Evening Wire: Russell Brand Sentenced & Trump Takes On 60 Minutes | 11.9.26

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Paris prosecutors say investigators traced the operation to Iran's paramilitary revolutionary guard, which French officials accused of carrying out cyber attacks against French interests. Russell Brand was sentenced to over 10 years in prison today. Daily Wire host of That's So Criminal, Lyndon Blake, has more. The 51-year-old comedian was sentenced today after being convicted on one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault last week. The charges stemmed from encounters Brand had with several women, from 2004 to 2009. The judge said that the trauma Brand caused to his rape victim played a role in the lengthy sentence. I will not detail the victim's lengthy mental health and addiction problems here, as they might have a tendency to identify her. But the harm was significant and long-lasting. It could be seen as severe, though she told the police, with an openness that characterized her evidence that there had been other issues. Issues in her life that contributed to those later difficulties. The combination of that damage and the humiliation placed this count squarely into category 2B of the guidelines. There are two serious further aggravating factors, overlapping but distinct, in your removal of the condom without her agreement and you ejaculating into her, which led to her months of fearing she might have HIV. Those aspects must raise the sentence to two years above the starting point before I consider such mitigation as you have. Brand was taken into custody right after the verdict. He's expected to serve at least two-thirds of his term before he can be released on license with strict rules around his conduct outside of prison. Speaking of embattled celebrities, Dave Chappelle earned backlash over the weekend after video surfaced of him saying that news of Charlie Kirk's murder made him feel better. Entertainment reporter Amanda Harding has more. The clip came from Chappelle's stand-up show in New York on Friday. Here's some of the audio. Ever since that guy, Charlie Kirk, got murdered, and I shouldn't say this publicly, but I feel better. I didn't ask to do it this way. I just be driving around like, why am I in such a good mood? Chappelle has reportedly made similar comments about, throughout his current stand-up tour. TPUSA contributor Jack Posobiak pointed out in a post on X that Kirk defended Chappelle after a trans activist attacked him on stage in 2022. For more on this story, check out today's episode of Morning Wire. The White House went into a brief lockdown today after a car plowed into a sign nearby. According to authorities, after the crash, the driver tried to fight nearby National Guardsmen and Secret Service agents who immediately took him into custody. A Secret Service spokesman told the Daily Wire, that the explosives team was brought in to sweep the car as a precaution. And then, in a separate instant, another person leapt over a barricade near the White House around the time of the crash. He, too, was taken into custody. President Trump appeared on CBS's 60 Minutes over the weekend and was asked about deportations and his increasing net worth. Take a listen. So you think your deportation policy went too far? It was too tough. I think it might be too tough. Your net worth, maybe it's changed with the stock market recently, but your net worth went up by $3 billion. Since you returned. Okay, you ready? My net worth did not go up by $3 billion. Well, you should have had stock. I should have had stock. Excuse me. So, how did it go up by $3 billion? Well, let me explain. I devote almost no time to my net worth. I don't care. I have a lot of money, and far more than I ever thought I'd have. And I guess it's gone up. I don't even know. 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National Review's Andrew McCarthy says at least some articles could pass, especially those involving the drug boat strikes and Hegseth's actions against Kelly, but argues a Senate conviction is unlikely because the allegations largely concern President Trump's policies. NVIDIA stock took a hit today following revelations of CEO Jensen Huang's affair with a Chinese spy. Over the weekend, Huang revealed his months-long affair with Alice Wong, no relation, an executive at a Singapore-based tech firm. A memo from the State Department then confirmed that she had been recruited by Chinese intelligence agencies for purposes of espionage. In reaction to the news, NVIDIA stock dropped 5% at market open this morning. Huang is now under investigation by NVIDIA's board of directors, meant to determine if he ever at any point misled shareholders. French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte have sued podcaster Candace Owens in a Nashville court. The lawsuit filed last week concerns a multitude of statements Owens made claiming that Brigitte is secretly a man. The Macrons allege that Owens' statements were knowingly false and are now suing for defamation, including punitive damages. The complaint also alleges that Owens profited off the defamation, selling advertisements and merchandise for an eight-part series titled Becoming Brigitte. The suit was originally brought in a Delaware court, but was dismissed without prejudice due to jurisdictional defamation. The education department is opening investigations into multiple school districts accused of hiding students' gender transitions from their parents. Investigative reporter Meg Brock has more. The probes target four districts in New Mexico and Pennsylvania. In one case, the department says staff in a Pennsylvania school district used a male name and pronouns for a young girl for nearly three years without telling the child's parents. In Santa Fe public schools, parents said that the district created gender support plans that included a name and pronouns for a young girl for nearly three years. In Santa Fe public schools, parents said that the district created a name and pronoun info sheet, which directly asked the students what names and pronouns the teacher should use for them. The form specifically says the teacher won't tell the children's parents and even asked children what pronouns the teacher should use for that child in front of his or her parents. Education Secretary Linda McMahon told the Daily Wire the department will vigorously investigate these allegations and hold districts accountable. Districts found in violation of federal student privacy laws could lose federal funding. And NASA is recruiting a new group of students of astronauts who could eventually live and work a permanent moon base. The agency is accepting applications from U.S. citizens with a master's degree in a STEM field, including nursing and at least three years of related professional experience. Selected candidates will undergo two years of training to prepare for missions such as landing near the moon's South Pole. NASA currently has 32 active astronauts and competition is fierce. Only 10 people were selected from more than 8,000 applications for its first class. Applications are open through December 3rd, with a starting salary of over $164,000. NASA is targeting a return to the moon in 2028, though administrator Jared Isaacman says the Artemis 3 mission could launch as early as 2027. All right, those are your drive home updates. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. 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