Shocking Jack Smith Doc Dump as Scandal Grows, CBS News Shakeup, Missing Monkeys: AM Update 10/30

The Megyn Kelly Show

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🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Thousands of newly released congressional documents reveal the Biden FBI targeted hundreds of Republicans under “Arctic Frost,” which later turned into the Jack Smith investigation, which GOP lawmakers now call a scandal bigger than Watergate. CEO of the Federalist, Sean Davis, breaks it down. Paramount begins mass layoffs after its Skydance merger, cutting about 2,000 jobs, including roughly 100 at CBS News, as new Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss starts her overhaul of the network. The Fed cuts rates by a quarter point to a three-year low, but President Trump says Jerome “Too Late” Powell still might need to go. Authorities in Mississippi are searching for several research monkeys that escaped after a truck overturned on the highway. Herald Group: Learn more at https://GuardYourCard.com Walmart: Learn how Walmart is fueling the future of U.S. manufacturing at https://Walmart.com/America-at-work

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0:00.0	Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Thursday, October 30th, 2025, and this is your AM update.
0:09.6	It is bigger than Watergate in the same way that the Pacific Ocean is bigger than your bathtub.
0:16.9	Thousands of pages released this week by the House and Senate Judiciary Committees,
0:21.6	exposing what Republicans are calling the biggest scandal in Washington history.
0:26.8	The CBS News shakeups begin as parent company Paramount begins post-merger layoffs.
0:33.1	The Federal Reserve moves on interest rates, President Trump not yet satisfied.
0:38.0	You need some assistance?
0:39.5	Is he saying monkeys?
0:41.1	And research monkeys on the loose in Mississippi.
0:45.2	All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM update.
0:52.1	As President Trump is settling into his new administration, one of the top Democrats in Congress
0:56.6	aiming to undermine the Trump agenda is Democrat Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois.
1:01.8	And according to our sponsor, the Electronic Payments Coalition, Senator Durbin has a new plan,
1:07.8	a government takeover of your credit card. Today, Americans have thousands of choices
1:12.4	in credit cards, but they say Senator Durbin's plan will result in less competition and less
1:17.1	security, which means more risk for your credit and your identity. You can learn more for
1:22.5	yourself at guard your card.com. And you could consider telling your senators to stop Dick Durbin's
1:29.0	government takeover of your credit card before it's too late. The House and Senate Judiciary
1:37.6	Committee is releasing two separate troves of documents this week, each revealing a Biden
1:43.1	administration FBI determined to investigate,
1:46.9	not just President Trump, but the vast majority of the conservative movement.
1:51.7	The House Judiciary Committee releasing documents provided by FBI Director Cash Patel,
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