FED UP NAVY SEAL Goes NUCLEAR on Trump LIES over Murder

What this episode is about

The discussion centers on the alarming increase in federal agents' use of lethal force since Trump's immigration policies began, highlighting a troubling case of absolute immunity for federal law enforcement that shields them from accountability. Former Navy SEAL Brett Jones shares his insights on the implications of this unaccountability in law enforcement, emphasizing the need for oversight and proper training in the face of increasing violence and a lack of transparency within the federal government.

Key takeaways

• Federal agents' 16 civilian shooting incidents since Trump's crackdown highlight the alarming slope of accountability.
• JD Vance’s 'absolute immunity' claim raises eyebrows; law enforcement should be neither absolute nor immune from accountability.
• Congress members denied entry into federal buildings? Sounds like a recipe for oversight-free governance—who watches the watchers?
• Brett Jones, a former Navy SEAL, echoes what many know: poor training can lead to tragic consequences in law enforcement.
• In an age of data breaches, privacy isn’t just a personal concern; it's a societal crisis waiting for a response.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Ken Harbaugh (Host) · 10 min speaking
• Brett Jones (Guest) · 7 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Law Enforcement, Brett Jones, Renee Mlin Good
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Law Enforcement, Renee Mlin Good, FBI, Elite Me
3. 6:00 – 9:00: Delete Me, Law Enforcement
4. 9:00 – 12:00: Law Enforcement, Duty of Care, Cultural Policing
5. 12:00 – 15:00: Madison County, Cultural Policing
6. 15:00 – 16:28: FBI, Madison County, Military Presence

Notable quotes from "FED UP NAVY SEAL Goes NUCLEAR on Trump LIES over Murder"

• That phrase, absolute immunity, to describe wrongly the protections afforded to federal agents like the one who killed Renee Good. Here he is. The president here is very…

  about Renee Mlin Good · at 0:25

• Talk to someone who knows a lot about law enforcement training and tactics and investigations. Brett Jones is a former Navy Seal who left the teams to join the CIA and then…

  about Brett Jones · at 1:29

• Has frozen out local and state investigators that they have not only taken over the investigation but refused to share evidence? That's pretty alarming.

  about FBI · at 4:53

• Elite Me makes it easy, quick, and safe to remove your personal data online at a time when surveillance and data breaches are common enough to make everyone vulnerable. And this one really hits.

  about Elite Me · at 5:50

• Where Delete Me comes in. They help protect your personal privacy or the privacy of your business by removing your data from the sites that buy, sell, and trade it before it…

  about Delete Me · at 6:45

• The line like there to serve and protect when you see something like this especially when you see the abandonment as it appears to me of the duty to care. I mean I've got Elio…

  about Duty of Care · at 8:06

• Thing. And I've spent my nights, thinking about what I can do as a sheriff to help turn that culture into what it should be and a culture of saving lives and changing lives and protecting people and their things and yeah, and.

  about Cultural Policing · at 13:13

• We have the arsenal, so there's a big military presence out here. we've got space force coming here. We've got the FBI coming here. We've got some fascinating companies that are on the.

  about Madison County · at 15:33

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Brett Jones — Person · Main guest · 2 mentions · first at 1:34
  Provides law-enforcement and national-security perspective on the Renee Good shooting, investigative process, and policing culture; also discusses his Democratic run for sheriff in Madison County, Alabama.
• Renee Mlin Good — Person · Victim referenced / focal case · 3 mentions · first at 0:30
  Her killing by a federal agent is the central incident used to discuss tactics, duty of care, and the integrity/ownership of the investigation.

Companies & orgs

• FBI — Company · Referenced investigative authority / federal actor · 2 mentions · first at 4:59
  Discussed as taking over the investigation and allegedly withholding evidence from state/local investigators; also mentioned as 'coming' to Huntsville/Madison County.
• Elite Me — Company · Advertised product (as read in ad copy) · 1 mention · first at 5:50
  Presented as a personal-data removal service in the ad segment; overlaps conceptually with Delete Me, though the transcript promotes Delete Me thereafter.

