Raul Castro Indicted and the Fight for Accountability
The Sean Hannity Show
Sean Hannity
4.0 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In the final hour, Gregg Jarrett talks with John Solomon about the historic indictment of former Cuban President Raul Castro in connection with the 1996 shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue aircraft that killed four Americans. The discussion traces how a former Cuban Air Force pilot’s presence in the United States helped reopen the case and why Cuban exiles have waited decades for justice. Jarrett and Solomon also return to the South Florida grand jury investigation into lawfare against Trump, including potential conspiracy, obstruction, and civil-rights-related charges. Listener calls drive the final half hour, with questions about Comey, the filibuster, Iran, FISA courts, and whether accountability should mean more than public embarrassment. It is a packed closing hour about justice delayed, legal accountability, Cuba, election law, and the institutions that decide who is held responsible.
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| 1:03.5 | But I want to talk with my next guest, John Solomon, about what happened yesterday? |
| 1:09.6 | Because he broke the story. |
| 1:12.2 | Former Cuban president Raul Castro indicted for murder in connection to his alleged role |
| 1:21.8 | in the 1996 downing of two planes operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue. |
| 1:30.4 | Now, the indictment, which a Florida grand jury issued in April, was just unsealed yesterday. |
| 1:37.2 | It charges Castro with all kinds of crimes, conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, four separate counts of murder, destruction of an |
| 1:46.4 | aircraft, it goes on and on. Now, keep in mind, this happened 30 years ago in 1996. |
| 1:54.6 | Four people were flying a civilian aircraft, two of them actually, when Cuban military shot down their planes in international waters and killed them. |
| 2:06.5 | The acting attorney general Todd Blanche, and I'll quote him here, said this. |
| 2:12.1 | They were unarmed civilians flying humanitarian missions for the rescue and protection of people fleeing oppression |
| 2:19.6 | across the Florida Straits. |
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