figure out how can we solve this? So
I talk to people like you, the Great Sean Hannity,
You're fully through this book is one of the experts
on here telling me how we should process this, how
we should move forward. People like John Walsh, people like
doctor Drew on the mental health challenges in our country
and his contributions to crime faith leaders, educators, because we
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have to do something about the violent crime crisis in
our country. And now this has become fully a part
of my brother's legacy and my very own.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
You know, when John wallsh lost his son Adam. Over
the years I've known John, I haven't talked to him
in a while, but I've always thought the world of him.
And he took this tragedy in his life and he
turned it into a cause the way you're doing. And
I don't know if I would have the strength to
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do it. And I consider myself a pretty strong individual,
but I don't think there's anything more deflating in life
and difficult in life and challenging in life than losing
loved ones like this. I mean, your younger brother was
like he was like your own It was like your
own son. You love this And when you would describe
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to me, he'll never go to college, he'll never get married.
You know, you gave me a whole you would give
a whole list. I'm like, man that hits you hard,
that hits you right in your solar plexus. It is
like a gut punch of no, like no other gut punch.
But you did not You did never. You never wavered never.
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You were a man of action. And you know, if
I helped in any little way, I'm I'm I'm honored.
But it was really you Gianno, you did it well.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
So God was the source, and he brought people and
came in that helped in the process. Sean Hannity, John
Wallash and others in the Fox News family especially, and
as I write in my new book The Day my
Brother was murdered, My Journey through America's violent crime crisis,
This is an effort that can impact any and every
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one of us. Biolent crime in America and certainly the
fact that we as a community as a country, because
this doesn't just happen in places like Chicago. This has
happened in all over the country. Just for example, the
lady Catherine I mentioned this happened in Burlison, Texas. That's
not the inner city. So this is something that we
as a community must come together and solve. Now, the
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politicians have a role in this. Soft on crime. Prosecutors
have to be pushed out of office. Mayors and governors
who refuse to support law enforcement. Those individuals need to
be pushed out of office. But there's a fatherless crisis
in this country too, and if you grew up in
a fatherless home, you're twenty percent more likely, twenty times
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more likely to get involved in criminal activity. There's an
education crisis in this country that has to be solved.
There's a faith crisis in this country. And if a person,
a young person, especially if they have faith, if that's
a central part of their life, they're less likely to
get involved in crime. And that's the thing. There's so
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many issues that we have to tackle, and I'm looking
to tackle them one by one. And that's why I
hope people will pick up a copy of my new book,
The Day My Brother was Murdered, My Journey through America's
Violent Crime Crisis.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
Quick Break will come back more with our friend Giano Caldwell.
He's with the Calwell Institute for Public Safety's new book
is just out. The Day My Brother was Murdered, A
Journey through America's Violent Crime Crisis is on Amazon dot com,
Hannity dot com, bookstores across the country. As we continue, it's.
Speaker 5 (12:48):
Time to take back America this is a Sean Hannity show.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
All right, we continue now. My friend and colleague Giano Calwell,
I don't want it to be political. It's probably going
to sound political, but it's not meant to be. But
I just I don't understand and I feel the Democrats
are responsible for this. And I'm just going to straight
up basket. Why didn't Obama lift a finger to help
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the violence in Chicago? Why didn't the Democrats? Why didn't
they Why did they allow twelve to twenty million whatever
the number is, unvetted illegals, including murderers, rapist, known terrorists,
cartel members, and gang members in the country and not
bad an eyelash, Why didn't they stand for the families
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of Lake and Riley and Joss and Nungary White Well,
tell me what is that?
Speaker 4 (14:04):
Well, first off, Sean, that isn't political. It's you're giving
statements of fact here. And the truth of the matter
is it isn't advantageous for the Democrats to try to
get involved in Chicago because they have to admit the
mistakes they made. They can't talk about the open border,
They can't stand for folks who have been murdered by
these illegals or raped. They can't because then they have
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to admit their fault in it. So this becomes another
situation where they pretend it doesn't exist when it does.
You've seen it on new segments. The people who are listening,
they've seen it on new segments. They act like this
wasn't a problem. Remember Biden said there was no issue
at the border. That's what they said. When Trump would say, oh,
they're bringing over drugs, they're bringing over crime, they said, oh,
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that's not true. Look at them these lines, All of
those things that Donald Trump said end up being accurate,
absolutely accurate. And it's a problem. But thank god the
American people heard and responded because they know what's going on.
They put Donald Trump in office because, simply put, there
was no other choice. There was no other options. You
couldn't have voted for Kamala Harris. You could not have
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because you would get more of the same and even worse.
And I'm honored that President Trump has endorsed my book
this past weekend because we need to be talking about solutions.