Concepts & topics

• Law Enforcement — Concept · Core topic · 6 mentions · first at 0:37
  Central lens for evaluating tactics, training, accountability, and investigative norms related to the shooting and broader federal enforcement posture.
  Enforcement actions. And when they do break the law, the federal government conspires in the cover up. I wanted to talk to someone who knows a lot about law enforcement…
• Duty of Care — Concept · Core ethical/procedural standard · 1 mention · first at 10:40
  Used to evaluate post-shooting conduct—whether officers should render aid and secure medical attention after use of force.
• Cultural Policing — Concept · Theme / reform frame · 2 mentions · first at 9:09
  Brett describes a 'culture of policing' oriented toward saving lives and protecting property, and discusses changing negative perceptions through leadership as sheriff.
• Military Presence — Concept · Contextual descriptor (regional) · 1 mention · first at 15:36
  Used to describe Madison County/Huntsville as having an 'arsenal' and significant defense footprint, shaping local demographics and politics.
  We have the arsenal, so there's a big military presence out here. we've got space force coming here. We've got the FBI coming here. We've got some fascinating companies that are on the.

Places & events

• Madison County — Place · Local political setting · 2 mentions · first at 12:34
  Where Brett Jones lives, works, and is running for sheriff; described as relatively progressive with significant military and federal presence.

Sponsors

• Delete Me — Company · Sponsor / recommended product · 2 mentions · first at 6:43
  Promoted as a data-removal service to reduce doxxing and harassment risks; tied to the host's reporting on politics and extremism.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 Since Trump's immigration crackdown got started, federal agents have opened fire on civilians 16 times, resulting in the death of four people. That's according to data from Trace. Now, the Trump administration is arguing that its officers have absolute immunity when they commit these acts of violence.

0:19 It's Ken Harbaugh with the Midas Touch Network. The vice president of the United States, JD Vance, actually used that phrase, absolute immunity, to describe wrongly the protections afforded to federal agents like the one who killed Renee Good. Here he is. The president here is very simple. You have a federal law enforcement official engaging in federal law enforcement action. That's a federal issue. That guy is protected by absolute immunity. He was doing his job.

0:46 JD Vance knows better. We went to the same law school, had many of the same professors. He knows better. But I don't want to make this just about him because it is much bigger than that. The Trump regime is creating an unaccountable, unidentifiable regime protection force. That's what I becoming. It's rejecting oversight attempts by members of Congress. I was in Minneapolis a few days ago when three members of Congress were refused entry into the federal building there, which is illegal. and ISIS regularly sending people into the field who are woefully unequipped or mentally unprepared to carry out law enforcement actions. And when they do break the law, the federal government conspires in the cover up. I wanted to talk to someone who knows a lot about law enforcement training and tactics and investigations. Brett Jones is a former Navy Seal who left the teams to join the CIA and then became a police officer in

1:42 Alabama. He has served on the front lines as an elite member of the military and a cop. And he's also trained police officers. Brett is also running for local sheriff as a Democrat. I guarantee you're going to appreciate Brett's perspective on all this. Here's me and Brett Jones. Brett, it's good to see you again. Been a while since we checked in. I think our last video broke a million and a half views. That's credit to you. Not Not me.

2:10 Wow. That's a lot of people. That's a lot of people. I uh I reached out to you for a couple of reasons. One, you're running for sheriff. Thank God. We got a Dem with a Navy Seal, ex CIA background running for sheriff in Alabama. I don't get to say this often, but I spent my formative years in Alabama, graduated from Sydney Laneir High School in Montgomery. Um, but two, you're LEO, you're a law enforcement officer. You've you've looked at the the tapes, we all have of Renee Good shooting. Look, I don't want you to be judge and jury here, but I would love your perspective as a law enforcement officer on the the tactics of the ICE agent who shot Renee Good and what you saw as it relates to his training or lack thereof,

