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It was a split screen Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill.
One eye on the markets. The other eye on the Senate testimony of U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
«Do you think your remarks will alter the markets in any way?» yours truly asked Greer as he walked to the hearing room in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
«I’m just going to respond to the senators. Be candid as I can be,» replied Greer.
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The public has heard a lot about tariffs from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
They’ve heard a lot about tariffs from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
They’ve heard even more about tariffs from White House advisor Peter Navarro.
But until Tuesday morning, there was little said about tariffs from the man in charge of the administration’s trade policy: Jamieson Greer.
All eyes were on two things Tuesday morning — the stock market and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. (AP/Getty Images)
«The president’s strategy is already bearing fruit,» Greer testified. «Nearly 50 countries have approached me personally to discuss the president’s new policy and explore how to achieve reciprocity.»
Democrats were dubious about Greer’s suggestion. Yes, nations may be willing to negotiate. But carving out sophisticated trade agreements with nations just sanctioned by the U.S. takes time.
«You’re telling us you have nearly 50 countries coming to you, approaching you to enter into negotiation, and you think that you can do that overnight?» asked Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev. «You’re pretty superhuman here, if that’s the case.»
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Greer tangled with Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.
«Even if inflation hits Americans’ pocketbooks at 10% because of these tariffs, then the Trump administration is still going to go charging ahead?» asked Hassan.
«Senator, your hypotheticals are not consistent with the history we have seen with tariffs,» Greer replied.
Greer got the third degree from members of Congress on both sides of the political aisle. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
«My hypotheticals are based on the fact that a lot of Americans are looking at their 401(k)’s today and wondering how much of a lifestyle change they are going to have to have or whether they’re going to be able to retire when they plan to,» Hassan shot back. «This has been a haphazard, incompetent effort. And it’s showing.»
After rough showings, the markets actually shot up at the opening bell Tuesday before Greer spoke. It didn’t appear that anything Greer told senators resonated positively or negatively on Wall Street. But lawmakers were well attuned to the market fluctuations.
Especially as they started to hear from constituents.
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Outside the hearing room, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., offered one of his signature Bayou homilies to characterize the unfolding trade war.
«God created the world. But everything else is made in China,» said Kennedy.
«But senator, isn’t the bigger issue here the question of the uncertainty in the markets and rattling around?» I asked Kennedy.
«Well, there’s always uncertainty,» answered Kennedy.
«But this is a different type of uncertainty, though, Senator,» I countered.
«Is it going to have to have an impact on your capital markets? Well, yes. Duh. And it’s not fun. It’s very, very painful. Whether this will have a happy ending or a sad ending depends in large part what President Trump does next,» said Kennedy.
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., acknowledged the fate of the market lies largely in the hands of President Trump and whatever his administration does next. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
And that’s the key to the entire enterprise. It doesn’t matter what Lutnick does. Or Bessent. Or Navarro. And not Greer. For better or worse, this is President Trump’s baby. Only he can move markets. And potentially trade deals. And that’s certainly what unfolded in recent days.
Democrats — and some Republicans — excoriated the president for unilaterally imposing the tariffs. Lawmakers asked the reasoning for imposing the tariffs. And they argued that the tariffs should have been an issue which came to Capitol Hill.
«Where was the consultation with Congress about this? Where is the homework? You know, Greek and Roman letters thrown on a plaque doesn’t mean a strategy that you’ve informed Congress on,» Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee, asked. «And part of the question is, where’s the homework done by the administration to not misconstrue the authority that was given?»
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Cantwell may not have received a sufficient answer from the Trump administration on the rationale. But Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., answered the other part of the question about why the President cut Congress out of the loop.
«Let’s not pretend that this is anything other than the president exercising the statutory authority Congress has given him for decades,» said Hawley. «Because Congress didn’t want to do tariffs, they didn’t want to do trade, it was too hot. They wanted the president to hold the hot potato. So now you’ve got a President who’s happy to do that.»
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution declares that Congress has the «Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.»
«Let’s not pretend that this is anything other than the president exercising the statutory authority Congress has given him for decades,» Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said of Trump’s imposition of tariffs. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative says the U.S. is a signatory to more than 14 total trade pacts. Congress has ratified several of those in recent years. That includes the USMCA. That’s a trade pact President Trump pushed – alongside former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in 2020 for the U.S., Mexico and Canada. That deal replaced NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, approved by Congress in 1993. Congress also greenlighted «CAFTA, the Central American Free Trade Agreement, in 2005.