We need to focus on solutions because we know how
bad it is. People are experiencing these things on a
daily basis. Look at the drugs that have come into
our country through the open border China, Mexico. These are
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legitimate issues and now we're trying to fix it.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Well, John Walsh turned his tragedy and saved lives and
found criminals, and you're doing the same thing, and I
admire you. I want to just encourage you to keep
doing what you're doing. Giano Calwell, he has the Callwell
Institute for Public Safety. As brand new book is out
The Day my brother was murdered, My Journey through America's
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Violent Crime Crisis. It's on on Amazon dot com, Hannity
dot com, bookstores around the country. My friend, I'm very
proud of you. I'm I'm lucky to be your friend,
and I know that you're going to do a lot
of good in your life with all of this and
your energy level it's almost near mind. No, I'm kidding,
(16:19):
but you know, honestly, you are tireless and you committed
at a level I've never seen, and I just admire
the heck out of you for it.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
I'm blessed to call you a big brother, a dear friend,
and thank you for all of your help in this journey.
And please, folks, if you would go to call the
listed to dot org, support our efforts there and follow
me on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok at Giano Caldwell
g I A N N L Caldwell c A L
D W E L L. Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Yeh, all right, John o'collwell, love you man, You're the best.
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a period of years now Alena Habba, and I saw
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the attack on Aleena today by Corey Booker and Andy
Kimm and it's the people of New Jersey deserve a
US attorney that has deep experience with law enforcement and
reputation and an approach that puts partisanship to the side
and who will work to keep our community safe and
impartially pursue justic In her short tenure as an intermus attorney,
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she has degraded the office pursued frivolous and politically motivated
product prosecutions. It's clear that Alena Habba does not meet
the standard to serve the people of New Jersey. And
let me tell you something about New Jersey. I know
New Jersey, I know pretty well. And there are areas
in New Jersey that are absolute disasters because there's been
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no law enforcement, there's been no accountability, there's been nobody
that's cared. And Alena Habb has done more in the
short term as as the interim US Attorney than the
previous like five attorneys combined. It is infuriating to me
when when good people get attacked. She was the president
of the United States's Council, his legal counsel, and with
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all the law fair and weaponization against her, guess what
she did a phenomenal job, Alena Habba. I've read this
today and I'll be honest, it just infuriated me because
I know you're doing a good job for the people
in a Jersey and I know that this is a
horrible part of some political attack. As predictable as it
would be, Yeah, it.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
Pretty much is. And thank you for that, Sean. As
you know, there's nobody that understands pet better than I
do after what we went through. And it was such
an honor that the President nominated me formally. To be honest,
it was an honor to even be made the interim
US Attorney because if anything, my key and lead mission
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for my office is to never ever weaponize an office
and a Department of Justice ever, because that is what
America needs. And you know me personally, But this is
why I'm so happy to be here. This is why
I know I can do more for the state of
New Jersey, frankly than I could have done from the
West Wayne. And it's been the biggest honor to work
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with great prosecutors who have been here. I have not
fired one of them. Despite it doesn't matter what your
political views are. It does not matter. The Department of
Justice is supposed to be the hammer on crime, and
New Jersey needs a hammer and that has nothing to
do with politics, and that's my real commitment. So it
was insulting but not surprising, to be honest, to hear
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their sentiments.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Well, I thought Todd Blanche captured it in an ex
post that he put out here. You launched three imperative initiatives,
the Election Integrity Task Force, the Human Trafficking Task Force,
the Fentnyl Task Force. And you also initiated in June alone,
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what was called Operation Apex Hammer, a month long violent
crime surge resulting in the arrest of over two hundred
and fifty gang members violent offenders all across the state
of New Jersey, nobody's ever taken on that big of
an initiative. You've taken tens of millions in medicare fraud
off the books, this mantled child trafficking networks. I mean,
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I have chronicled this for my entire career, Alina, and
people have no idea how widespread it is. You've seized
millions and millions and millions of dollars in fentanyl and
other hard drugs that are killing our kids. And you know,
you have been fearless, fair and effective, as Todd points out,
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And it's like all of these good things and it
doesn't mean a thing to this grand standard, this performative
artist Cory Booker.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
Yeah, it's a shame. Honestly. My message is if he's
listening to I'm here and I'm here.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
To help, oh, he'll hear about it, trust me.
Speaker 3 (23:34):
And the truth of the matter is that, Sean, we
are so much stronger as a country if we work together.
And the President said this a ton of times, if
we could just stop this divisiveness it's ridiculous political rhetoric,
and if we could just get to work and do
what New Jersey needs, which is to get rid of
this violent crime, which we literally took away two hundred
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and fifty individuals just in June since I've been here alone,
that's just one month. At this rate, we will make
a serious I will make a serious difference for everybody
in the state of New Jersey. And I'm committed to that.
And there are no politics, sean none. As somebody who's
been around it for years, I can tell you that now,
I am not about that. We are about one thing
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at the Department of Justice, Safety, Security and the law.
And if that is not that, that does not bind you,
and you can't get behind that, no matter what your
politics are. That's a damn shame for this country and
for the state of New Jersey. So I encourage Corey Booker,
who has never met me, I encourage Andy Kim, who
has never met me, to sit down and get to
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work with me, because we can do a lot of good.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
And it came, honestly, well, freeze frame that for a minute.
I mean, these guys are condemning you and they've never
even taken the time to sit with you and maybe
decide to work together for the people of New Jersey.
