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Evening Wire: Minnesotan Officials Subpoenaed & Trump’s Greenland Negotiations

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Evening Wire: Minnesotan Officials Subpoenaed & Trump’s Greenland Negotiations", an episode of Morning Wire published January 20, 2026 (12 min, about 2,109 words). It mentions 13 people, works and ideas, including Daily Wire (company), Nobel Foundation, Supreme Leader Kmeni, Masud Peskin, Mary Morardi.

What this episode is about

Minnesota officials, including Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, have been subpoenaed by the DOJ as part of an investigation into whether their policies obstructed ICE operations in the state. Meanwhile, President Trump plans to engage European leaders at the World Economic Forum regarding the U.S. acquisition of Greenland, emphasizing its strategic importance for global security amidst Denmark's military buildup in the region.

Key takeaways

  • DOJ subpoenas Minnesota officials; in politics, accountability often masquerades as scandal.
  • Trump claims Greenland's acquisition is vital—one wonders if he's planning a real estate empire in the Arctic.
  • Denmark's military boost in Greenland shows that even the smallest nations take threats seriously—a lesson for all.
  • Nobel Peace Prize regifting highlights politics' absurdity; even honors can become pawns in a geopolitical chess game.
  • Trump labels anti-ICE protesters as 'troublemakers'—in the theater of politics, who decides what's performance art?

Who speaks in this episode?

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 3:00: Daily Wire (company), Mary Morardi, Yonas Garur, Mark Ruda
  2. – 6:00: Daily Wire (company), Nobel Foundation, Black Lives Matter Twin Cities, Racial Justice Network
  3. – 9:00: Good Ranchers, Daily Wire (company), Masud Peskin, Supreme Leader Kmeni
  4. – 12:00: Daily Wire (company), Oscar Poente

Notable quotes from "Evening Wire: Minnesotan Officials Subpoenaed & Trump’s Greenland Negotiations"

  • With European leaders. And the Iranian regime confirms the death of thousands of protesters. I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia How.
    about Daily Wire (company) · at
  • On Monday, a text exchange between President Trump and Norwegian Prime Minister Yonas Garur over Greenland was released in a statement. Trump wrote, quote, Denmark cannot protect that land.
    about Yonas Garur · at
  • Now Trump says the deal shows the strategic necessity of the US acquiring Greenland. The Nobel Foundation has issued a flurry of statements in response to the regifting of the…
    about Nobel Foundation · at
  • These people are professionals. They're highly trained to scream, rant, and rave like lunatics in a certain manner, just like they're doing. They're troublemakers who should be thrown in.
    about Black Lives Matter Twin Cities · at
  • Families like mine and yours for generations. No cameras, no headlines, just putting food on our tables. Our sponsor, Good Ranchers, is the only meat company I found that's…
    about Good Ranchers · at
  • Decision to narrow the list of vaccines recommended for children. Daily Wire reporter Lyndon Blake has more. The CDC is no longer recommending that all children need to be…
    about CDC · at
  • Error, saying the crash most likely was caused by mechanical or infrastructure failure. Spanish transport Minister Oscar Poente called the crash extremely unusual given that it…
    about Oscar Poente · at

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

  • Supreme Leader Kmeni — Person · Referenced foreign leader (Iran supreme leader, as stated) · 1 mention · first at
    Addresses the nation about protests; blames unrest on Trump while state audience chants anti-U.S. slogans.
    Supreme Leader Kmeni addressed the nation on state television over the weekend, blaming the unrest on Trump as his audience chanted death to America.
  • Masud Peskin — Person · Referenced foreign leader (Iran president, as stated) · 1 mention · first at
    Described as defending the Ayatollah and warning that aggression would be treated as all-out war.
    Willingness to cooperate with the US. As President Trump calls for new leadership in Iran, Iranian President Masud Peskin defended the Ayatollah, warning that any aggression against him would be viewed as an all-out war against the country.
  • Mary Morardi — Person · Referenced public official (subpoena target) · 1 mention · first at
    Named as Hennepin County Attorney subpoenaed in the widening DOJ inquiry related to ICE operations.
    Several Minnesota officials have been subpoenaed amid the Trump administration's immigration enforcement surge in the state. Officials said today they're seeking documents from Governor Tim Walls, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey,.
  • Yonas Garur — Person · Referenced foreign leader (as stated: Norwegian Prime Minister) · 1 mention · first at
    Appears in the Greenland storyline via a released text exchange with Trump.
  • Mark Ruda — Person · Referenced international official (as stated: NATO Secretary General) · 1 mention · first at
    Named as the NATO Secretary General whom Trump spoke with about Greenland (per the episode).
    Economic Forum. Daily Wire reporter Zach Juul has more. The president said he spoke with NATO Secretary General Mark Ruda over the phone and stressed the importance of the US…
  • Oscar Poente — Person · Referenced government official (Spain transport minister) · 1 mention · first at
    Quoted calling the crash unusual and providing context about the track refurbishment and investigation.