So, Congress has engaged in trade somewhat in recent decades. But maybe not as much as it should have.
Greer appeared for a second time on Capitol Hill Wednesday, testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee.
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«Any deal that you do, are you going to bring that to Congress for a vote?» asked Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash.,
«We’ll do what the law requires. Some of it’s consultation. Some requires a vote. So we’ll follow the law,» replied Greer.
But DelBene pressed Greer on the president using emergency powers on the tariffs. She quoted from the statute.
Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., pressed Greer on the Trump administration’s leveraging of executive powers. (Reuters)
«It states, ‘The President, in every possible instance, shall consult with Congress before exercising any powers,’» said DelBene. «That didn’t happen.»
Greer said he called Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., and the top Democrat on the panel, Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass.
«I argue that we did not have that consultation,» said DelBene, who sits on the trade subcommittee.
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But less than two hours later — with Greer still testifying — President Trump announced he was now pausing most tariffs for three months. But still imposing steep tariffs on China.
Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., was apoplectic.
«He announced it on a tweet?» an incredulous Horsford asked of Greer. «WTF? Who’s in charge?»
Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., appeared beyond furious with the rollout of Trump’s tariff plan. (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Congressional Black Caucus Foundation)
«The president of United States is in charge,» Greer said.
«And what do you know about those details?» countered Horsford. «It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you.»
Horsford later asked if what the President executed was «market manipulation.» Greer said it wasn’t.
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So, when the hearing adjourned, yours truly and Nikole Killion of CBS pursued Greer to get more clarity on the president’s new strategy.
«Can you explain why you were caught flat-footed about the change in the trade policy? Were you aware of any of this?» I asked Greer before he stepped into an anteroom.
We resumed the quest in the hall.
«Were you not told about this?» I asked.
«Did you know before your testimony?» added Killion.
«I’ll just refer you to my testimony,» said Greer.
«Your testimony did not reflect what it was implemented during the hearing,» I followed up.
«I’ll just refer you to my testimony,» Greer repeated.
«But that’s inconsistent with the decision of the president,» I said.
I tried to get a few answers out of Greer after one of his hearings. He remained fairly mum on most of what he was asked. (FOX)
An aide to Greer then intervened.
«I think the ambassador was extremely clear in his testimony about what was going on, and the president could make the choice,» the aide interjected.
«Explain why you don’t think that this was market manipulation. You said it wasn’t,» I followed up.
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«Were you aware that there would be a pause before you came here to Capitol Hill? Yes or no? Yes or No, sir?» Killion continued.
Greer then disappeared down a winding staircase in the Longworth House Office Building.
Let’s shift back to the Senate hearing on Tuesday with Greer.
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., who faces a potential uphill battle for re-election next year, was more blunt in his questioning of Greer, asking, «Whose throat do I get to choke if this proves to be wrong?» (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., could face a competitive re-election bid next year. He asked a pointed question to Greer.
«Whose throat do I get to choke if this proves to be wrong?» Tillis asked.
«Well, Senator, you can certainly always talk to me,» replied Greer.
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«So, if you own this decision, I’ll look to you to figure out if we’re going to be successful,» said Tillis. «If you don’t own the decision, I’m just trying to figure out who’s throat I get to choke if it’s wrong.»
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Trump anunció el cierre del espacio aéreo de Venezuela y el gobierno de Maduro respondió con una dura carta
El gobierno de Nicolás Maduro emitió un comunicado en el que “denuncia y condena la amenaza colonialista” que —según afirma— intenta afectar la soberanía del país sobre su espacio aéreo.
El mensaje de Venezuela fue difundido este sábado como respuesta al anuncio hecho por el presidente Donald Trump a través de Truth Social.
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“A todas las aerolíneas, pilotos, narcotraficantes y traficantes de personas: les rogamos que consideren que el espacio aéreo sobre Venezuela y sus alrededores permanecerá cerrado en su totalidad“, manifestó el mandatario estadounidense.
El aviso llegó en medio de un fuerte despliegue militar estadounidense en el Caribe, que incluye al portaaviones más grande del mundo, el USS Gerald R. Ford, y más de una decena de barcos, aviones de combate y 12.000 efectivos. El objetivo declarado: combatir a las organizaciones de narcotráfico que operan bajo la protección del régimen chavista.