Doesn't want to get to know you, just wants to
rush to judgment and turn this into a political witch hunt,
as they are, Well, that's.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
Exactly what we're not supposed to do, and the Apartment
of Justice is committee to not doing that. This is
not political grandstanding. This is justice. This is a place
where we can make our country safe and restore faith
in the Constitution and in the laws, which frankly, the
country I think lost for some time and for the
first time, we're back and we're going to fight to
get crime off of our streets. And if they can't
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get behind that by picking up the phone talking to
me before attacking, it's a shame. It's a shame for
our state. It's not really going to hurt me, it's
going to hurt the state of New Jersey. And I
would just urge them to come to the table and
get to know me before you attack. Now, by the way,
you know how this works, right, So I'm really relieved
to not be involved on the political side of things anymore.
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But but you nailed it. I mean, it's an absolute
opportunity to hit me when you don't even know me.
And the truth of the matter is, we've done so
much good here my office, the US Attorney's office in
New Jersey. We're right in the heart of Newark and
wearing Camden. I go to work every day. I'm either
in one of those locations, and we are working hard,
and I plan to continue to and I plan to
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stay and I really hope they can get behind that.
I do, because I think New Jersey will really thrive.
Speaker 4 (26:13):
We will.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
No, You're you're getting through. You're going to have this position.
One thing in the very short period of time that
you've been there that really stood out to me is
as it relates to this national healthcare fraud. You had
three hundred and twenty four defendants in connection with what
fourteen point six billion dollars in alleged fraud, and you know,
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fifteen criminal charges out of New Jersey fifty million and
civil settlements this year alone, eight million from data mining.
I mean that that is a remarkable track record. How
long have you even been there? You haven't been there
six months.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
No, I have not been here for roughly one hundred days.
And it's been it's been just it's been invigorating. Get
back to practicing law and doing what I love. And honestly,
I don't plan on slowing my pace at all. We're
just cracking down.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
On the Wait a minute, I think we had a
conversation saying, nah, shaw, I'm definitely not going and I'm
going back to private practice. I remember that conversation. I
might have been maybe I don't know, maybe I made
it up in my head.
Speaker 3 (27:18):
Yeah, you're right. I did tell you that.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
I said, you did.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
Forget it. Then I went to the White I said,
Now I'm at the US Attorney's office and I'm running
the New Jersey FEDS. And I'm working great with Pam
and Todd and all of the wonderful leadership. Frankly that
I've I've had the honor of being with. And I
never thought I would love a job honestly more than
I love this one. It has been such a pleasure,
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and honestly, it's God's work. It's a different type of
work for this country than I've ever been through. And
every hit that I take, Sean, You've had my back.
But I'll tell you one thing, I don't mind because
you can keep hitting me. But I'm absolutely in love
with our country and i love my home state. I'm
excited to keep vice for it.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
And just like well, that's the interesting part of it.
I mean, you had an opportunity to be and you
were working in the Oval and not in the Oval
office in the White House, and and you know, you
could have stayed there, and but you wanted to go home.
You wanted to serve your your state, your town, your community, uh,
and the you know, the entire state of New Jersey.
(28:23):
That was a decision that you made. Most people wouldn't
make that decision. I think most people would probably choose
the White House.
Speaker 3 (28:31):
Yeah, well, you know what, you can do more good
running one district. New Jersey's very different because we have
one US attorney for the entire district, so it's the
whole state. And these are where my children are being raised,
and this is where I call home for my entire life.
And to get back here and take care of my
home state has been a tremendous gift. And I truly
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have to say, as much as I loved my time
in the West Wing and being obviously in the White House,
which was so special honor as well, I can do
so much here and the state needs it, and that's
my real commitment. I really it was an honor to
go home and to take care of.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
My own I actually would like to pursue this idea
of Corey Booker and Andy Kim sitting down with you.
I really would.
Speaker 3 (29:23):
Hey, they sat, They probably sit with me. In the
time we sat with our we checked the box, and
you know, I hope they do. Honestly, Sean, you know
me personally, there's a lot.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
You'll see with anybody. You'll sit down with anybody, anybody.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
I don't care about politics like that. I care about
the country. And that's that's the reality is. If you
just put your political stuff aside and you sit down
and you talk about things that are going to make
our states safer, and you sit down with me, we
are probably on a lot of the same pages. But
I won't get behind grandstanding, not from the Department of Justice,
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not from this seat. I absolutely will not. I will
not wore myself to that.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
You see what I think is going on here, and
correct me if I'm wrong. I think that that people
like Corey Booker and others. I think they fear everything
they did to Donald Trump is going to be done
to them. And the interesting part of that is it's
the exact opposite, is true. You're not political, You're not
(30:25):
going to weaponize justice you're gonna follow our constitution, You're
going to follow the rule of law. You believe in
equal justice and equal application of our laws. These are
not slogans to you.
Speaker 4 (30:37):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
And I know because we had these conversations both during
the witch hunt and the weaponization of justice under Donald Trump,
and you're like, you know, this is not how it's
the system is to work. And you even said, if
we get in charge, this is not what Donald Trump
is going to do, and he's not, and you're not.
Speaker 3 (30:59):
No, I absolutely am not, And I'll be honest with you,
if I were to lower myself to that type of behavior,
then what is the point in anything happening that changes
in this country, anybody changing US attorneys, anybody changing presidents.
