The Hasan Piker $72.5 Million Defamation Lawsuit is Bigger Than You Think & Trisha Paytas Speaks Out

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Alex Brady's parents just slammed the government for slandering their son's name and misleading them through the investigation. And with Israel's elections deadlocked, you've got Netanyahu now trying to accuse Arab parties in Israel of stealing the election. We're talking about all of that and even more on today's brand new Philip DeFranco show, you daily dive into the news starting with this. Hasan Piker is suing CNN's token conservative commentator, Scott Jennings, for $72.5 million for defamation. It's a $27.5 million in compensatory damages and $45 million in punitive damages. So a big thing is that the alleged defamation, it didn't actually happen on CNN. Instead, it came from Jennings' own show on August 11th when he played a video for his audience that was put out by the National Republican Senatorial Committee five days earlier, with him saying, listen for yourself and understand what the socialists have in store for the black community. I don't give a f**k what black people care about. Oh, black people care about this, black people care about that. Like, shut the f**k up. That's not how politics works. Oh, well, Hassan, how dare you? Like it or not, black people care about this issue. It's like, it's such a f**king stupid stance. Any other black folk want to engage in radical activist language in this f**king chat? Suck my f**king a**. Yes, dude, it's because I'm racist. That's why. It's because I'm racist, dude. back to a better time when lynchings were happening thing is though if you actually go back and watch the original footage which is clipped together from three separate live streams two years ago you end up finding that it's actually totally out of context right either he's responding to a chatter like it or not black people care about the border man shut the black people care about the border i don't know what black people care about or what you think black people care about random anonymous guy claiming oh black people care about the border black people care about ice you don't know what black people care about which is bullshit that's not true where he's reacting to a video of a black conservative debater criticizing woke da's he said we need more klansmen as da's okay can we go back to a better time when lynchings were happening this is what i like as a black man are you always doing too much with black people leave them alone i want to go back to lynching like i get it but fucking relax man shut the fuck up okay the clips that was shared by Jennings, it cuts out all the parts that make it clear that Hassan was mocking someone else. Might these black voters find a home in the Republican Party this fall? Well, if Democratic campaigns are adopting the Piker plan of returning our country to lynchings, that just might happen. Now, at the time, Hassan suggested he might pursue legal action, though he seemed a little unsure. I don't know what opportunities we have for litigation, but it is one of the grossest clip chimps I've ever seen. This is clear-cut defamation. But well now, he's pulled the trigger. He's suing Jennings for defamation, defamation by implication, and portraying him in a false light. And a wild fact, the lawyers that are representing him are some of the same guys who won that billion dollar defamation lawsuit against Fox News for "Dominion." But still, a big thing here is that defamation cases in the United States, they're almost always an uphill battle because you have to prove that the defendant had actual malice, right? Meaning they either knew what they were saying was false or they showed a reckless disregard for the truth. And in this case, you have some noting that the clips are clearly misleadingly edited, but Jennings wasn't the one who strung them together. So you have some thinking It's possible he could argue, "Hey, I just saw this video on social media. I shared it with my audience and I commented on it. Nothing illegal about it." But you have Hassan's complaint arguing that not only did Jennings know that the clips were misleading, he added his own lies on top of them. And so for example, he added a caption quoting Hassan as saying, "Let's go back to a better time when lynchings were happening," which according to the complaint, alters a sarcastic question into a declaration. And then just three days after Jennings spread that supercut, Snopes fact-checked and found the video to be highly misleading and emailed Jennings for comment. But then not only did Jennings fail to respond to Snopes, When Hassan's legal team formally demanded that he retract his comments two weeks later, they claimed that he ignored them as well. Rather to be clear and specific, they say that his lawyer acknowledged receiving their letter, promised to respond substantively, but then just never did. And to this day, Jennings' posts about Hassan are still up and they've garnered millions of views. And then also, this video has found its way to the Senate because you had Senator Ted Cruz sharing it last week in writing, "Here is Abdul Al-Sayed's buddy, Hassan Piker, "calling for black people to be lynched. "Watch