The Lindsay Clancy Trial Is Splitting The Country & Exposing Youtube's Paid AI News Problem

This fake AI news host scandal that almost nobody's talking about, it is even bigger than you think, and it's about to get worse. This poblatory clipboard scandal is crazy, and it just changed everything. What's going on with the Lindsay Clancy trial and jury? And you've got government housing tenants who just found out that their homes have been quietly turned into surveillance devices. 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. Every day I go online, I'm just plastered with stuff that makes me go, "Oh, so everything's just bad and fake." And now, the newest thing are YouTube Ghost Creators. Because you've got a shadowy network of YouTube channels that have been exposed secretly paying actors to pretend to be political news hosts, so they can read AI's slop scripts to spread mega bullshit. That's what you just had semen for revealing in this bombshell new report by author Max Taney, who discovered a creepy network of videos that were strategically gaming the YouTube algorithm to make misleading information and outright lies go super viral. Right, just millions upon millions of views in these videos, they basically play the mega hits. They cover hot button political issues, we click baity titles and content, and don't get on some of the most well-known leaders in the Democratic Party, like AOCs or a Mamdani, Gavin Newsom, Bernie Sanders, and more. I want to tell you about a project that was supposed to be proof. Proof that a new mayor could solve the housing crisis. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezza's engagement is just over. Years of wearing the ring, no wedding done. Gavin Newsom has spent years telling you he is the adult in the room on corruption. And because of the cohesive ideologies across these channels, you might think naturally, "Oh, okay, this is maybe a midterms media strategy by some people who are very passionate about mag. They want to help the Republicans win elections." And while they're for sure, coordinating networks like that, that are doing that day in, day out, what we're dealing with here, it appears to be engagement junkies. Where people who really couldn't give a damn about politics, but will apparently sell their souls for a paycheck. Right, so you've got an alarming number of people consuming trash content that they have no ideas being produced for virality and cash, but bad actors trying to capitalize on the growing appetite for online news. So with this, you have the author of the semifore article explaining, "If you're scrolling all day long, you're gonna be confronted by content being made by strangers. The platforms want you to see stuff like this." So people are desensitized to seeing a new person popping up in their feed, talking about something, essentially. This allows space for accounts like these ghost creator accounts to go viral. Anyway, I'm panning that this was first brought to his attention by Riddens AI, which tracks AI-made content at scale. Right, and they told him that they discovered this network of about a dozen accounts using a new format, real people posing as hosts to read AI-generated scripts. And so all of these accounts would follow the same general template. You got a single host, doing a straight-to-camera monologue, recap and current events with generic viral, and those same three in sufferable piano chords. And you had a few different players here. You've got a guy called Omar, who has at least three different accounts, and there's William, reports news, Julian, news reports. He also had Victoria Foster, and there are also a few others. But those are the big players, and like Omar, a few of them have more than one account. But also I'll say it looks like some of the other accounts were either scrubbed, deleted, or removed by YouTube since the semifore article was written. And again, while the hosts of these videos are human actors, it's pretty fucking obvious the scripts are generator at least aided by LLMS. All of these videos they follow very predictable format and use the same chat GPT-esque expressions over and over. That's not a rounding error. That's a crater. That's talent. That's them telling you where they think the next 20 years of American money is going to live. They'll also almost always do intros to follow a few different intro formulas, all of which have classic AI trademarks, and sometimes they're the phrasing's even identical. Picture a highway in California. Picture a woman on the BX-19 in the South Bronx, early morning. Picture a baby boy on a tiny Greek island called Nisiris. Also, they'll regularly start off a story with anecdotes or super basic information about a major person and use the same general language and framing, like these ones about AOC. So just imagine this with me. It's the spring of 2018. A 28-year-old woman is bartending at a taco place in Manhattan. It's June 2018, a primary night in New York. A 28-year-old bartender from the Bronx. Imagine this with me. It's 2016, and a young woman is pulling shots behind a bar in the Bronx. Hips in the jar, working a double. And then as you can see, it seems pretty clear. These people are reading