Companies & orgs

  • Daily Wire (company) — Company · Host · 9 mentions · first at
    The podcast is produced and hosted by Daily Wire, making it central to the episode's content and presentation.
  • Nobel Foundation — Company · Referenced organization · 2 mentions · first at
    Mentioned in the context of the Nobel Peace Prize being regifted to President Trump, highlighting its role in prize administration.
  • CDC — Company · Referenced organization · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned in the context of a lawsuit over vaccine recommendations, indicating its role in public health policy.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics — Company · Referenced organization · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as part of a lawsuit against HHS leadership over vaccine policy changes, indicating its role in pediatric health advocacy.
    Now, the American Academy of Pediatrics and other organizations are suing HHS leadership, including Kennedy, over recent appointments to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
  • Black Lives Matter Twin Cities — Company · Referenced organization · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as an organizer of protests against ICE, indicating its role in local activism.
  • Racial Justice Network — Company · Referenced organization · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as an organizer of protests against ICE, highlighting its role in activism.
    These people are professionals. They're highly trained to scream, rant, and rave like lunatics in a certain manner, just like they're doing. They're troublemakers who should be thrown in.

Sponsors

  • Good Ranchers — Product · Sponsor · 2 mentions · first at
    Promoted as a sponsor during the podcast, highlighting its commitment to American meat production.

Full transcript with timestamps

The DOJ subpoenas several Minnesota officials, including the governor. Trump is set to discuss the fate of Greenland with European leaders. And the Iranian regime confirms the death of thousands of protesters. I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia How. It's Tuesday, January 20th. This is Evening Wire.

Several Minnesota officials have been subpoenaed amid the Trump administration's immigration enforcement surge in the state. Officials said today they're seeking documents from Governor Tim Walls, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Henipin County Attorney Mary Morardi as part of a widening DOJ inquiry. Officials say the probe centers on whether public statements and policies by those leaders impeded ICE agents deployed to the state. Both Walls and Frey have strongly denied those allegations, calling the investigation politically motivated.

The future of Greenland is on the agenda at Davos this week. President Trump said early this morning that he plans to meet with various parties to discuss the matter while attending the World Economic Forum. Daily Wire reporter Zach Juul has more. The president said he spoke with NATO Secretary General Mark Ruda over the phone and stressed the importance of the US acquiring Greenland. Trump said that he plans to meet the various parties in Davos this week and he's telling everyone quote very plainly that Greenland is imperative for national and world security. He added quote there can be no going back. on that. Everyone agrees.

Trump said the US is the only power that can ensure global peace and added that peace must be achieved through strength.

Meanwhile, Denmark is beefing up its military in Greenland in direct response to Trump saying he's going to acquire the Arctic territory. Daily Wire senior editor Kabat Phillips has the details.

On Monday, a text exchange between President Trump and Norwegian Prime Minister Yonas Garur over Greenland was released in a statement. Trump wrote, quote, "Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a right of ownership anyway? No written documents. It's only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago. But we had boats landing there." Also, TV2, a local Danish broadcaster, said the incoming forces were quote, "a substantial contribution as they arrived Monday night." The head of Denmark's Arctic Command, Major General Saurin Anderson, says that about 100 Danish soldiers have already arrived in Nuke, Greenland's capital, with more on the way. When asked on January 15th about European troops in Greenland, White House press secretary Caroline Levit had this to say.

I don't think troops in Europe uh impact the president's decision-making process or nor does it impact his goal of the acquisition of Greenland at all.

President Trump ripped into the United Kingdom today for its plan to surrender strategic islands. The UK intends to seed control of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Maitius, an island nation off the coast of East Africa. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the deal showed quote weakness to Russia and China and that it would endanger a key American military base located on one of the islands known as Diego Garcia. The US will maintain access to the base for 99 years and potentially longer. The UK inked a deal to hand over the islands last year. The Trump administration supported the agreement at the time, but now Trump says the deal shows the strategic necessity of the US acquiring Greenland. The Nobel Foundation has issued a flurry of statements in response to the regifting of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump. Daily Wire senior editor Virginia Crouta has the latest. Venezuelan opposition leader

Maria Karina Machado presented her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump last week during a meeting at the White House. The Nobel Foundation clarified that quote, "A prize cannot even symbolically be passed on or further distributed." Machado defended her decision to give her prize to the president as quote a recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom. Trump mentioned the award when texting with the Norwegian Prime Minister about Greenland saying quote "Considering your country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped eight wars plus, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America." Trump said today that the anti-ICE activists who stormed a Minnesota church on Sunday were professional troublemakers who should be locked up or thrown out of the country.