and judge for yourself." So last night you had Hassan quoting that post, attaching the news about his lawsuit against Jennings saying, hey, Ted, you seen this? Which sounds like Hassan might be suing a U.S. senator as well soon. Whatever he does on that Ted Cruz front, Hassan appears to have his hands pretty full with Jennings right now. It's a very costly endeavor. I'll probably launch a fundraiser for it soon. I don't think you should be able to get away with lying like this. And if I don't put a stop to it, they're going to continue maliciously defaming others as they have done so this entire time. It's completely unacceptable the way that media and entertainment has merged at this point. And people use these platforms to say whatever they want about their political opposition. But then also from that, we have to talk about a story that has, I guess, connective tissue. And that's because it involves Hassan's former podcast co-host and that co-host's former podcast co-host. because you just had the internet's own Trisha Paytas speaking out about Ethan Klein's cheating scandal. And she said that she was relieved that the H3 podcast is potentially over. I'm really like ashamed to say that because it's an awful situation, like the way that that had to end. But I've been praying truly, truly every day for the past five years for like it just to end. Because in case you missed all the drama, the scandal on Friday, Hila Klein said that she and Ethan Klein are separated because he's been cheating on her for for at least six months. And if you don't know them, they're big podcasters who have been together forever. They have three kids together. They built their podcasts and companies together. And the allegations in this whole situation, it just exploded online. With the H3 podcast going on hiatus, and actually the H3 crew said that they would no longer work with Ethan and they're standing with Hila. With Ethan then posting that he'd be removing his financial stake so that any continued support benefits Hila and the crew, not him. And now you've got Trisha responding alongside her husband, Moses. And they both have some pretty unique perspectives because as you might know, Trisha hosted the Frenemies podcast, which was huge for a while with Ethan until they had this absolutely massive falling out. And they're actually in-laws now, right? 'Cause Trisha's husband is Hila's brother. And so there was this big public on-screen and private behind the scenes falling out. And yesterday you had Trisha saying that because they're family, they drew the line after the falling out to just never talk about Ethan and Hila in public, right, in the past. Even saying that in the past, she tried to call a truce between them, but received no grace or compassion. And so when she saw the news, she said- - It's hard to talk about. I see a lot of people that were wronged by Ethan, you know, obviously like celebrating, rejoicing, you know, I don't feel that way about it, obviously, because it's, again, it's Moses' family. We also have kids the same age. Like, I couldn't imagine. I hate to say that I felt, like, I just kind of felt relief that maybe it's over when he announced the podcast was over. It just felt like relief. Because you had Trisha claiming that Ethan still spewed lies about her and Moses, and for the last several years, she's just lived in a state of anxiety over them. And in fact, you had Moses saying he has had no contact with Hila for five years, he hasn't spoken to his own sister, and he places a lot of the blame on Ethan. He did everything he could to destroy my family, and he was successful at that, unfortunately. And after that, he did everything he could to destroy his own family, and he was successful at that, too. And when we heard the news, people were wondering, what's their reaction? I want to be a fly on their wall. I'm like, I was in tears because I read the statement from my sister. For example, he and Tricia learned about the affair at the same time, like everyone else did. And even though they had no clue, they said that they were surprised by this infidelity, with Moses saying that he tried to tell Hila multiple times that Ethan repeatedly lied. "I warned her in the past that he's a liar and he lies and, you know, it's okay. I don't expect her to choose her brother over her husband. The amount of lies that exist out there online about me that all come from one source. It's quite unbelievable." And in one instance, he claims that Ethan said that Moses was a combat pilot who killed people, but Moses said he never even graduated from flight speaking out against him. And you had Trisha adding. I think. big thing to note is Ethan blames everybody for his everything. We got blamed. I mean, he blames everyone for anything. If it's us, it's Hasan, it's whoever. I think the biggest thing to take away, especially now we can see Ethan's self-destruction is because of Ethan. And it's always Ethan. But also with this, you've had people looking at the situation, noting, you know, Trisha versus Ethan. There's this long, long history of drama and feuding. Others noting that Trisha and Moses, they have their own list of controversies as well. And so with that online, depending on where you're