3:02 uh, and certainly his practice of it as he walked in front of that car. Um, so here's the thing is I don't know what because I'm not I wasn't trained by immigration or ICE, so I don't know exactly what their tactics are. But the thing that really when I watch those videos that kind of shocks me is um is how he ended up walking around the vehicle towards the front of the car. And I can tell you from any uh law enforcement class that I've been through um that the front of vehicles kill officers and that's why there you know any of the training like stay away from the front of a vehicle. Um so that surprised me that he ended up in front of the vehicle and why why he was you know filming with his phone going around you know I don't I don't know what that was all about. Um um normally uh police officers have body cams uh and so that keeps your hands free so that you're able to to deal with potential problems

4:06 with both of your hands and not just one. Um so there's a lot of questions into the the the totality of the circumstance that ended up uh leading to uh Rene's uh goods um passing her death. And I um and you know that's why the investigation into this is so important. Um I think that whenever a situation like this happens, it's you know we we get angry, we get, you know, and um it's really important that um investigators are able to do their job because it paints a much bigger picture of what happens because ultimately evidence is what's going to tell the story. What do you make of the fact then that the FBI has frozen out uh local and state investigators that they have not only taken over the investigation but refused to share evidence? That that's pretty alarming.

5:06 Yeah, it's it's very it's a quagmire. It's a big it's a big political nasty mess right now. And it's unfortunate because um I believe that uh Renee Good's family deserves a proper investigation into this uh as well as uh the the agent involved. Like both both parties deserve to have a a thorough investigation into it. And we all know why the the you know the federal government is is not allowing that. um is to um to keep evidence from the state because well murder is a is a state crime.

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7:32 Code Ken. It's Ken Harbaugh with a quick break to tell you about something new coming to the Midas Touch Network. Midas defense. Serious coverage of the military, national security, and real threats at home and abroad. No spin, no talking points, just expert voices and on the ground reporting. Check out Midas Defense coming soon to the Midas Touch Network. Well, you're you're one of the good guys. as you give law enforcement a good name and I think this has got to be really hard for for the guys like you on the line like there to serve and protect when you see something like this especially when you see the abandonment as it appears to me of the the duty to care. I mean I've got uh Elio and my family when there's an officer involved shooting the reaction is almost always like horror. I I've seen guys drop to their knees. Uh they are so upset at what they've done. But watching what unfolded in the aftermath of this with

8:34 the refusal to allow a physician to to access Renee with the involved officer walking away casually after calling her what he called her. I'm not going to repeat it here. Can you talk about how the officers you work with behave in a situation when someone's hurt? even if it's someone who uh who they had an interaction a negative interaction with. This isn't normal, is it?

9:00 I think whenever you're talking about um any sort of uh incident like this, um I think the the culture of policing is to save lives and protect uh people's property, right? Like at the end of the day, the big mission is save lives, protect people's property, right? and their things and the and um yeah, I have a million questions. I mean, I've watched the same video that everyone else has and and I got an emotional response to the video just like everybody else has gotten. And I can tell you as somebody that has been through like the investigator academy, it's important that those emotions that those emotions are put aside and let the investigators uh do their job because that's where the truth comes out. That's where the big picture comes into play. There's ballistics, there's eyewitness, uh there's um vehicle data, there's uh the forensic uh uh study of the of of of the victim. There's there's a lot,

10:15 right? There's a lot of things that goes into um into that. And um yeah, I I think jumping to a conclusion off of 10 seconds of video from three different videos is is not allowing um justice to do its job. And you just have to be patient because these things don't just happen overnight. It takes time.

10:37 Just clarify this for me though. When it comes to duty of care, if someone is is hurt, your instinct is to to run to their side, not to run away. Yeah, for sure. For sure. If there's in in fact anytime that there is any sort of um use of force, the is is the responsibility to get um medical attention to that individual for sure if if it's needed.