It means nothing. You cannot lower yourself to that which
is done to you. And at the point that I
(31:20):
really believe is frankly, there is nobody that is going
to protect the law and do things impartially more at
this moment than the people that are sitting in the
Department of Justice now, because we do not want that
for this country. That tit for tat the eye for
an eye, That is not what I am about. I
can say and most certainly not the Department of Justice,
and most certainly the people that I came up in
(31:40):
this world with. It just won't happen. I've made tough
decisions while I've been here Sean that have been public,
and some of those decisions have not been favored by
both political parties. And the reality is, it doesn't matter
when I make the decisions. I have to call balls
and strikes as I see them, as they are law
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to fact, and that is it. It doesn't matter who
you are, what your job is, what your politics are.
I will dismiss cases as I see fit. I will
bring cases that I think are worth bringing and are
factually there. And it's very simple. It's very simple math.
It's really there's no interpretation on that one. You have discretion.
It is a big hammer that you can use, but
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it has to be used wisely. And that's how I
plan to continue my job here, all right.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
But the worst part is, as somebody lives in the
free state of Florida, New Jersey is not my favorite.
I left the state I was born in New York
for good reason. Alina Haba, I see no problems, regardless
of what these guys might say in terms of your
nomination and you Pambondi, Dan Bongino, You're going to make
(32:51):
a great team and make the country safer and more
secure and restore law and order and integrity to our
justice system. And we appreciate people like you that are
willingness sacrifice.
Speaker 3 (33:00):
Thank you, Thank you, Sean, Thank you for having me.
Speaker 4 (33:08):
By.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
You're ready to get out of the media spin room.
Speaker 1 (33:11):
Well you come to.
Speaker 4 (33:12):
The right place.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
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I was pretty disgusted on the part of the families
in this Coburger case. He pled guilty is going to
avoid the death penalty. Uh, but he didn't have to
really do anything or give any explanation to the families,
(01:45):
nor did the families have any say in whether or
not they supported this. A lot of the families of
these these young college kids are are frankly outraged and disgusted.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
These families want and need closure, they really do, and
they deserve it. And I think the prosecutors before they
made that deal, they should have included some explanation. I mean,
if you watch the facts of this case, and I
know them pretty well, kind of inside and out. Unfortunately,
I mean, this guy was stalking these young college kids
(02:17):
for a long time, late at night, driving and past
their house, driving in the driveway of the house. I mean,
just very creepy and bizarre. And it ends up in
the murder of four kids. And we have all of
this violence that takes place, you know, when we talk
about statistics, and I ran all throughout the twenty twenty
(02:38):
four election the names of people that were murdered brutally
by Biden Harrise, the illegals, the people that were raped
by Biden Harris, the illegals, other victims of violent crime,
Biden Harris illegals, never mind again known terrorist plotting, planning, scheming,
never mind cartel members, never mind drug dealers on other island, criminals,
(03:01):
And it's very upsetting, you know. I used to ask
all the time, Barack Obama's hometown was Chicago. Violence throughout
his entire eight years as president was prevalent in Chicago.
We went back and looked. We could only find two times,
maybe three, that he mentioned the violence in Chicago, never
lifted a finger to stop it. And then it really
(03:22):
came home personally for me when a very dear friend
of mine I'm going to introduce to you in a second.
You know him. He is a fellow Fox employee, Giano Caldwell.
It was June twenty fourth, It was twenty twenty two,
and his eighteen year old brother, innocent brother, was murdered.
He was just standing with his friends on the South
(03:44):
side of Chicago on a street. Black suv pulls up
and several unidentified men open fire. Fifty shellcasings later found
at the sea. Three in the crowd rushed to the hospital.
Two survived, not his brother. And it just is heartbreaking
to me. But out of this tragedy. I have, you know,
(04:06):
stayed in touch with Gano and I've watched him turn
tragedy into you know, an incredible passion and cause in
his life, as he has now developed the Caldwell Institute
for Public Safety. He just authored a brand new book.
It just came out. It's on We'll put it up
on Hannity dot Comments, on Amazon dot com, and it's
(04:27):
in bookstores around the country. It's called The Day My
Brother was Murdered, My Journey through America's violent crime crisis.
And when you hear his story and he writes about it,
it'll break your heart because nobody cared. And I can't
tell you how many conversations we had. I'm like, well,
didn't you talk to the detectives? Yeah, what they say
they can't tell you. They know who did it, but
(04:49):
they're not going to do anything about it. Like these
conversations that we had, you can't even imagine how bad
the system is and how little they care about the
family in the aftermath of such horrific evil and such
a tragedy. My friend Janald caldwells with us, sir, how
are you?
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Thank you?
Speaker 2 (05:08):
I am I calling you, sir. I call you my brother.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Yes, you're my big brother.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Well why am I the older brother? Why don't you
be the older brother. You're telling me I'm old when
you say that.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
No, No, you're my mentor. You're my big brother. And
I got to tell you you have been one of
the biggest inspirations in my life. And I really do,
truly mean that. After my brother was murdered, we would
talk multiple times a week. What's going on with the investigation,
how's your family doing? And you were really and truly
an angel. I know you may not consider yourself and
(05:38):
angel generally speaking.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Oh by the way, anyone that knows me knows that's
not true. We'll go ahead.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
Well, no, no, no, it really is true, Sean. And
people around the country have said similar things, Even people
who don't like you politically have said, Sean is a
great guy. And I know that you're a fantastic person.