going, you're seeing very split reactions. With some out there, incredibly sympathetic and supportive of Trisha. But you then have others saying that she and Moses don't have any ground to stand on. And then you also have others out there saying that all parties involved are guilty. But then also with this, you have people noting that Trisha, you know, she's not the first creator who's had a big falling out with Ethan that's commented on this affair. Are you with Hasan who previously did the Leftovers podcast with Ethan before they had their falling out, writing on Twitter, judge me by my enemies. And you then had him adding, it's not a great situation at all. Let's be real. These are, I mean, there are real lives that are going to be ripped apart by Ethan Klein's selfish, narcissistic piece of behavior. Also in the mix, you had Ned Fulmer, the former Try Guys guy that had his cheating scandal sounding off. That appearing to be because when Ned was at the center of his cheating scandal, Ethan slammed him and said, I just hate men who have kids. They put their wife through childbirth. They deliver you two beautiful children. And then you go and cheat on them, bro. F*** that. That is so sad. It's so f***ed up. Right. And that clip actually went viral after people learned about Ethan's cheating scandal and you had people calling him a hypocrite. And that appeared to include Ned with him posting, Ethan Klein can f*** all the way off. Karma's a b***h, huh? And in general, it feels like kind of everyone's been wanting to get their licks in. And all of that is like, this situation isn't over. For one, you got a lot of people wondering what is actually going to happen with the podcast. There's been a lot of talk online about, is the crew going to bring back the podcast? Will Hila be there? Will it involve the other co-hosts on the other podcast that they platform? Do they do that? What does it look like? Can that be successful? But that's going to come down to an audience appetite thing. And then two, there's the Trisha of it all. You're going to be hearing more from Trisha soon because she actually has a memoir that's set to come out next month. And while it was obviously written before she learned about this cheating scandal, she said that it does go into her side of the story with Frenemies and how the podcast ended. So this whole scandal has now inadvertently become one of the biggest book promos you could ask for. But for now, we're going to have to wait to see how things play out. 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And you had them there calling out the government for spreading ugly lies about Alex, keeping them in the dark about this investigation, and shielding the agents who killed him. The federal government went on TV and lied about Alex. They tried to slander his memory to cover up their crime. Not only was it wrong, it was shameful, unfair, and acceptable. It has been a miserable year for our family. Imagine that your child was killed because of the actions of the government, federal government. Imagine learning that your child had been murdered by watching it on TV. No one from the government called us that day. They didn't call us the next day, nor the next, nor the next 275 days. We have not heard anything from the federal government. But what we have been treated to is cruelty. Cruelty from Dan Rosen in the U.S. Attorney's Office. He was killed because of the actions of the federal government. Attorney's Office. refusing to share a single update of any kind. His only words have been, "I can't tell you." Cruelty from the Attorney General, Todd Blanch, who told Congress that this investigation would be handled normally and then has ignored our letter we sent him begging for basic information the law affords us. At every turn, they have ignored us, misled us, and shielded Alex's killers. This is not normal. This is not justice. While this administration, you know, it's just been a series of horror stories, they're absolutely right. Nothing about this is normal. While others have been able to move on with their lives after these protests against the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, Alex Preddy's parents, they're stuck in a living nightmare. Their son was a concerned US citizen who filmed the agents and helped a fellow protester who'd been pushed to the ground. He had a handgun in his waistband that he was legally licensed to carry. And for that, the agents wrestled him to the ground, they pepper sprayed him, and they shot him at least 10 times in the span of five seconds. And as if that wasn't horrific enough on its own, the Trump administration then immediately painted him as some kind of crazy domestic terrorist who meant to harm the agents. And that's despite the video evidence making it crystal clear what actually happened. You had Homeland Security issuing a disgusting statement about his murder, claiming it was a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement. Which by the way, they never fucking retracted. That's still up. And so while Preddy's parents grieved their son, they've also had to deal with these blatant and wildly insulting lies about it. And as you had them emphasizing at the press conference, the federal