Whistleblowers Unveiled: The Untold Stories of Courage and Justice
John Solomon Reports
John Solomon
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🗓️ 31 August 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
On this Sunday Brunch Edition, we hear from Tristan Levitt and Jason Foster from the Empower Oversight Whistleblower Center, discussing the importance of their work and the recent settlements achieved for whistleblowers. Plus, investigative correspondent Jerry Dunleavy shares insights from his extensive series on the Afghanistan debacle and the implications of digital currencies on financial privacy. Finally, Shannon Davis, CEO of American Alternative Assets, breaks down the imminent changes to our global financial system brought about by ISO 20022.
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| 0:15.7 | Hello, American. |
| 0:18.7 | Happy Sunday. |
| 0:20.2 | Welcome to the Sunday brunch edition of John Solomon |
| 0:22.8 | reports a podcast from, you know, we're just the news, very excited. All right, we're going to do |
| 0:27.4 | something fun over the next few days. We are going to introduce you to three whistleblowers |
| 0:33.2 | that you've never met before, never heard of. Maybe one of them you heard of because he testified |
| 0:38.0 | before Congress, Marcus Allen. But the others, Mike Zimmer, a FBI agent from New Orleans who blew |
| 0:42.3 | the whistle on some serious corruption there. And Monica Schillenberg, who was a unit chief inside |
| 0:47.4 | the FBI's NCIC gun registry check unit. They blew the whistle on wrongdoing and silliness. They were punished for |
| 0:56.4 | years. I want to, Marcus Allen, four years, not Mike Zimmer, nine years, Monica Schellenberg, |
| 1:02.8 | nine years. It's just crazy to think about, all of them were restored by the great work of |
| 1:08.9 | Cash Patel as the FBI director. They all got settlements. Some are retiring. Some are going back to work. |
| 1:13.8 | We've talked to Kyle. We've talked to Steve Friend. You know some of them. But Marcus Allen, |
| 1:17.6 | Mike Zimmer, and Monica Schellenberg are going to, and you're also going to meet Monica's |
| 1:21.7 | husband who stood right beside her in the Foxhole during this fight with the FBI. |
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