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Anti-ICE Activist Playbook Revealed, MN Legal Fight, Tepe Murders Suspect In Court: AM Update 1/13

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Anti-ICE Activist Playbook Revealed, MN Legal Fight, Tepe Murders Suspect In Court: AM Update 1/13", an episode of Megyn Kelly published January 13, 2026 (21 min, about 3,265 words). It mentions 7 people, works and ideas, including Spencer Teppy, Electronic Payments Coalition, Dena Powell McCormack, Monnique Teppy, Minnesota ICE Watch.

What this episode is about

The update highlights ongoing legal battles in Minnesota and Illinois against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement, as far-left activists mobilize against federal efforts. It also covers the court appearance of a suspect in the Tepe murders, and the potential impact of proposed changes to credit card processing laws, which critics argue could undermine consumer security.

Key takeaways

  • In a state of tension, where activists disrupt law enforcement, the real criminals often remain unprotected.
  • Feds target sex offenders while facing protests; irony abounds when meritorious debates devolve into chaos.
  • Minnesota's diversity could enrich the nation, but is political turmoil jeopardizing its promise?
  • Activists rally around 'victims', often overlooking the crimes of those they defend—questioning the definition of justice.
  • Polarized perceptions of law enforcement and activism suggest an urgent need for meaningful dialogue, not just protests.

Who speaks in this episode?

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 5:00: Electronic Payments Coalition, Minnesota ICE Watch, Monnique Teppy
  2. – 10:00: Operation Dirt Bag
  3. – 15:00: Michael McKe
  4. – 20:00: Dena Powell McCormack
  5. – 21:06: Dena Powell McCormack

Notable quotes from "Anti-ICE Activist Playbook Revealed, MN Legal Fight, Tepe Murders Suspect In Court: AM Update 1/13"

  • And more coming up in just a moment on your AM update. Our sponsor, the Electronic Payments Coalition, says Washington politicians are always getting in your wallet and that…
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  • Belonged to now under renewed scrutiny following the deadly confrontation between Good and an ICE agent. Minnesota ICE Watch encouraging so-called direct action advocating for…
    about Minnesota ICE Watch · at
  • Priority. They had a special operation in the state of Florida called Operation Dirt Bag. And that's the federal law enforcement officials, the women and men that do that are…
    about Operation Dirt Bag · at
  • Columbus home, set to be extradited back to Ohio to face aggravated murder charges. Michael McKe appearing in an Illinois courtroom on Monday, waving his right to an…
    about Michael McKe · at
  • Facebook parent company Meta hiring a new president and vice chairman with extensive ties to MAGA World. Dena Powell McCormack, who spent 16 years in senior leadership roles at…
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Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

  • Spencer Teppy — Person · 4 mentions
  • Dena Powell McCormack — Person · 2 mentions · first at
  • Monnique Teppy — Person · 1 mention · first at
    The man suspected of killing Ohio couple Spencer and Monnique Teppy appearing in court for the first time. A full report on the gruesome story. And a former Trump official lands a key job with Facebook parent company Meta. All that.
  • Michael McKe — Person · 1 mention · first at

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Full transcript with timestamps

Good morning everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Tuesday, January 13th, 2026, and this is your AM update. As DHS surges more assets to Minnesota, a deeper look at what far-left agitators are doing to try to thwart the federal government.

The obvious targeting of Minnesota for our diversity is a violation of the Constitution and of federal law. Officials in Minnesota and Illinois each launching legal challenges against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts.

We just came here and um he appears dead. There's blood. The man suspected of killing Ohio couple Spencer and Monnique Teppy appearing in court for the first time. A full report on the gruesome story. And a former Trump official lands a key job with Facebook parent company Meta. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM update. Our sponsor, the Electronic Payments Coalition, says Washington politicians are always getting in your wallet and that now they're messing with your credit card. They say your credit card and the security it offers are under attack and that senators Dick Durban and Roger Marshall want to change the nation's payment system in a way that would benefit corporate mega stores like Walmart and Target at the expense of everyday Americans. Credit cards can keep your payments secure and they can provide rewards that families use to help make everyday purchases more

affordable. The Electronic Payments Coalition says the Durban Marshall mandates would let corporate mega stores cut corners on credit card processing, routing transactions over cheaper, untested networks with weaker security and fewer protections. Find out more at guardyoucard.com and consider telling Congress to guard your card. As protesters continue to stalk, harass, and attempt to intimidate federal agents in Minnesota after the deadly confrontation with Renee Good, who was a trained ICE agitator. Homeland Security Secretary Christy Gnome announcing Sunday on Fox that hundreds more agents will be deployed to Minneapolis.