government refuses to keep them in the loop when it comes to the investigation. According to this couple, Attorney General Blanch, he's just completely ignored them. And Rosen, the US Attorney for Minnesota, only agreed to meet with them in July after they'd been reaching out for months. When he did finally meet with them, he apparently didn't share any basic information. By basic information, I mean, federal officials haven't even shared the identity of the agents who shot their son. Though I will note here, you had ProPublica reporting back in February that the officers under investigation are Jesus Ochoa, a border patrol agent, Raimundo Gutierrez, who works for Customs and Border Protection. With that information apparently coming from a law enforcement official granted anonymity to discuss a case. A continuing criminal investigation. And that is basically all that's been revealed so far, because federal officials have been refusing to cooperate with local authorities in Minnesota. And Minnesota's Attorney General and the local prosecutor's office, they even sued Trump's Department of Justice back in March, accusing federal officials of refusing to share key evidence about this case as well as two other shootings by immigration agents in Minneapolis. Well, it seemed, hey, like there was finally some progress being made back in July when you had Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty saying the federal government had started sharing voluminous evidence into the killings of both Prattie and Renee Good. After actually examining the material from the Minnesota US Attorney's office, she realized some information had been withheld. And so, for example, they conveniently left out the statement that one of the agents who shot Prattie provided to federal investigators. And in response to Moriarty's filing, US prosecutors said that they were not obligated to release further evidence because her office had not yet initiated legal proceedings in the case. Or with the Trump DOJ saying in a statement, "The timing is consistent with how these types of investigations proceed." Many just saying this as them doing their best to cover their asses. And then as far as the response to Prattie's parents' speeches yesterday, you had the Justice Department saying in a statement to Reuters, "Communications with family members, if any, come at a later stage of a case such as indictment, initial appearance, plea, trial, or sentencing." Saying these communications do not typically occur during an investigation. Which is a response to most people that is completely unacceptable. And again, the federal government is acting in a way that should not be normalized. To state the obvious, I'm preaching to the choir, no innocent people should have to be killed by federal agents in the first place. And lying and covering up what's happening on top of that is fucking outrageous. But then jumping from that to other news, we've got to talk about RFK Jr. Because RFK, I guess he saw Donald Trump's bigotry and he was like, "I gotta crank that shit up to 11." Now, despite you know there's really not accountability in this administration, you've got people calling for his job over it. Because in the weeks leading up to the midterms, Trump and several of his most high-profile goons, they've spread out across the country to rally Republicans in several key races. Like Trump making three visits in a month to Texas to try to shore up voters for Ken Paxton against James Tallarico. Or hey, JD Vance campaigning for Mike Watley in North Carolina to maybe stop it from flipping blue. But of course, one of the biggest ones is the race for a Senate seat in Michigan between Representative Mike Rogers and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed. Which I will say, if the polls are being believed, is gearing up to be a very, very tight race. And it could be absolutely pivotal for control over the Senate. And so you've had Trump himself and a number of other Republicans, including his opponent Mike Rogers, taking aim at El-Sayed in a variety of ways. So the most common is attacking his faith as a Muslim, with Trump himself on Sunday calling him a "jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member" and even suggesting he wanted El-Sayed to go through a metal detector before he's allowed to go into the Senate. Which I know most of us were like numb to it at this point, but fucking insane thing for anyone including the President of the United States to say. But it also seemed like the normal, if we could fucking call it that, which is an insane thing to say, racism from this group for the week was not enough because at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, you had Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. taking things to a whole different level. Or you had him immediately jumping on board with targeting El-Sayed's faith and doubling down on accusing him of having ties with the Muslim Brotherhood. Which if you're not familiar is a group that's had several of its chapters designated as terrorist organizations by the federal government. And actually a key thing about this before we move on, El-Sayed has repeatedly and publicly denied any connection to the Muslim Brotherhood and