La advertencia de Donald Trump llegó en medio de un fuerte despliegue militar estadounidense en el Caribe. (Foto: Reuters)
Como respuesta, el gobierno venezolano señaló que las declaraciones del presidente de Estados Unidos constituyen “una agresión extravagante, ilegal e injustificada” contra el pueblo.
En el documento, Venezuela repudia “con absoluta contundencia” la intención de Washington de “aplicar extraterritorialmente su jurisdicción” y acusa a EE.UU. de intentar “dar órdenes y amenazar la soberanía del espacio aéreo nacional, la integridad territorial y la seguridad aeronáutica”.
De igual forma, considera que este tipo de declaraciones representa “un acto hostil, unilateral y arbitrario, incompatible con los principios elementales del Derecho Internacional”. También sostiene que estas acciones representan “una política permanente de agresión” con “pretensiones coloniales” sobre América Latina y el Caribe.
El comunicado asegura que el anuncio de Trump constituye “una amenaza explícita de uso de la fuerza”, según lo establecido por la Carta de las Naciones Unidas. El aviso llegó en medio de un fuerte despliegue militar estadounidense en el Caribe, que incluye al portaaviones más grande del mundo, el USS Gerald R. Ford, y más de una decena de barcos, aviones de combate y 12.000 efectivos. (AP foto/John Clark)
Además, el gobierno de Nicolás Maduro afirma que el intento de intimidación viola el Artículo 1 de la Carta de la ONU, que consagra la paz y la seguridad internacionales. “Venezuela exige respeto irrestricto a su espacio aéreo, protegido por la OACI y por el Convenio de Chicago de 1944″, cuyo Artículo 1 reconoce la ”soberanía exclusiva y absoluta» sobre la zona aérea de cada Estado, se agrega en el documento oficial.
Asimismo, se advierte que Venezuela no “aceptará órdenes, amenazas ni injerencias provenientes de ningún poder extranjero”.
En el comunicado, también se denuncia que Estados Unidos suspendió unilateralmente los vuelos regulares para repatriación de ciudadanos venezolanos dentro del Plan Vuelta a la Patria, del que —según se indica— ya se habían realizado 75 vuelos para un total de 13.956 repatriados.
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En este contexto, el gobierno venezolano hace “un llamado directo a la comunidad internacional”, a la ONU y a los gobiernos del mundo para que rechacen “este acto de agresión inmoral” que representa “una amenaza contra la soberanía y la seguridad de la región”.
Por último, sostiene que responderá con “dignidad, legalidad y fuerza” y asegura que continuará ejerciendo “plenamente su soberanía” sobre el espacio aéreo.
“Por tierra”
Para aumentar la presión, Trump advirtió a principios de esta semana que los esfuerzos para frenar el narcotráfico venezolano “por tierra” comenzarían “muy pronto”.
En los últimos días, se ha registrado una constante actividad de aviones de combate estadounidenses a unas pocas decenas de kilómetros de la costa venezolana, según sitios web de seguimiento de aeronaves.
República Dominicana, vecina de Venezuela, autorizó a Estados Unidos esta semana el uso de instalaciones aeroportuarias como parte de su despliegue, mientras Trinidad y Tobago, también ubicada a pocos kilómetros, albergó recientemente ejercicios del Cuerpo de Marines de Estados Unidos.
Suspensión de vuelos
Las autoridades de aviación de Estados Unidos instaron, la semana pasada, a las aeronaves civiles que operan en el espacio aéreo venezolano a “actuar con precaución” debido a la “situación de seguridad que empeora y la actividad militar intensificada en o alrededor de Venezuela“.
La advertencia de Trump tuvo como consecuencia la suspensión de vuelos hacia y desde Venezuela de seis aerolíneas que representan gran parte del tráfico en Sudamérica.
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La medida enfureció a Caracas. Por esto, la autoridad aeronáutica venezolana revocó los permisos para operar en el país a la española Iberia, la portuguesa TAP, la colombiana Avianca, la filial colombiana de la chileno-brasileña Latam, la brasileña GOL y la turca Turkish.
El gobierno de Maduro señaló a las aerolíneas de “sumarse a las acciones de terrorismo de Estado promovido por el gobierno de los Estados Unidos, suspendiendo unilateralmente sus operaciones aerocomerciales”.
Con información de AFP.
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National Guard shooting in DC leaves West Virginia reeling as top official slams Afghanistan withdrawal
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CHARLES TOWN, W.V. – EXCLUSIVE: The Thanksgiving Eve shooting that has left one West Virginia National Guard member dead and another clinging to his life enraged top officials in Charleston, West Virginia — as one placed blame squarely on the disastrous 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and said his state is «one big small town» that is mourning together.