You're a big brother, and you're a mentor and I
can't thank you enough for your support over the years.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Well, I'm just proud of you. And we've had this
discussion privately, and why not bring the publicly. You know
a lot of people when something like this happens, they
just crumble and fall apart. You did the opposite. You
turned it into action. And I'm going to tell people
what you did and if you if you don't want
me to stop me at any point. You immediately took
(06:22):
charge of your family, You took your savings, You moved
your family out of Chicago. Don't I won't give out
the location. You moved them to a much safer place.
And you just said I'm not letting this happen again
and the pain I'm going through, I'm not going to
let other families go through it if I can avoid it.
And then you partnered with John Walsh, and then you're
(06:43):
doing a number of projects to bring awareness to this
and stop this madness. I mean, I mean, you've inspired
me every step of the way because you're You're relentless,
You're unrelenting.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
And as you mentioned all of that, one of the
things I cannot not mention it is the fact that
I met John wallsh through you. And you know I
wrote this book the day my brother was murdered, My
journey through America's violent crime crisis, because I simply felt
like I had no choice. As you mentioned on June
twenty fourth, twenty twenty two, my life changed forever when
my innocent teenage baby brother, Christian was murdered on the
(07:18):
South side of Chicago. He wasn't the target, but it happened,
and it happens to so many families, whether they be
in Chicago or across the country. So what did I do?
Because I needed to do something about it if that
was the only way that I can quote unquote have
a grieving moment, because I never fully dipped into the
grieving process, because I've been focusing on action. What can
(07:40):
I do to stop this from happening in our country?
And I created the Caldwell Institute for Public Safety at
Calwell Institute dot org. I encourage people to support our
efforts there. And when I wrote this book, I talked
about it with nine families who experienced the same tragedy,
including my own, people like James from Philadelphia. He was
an army veteran who had PTSD and who would often
(08:03):
go to a park at one and two in the
morning because he couldn't sleep. And on June twenty fourth,
he went to the same park that he would go
to every week and there were a group of children there.
I'm talking about ten eleven years old and some teenagers,
and he said to them, what are you all doing
out here this late? They took a traffic cone and
they beat him to death. Or people like Catherine. Catherine
(08:25):
was a mother, grandmother, sixty four year old wife, chemical engineer,
going home on June twenty fourth when a shootout took
place on a freeway in Texas. She was hit after
a drug deal had went bad. Both the drug dealer
and a drug buyer was trying to rip each other
off and she became collateral damage. Or talk about baby
(08:46):
Cecilia six months old or rather five months four days
from six months old in Chicago. She's in the car
with her parents on June twenty fourth, parents in the
front seat, brother three years old in the back. They
thought they hear fireworks. Cecilias, did we know how bad
it is? Sean? We've been knowing how bad it is.
We talked about it time and time again. But I
(09:06):
wanted to figure out how can we solve this? So
I talk to people like you, the Great Sean Hannity,
You're fully through this book is one of the experts
on here telling me how we should process this, how
we should move forward. People like John Walsh, people like
doctor Drew on the mental health challenges in our country
and his contributions to crime faith leaders, educators, because we
(09:27):
have to do something about the violent crime crisis in
our country. And now this has become fully a part
of my brother's legacy and my very own.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
You know, when John wallsh lost his son Adam. Over
the years I've known John, I haven't talked to him
in a while, but I've always thought the world of him.
And he took this tragedy in his life and he
turned it into a cause the way you're doing. And
I don't know if I would have the strength to
(09:58):
do it. And I consider myself a pretty strong individual,
but I don't think there's anything more deflating in life
and difficult in life and challenging in life than losing
loved ones like this. I mean, your younger brother was
like he was like your own It was like your
own son. You love this And when you would describe
(10:19):
to me, he'll never go to college, he'll never get married.
You know, you gave me a whole you would give
a whole list. I'm like, man that hits you hard,
that hits you right in your solar plexus. It is
like a gut punch of no, like no other gut punch.
But you did not You did never. You never wavered never.
(10:40):
You were a man of action. And you know, if
I helped in any little way, I'm I'm I'm honored.
But it was really you Gianno, you did it well.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
So God was the source, and he brought people and
came in that helped in the process. Sean Hannity, John
Wallash and others in the Fox News family especially, and
as I write in my new book The Day my
Brother was murdered, My Journey through America's violent crime crisis,
This is an effort that can impact any and every
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one of us. Biolent crime in America and certainly the
fact that we as a community as a country, because
this doesn't just happen in places like Chicago. This has
happened in all over the country. Just for example, the
lady Catherine I mentioned this happened in Burlison, Texas. That's
not the inner city. So this is something that we
as a community must come together and solve. Now, the
(11:33):
politicians have a role in this. Soft on crime. Prosecutors
have to be pushed out of office. Mayors and governors
who refuse to support law enforcement. Those individuals need to
be pushed out of office. But there's a fatherless crisis
in this country too, and if you grew up in
a fatherless home, you're twenty percent more likely, twenty times
(11:54):
more likely to get involved in criminal activity. There's an
education crisis in this country that has to be solved.