scripts that they didn't write. Sometimes about topics they seem to really not know much about. They're often stumbling over words and phrases, struggling to pronounce certain names or just saying things wrong. Right now, top Democrats are meeting down over the New York Times. She set the finish line on national television, telling CNN's Jack Tapper. Zoran Mondani's. You know, good old Jack Tapper and Mayor Man Danny. And don't you just hate it when the Democrats meet down? And then in addition to the general structure, these accounts just recycle the same topics. And notably, they weren't initially all right leaning. One channel called Bellman's Talk Show launches a minus touch style account focused on bashing Trump. But apparently progressive content just wasn't a hit. So after weeks of being dormant, the same man started pushing the same right-wing topics on a pro-Trump channel called New York Reports. Or which has actually been taken down from YouTube, but also is still up on TikTok. But also the connections between these channels, it runs deeper than just content. Right, many of them also have bios with very similar phrasing and most were started in the spring of this year. And it's as some have found even more evidence linking them together. Apparently, the bio, for example, for William reports news channel, that used to say that he was married to the person behind Victoria Foster's account in the two regularly posted videos as collaborations. Also, William's Linktree randomly linked to a film in his talk show. Omar is inexplicably appeared on multiple videos on the Julian News report channel. And some accounts even appear to have swapped personalities. Right, in one video caption, the host Julian reports also referred to himself as Omar. Or which brings us to the whole paid actors of it all. Ridd and Sayai, the company that brought all this to Semaphore, found very strong evidence that these hosts are paid spokespeople. And by very strong, I mean, the guy who goes by Omar on YouTube literally advertises his hosting services on Fiverr, bragging about his Australian accent. But also his name on Fiverr is in Omar. It's Korean maze, a fact that he openly acknowledged to Semaphore. And the host for William reports news channel is actually an actor by the name of Frank George who has his own YouTube channel with commercials that he's made. And as a statement to Semaphore, George confirmed that he was being paid to make the video segment he went through a broker, Cascans. And so all of that, it brings us to the question of, well, who the hell is behind all this? And what it appears that it started with a former University of Chicago student Caleb Chan, who runs the YouTube channel Cascans. And that's actually its own successful business in a tech channel with more than 360,000 subscribers. You would Chan basically like, "Hey, I'm good at going viral, so why don't I create channels for other people and help them go viral?" And so the platform Viralox was born. And to the post earlier this year, he said that he used AI plus systems, heavy emphasis on the AI part, to create an average of two new channels per day. There was work of making dumb shit go viral, Chan discovered very concerning things about the YouTube algo. Things like, he said on Twitter that he's learned if 26 accounts post the same hashtag within 10 minutes, the algorithm thinks it's breaking news and pushes everything to trending. With and then sharing this chilling conclusion, manufacturing news is greater than reporting news. And he also didn't appear bothered by YouTube takedowns or spam accounts, even saying at one point that he'd lost 95% of his channels but didn't care because he understood YouTube so well that it didn't actually matter if he had to start from scratch. But also, in a statement to Semaphore, Chan painted a totally different picture of the company, reclaiming that it was an independent digital media publisher with an extensive team and saying that he created it to produce in-depth commentary, news explainers, and current affairs analysis. We don't produce content on behalf of political campaigns, packs, ideological organizations, or paid clients, nor do we accept paid political sponsorships. Also, notably here, Chan said that Viralox is not associated with New York reports, even though that channel follows the exact same format and uses the same phrasing and everything. And also, despite his claim that the company does not produce content for paid clients, Semaphore found a tweet from last month where he openly said that he was being paid to work for a controversial AI startup called Clually, breaking about how his ghost writer generated billions of views for the company. And last year, he also said that his company had released 2,500 organic videos every week for businesses. Now, that said, it doesn't seem like these political videos are for a client, though it remains unclear. Right, Semaphore is reporting, makes it seem like this is a side hustle that just generates revenue for Viralox itself. But still, Chan's clear contradictions appear to just emphasize how shady this whole thing is. And ultimately, it appeared that Chan wouldn't answer more detailed questions