The suspect, Rahmahullah Lakanwal, reportedly worked with a CIA-operated unit that fought the Taliban on America’s behalf, Fox News Digital confirmed, which helped evacuate people during the fall of Kabul under then-President Joe Biden.
West Virginia Republican Party Chairman Josh Holstein told Fox News Digital Friday the news angered him, and that anger turned to devastation when Sarah Beckstrom of Summersville, West Virginia, succumbed to her wounds, and as Andrew Wolfe of Inwood, West Virginia, remains in critical condition.
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National Guard are seen after reports of two National Guard soldiers shot near the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (Evan Vucci/AP)
«It’s just been a horrible tragedy here in West Virginia,» said Holstein, who is also a state delegate from Boone County, West Virginia. «This doesn’t happen for West Virginians very often, and it’s just such a deep tragedy.»
«One of the things that I’ve … said from the beginning is West Virginia is just one big small town,» he said. «And folks come together in tragedy, in triumph, in everything. We come together and we celebrate, we mourn, always together.»
Holstein said that in times like this political parties don’t matter, and that Mountaineers came again together after the shooting. West Virginia Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin to Republican Sens. Jim Justice and Shelley Moore Capito all offered similar heartfelt reactions.
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Travelers are greeted by a West Virginia welcome sign after crossing the East River Mountain Tunnel on I-77 in Princeton, West Virginia. (Charlie Creitz/Fox News Digital)
«West Virginians of all political sides of the aisle came together and just mourn(ed) and share a sense of deep grief, but not only grief, but gratitude for these folks, especially these these two young folks,» he said. «And then yesterday, of course, with it being Thanksgiving, it was a somber reminder that not all of us all of us get together with our families on Thanksgiving.»
«These two were at the time, both fighting for their life, and now one has since passed away,» he said. «I, I just feel that West Virginians in particular have such a unique drive for service. You can see it in our numbers per capita on how many veterans we have compared to other states in the country. We’re always willing and always able to serve each other and . . . it’s a really a perfect description of who West Virginians are.»
As reports came out about Lakanwal’s origins and background, that sentiment turned to fury, Holstein said, remarking that the 29-year-old Afghan «was not even supposed to be here.»
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West Virginia GOP Chairman Del. Josh Holstein’s official state portrait. (West Virginia House of Delegates)
Turning to the 2021 Afghan withdrawal during which Lakanwal found his way to the U.S., Holstein remarked that «when you create chaos, chaos follows.»
«That Afghanistan withdrawal was complete debacle; complete chaos,» he said. «And it led to people literally running and jumping on planes and coming to the United States as a result of it. It was complete chaos. There was not a deliberate system, irrespective and irregardless of what any of the administration officials of the past administration had said about it.»
«It’s really just an indictment on our country’s immigration system,» he said. «We have an immigration system that puts other people first. It doesn’t put American citizens first, it doesn’t put the good of the country first. It puts other people from random places throughout the country.»
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Holstein said President Donald Trump struck the right response when he pledged to crack down on third-world-country immigration and immigration from unstable governments.
«I think this is just yet again an example one thousand of our need to focus more on merit-based immigration and vetting who comes into our country at all times,» he said.
Asked whether he wants to see the West Virginia National Guard continue to deploy to Washington as part of Trump’s and U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro’s efforts to clean up crime, Holstein was undeterred.
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«We can’t cower to people like this (Lakanwal). You can’t cower in tragedy,» he said, adding that there are about 150 other guardsmen from his state serving in Washington.
«So, I hope to see everybody stay there and maybe even have some more folks come in from different places,» he added.
Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman and Tessa Hoyos contributed to this report.
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The Trump administration harshly criticized the United Kingdom over its handling of mass immigration and the long-running rape gang scandal that has victimized white girls across the country.
In a statement posted to X, the U.S. State Department called on its Europe-based diplomats to track the effects of rampant immigration. While the statement zeroed in on the U.K., it also highlighted similar problems in Germany and Sweden.
«The State Department instructed U.S. embassies to report on the human rights implications and public safety impacts of mass migration,» the statement read. «Officials will also report policies that punish citizens who object to continued mass migration and document crimes and human rights abuses committed by people of a migration background.»
The statement referenced the so-called «grooming gangs» made up of mostly Pakistani men who have victimized young girls for decades, with little action taken by the government.