There's a faith crisis in this country. And if a person,
a young person, especially if they have faith, if that's
a central part of their life, they're less likely to
get involved in crime. And that's the thing. There's so
(12:15):
many issues that we have to tackle, and I'm looking
to tackle them one by one. And that's why I
hope people will pick up a copy of my new book,
The Day My Brother was Murdered, My Journey through America's
Violent Crime Crisis.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
Quick Break will come back more with our friend Giano Caldwell.
He's with the Calwell Institute for Public Safety's new book
is just out. The Day My Brother was Murdered, A
Journey through America's Violent Crime Crisis is on Amazon dot com,
Hannity dot com, bookstores across the country. As we continue, it's.
Speaker 5 (12:48):
Time to take back America this is a Sean Hannity show.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
All right, we continue now. My friend and colleague Giano Calwell,
I don't want it to be political. It's probably going
to sound political, but it's not meant to be. But
I just I don't understand and I feel the Democrats
are responsible for this. And I'm just going to straight
up basket. Why didn't Obama lift a finger to help
(13:39):
the violence in Chicago? Why didn't the Democrats? Why didn't
they Why did they allow twelve to twenty million whatever
the number is, unvetted illegals, including murderers, rapist, known terrorists,
cartel members, and gang members in the country and not
bad an eyelash, Why didn't they stand for the families
(14:00):
of Lake and Riley and Joss and Nungary White Well,
tell me what is that?
Speaker 4 (14:04):
Well, first off, Sean, that isn't political. It's you're giving
statements of fact here. And the truth of the matter
is it isn't advantageous for the Democrats to try to
get involved in Chicago because they have to admit the
mistakes they made. They can't talk about the open border,
They can't stand for folks who have been murdered by
these illegals or raped. They can't because then they have
(14:25):
to admit their fault in it. So this becomes another
situation where they pretend it doesn't exist when it does.
You've seen it on new segments. The people who are listening,
they've seen it on new segments. They act like this
wasn't a problem. Remember Biden said there was no issue
at the border. That's what they said. When Trump would say, oh,
they're bringing over drugs, they're bringing over crime, they said, oh,
(14:46):
that's not true. Look at them these lines, All of
those things that Donald Trump said end up being accurate,
absolutely accurate. And it's a problem. But thank god the
American people heard and responded because they know what's going on.
They put Donald Trump in office because, simply put, there
was no other choice. There was no other options. You
couldn't have voted for Kamala Harris. You could not have
(15:10):
because you would get more of the same and even worse.
And I'm honored that President Trump has endorsed my book
this past weekend because we need to be talking about solutions.
We need to focus on solutions because we know how
bad it is. People are experiencing these things on a
daily basis. Look at the drugs that have come into
our country through the open border China, Mexico. These are
(15:33):
legitimate issues and now we're trying to fix it.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Well, John Walsh turned his tragedy and saved lives and
found criminals, and you're doing the same thing, and I
admire you. I want to just encourage you to keep
doing what you're doing. Giano Calwell, he has the Callwell
Institute for Public Safety. As brand new book is out
The Day my brother was murdered, My Journey through America's
(15:58):
Violent Crime Crisis. It's on on Amazon dot com, Hannity
dot com, bookstores around the country. My friend, I'm very
proud of you. I'm I'm lucky to be your friend,
and I know that you're going to do a lot
of good in your life with all of this and
your energy level it's almost near mind. No, I'm kidding,
(16:19):
but you know, honestly, you are tireless and you committed
at a level I've never seen, and I just admire
the heck out of you for it.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
I'm blessed to call you a big brother, a dear friend,
and thank you for all of your help in this journey.
And please, folks, if you would go to call the
listed to dot org, support our efforts there and follow
me on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok at Giano Caldwell
g I A N N L Caldwell c A L
D W E L L. Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Yeh, all right, John o'collwell, love you man, You're the best.