in a few days after Semaphore reached out, the company took down its website. And while with all this, you know, obviously misinformation on the internet is not a new concept, and neither is making sensational claims just for the sake of going viral. But as Semaphore has tiny pointed out, what is new and frightening about this ghost writer situation is that apparent scale and ease provided by a combination of AI tools, freelance platforms, and cheap digital production. And because of those tools, I mean, it's so easy to just pump out content lightening fast at an enormous scale. Some of these videos are literally getting more engagement than major established news organizations like The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and yes, Semaphore itself. And while I am all for, in the outlets beaten out the mainstream, it also matters the quality and accuracy of the content. Right, there is a lot of danger in the world, where AI slop outperforms traditional media. There is no quality control for this type of stuff. The goal is to go viral and reach a lot of people so that, you know, the company can make a lot of money. There is no standards for fact-checking, and oftentimes, a lot of these videos contained information that was old or garbled or facts that just weren't quite right. And it didn't really matter. And you were tiny also warning that this kind of growth-hacking content, it's only going to become more and more prevalent and arguing that Chan's network. It just offers a tiny glimpse of what may be to come as campaigns and superpacts with access to floods and money and data professionalize those tools. Right, we've got news to a world where you might see information from a Fox News or a Candice Owens or, you know, one of the talking heads that is at least to some degree held accountable. Or rather, the way I should put it, there is the prospect of that person or organization being held accountable. But in this rapidly emerging AI era, this is a completely different ball game. Ghost networks where we don't know what the goal or the motive is can pop in and out of existence, manipulating and misinforming millions of people with very little repercussions. Dangerous, really, regardless of the motive, as long as you get to the same end result, but also very dangerous if someone uses this with that intended purpose outside of just making money. So really, there's never been a better time to not only have your own kind of trusted creators and organizations, but push those two people you know. Because especially in a world where people are more and more getting their information on short-form content, where you're seeing lots of people you've never seen before saying things that you may or may not agree with. It is primed from manipulation and exploitation and to go an extra step. I think that is also why we are seeing a lot of the guardrails being taken off in the AI and tech space. I believe that there are a lot of bad actors out there that know they can get away with even more if there's chaos. If there is a distrust, if everyone feels like they're drowning in misinformation, and no one has a life raft. It honestly, I don't even care if it's me. This is just so important for what is to come. Right, and then there's actually more we can dive into in just a minute, but first, a quick word from today's sponsor. For those of us still working on something for over a year and you still don't have a website up, I need you to ask yourself this. 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And while Clancy isn't actually denying that she killed her kids, she did plead not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility or by insanity. And so her trials have been focused on our mental health at the time that the murders were committed. Or with her lawyers claiming that she was suffering from bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis and that allegedly caused her to, your voice is telling her to kill the children and herself. And you've had some of the witnesses that the defense is called supporting that with one psychiatrist saying, "She was clearly psychotic on that day. She felt that her body was taken over by an external force where she was in a legal state. And did not have control of her own body. It was almost like she was a puppet and someone else was pulling the strings." But then you have the prosecution arguing that while Clancy was clearly suffering, she wasn't actually psychotic and the murders were intentional. And so with that, you had other psychiatrists doubting the voices that Clancy claims to have heard. The way she described these is they were not auditory hallucinations. Instead, they were her own thoughts. They were intrusive and unwelcome, but they were not auditory hallucinations. Also, it odds in the case was the care that Clancy received when she can help for her postpartum mental health. Or because in the four months leading up to the deaths of her kids, she was given 13 psychiatric medications for multiple providers. So her defense argues that these prescriptions were disjointed and poorly managed and Clancy and her now ex-husband even sued over this. Also, I'll say a key thing with this