even disavowed them. I've seen Republican politicians saying he has, he won't disavow them on literally videos of him disavowing them. But as far as with RFK, he seemed to be taking a little more open-minded approach than some of his Republican colleagues at first, saying, hey, Muslim religion produced a golden age, right? In which Islamic lands were the center, the foundation for art and literature and science and engineering, and they were highly tolerant and pluralistic and cosmopolitan. Except from there, he immediately takes a turn, arguing at the inception of the Muslim Brotherhood as a political movement in 1928, quote, "created stagnant societies." And then here is where he just goes all in. There's 500 million Arabs in the world and yet they don't produce science, they don't win the Nobel Prize, they don't win the Field Prize, they don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature. So RFK Jr. just goes full send on the bigotry. The backlash, it was fast and it was spicy. Especially because in addition to a number of things, a single little Google search would prove just how wrong he is. Like literally, just last year an Arab man won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of molecular building blocks with spaces large enough that gases and other chemicals can flow through them. Actually, that same guy won the Wolf Prize in Chemistry back in 2018. Also, you've got examples like in 2011, a Yemeni journalist, politician, and human rights activist was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first Arab woman to do so. And in 2005, 1999, 1994, 1988, and 1978, all Arab recipients of Nobel Prizes. Right now, you could go on and on, but you get the idea. RFK appears to be a bigoted piece of shit who is full of shit. So you had just countless people online calling him out, including Dr. Peter Hotez, a professor at the Baylor College of Medicine who specializes in vaccine development and tropical medicine. He actually worked with the late Egyptian-born Arab Nobel Prize winner Ahmed Zewail and responded to RFK's comments by saying that he thinks Ahmed would have disagreed with Kennedy and added, "God rest his soul he didn't have to endure this." And of course, RFK Jr. forgets that it was the Arab scientists of the Middle Ages who kept Aristotle, Hippocrates, Galen alive to hand it down to the Renaissance. He even had calls for RFK to be fired over this with the Council on American-Islamic Relations saying, "Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vile anti-Arab rant is a textbook display of unvarnished racism and bigotry." Saying his sweeping erasure of Arab contributions to humanity is not only maliciously false, but it also fans the flames of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim hate at a time when communities are already vulnerable to bigoted attacks from other public officials nationwide. Saying that standing at a stage and dehumanizing millions of people with, quote, "fabricated white supremacist talking points" is utterly disqualifying for public office. As far as El-Sayed's response to this, we saw a spokesperson for his campaign accusing RFK Jr. of using racially charged comments to stir hostility and anger. Especially considering that Michigan actually has the largest Arab population in the United States, making up just over 2% of total citizens of the state. You had El-Sayed's campaign spokesperson adding, "It's rich to have an anti-scientist come to Michigan to lecture a doctor with two doctoral degrees who has spent his entire career working on public health." And while we haven't yet gotten any comment from RFK Jr. regarding all this, he is slated to serve as a special guest at the "Make Iowa Healthy Again" rally in Des Moines today. And then there's even more we gotta dive into in just a minute, and I'll be right back after a quick break with our sponsor. You know, the first 20 minutes after landing in another country, they are somehow when your phone becomes the most important thing that you own. You need directions, a ride, messages, maybe a confirmation code, basically everything except the camera that you just spent the whole flight using. And that's why I like having today's sponsor, Saley, ready to go before the plane even touches down. 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And again, this multiple paragraph question. A paragraph-long tirade. He blamed Israeli Arabs, the election results, and called it a serious blow to Israeli democracy and demanded that agencies act, quote, "with an iron fist." And I'd say that this was a shocking, crazy development if it wasn't for the fact that Netanyahu has blamed Arabs for everything. Which is also a crazy, horrifying strategy because they make up 20% of Israel's population. And the election showed that with them coming out way more than usual to vote and help the Arab-led parties to secure around 18 to 19 seats, according to exit polls. And that makes them a serious player in getting a coalition government going as a bloc would need 61 seats. Netanyahu claims this was done through blatant bribery and corruption, and even alleged that they have evidence, though the public hasn't seen it yet. And while Israel's Central Elections Committee confirmed