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(19:41):
the attack on Aleena today by Corey Booker and Andy
Kimm and it's the people of New Jersey deserve a
US attorney that has deep experience with law enforcement and
reputation and an approach that puts partisanship to the side
and who will work to keep our community safe and
impartially pursue justic In her short tenure as an intermus attorney,
(20:02):
she has degraded the office pursued frivolous and politically motivated
product prosecutions. It's clear that Alena Habba does not meet
the standard to serve the people of New Jersey. And
let me tell you something about New Jersey. I know
New Jersey, I know pretty well. And there are areas
in New Jersey that are absolute disasters because there's been
(20:25):
no law enforcement, there's been no accountability, there's been nobody
that's cared. And Alena Habb has done more in the
short term as as the interim US Attorney than the
previous like five attorneys combined. It is infuriating to me
when when good people get attacked. She was the president
of the United States's Council, his legal counsel, and with
(20:49):
all the law fair and weaponization against her, guess what
she did a phenomenal job, Alena Habba. I've read this
today and I'll be honest, it just infuriated me because
I know you're doing a good job for the people
in a Jersey and I know that this is a
horrible part of some political attack. As predictable as it
would be, Yeah, it.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
Pretty much is. And thank you for that, Sean. As
you know, there's nobody that understands pet better than I
do after what we went through. And it was such
an honor that the President nominated me formally. To be honest,
it was an honor to even be made the interim
US Attorney because if anything, my key and lead mission
(21:30):
for my office is to never ever weaponize an office
and a Department of Justice ever, because that is what
America needs. And you know me personally, But this is
why I'm so happy to be here. This is why
I know I can do more for the state of
New Jersey, frankly than I could have done from the
West Wayne. And it's been the biggest honor to work
(21:51):
with great prosecutors who have been here. I have not
fired one of them. Despite it doesn't matter what your
political views are. It does not matter. The Department of
Justice is supposed to be the hammer on crime, and
New Jersey needs a hammer and that has nothing to
do with politics, and that's my real commitment. So it
was insulting but not surprising, to be honest, to hear
(22:12):
their sentiments.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Well, I thought Todd Blanche captured it in an ex
post that he put out here. You launched three imperative initiatives,
the Election Integrity Task Force, the Human Trafficking Task Force,
the Fentnyl Task Force. And you also initiated in June alone,
(22:34):
what was called Operation Apex Hammer, a month long violent
crime surge resulting in the arrest of over two hundred
and fifty gang members violent offenders all across the state
of New Jersey, nobody's ever taken on that big of
an initiative. You've taken tens of millions in medicare fraud
off the books, this mantled child trafficking networks. I mean,
(22:57):
I have chronicled this for my entire career, Alina, and
people have no idea how widespread it is. You've seized
millions and millions and millions of dollars in fentanyl and
other hard drugs that are killing our kids. And you know,
you have been fearless, fair and effective, as Todd points out,
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And it's like all of these good things and it
doesn't mean a thing to this grand standard, this performative
artist Cory Booker.
Speaker 3 (23:26):
Yeah, it's a shame. Honestly. My message is if he's
listening to I'm here and I'm here.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
To help, oh, he'll hear about it, trust me.
Speaker 3 (23:34):
And the truth of the matter is that, Sean, we
are so much stronger as a country if we work together.
And the President said this a ton of times, if
we could just stop this divisiveness it's ridiculous political rhetoric,
and if we could just get to work and do
what New Jersey needs, which is to get rid of
this violent crime, which we literally took away two hundred
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and fifty individuals just in June since I've been here alone,
that's just one month. At this rate, we will make
a serious I will make a serious difference for everybody
in the state of New Jersey. And I'm committed to that.
And there are no politics, sean none. As somebody who's
been around it for years, I can tell you that now,
I am not about that. We are about one thing
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at the Department of Justice, Safety, Security and the law.
And if that is not that, that does not bind you,
and you can't get behind that, no matter what your
politics are. That's a damn shame for this country and
for the state of New Jersey. So I encourage Corey Booker,
who has never met me, I encourage Andy Kim, who
has never met me, to sit down and get to
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work with me, because we can do a lot of good.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
And it came, honestly, well, freeze frame that for a minute.
I mean, these guys are condemning you and they've never
even taken the time to sit with you and maybe
decide to work together for the people of New Jersey.
Doesn't want to get to know you, just wants to
rush to judgment and turn this into a political witch hunt,
as they are, Well, that's.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
Exactly what we're not supposed to do, and the Apartment
of Justice is committee to not doing that. This is
not political grandstanding. This is justice. This is a place
where we can make our country safe and restore faith
in the Constitution and in the laws, which frankly, the
country I think lost for some time and for the
first time, we're back and we're going to fight to
get crime off of our streets. And if they can't
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get behind that by picking up the phone talking to
me before attacking, it's a shame. It's a shame for
our state. It's not really going to hurt me, it's
going to hurt the state of New Jersey. And I
would just urge them to come to the table and
get to know me before you attack. Now, by the way,
you know how this works, right, So I'm really relieved
to not be involved on the political side of things anymore.
(25:45):
But but you nailed it. I mean, it's an absolute
opportunity to hit me when you don't even know me.
And the truth of the matter is, we've done so
much good here my office, the US Attorney's office in
New Jersey. We're right in the heart of Newark and
wearing Camden. I go to work every day. I'm either
in one of those locations, and we are working hard,
and I plan to continue to and I plan to
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stay and I really hope they can get behind that.
I do, because I think New Jersey will really thrive.
Speaker 4 (26:13):
We will.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
No, You're you're getting through. You're going to have this position.
One thing in the very short period of time that
you've been there that really stood out to me is
as it relates to this national healthcare fraud. You had
three hundred and twenty four defendants in connection with what
fourteen point six billion dollars in alleged fraud, and you know,
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fifteen criminal charges out of New Jersey fifty million and
civil settlements this year alone, eight million from data mining.
I mean that that is a remarkable track record. How
long have you even been there? You haven't been there
six months.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
No, I have not been here for roughly one hundred days.
And it's been it's been just it's been invigorating. Get
back to practicing law and doing what I love. And honestly,
I don't plan on slowing my pace at all. We're
just cracking down.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
On the Wait a minute, I think we had a
conversation saying, nah, shaw, I'm definitely not going and I'm
going back to private practice. I remember that conversation. I
might have been maybe I don't know, maybe I made
it up in my head.