case is that due to her plea, even if she ends up being found not guilty, she doesn't actually walk out of there a totally free woman. That would mean she'd be committed to a state mental health facility likely the one she's already been in indefinitely. But then with all this, another aspect of the situation is that this case has actually divided the whole country. If you look online, there are drastically different reactions and camps out there. And it's led to some creating conspiracies, others wearing pink outside of the courthouse to express sympathy for Clancy and the illness that she struggled with using it as an opportunity to shine a light on postpartum psychosis and depression. For many of them or mothers who say they understand how awful these illnesses are and believe that she deserve better help. And that's why you've seen people like this one media professor saying that there's been an empathetic tone online. And saying, you're seeing more of an attempt to try to understand why she did what she did, which isn't typical in true crime. Like I said, that's just one camp. There are plenty of other people out there that say, "Hey, this situation's more black and white." Saying it's simple. She may have suffered, but Clancy killed her kid. She shouldn't get sympathy. There should just be punishment. And so with people so divided and all over the place out in the wild, right in the public, it's then not that surprising to learn that the jury's been deadlocked for days. So that's why you saw on both Tuesday and Wednesday that delivered an out to the judge explaining that after hours and hours of deliberation, they remained unable to come to a unanimous decision. Which then led to yesterday that judge reading the jurors to E. Rodriguez instructions a gay, the dynamite chart. And that's essentially designed to encourage them to reach a consensus and it reads in part. - The verdict to which a jury agrees must be their own, the result of their own convictions, and not a mere acquiescence in the conclusions of their fellow jurors. You should consider that it is desirable that the case be decided and that you have been selected in the same manner and from the same source from which any future jury would be. There is no reason to suppose that the case will ever be submitted to 12 persons more intelligent, more impartial, or more competent to decide it that more or clear evidence will be produced. And with this in mind, it's your duty to decide the case if you can do it conscientiously. - With that said, that state bed generally causes jurors and the minority to feel pressured into changing their position and joining them in court. And actually because it's intended to force a decision, it's kind of controversial in Massachusetts where the strut was taking place to even revise the language to make it less coercive. But it seems like I charge didn't do much because today the judge had to further instruct the jury unreasonable doubt before sending them back to deliberations. But also, Clancy's lawyer is not happy claiming that there's one juror who's the holdout and abandoning that the juror be removed. - There's one juror who refuses to listen to the law that you've given him or her unreasonable doubt. - But as an alley with the judge saying that it felt improper to decide with one side of the jury over another. But with this deadlock, there's a ton of speculation as to whether or not the judge will declare a mistrial and what that would even look like. As well as, if there is a mistrial, Clancy's lawyer Kevin Reddington said that they'd likely take at least six months to a year. And it's been reported that it's likely that the prosecution would move to retrior. She'd remain institutionalized through the whole process. So then also you have experts saying that if the current jury does end up speaking publicly and they reveal that they were close to acquitting Clancy, the prosecution might end up actually reconsidering if they want to go through all this again. And that's also as you've had Clancy's lawyer saying that he doesn't think that you could emotionally handle another trial. But for now, we're gonna have to wait to see how this plays out. And of course, in the meantime, I'd love to know where do you fall in this, especially if you've been keeping track. But then jumping from that to other news, we've got to talk about this insane Pablo Torre Clipper story because a lot of people don't listen to just how huge this thing really is. Because the NBA just slapped the Clippers with the largest punishment in league history over this quiet Leonard Salary Cap dodging scandal. And while you've got a lot of losers in this situation, the huge winner here is Pablo Torre. Because people are gonna forget like they do, but people were shitting on this guy's name, they were crappin' on independent media. But here we are after a year-long investigation by the NBA coming to a conclusion. Finding that the Clippers tried to go around league salary cap rules and lined Leonard's pockets with a bunch of extra cash using some shady methods. Specifically, the investigation found that Leonard, through his uncle, pressured the Clippers' organization to quote, "assist him in