There'll be hundreds more and in order to allow our ICE and our Border Patrol individuals that are working in uh Minneapolis to do so safely. We're going to continue to if they conduct violent activities against law enforcement, if they impede our operations, that's a crime and we will hold them accountable to those consequences. So, unfortunately, when you don't have the partnership of the city, Mayor Fry and Governor Walls have been very clear that they're going to continue their rhetoric. they're going to continue to uh put criminals and and corrupt illegal aliens above the people that live in that city and in that state. Um they've said they're not going to help us, so we'll make sure that we protect our officers, but we also follow through on making sure these criminals are brought to justice.

Secretary Gnome saying agents in Minnesota are specifically focusing on arresting and removing sex trafficking and child trafficking offenders. Social media video showing a tense situation yesterday. Dozens of agitators arriving to the aftermath of a scene where agents had just rearended a man's car. The AP reporting protesters flocking to the area, blowing whistles, shouting at and surrounding agents. The feds deploying tear gas to disperse the crowd, allowing officers to exit the commotion. These confrontational tactics echoing guidance promoted by Minnesota Icew Watch. The activist group Renee Good reportedly belonged to now under renewed scrutiny following the deadly confrontation between Good and an ICE agent. Minnesota ICE Watch encouraging so-called direct action advocating for outside activists to physically insert themselves into law enforcement operations. President Trump on Sunday from Air Force One discussing

the Renee Good incident as part of a larger national trend where agitators force confrontations with law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement. You saw that they were harassing. They were following for for days and for hours. Uh and I think frankly they're professional agitators and I'd like to find out and we are going to find out who's paying for it

with their brand new signs and all the different things. But these are professional agitators and law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with the stuff. What that woman and what her friend and what their other friends were doing to law enforcement, not just ICE, law enforcement is outrageous.

The New York Post reporting good got connected to Minnesota Icew Watch through her six-year-old son's social justice focused charter school. The post describing Icew Watch as a quote loose coalition of activists dedicated to disrupting ICE raids in the sanctuary city. The Minnesota Icew Watch Instagram account remains public, linking to hundreds of posts containing community guidance, encouragement, and legal resources for its followers. ICEW Watch instructing its activists to let the so-called victim, meaning the criminal illegal immigrant, into their own car, block the cars of the quote kidnappers, meaning ICE, with multiple civilian cars, and quote, "Ask white witnesses to put their bodies in front of the person that's being kidnapped." The account also sometimes providing live reporting on the location of law enforcement officers throughout the city. These are methods to stop ICE from catching and

removing criminals, a disturbingly high number of whom are sex offenders and child predators. Here's MK True Crime contributor and lifetime prosecutor Matt Murphy.

These are some of the people that are most dedicated to getting sex offenders arrested, putting them in prison, and then ultimately deporting them if they're not here legally. Right. And in 2023, um, ICE arrested 4,390 sex offenders. It's a part of their job. That was the last year of Joe Biden. And nobody said a friaking word because back then, um, shockingly, we all kind of agreed it's a bit of a bipartisan issue. We're going to protect kids who aren't political at all. Children deserve the protection of all adults regardless of what side of the political aisle they're on. Right? So in 2024, last year, first year of President Trump, ICE arrested 16,552 sex offenders, and that is their priority. They they had a special operation in the state of Florida called Operation Dirt Bag. And that's the the federal law enforcement officials, the women and men that do that are critical to protecting our kids. National Review

reporting on guidance from the ICE Watch account on how to quote dearrest these individuals after they've been arrested by law enforcement by quote physically removing an arrestee from a law enforcement officer's grip. Law enforcement officials repeatedly warning this guidance is dumb. What they say is it's not protected protest. It's illegal and it's dangerous. Here a flashback to Chicago Police Chief Larry Snelling last October. Federal agents, ICE, HSI are officers. They are agents of law enforcement. If you box them in with vehicles, it is reasonable for them to believe that they are being ambushed and that this could end in a deadly situation. And it's reasonable for them to use force based on those conditions.

Do not box in any law enforcement officer. You are breaking the law when you do that and you are putting yourself in danger following law enforcement agents around. The question is why? What do you plan on doing? It's also reasonable for them to believe that you're eventually going to do harm to them. Two Democrat-led states, Illinois and Minnesota, launching separate lawsuits yesterday against the Trump administration relating to ongoing federal immigration enforcement efforts. The state of Illinois as well as the city of Chicago filing suit in the Northern District of Illinois accusing US Customs and Border Protection of occupying the city and state in order to quote coers plaintiffs to abandon their policies which value and respect the state's immigrants and devote their resources to further the immigration policies of the current administration.

