Raul Castro Indicted, CBDC Warning, and America’s Fight for Freedom
The Sean Hannity Show
Sean Hannity
4.0 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In the final news roundup, Sean Hannity speaks with John Solomon and U.S. Attorney Jason Quiñones about the historic indictment of Raul Castro tied to the 1996 shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue aircraft that killed four Americans. The hour explores what the indictment means for accountability, the Cuban regime, and the broader Trump-era pressure campaign against hostile regimes in the Western Hemisphere. Hannity also turns to the growing debate over central bank digital currency, warning that a CBDC could become a tool for government surveillance and control over Americans’ private financial lives. Congressman Michael Cloud joins to explain the push for a permanent ban and why privacy, cash, and decentralized financial choice matter. The episode closes with callers, Memorial Day reflections, and Hannity’s reminder that freedom requires vigilance, sacrifice, and courage.
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| 0:15.7 | Of course, our friend John Solomon, founder, editor-in-chief, chief investigative reporter, |
| 0:20.7 | just the news.com, |
| 0:22.4 | headlines, surprise arrest during Trump's border crackdown, opens a door to Cuba shaking |
| 0:28.8 | Raul Castro's indictment. |
| 0:31.7 | And what happened is he goes into detail in history in this and how Biden allowed a Cuban |
| 0:36.6 | Air Force pilot to stay here, |
| 0:39.0 | apply for permanent residency. |
| 0:41.1 | Turns out the pilot, Louise Rayul Gonzalez, Pardo Rodriguez, served in the Cuban military at the same time that Fidel and Rayul ordered them to shoot down humanitarian rescue planes, |
| 0:56.0 | searching for people that were fleeing this communist regime. |
| 1:00.0 | Anyway, a few weeks into President Trump's second term, |
| 1:03.4 | his crackdown on illegal immigration netted an unexpected yield. |
| 1:07.3 | A former Cuban fighter pilot who had been allowed into the U.S. under Joe Biden |
| 1:13.1 | and was trying to get permanent residency. The 2025 arrest of Louise Raul Gonzalez |
| 1:20.2 | Pardo Rodriguez officials told just the news.com set in motion this extraordinary set of events inside this from john solomon's article inside |
| 1:31.8 | the u s and the intel community the fbi the u s attorney's office in miami |
| 1:37.3 | uh... that could in fact yield the unveiling of this indictment with which we're |
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