obtaining off-court income opportunities successfully obtaining those opportunities and failing to reimburse payments by the Clippers for personal expenses." And so reportedly, the Clippers set up secret endorsement deals with four different companies for Leonard. Asperation, going-go wireless, dactronics, and locked in insurance. And Asperation was the really big one. We're talking about a $28 million contract that was described as a no-show contract. So that meant that Leonard was paid, and he really didn't have to do anything. Or with a report signing audio from an aspiration employee who said that the deal was made for the express purpose of circumventing the NBA's salary cap rules. And that's on top of the Clippers also reportedly arranging $18 million worth of deals with the other three companies. All three of which were described as being outside the norm for a number of reasons. Right, like their quick turnaround, the fact that none of them were publicly announced or asked really for anything of Leonard to do and exchange for the millions of dollars. And then there's the fact that none of these companies have given an endorsement like this before or since. Now also a key thing with these deals is that the Clippers organization was reportedly seeking these companies out to sponsor Leonard and then committing to deals of their own if the companies agree. And so in Asperation's case, you had them reportedly saying that they would not sign the deal for Leonard unless the Clippers also brought business back to Asperation. And then boom, there was a contract for sustainability services for another venue owned by Steve Bomber, the Clippers owner. You then had something similar with an electronics case with a report finding that the company signed the contract for Leonard in exchange for more business from the Clippers organization. Also on top of that, investigators found hundreds of instances of the team paying for Leonard's personal air and ground travel, accommodation, gifts and tickets without then taking the cost out of his paycheck or which is very, very against the rules. You know, the report coming to the conclusion that, hey, they found a pattern of misconduct and rule violations and that while there could still be more information to come, there's already more than enough here to bring down the hammer. And that is exactly what you saw play out last night. They announced the most severe punishment in league history. But the Clippers five first round draft picks between 2029 and 2333. Those have been stripped, which is also important because they already traded away their first round picks for 2027 and 2028. They also have to pay a $30 million fine. Steve Bommer, he's been suspended from all league and team activities for a year along with a couple other execs involved getting suspended. And the team, they're gonna be subject to a compliance in monitoring program for five years and then as far as Leonard himself, he was fined $700,000. Or with the report saying that he failed to report improper solicitations for off-court income opportunities. But ultimately, Kauai Leonard gets to keep his job while his uncle, who is the one accused of doing most of the legwork here, he was fired earlier this year and he's not allowed to do any business for the next five. So now with all this, you've seen a number of different reactions. And we'll start with a huge denial from the Clippers. But they're saying this whole thing's bullshit and that they reject the NBA's findings and plan to challenge them through all avenues possible. Though there's actually not many, there really isn't an appeals or arbitration process for these kinds of things. Also, as far as Kauai Leonard, he's saying that he had no idea what was going on with his statement reading. I accept full responsibility for lapses and judgment by people within my inner circle and in regard to distraction, the situation has caused the fans and my family. I entered into my contract with the Clippers as well as the agreements and question and good faith, fully committed to fulfilling my obligations and with no knowledge of any intent on anyone's part to circumvent the salary cap. And then, as I mentioned, there is the completely warranted I told you so from Pulitzer Prize winning sports journalist Pablo Torrey. Or because Pablo, he first highlighted Leonard's sketchy money situation nearly a year ago to the day on his podcast, Pablo Torrey finds out, which by the way, he's just a fantastic listen. Or but his reporting, it focused on the $28 million aspiration deal and he said at the time, which is that on that list of creditors up near the top above the Boston Red Sox, is an LLC, a tiny little company that aspiration owes $7 million. And that LLC's name, David, is what? A K-L2 Aspire LLC. And what is it list there under manager or member name? - Quylennard. - Whose NBA jersey number, just the case. that connect all of the dots here happens to be what? - Number two. - What I started doing was scour the internet for any mentions of aspiration. Any appearances, tweets, quotes, Instagram posts, anything by Kawaii Leonard endorsing aspiration. But the grand total number of times that I found Kawaii Leonard ever