Illinois state law restricts police from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement, drawing the eyeire of the administration. More from the filing. quote, "The federal government's menacing, violent, and unlawful incursion impedes Illinois and Chicago from carrying out core sovereign functions in violation of the 10th Amendment. Illinois seeking a court order barring CBP from carrying out civil immigration enforcement in the state. The latest move coming after months of legal conflict with the Trump administration over immigration enforcement. In September, the feds launching Operation Midway Blitz, a sweeping surge targeting criminal illegal aliens. DHS officials reporting the surge has netted thousands of arrests in the months since, despite public resistance from state and local officials. DHS Assistant Secretary Trisha McLaclin responding in a statement, quote, "This is a baseless

lawsuit, and we look forward to proving that in court." In Minnesota, Attorney General Keith Ellison, a Democrat, filing a lawsuit on behalf of the state and cities Minneapolis and St. Paul against DHS. The Trump administration in December beginning the surge of thousands of immigration agents and investigators into the region, responding to widespread allegations of fraud committed by the Somali immigrant community. Tensions escalating following an incident last week involving an ICE agent fatally shooting a woman disobeying police commands to exit her vehicle and instead driving her car into the alarmed officer. Ag Ellison referring to the DHS crackdown yesterday in a press briefing as quote in essence a federal invasion. More from Ellison on the lawsuit.

This has to stop. It just has to stop. We allege that the obvious targeting of Minnesota, for our diversity, for our democracy and our differences of opinion with the federal government is a violation of the Constitution and of federal law. We allege that the Serge's reckless impact on our schools, on our local law enforcement is a violation of the 10th Amendment and the sovereign laws and powers of the Constitution grants to states. We allege that DHS's use of excessive and lethal force, their warrantless racist arrests, their targeting of our courts, our churches, houses of worship and schools, our violation of the administrative procedures act on arbitrary and capriccious federal actions. And we ask that the courts will end the surge of thousands of DHS agents into Minnesota. A White House spokesperson calling the lawsuit a quote pathetic stunt that only proves that Democrats will put illegal criminals

over hardworking Americans every time, according to Axios. Coming up, the suspect in a gruesome double murder of the family makes his first appearance in court. And Facebook parent company Meta hires a Trump admin alum for a key new role. What's happening at Meta?

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unexcused absence raising concerns among his co-workers. Here, the 911 audio from Dr. Mark Valos, owner of the dental practice, requesting a wellness check at the Tepee home. This individual, Spencer, works with me and he did not show up to work this morning and we cannot get a hold of him or his family. Like he is always on time and he would contact us if there is any issues whatsoever. And um he uh I just central to say this like we're very very concerned because this is very out of character and we can't get in touch with his wife which is probably the more concerning thing.

Police conducting that wellness check but reportedly initially going to the wrong address. Friends and colleagues continuing to check up on the home. Some reporting to 911 that they could hear the children, a four-year-old and a one-year-old, inside the house. Spencer's friend, Alex Diddy, then following up with another 911 call.

What's going on there? Um there's our there's a body. Our our friend wasn't uh answering his phone. We just came here and um he appears dead.

There's blood. He's laying next to his bed, off of his bed in there. I can't get closer. They'd see more than that.

Okay. So, you can tell he's obviously not breathing or anything. Yeah. Yeah. Around 10:00 a.m., police finding the tppies deceased in their home. Authorities discovering the children unharmed. Investigators say the killings likely happened in the early morning hours of December 30th, recovering three shell casings from the home. Surveillance footage near the scene showing a person of interest wearing a hood walking in an alleyway near the scene on the night of the murders. Court filings indicating detectives identified a vehicle spotted near the residence just before and after the murders.

Police tracing that vehicle to Rockford, Illinois, and identifying McKe as its owner. Authorities arresting McKe on Saturday morning. McKe and Mo'Nique married in 2015 before reportedly divorcing just two years later amicably in 2017. They shared no children. Mo'Nique marrying Spencer in 2021. A family member telling a local outlet the couple was just shy of their 5-year anniversary. Investigators have not yet indicated a motive behind the slayings. Shortly before the extradition hearing, prosecutors upgrading the charges to two counts of aggravated murder with premeditation. McKe's charges carrying the possibility of the death penalty, though Ohio has not carried out an execution since 2018. Mcky's public defender indicating the defendant could be transferred to Ohio as early as this week. We spoke with MK true crime host Jonas Spilbore about this case and what's next when McKe makes it to Ohio.