11:05 Yeah, I hear you on um having to to check emotions that run high in the immediate aftermath of something like this. And bearing that in mind, can you weigh in on the responsibility of of leadership? We had the Secretary of Homeland Security described the victim as a domestic terrorist. We had the the president himself say that uh I have the quote in front of me. She behaved horribly and then she ran him over. She didn't try to run him over. She ran him over. What is the responsibility of leadership in moments like this to either take a breath if you don't know the truth or at least not inflame tensions by lying? I think good leaders would understand the the amount of diplomacy that needed to be involved in a situation like this and um and allowing uh the the investigators who is their job to to find out the the the full story and and you know and labeling people things is um without a thorough

12:12 investigation is is careless. I think it's careless for uh for the the people involved.

12:20 Tell us about your race. Where are you running? What are what are the stakes? And what's it like to be running for sheriff in Alabama as a Democrat?

12:28 It's you know, like it's uh it's really good. Like the the I live in in an awesome uh county, Madison County, and I live actually right downtown Huntsville. And these people are amazing. Um, I've been a a cop here for, you know, and I've I've also had a security firm and uh I've been in public safety my whole life and protecting people has been something I've done as a Navy Seal as I did with the CIA and um and what I do as a police officer and I just view this as an extension of that. Um, you know, we have like just talking about what we've talked about so far, there's a culture of policing that has this very negative uh thing. And um and I've spent my nights, you know, thinking about what I can do as a sheriff to help turn that culture into what it should be and and um you know, a a culture of saving lives and changing lives and protecting uh people and their things and um yeah, and how to do that in a way that's um

13:45 that's really going to help the people of my county and uh I'm really looking forward to doing that.

13:51 Where can people learn more about your your race and how can they help? Well, uh you can go to vote brettjones.com and uh there's uh there's information there. Um we and if if people want to volunteer, we we'd love to to get volunteers and if if people want to donate to the cause, we we absolutely like that too. Uh, and you can do that all at the the website there. We have a big fundraiser coming up. It's like my birthday's in on February 5th. And so we're having our big sort of launch party and and all that um on uh February 5th downtown here in Huntsville and and there you can sign up for that too. I got to ask as someone who who knows Alabama, uh, what it's like for you as a Navy Seal, ex CIA, you were director of operations. I mean, you were you

14:46 I was a I was in the CIA as what they called a a GRS agent or I was part of their global response staff.

14:53 Got it. All right. So, you're a CIA badass after you were a Navy Seal badass. when you're talking to constituents, are they shocked that you're a Democrat?

15:04 Um I think uh I think what's really surprising about the county that I live in is there's a it's like 44% Democrat. It's it's big. Like Alabama, Madison County is a very um progressive part of the state. And you know, there's lots of really amazing things happening here. We've got, you know, we've got the uh one of the largest research u areas in the state. Um we have the arsenal, so there's a big military presence out here. Um we've got uh space force coming here. We've got the FBI coming here. We've got um some fascinating uh companies that are on the edge of biological uh or biotech and and all that. It's a it's a it's an amazing place to live and the people have been absolutely open to uh myself and my husband and and our family here. Um so I'm very grateful to live here.

16:05 Awesome. We'll put the links in the show notes below. Uh Brad, thanks for joining us.

16:10 Thanks Ken. I really appreciate it. Love this video? Support independent media and unlock exclusive content? Add free videos and custom emojis by becoming a paid member of our YouTube channel today. You can also gift memberships to others. Let's keep growing together.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "FED UP NAVY SEAL Goes NUCLEAR on Trump LIES over Murder"?

Ken Harbaugh (Host), Brett Jones (Guest).

What is "FED UP NAVY SEAL Goes NUCLEAR on Trump LIES over Murder" about?

The discussion centers on the alarming increase in federal agents' use of lethal force since Trump's immigration policies began, highlighting a troubling case of absolute immunity for federal law enforcement that shields them from accountability. Former Navy SEAL Brett Jones shares his insights on the implications of this unaccountability in law enforcement, emphasizing the need for oversight…

What is mentioned in this MeidasTouch episode?

10 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Brett Jones, Law Enforcement, Renee Mlin Good, Duty of Care, FBI, Madison County. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "FED UP NAVY SEAL Goes NUCLEAR on Trump LIES over Murder"?

The episode runs 16 min; the transcript is about 2,628 words in 26 timestamped sections.

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