publicly referencing aspiration. Zero times. Kawaii Leonard mentioned aspiration. - And a big thing that you should understand here is that when that video first went out, Pablo initially faced a ton of backlash from everyone, including major names in basketball. People including Mark Cuban, who used to be the majority owner of the Dallas Mavericks. He posted on Twitter at the time. As much as I wish they circumvented the salary cap, first Steve isn't that dumb. If he did try to feed KO money, knowing what was at stake for him personally in his team, do you think he would let the company go bankrupt? Knowing all creditors would be visible to the world and saying the idea that the default is bomber is the bad guy is going to backfire on. And then you saw the backlash ramping up even further when ESPN posted an article last month saying that their sources told them that the NBA didn't have any evidence of money being funneled to Leonard through sponsorships. Except obviously that was either a little premature and ultimately incorrect. Or there's a bigger question of can certain journalists and certain outlets be trusted? Whether it be for more nefarious reasons, whether it be something that resembles amateurishness, whether it be an aspect of access journalism. And you even had some saying that report it was a leak from the clippers to try and gain ground in the PR war. And so now one of the things that you're seeing is that a whole bunch of people are eating their words and that includes Mark Cuban who took to Twitter with a simple congrats Pablo. And for his part, you would Pablo go in live last night to discuss this news on a show, breaking down the executive summary of the report and responding to the whole thing. But maybe one of the biggest things that he said, he said at the beginning. The reason we've been reporting it is because we think this story is fundamentally important. We think it's important to bring people what is not being told to them otherwise by some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in America who happen to control some of the most important institutions in America as in sports. We're doing a story about accountability. We're doing a story in which people, such as the source alluded to here who we heard as source number one on September 3rd, 2025, took risks to talk about. Then also you would Pablo saying there is more to comment actually, he said that he was expecting more here. Like maybe a bigger fine or even maybe Steve Balmer losing the team. Because for Balmer, $30 million finds nothing. I had to double check this. But Balmer brings in $300 million a year just from his Microsoft dividends. And that is completely separate from the value of the stock or any of the other stuff that he owns. And again, this isn't done in a number of ways. We're also looking at an SEC investigation and a dactronics for their involvement in this shit show or the company's CFO saying that they've received requests for information and they quote, take these requests seriously and they're cooperating. Also, there's quite a lot of straight-up through honor actors that was put on hold depending on the outcome of the MBA's investigation. And then there's a larger question now that is this happening in other places in the league. And if so, are they about to be exposed? It's ultimately we're gonna have to keep an eye on the situation, but huge news, not just the MBA and fans and players, but also just the world of business, accountability, power, and independent media. And then there's where we gotta dive into in just a minute, but first, a little self promo. If you are in or near San Francisco, Phoenix and Denver, not this, but next weekend, I love to see a beautiful face. Because me and my buddy Alex Proman, we're on a live tour of the United States right now, and that's what we're gonna be. We're coming off four fantastic shows. It's been so awesome. And you can get tickets right now at crashingouttour.com and I recommend sooner than later because some places that are even further down the line, they're already selling. Chicago, it's already sold out. Yeah, top link in the description, top link in the comments, crashingouttour.com, get your tickets. And also as a little side thing, the last two shows, we did kind of this random run of shirts that ended up selling out. And so I'll have 'em up on beautifulbastard.com for like maybe a week or so. And so if you wanna snag yourself and even bootlickers get stomped tea, or that you may not fuck with politics, but politics will fuck with you big text tea. All that beautifulbastard.com. But then, Devin, right back into the news, let's close out today's show, with some more news you need to know, and quickly form. Starting with the fact that residents and a government housing authority and new Hampshire, they've been forced to give the state thousands of data points about what goes on in their house every single day. Right, and that's because back in 2024, the Concord Housing and Redevelopment Authority started installing minute sensors into their units. Which if you don't know, like I didn't know before this, those are sensors that they look like smoke alarms that attach to your ceiling, and