14 JAN 2026: Secret Service Failure, Vance & Trump at Risk // Mystery U.S. Weapons // Battle for Minneapolis Rages // Global: Greenland, Venezuela, China, Iran, Argentina (Good News!)
The Wright Report
Bryan Dean Wright
4.9 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this Wednesday Headline Brief of The Wright Report, Bryan exposes a stunning Secret Service breach that put Vice President JD Vance and President Trump at risk, explains why emerging weapons like bioweapons and directed energy systems are reshaping warfare, and tracks escalating political and legal clashes tied to immigration enforcement, Venezuela, Greenland, China, and Iran.
Secret Service Scandal Puts Leaders at Risk:
An undercover sting revealed that Secret Service agent Tomas Escotto shared highly sensitive security details about Vice President JD Vance and President Trump, including movement patterns and advance travel plans. Bryan explains how such pattern of life leaks are exactly how foreign intelligence services plan assassinations and warns that internal ideological bias inside protective services now poses a grave national security threat.
New Weapons That Change Everything:
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth publicly warned that future military dominance will hinge on hypersonic missiles, long-range drones, space systems, biotechnologies, and directed energy weapons. Bryan breaks down why targeted bioweapons and portable energy weapons are no longer science fiction, how they may already have been used in Venezuela, and why cartels or hostile states gaining access would be catastrophic.
SPR and Venezuelan Oil Strategy:
Congress and the White House are considering how to use Venezuelan oil now under U.S. control to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Because the oil is heavy and high in sulfur, officials may sell it on the open market and purchase more suitable crude instead, turning Venezuela's resources into strategic leverage.
Minnesota Protests Turn Organized and Political:
Far left activists continue coordinated attacks on ICE officers in Minneapolis, with media outlets downplaying the political funding and organization behind the protests. Bryan explains why lawsuits by Minnesota officials to block federal immigration enforcement are political theater designed to energize the Abolish ICE movement, not serious legal efforts.
Trump Moves Against Sanctuary Policies and Fraud:
President Trump warned that federal funding will be cut off to sanctuary jurisdictions within ninety days unless they comply with immigration law. He also announced plans to revoke citizenship obtained through fraud nationwide, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirming investigations are underway in all fifty states.
Greenland Becomes a Spy Battlefield:
As U.S., Danish, Chinese, and Russian interests collide over Greenland, Bryan answers a listener question on CIA operations there. He explains how U.S. intelligence identifies motivations, recruits sources, and counters Russian and Chinese influence as all sides quietly prepare for long term control of the Arctic.
Global Power Plays Intensify:
The Pentagon is repositioning naval assets near Venezuela while courts battle over deportations. Trump is quietly seeking seizure warrants for Russian-flagged ghost fleet tankers to squeeze Moscow and Tehran. Meanwhile, new assessments warn China could neutralize the U.S. Navy around Taiwan by mass-producing hypersonic missiles faster than America can replace them.
Iran and Argentina Close the Episode:
Iran's protest death toll may exceed twenty thousand as Trump weighs military action despite regional warnings. Bryan closes with rare good news as Argentina repaid a $2.5 billion U.S. loan with interest, bolstering President Javier Milei's reforms and delivering a win for American taxpayers.
"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32
Keywords: January 14 2026 Wright Report, Secret Service breach JD Vance, Tomas Escotto sting operation, Pete Hegseth new weapons warning, bioweapons directed energy systems, Strategic Petroleum Reserve Venezuelan oil, Minneapolis ICE protests Abolish ICE, sanctuary city funding cutoff, citizenship revocation fraud, CIA operations Greenland Arctic, China hypersonic missile threat Taiwan, Iran protest death toll Trump decision, Argentina Milei loan repayment
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| 0:00.0 | It's January 14th. I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, and this is The Wright Report. |
| 0:16.2 | Hey, good day to you, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to The Wright Report, Your Daily News, podcast. |
| 0:22.3 | It's a Wednesday headline brief heavy on lots of news this morning, lighter on analysis, |
| 0:27.8 | launching us into our midweek with events that, as ever, are shaping America and the world. |
| 0:33.8 | We begin with domestic news this morning, kicking off a crisis at the U.S. Secret Service. |
| 0:39.7 | Fox News and investigative journalist James O'Keefe report on a Secret Service agent who was assigned |
| 0:44.9 | to the vice president, spilling secrets that could have gotten J.D. Vance or President Trump |
| 0:49.9 | assassinated. The agent, Mr. Thomas Escado, was caught in a sting operation where he met up with a young girl who was expressing her romantic interest. She was actually an undercover journalist. On that date, she was flirting with him and got him to admit some very sensitive details about the vice president and his security. Mr. Escado detailed how the vice president is physically surrounded, |
| 1:12.9 | described multiple daily shift changes, and disclosed advanced security procedures. |
| 1:18.1 | In addition to past movements, the agent also revealed future travel of the vice president, |
| 1:22.8 | sometimes days in advance. |
| 1:24.1 | Mr. Eskato also sent images from Air Force 2 to this young lady while he was on |
| 1:29.6 | board with the vice president. Finally, the Secret Service agent in trouble here also had some |
| 1:34.5 | intimate details of President Trump's movements, especially as they overlapped with the vice president. |
| 1:40.3 | Mr. Escado is now under investigation. The journalist, by the way, Mr. O'Keefe also alleges that this Secret Service agent told the girl that he holds some anti-ice and anti-Trump political views. |
| 1:52.3 | That was also critically important given the fact that he was so very close to both Vice President J.D. Vance and, yes, in fact, President Trump. |
| 2:00.5 | Pivoting then to some analysis and opinion |
| 2:02.5 | this morning, pivoting away from those facts and data folks. This is how we got Nicholas Maduro |
| 2:08.5 | Venezuela. We needed somebody really close to that man to give us his pattern of life information |
| 2:13.6 | down to the minute. And we got it and we found a weakness and we exploited it. |
| 2:18.9 | In Maduro's case, we grabbed him and we tossed him into a prison in New York. |
| 2:23.5 | He is now awaiting trial. |
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