He's going to face the same procedures that any other defendant faces. And the first thing that he will do is be arraigned on the charges. And right now the charges are two counts of murder. So from there I you know I would be so surprised if they set any sort of bail because he's not from Ohio. He's from a neighboring state and if he doesn't have any contacts or meaningful contact in Ohio, it's highly likely that he would be a flight risk. And that is what a bail setting is primarily about. So, I expect that following the arraignment, he will be sitting inside an an 8 by10 cement cell in Ohio.

Spill reacting to prosecutors upgrading the charges to aggravated murder. So, if they have the right guy, here's the premeditation. He had to leave his home in Illinois, get himself over to Ohio, do so in the middle of the night when typically you do not think you're going to be discovered or seen by others, carry a weapon, a gun, shoot the two victims, leave, get back to Illinois under the cover of darkness. That's got premeditation all over it. And and let's factor in for a minute the fact that since we don't know whether there was an ongoing relationship between Mr. McKe and any of the teepes, we also have to figure that the seven years that he was not married to her contributed to this notion of premeditation.

With many questions still swirling about what could have motivated the alleged suspect to commit such an act and what evidence prosecutors have connecting McKe to the crime, Spillboard drawing a parallel to another recent high-profile multiple murder.

They're going to start getting phone records. That's usually the very next step. There will probably be some sort of DNA at the scene. That will be critical. I know this case is not the same as the Brian Cobberger case, but it sure it's got some similar elements. When Brian Cobberger was first contacted by police, they had basically identified a similar car. Number one, that's the first dot that they connected. And then they did the genetic genealogy, which was the second dot they connected. And even then, I think there were some people who weren't 100% sure that it was going to end up being him. But our technology is such now that they already have a couple of those dots connected in this case against McKe and they're just going to keep on collecting the evidence to connect those dots. The MK True Crime crew will have more on this story on their show tomorrow. Search MK True Crime in your podcast app.

Facebook parent company Meta hiring a new president and vice chairman with extensive ties to MAGA World. Dena Powell McCormack, who spent 16 years in senior leadership roles at Goldman Sachs and previously served on Meta's board, bringing decades of experience developing relationships with international investors to the tech company as it focuses on expanding its AI footprint. Axios noting Powell McCormick's hiring signals a strategic shift at Meta, moving beyond its core ad business into building new tech. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg releasing a statement, quote, "Dena's experience at the highest levels of global finance combined with her deep relationships around the world makes her uniquely suited to help Meta manage this next phase of growth as the company's president and vice chairman. The same social media company that spent years policing speech and pushing progressive ideology now taking another step closer

to MAGA." Powell McCormack, previously serving as deputy national security adviser under President Trump's first term, she takes the job as Meta, faces increasing scrutiny from lawmakers over its AI policies. In that capacity, McCormack working on the Abraham Accords, a series of historic US brokered agreements normalizing relations between Israel and several Arab nations. President Trump posting to Truth Social yesterday morning, quote, "Congratulations to Dena Powell McCormack. She is a fantastic and very talented person who served the Trump administration with strength and distinction. Pala McCormack also serving as a senior White House adviser under President George W. Bush. She's married to US Senator from Pennsylvania, Republican Dave McCormack.

And that'll do it for your AM update. I'm Megan Kelly. Join me back here for the MK show live on SiriusXM's The Megan Kelly channel 111 at noon east on youtube.com/meanc kelly and on all podcast platforms.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Anti-ICE Activist Playbook Revealed, MN Legal Fight, Tepe Murders Suspect In Court: AM Update 1/13"?

Megan Kelly (Guest), Christy Gnome (Guest), Matt Murphy (Guest), Keith Ellison (Guest), Jonas Spilbore (Guest), Dena Powell McCormack (Guest).

What is "Anti-ICE Activist Playbook Revealed, MN Legal Fight, Tepe Murders Suspect In Court: AM Update 1/13" about?

The update highlights ongoing legal battles in Minnesota and Illinois against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement, as far-left activists mobilize against federal efforts. It also covers the court appearance of a suspect in the Tepe murders, and the potential impact of proposed changes to credit card processing laws, which critics argue could undermine consumer security.

What is mentioned in this Megyn Kelly episode?

7 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Spencer Teppy, Electronic Payments Coalition, Dena Powell McCormack, Monnique Teppy, Minnesota ICE Watch, Operation Dirt Bag. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Anti-ICE Activist Playbook Revealed, MN Legal Fight, Tepe Murders Suspect In Court: AM Update 1/13"?

The episode runs 21 min; the transcript is about 3,265 words in 32 timestamped sections.

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