After Her Husband Joined ISIS, She Fought Islamic Extremism

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🗓️ 6 February 2020

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For Tania Joya, who was raised Muslim in London, it was a long journey to life in the United States. “I wanted to be in America, but my husband … thought that was bad for my religion and he thought that I would teach my children the wrong values,” recalls Joya. “So he took us to Syria.” After her husband became an ISIS fighter, Joya worked with U.S. officials, sharing information from her husband. Now she's working against violent extremism. Read the interview, pasted below, or listen on the podcast: We also cover the following stories: The Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump. Vice President Mike Pence decried House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's ripping of Trump's State of the Union text. FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies and addresses the Inspector General's report about the FBI and the FISA Courts. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, Apple Podcasts, Pippa, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, February 6th. I'm Rachel
0:08.8	Del Judas. And I'm Kate Trinko. Today we're featuring an interview our colleague Virginia Ellen did with Tanya Joya, a Muslim woman
0:16.4	who was horrified when she realized her American husband was working with ISIS.
0:21.7	Working with the United States, she escaped Syria with her children and passed along
0:26.1	intelligence to the US. Now she's fighting Islamic extremism. Don't forget if if you enjoy this podcast,
0:34.0	please be sure to leave a review or a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts
0:38.0	and encourage others to subscribe.
0:40.0	Now, on to our top news. In a historic vote Wednesday, the Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump.
1:00.0	On the first charge regarding the abuse of power the vote was 52 to 48 in favor of acquittal
1:06.9	on the second charge obstruction of Congress the vote was 53 to 47.
1:12.3	The Senate having tried Donald John the vote was 53 to 47.
1:13.0	The Senate having tried Donald John Trump, President of the United States,
1:17.0	upon two articles of impeachment, exhibited against him by the House of Representatives,
1:22.0	and two-thirds of the senators present
1:24.7	not having found him guilty of the charges contained therein. It is therefore
1:30.0	ordered and adjudged that the said Donald John Trump be and he is hereby acquitted of the charges in said
1:35.0	he is hereby acquitted of the charges in said articles.
1:40.0	That was Chief Justice John Roberts, speaking after the vote via ABC News.
1:46.0	Senator Mitt Romney of Utah was the only Republican to vote to convict
1:50.3	President Trump, and he did so only on the first charge about the abuse of power.
1:56.3	Here's some of Romney's remarks via ABC News on why he voted that way.
2:02.4	The great question the Constitution tasks senators to answer is whether the president
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