that it's reviewing the claims, they earlier noted that there were no signs of systemic tampering. So that ends up being a bad sign for Netanyahu, despite the fact that his bloc looks like it barely has the most votes. Right, and he still needs that clear majority, and he's pushed for a right-wing coalition, but the group under Naftali Bennett has long hated Netanyahu, so that might not happen. Right, and if Gadi Isinkai can convince them or the Arab parties or almost anyone to join forces, they might be able to oust Netanyahu, albeit with a fresh look. But now, like we said would happen, we're in this extremely hypothetical anything-could-happen space, and there's just too many moving parts with experts thinking that there are going to be weeks of negotiations here. And then also in the news, we need to talk about how last year, 21-year-old Navy sailor Angelina Resendez was strangled to death by a fellow sailor in his barracks at Naval Station Norfolk. He then hid her body for days before dumping it, and he pleaded guilty to her murder and is now serving more than 40 years. But you now have this new investigation from The Intercept saying that her case points to a much bigger problem: the military may be undercounting killings like hers by nearly half. Over six years, the Pentagon reported 41 domestic abuse-related homicides by service members. The Intercept identified nearly twice as many, at least 73 cases, almost all of them women. And their key point was if a killing isn't properly recorded, it's as if it never happened, which makes the problem impossible to actually fix. You've got Angie's family saying the Navy failed her. Her mom told The Intercept that she got conflicting, delayed, and false information for a week while she searched for her daughter, who was already dead. And while the Navy says that proper procedures were followed, they admit that several of them need review, and it's since changed some policies. But this isn't over on several fronts, including since her death. Angie's mom's been fighting to force the military to do better. And then finally today we've got to talk about updates with Brazil because it's actually now made its way into the United States. Because after losing the presidential election to Lula and refusing to concede, Flavio Bolsonaro apparently fled Brazil. And now he and his family have reportedly been granted visas to stay in the United States. And this is huge news for a number of reasons, including he's been under investigation for tax evasion, corruption, and notably money laundering in Brazil. And with that, reports say that 10 federal police officers surrounded him outside of his father's house to give him a court order saying he had to surrender his passports and was barred from leaving the country. When this first happened, he was saying he'd never even thought about leaving, claiming that he'd hand over his passports and defend himself against what he saw as a clear attempt to intimidate him. But at some point, maybe because his parliamentary immunity, it went down the drain with his loss, you had sources saying he got scared that he'd find himself in handcuffs within the next week. And so he missed the deadline to give up his passports. And then the next thing you knew was on Tuesday, reports said that he went to Argentina with his wife and daughters, boarded a private plane to Ecuador, and by this morning, he was in Miami. With Lula calling the whole thing shameful, claiming a person who sneaks out of their country must have something to hide, and you had sources saying that Brazilian officials had been worried about him. And warning the US to not let him in, saying that with his legal issues, if he's charged and convicted, he'd be subject to extradition. But also now, on top of whatever trouble we could see there, you also have reports saying that this could add to the growing rift between the United States and Brazil. Because Brazilian officials, they were already accusing the Trump administration of colluding with Bolsonaro and his family to put them back in power. I mean, just this week, you had a Brazilian judge ordering an investigation into a donor network co-founded by JD Vance, alleging it may have helped his campaign. And I also mentioned with you earlier this week, even outside of this election specifically, you've had people calling Trump out for trying to push Latin America further to the right. Even with all that tension growing, before he even got here, you had Trump saying he'd approve of Bolsonaro coming to the US. Or with Trump saying that the Bolsonaros are fine people, and also throwing doubt on the election, which, at this point, is to be expected when, you know, one of his guys don't win. But definitely something we're gonna have to keep our eyes on. But that, my friends, it brings us to the end of your Wednesday Philip DeFranco show. Thank you for being a part of another daily dive into the news. Oh my god, only three more shows until we know what happens on the election, and then we see whatever the hell happens from that. But hey, in the meantime, if you want to support the show, hit us with a like. If you're not subscribed, do that. PhilipDeFranco.com. 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