Speaker 3 (27:18):
Yeah, you're right. I did tell you that.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
I said, you did.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
Forget it. Then I went to the White I said,
Now I'm at the US Attorney's office and I'm running
the New Jersey FEDS. And I'm working great with Pam
and Todd and all of the wonderful leadership. Frankly that
I've I've had the honor of being with. And I
never thought I would love a job honestly more than
I love this one. It has been such a pleasure,
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and honestly, it's God's work. It's a different type of
work for this country than I've ever been through. And
every hit that I take, Sean, You've had my back.
But I'll tell you one thing, I don't mind because
you can keep hitting me. But I'm absolutely in love
with our country and i love my home state. I'm
excited to keep vice for it.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
And just like well, that's the interesting part of it.
I mean, you had an opportunity to be and you
were working in the Oval and not in the Oval
office in the White House, and and you know, you
could have stayed there, and but you wanted to go home.
You wanted to serve your your state, your town, your community, uh,
and the you know, the entire state of New Jersey.
(28:23):
That was a decision that you made. Most people wouldn't
make that decision. I think most people would probably choose
the White House.
Speaker 3 (28:31):
Yeah, well, you know what, you can do more good
running one district. New Jersey's very different because we have
one US attorney for the entire district, so it's the
whole state. And these are where my children are being raised,
and this is where I call home for my entire life.
And to get back here and take care of my
home state has been a tremendous gift. And I truly
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have to say, as much as I loved my time
in the West Wing and being obviously in the White House,
which was so special honor as well, I can do
so much here and the state needs it, and that's
my real commitment. I really it was an honor to
go home and to take care of.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
My own I actually would like to pursue this idea
of Corey Booker and Andy Kim sitting down with you.
I really would.
Speaker 3 (29:23):
Hey, they sat, They probably sit with me. In the
time we sat with our we checked the box, and
you know, I hope they do. Honestly, Sean, you know
me personally, there's a lot.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
You'll see with anybody. You'll sit down with anybody, anybody.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
I don't care about politics like that. I care about
the country. And that's that's the reality is. If you
just put your political stuff aside and you sit down
and you talk about things that are going to make
our states safer, and you sit down with me, we
are probably on a lot of the same pages. But
I won't get behind grandstanding, not from the Department of Justice,
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not from this seat. I absolutely will not. I will
not wore myself to that.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
You see what I think is going on here, and
correct me if I'm wrong. I think that that people
like Corey Booker and others. I think they fear everything
they did to Donald Trump is going to be done
to them. And the interesting part of that is it's
the exact opposite, is true. You're not political, You're not
(30:25):
going to weaponize justice you're gonna follow our constitution, You're
going to follow the rule of law. You believe in
equal justice and equal application of our laws. These are
not slogans to you.
Speaker 4 (30:37):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
And I know because we had these conversations both during
the witch hunt and the weaponization of justice under Donald Trump,
and you're like, you know, this is not how it's
the system is to work. And you even said, if
we get in charge, this is not what Donald Trump
is going to do, and he's not, and you're not.
Speaker 3 (30:59):
No, I absolutely am not, And I'll be honest with you,
if I were to lower myself to that type of behavior,
then what is the point in anything happening that changes
in this country, anybody changing US attorneys, anybody changing presidents.
It means nothing. You cannot lower yourself to that which
is done to you. And at the point that I
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really believe is frankly, there is nobody that is going
to protect the law and do things impartially more at
this moment than the people that are sitting in the
Department of Justice now, because we do not want that
for this country. That tit for tat the eye for
an eye, That is not what I am about. I
can say and most certainly not the Department of Justice,
and most certainly the people that I came up in
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this world with. It just won't happen. I've made tough
decisions while I've been here Sean that have been public,
and some of those decisions have not been favored by
both political parties. And the reality is, it doesn't matter
when I make the decisions. I have to call balls
and strikes as I see them, as they are law
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to fact, and that is it. It doesn't matter who
you are, what your job is, what your politics are.
I will dismiss cases as I see fit. I will
bring cases that I think are worth bringing and are
factually there. And it's very simple. It's very simple math.
It's really there's no interpretation on that one. You have discretion.
It is a big hammer that you can use, but
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it has to be used wisely. And that's how I
plan to continue my job here, all right.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
But the worst part is, as somebody lives in the
free state of Florida, New Jersey is not my favorite.
I left the state I was born in New York
for good reason. Alina Haba, I see no problems, regardless
of what these guys might say in terms of your
nomination and you Pambondi, Dan Bongino, You're going to make
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a great team and make the country safer and more
secure and restore law and order and integrity to our
justice system. And we appreciate people like you that are
willingness sacrifice.
Speaker 3 (33:00):
Thank you, Thank you, Sean, Thank you for having me.
Speaker 4 (33:08):
By.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
You're ready to get out of the media spin room.
Speaker 1 (33:11):
Well you come to.
Speaker 4 (33:12):
The right place.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
It is is the Sean Hannity Show.
Speaker 2 (33:36):
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