«In the United Kingdom, thousands of girls have been victimized in Rotherham, Oxford, and Newcastle by grooming gangs involving migrant men,» the State Department said. «Many girls were left to suffer unspeakable abuse for years before authorities stepped in.»
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A day after the statement, GB News reported that U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer told reporters at the G20 in South Africa that the national inquiry would «leave no stone unturned.»
The State Department’s warning comes weeks after several victims — who were members of the independent inquiry — resigned over what they claimed was a continuation of a cover-up.
One abuse survivor, Ellie Reynolds, told cable channel GMB that the existence of grooming gangs has been «brushed under the carpet» and that «our voices have been silenced.»
She was supported by fellow survivor Fiona Goddard, who was groomed from the age of 14, and said that when she spoke out for help she was dismissed as a «child prostitute» by authorities.
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his speech during a visit to the BAE Systems’Govan facility, in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, June 2, 2025. (Andy Buchanan, Pool Photo via AP)
Goddard resigned to protest the cover-up, saying members of the grooming gangs near Bradford were in the «vast majority … Pakistani men.»
Successive governments — both Conservative and Labour — have been dealing with the revelations for years that a number of grooming gangs, often consisting mostly of men of South Asian or Pakistani heritage, have sexually exploited girls for decades across the north of England.
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A British Union Jack flies from a souvenir stall near the Houses of Parliament in London, UK, on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Prior to the inquiry, Starmer had commissioned a national audit led by Baroness Louise Casey earlier this year.
On the hot-button issue of the backgrounds of the criminals, the Casey report stated in part, «We found that the ethnicity of perpetrators is shied away from and is still not recorded for two-thirds of perpetrators, so we are unable to provide any accurate assessment from the nationally collected data.»
It continued: «Despite the lack of a full picture in the national data sets, there is enough evidence available in local police data in three police force areas which we examined which show disproportionate numbers of men from Asian ethnic backgrounds amongst suspects for group-based child sexual exploitation, as well as in the significant number of perpetrators of Asian ethnicity identified in local reviews and high-profile child sexual exploitation prosecutions across the country, to at least warrant further examination.»
A woman poses at her home in England, January 8, 2025. She was 14 when she was sexually abused by a grooming gang in Rochdale, England. (Hollie Adams/Reuters)
Her audit also identified other perpetrators, including White British, European, African or Middle Eastern individuals.
The results of the audit produced 12 recommendations to the government, which have been implemented, including a national inquiry to «direct local investigations and hold institutions to account for past failures.»
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But the Starmer government has been set back by a failure to appoint a chair for the inquiry, and it has faced resignations as critics have accused the Labour government of covering it up for political reasons.
Alan Mendoza, founder of the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital that «successive governments» have allowed «gangs of largely South Asian Muslims to target white British girls, claiming, «the Labour government doesn’t want to be seen as stigmatizing demographics or potentially losing votes.»
«I hope that the inquiry will focus more specifically on the real issue plaguing the U.K. over the last 20 years,» Mendoza added.
A woman poses with a sign as members of the public queue to enter a council meeting during a protest calling for justice for victims of sexual abuse and grooming gangs, outside the council offices at City Center on Jan. 20, 2025 in Oldham, England. (Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)
The point person for the government’s inquiry is Labour member of Parliament Jess Phillips, who has served as the parliamentary undersecretary of state for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls since July 2024.
However, Phillips is facing heavy scrutiny over how she’s handling the set-up of the inquiry.
Asked in Parliament about the nature of the inquiry and whether it will address the perpetrators’ ethnicity, she vowed to be transparent.
«There is absolutely no sense that ethnicity will be buried away,» Phillips said. «Every single time that there is an apparently needless delay — even though it took seven months to put in place chairs for both the COVID inquiry and the blood inquiry, and nobody moaned about that — it gets used to say that we want to cover something up. That is the misinformation I am talking about. It will not cover things up. We are taking time to ensure that that can never happen.»
Elon Musk weighed in on the matter in a series of X statements earlier this year, stating that Phillips, was a «rape genocide apologist» and the world was witnessing «the worst mass crime against the people of Britain ever.»
Philips told the BBC that his comments were «disinformation» and «endangering» her, but said it was nothing compared to what the victims of the abuse had faced.
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Commentators say the challenge for the government now is to find those credible and willing to bring justice and lasting change so it won’t happen again.
Fox News Digital reached out to Phillips’ office but received no response.
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