it's actually a part of what they do. So the housing authority, presenting them as a way to make sure that tenants were not smoking in houses. But what the residents say they didn't mention was that on top of that, they also track things like decibel levels and the amount of Bluetooth signals or mobile devices. They can even be used as motion detectors. And that data can be used to determine how many people are in the house, or what they're doing at any given time. Right, because they're tracking that stuff minute by minute, literally every 60 seconds. And as it turns out, minute devices are usually marketed to Airbnb hosts as a way to make sure that guests aren't smoking or having parties. The company CEO even says that less than five percent of the devices they sell go to long-term residences. But in this case, there being used on people long-term and so residents are worried that they're building a data trail of things like when they sleep, how many people they have over, even what they're doing in their bedroom, all without their consent. Right, because when the devices were installed, they were forced to sign lease addendums with no opt-out option. And so when they figured out how much the sensors could do, they said they were dumbfounded, saying they might as well just open their doors and let everybody in to see what they're doing 24 hours a day. And so then after years of feeling like this, they called the ACLU. And so now there's a class action lawsuit against the housing authority to get the sensors taken out. With the argument being that this is a violation of their privacy rights, comparing the whole situation to a continuous, warrantless government search. And in addition to those concerns, you have other lawyers saying, hey, what about the data possibly being used by stalkers, employers, or anybody else who makes a public records request to get insight into the resident's daily routine? So they're also looking at any data that's been collected already to get deleted. Yeah, just some crazy news to see is, obviously, there's been a lot of focus on flock cameras out in public, but people are even having to worry about what's happening inside of their own homes. And then for your last story today, we should talk about Leon Black. Because earlier this summer, you would Leon Black walking out early on his talks with the House Oversight Committee investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case, refusing to answer questions. And well, now he's just decided not to show up altogether. And on top of that, he filed a lawsuit hours before he was set to meet with them. Right with him claiming that they don't actually have the authority to enforce the subpoenas that they filed trying to get more information about his NDAs with Epstein. Because Black, he was connected to Epstein for years of allegedly paying him around $180 million throughout the relationship. And there are several NDAs between them that Epstein survivors themselves say, underscore why Congress must scrutinize the agreements in his possession in a term in whether they shed light on his relationship with Epstein. And that's exactly what this committee expected to get into today, but Black's legal team, they're arguing that complying with the subpoenas would expose women who have bargained for confidentiality in this whole situation. But so the argument is that this is actually protecting women and adding that giving up more details about the NDAs would leave them with no way to protect themselves or their privacy. And then they also claim that the committee's dealings with Black have turned into a phishing expedition that's more about destroying their client than it is about uncovering the truth about Epstein. But what you're seeing from members of the committee is them saying that this lawsuit is a laughable way for Black to hold the process up. Right, saying at this point, it's time to start the process of holding him in contempt. Which notably is something James Comer who's leading the committee had already threatened Black with before. And so now that he didn't show up, which by the way is a subpoena violation, Comer said that they would be discussing that option further during today's talk. And if they do go through with that, they're gonna have to go through the house and then it would fall in the Justice Department. So that my friend, beautiful bastard is the end of your Thursday show though. Somehow it's keeping to do with the end here. One, next week is Labor Day. So I'm not sure if there's gonna be a Monday show. But the team has the day off. I might have something that's like a special release that's ready in time. Not sure. I also might do a live stream. I'm feeling it out. So hey, if you're not already, make sure you're subscribed to this channel with all notifications turned on. And or you're part of the secret text line. 813-213-4423. So I'll give it a way. Some of you know why it is so beneficial to be on that text line. But also I might just enjoy the long weekend with my family since I'm back on tour the week after. Yeah, just wanted to give you a heads up. Thank you for watching. I love you faces and I'll see you right back here Tuesday. At the latest.