Daily Wire senior editor Joel Needler reports. The president's comments come as his justice department has pledged to bring charges against the agitators who entered city's church in St. Paul and recited chants like justice for Renee Good, hands up don't shoot, and ICE out of Minnesota. Former CNN host Don Lemon live streamed the protest. Trump posted early today saying, quote, "Just watched footage of the church raid in Minnesota by the agitators and insurrectionists." "These people are professionals. They're highly trained to scream, rant, and rave like lunatics in a certain manner, just like they're doing. They're troublemakers who should be thrown in jail or thrown out of the country." The protest was organized and promoted by Racial Justice Network and Black Lives Matter Twin Cities. The legacy media has been battling with the Trump administration over who exactly is being deported, claiming that less than half

have criminal records. But the administration says the numbers don't lie. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prejakamo has the details. The administration says the vast majority of illegals that ICE has targeted have pending criminal charges or convictions in the US. That's in addition to the crime of being here illegally. Assistant Secretary Trisha Mclofflin gave an update on these numbers last month, saying 70% of the more than 600,000 illegals arrested had already been charged or convicted of a crime in the US. And that sites only charges or convictions in the United States, not other countries. Mclofflin explained, quote, "This statistic doesn't account for those wanted for violent crimes in their home country or another country, Interpol notices, human rights abusers, gang members, terrorists, etc.

Who ICE is targeting has become a growing focus as protests and riots continue to pop up in liberal cities across the nation. Here's one ICE officer who went viral this week while addressing media members and protesters who he says were impeding law enforcement.

That vehicle right there is honking and impeding our investigations while we're trying to arrest a child sex offender. That's who you guys are protecting. Insane. The Iranian regime now acknowledges that thousands of civilians were indeed killed during recent protests. Several civil rights organizations estimate the death toll may be as high as 12,000. Supreme Leader Kmeni addressed the nation on state television over the weekend, blaming the unrest on Trump as his audience chanted death to America. Despite diplomatic efforts to deescalate tensions, Iran has so far shown little willingness to cooperate with the US. As President Trump calls for new leadership in Iran, Iranian President Masud Peskin defended the Ayatollah, warning that any aggression against him would be viewed as an all-out war against the country.

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When I was a kid, I got three vaccines. Kids today get 80 doses of about 18 vaccines. You know, there was not good science behind the vaccine schedule. None of the vaccines on the schedule, with the exception of the COVID vaccine, none of them had ever been safety tested in a placebo control trial.

Now, the American Academy of Pediatrics and other organizations are suing HHS leadership, including Kennedy, over recent appointments to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. They say the new policy endangers families and burdens the health care system. They accuse Kennedy of quote inappropriately influencing the vaccine advisory committee by packing it with unqualified experts who hold antivaccine views. The complaint was filed Monday in the US District Court in Massachusetts and accuses the defendants of engaging in quote a pattern in practice of changing US vaccine policy without consideration of the relevant factors or providing any reasoned explanation.

New polling shows that women are more likely than men to support political assassinations. Daily Wire Culture reporter Megan Basham has more on the findings.

So-called assassination culture seems to be growing more acceptable in the United States. According to the network contagion research institute, women across the political spectrum were 14 to 20% more likely to justify the political killing of high-profile figures. Asked about specific figures, 55% of women versus 45% of men said New York City Mayor Zoran Mdani's theoretical murder could be justified. 57% of women and 50% of men said the same about President Trump. These troubling results come in the aftermath of the high-profile murders of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, as well as at least a couple of recent attempts on Trump's life.

A high-speed train collision near Madrid, Spain, has left at least 41 dead and hundreds injured. Daily Wire assistant editor Andy Valdez has the latest.

The collision occurred Sunday afternoon as one train derailed, striking another train head on. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has promised a full investigation into the cause of the crash. Investigators have already ruled out excessive speed or other human error, saying the crash most likely was caused by mechanical or infrastructure failure. Spanish transport Minister Oscar Poente called the crash extremely unusual given that it occurred on a straightaway section of track that had undergone refurbishment less than one year prior. Spain's Union of Railway Drivers warned the government about track problems due to increased traffic last year, including on the line where the crash occurred. And if you're in the American Southeast, double check the weather for your weekend plans. Weather models are predicting a snow apocalypse as a dramatic winter weather system will cover hundreds of miles across the South

and Northeast. Snow and ice are expected to coat the South less than a week after rare snowfall peppered spots of Florida and Georgia. The system is expected to tilt slowly down into the Gulf Coast of Texas and stretch up into the Northeast. Winintry conditions on Saturday night could stretch from Houston up to New York City. Of course, it's all still early, so we'll circle back on this later in the week. Those are your drive home updates this evening. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And in case you missed it earlier today, we covered some major stories, including the federal investigations into anti-ICE protesters who stormed into a church in Minneapolis, Democrats rolling out their aggressive agenda in Virginia, and the Pentagon obtaining a mysterious device that may explain the so-called Havana syndrome. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full

edition of Morning Wire.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Evening Wire: Minnesotan Officials Subpoenaed & Trump’s Greenland Negotiations"?

John Bickley (Host), Georgia How (Host), Zach Juul (Guest), Kabat Phillips (Guest), Virginia Crouta (Guest), Joel Needler (Guest), Amanda Prejakamo (Guest), Trisha Mclofflin (Guest).

What is "Evening Wire: Minnesotan Officials Subpoenaed & Trump’s Greenland Negotiations" about?

Minnesota officials, including Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, have been subpoenaed by the DOJ as part of an investigation into whether their policies obstructed ICE operations in the state. Meanwhile, President Trump plans to engage European leaders at the World Economic Forum regarding the U.S. acquisition of Greenland, emphasizing its strategic importance for global security amidst…

What is mentioned in this Morning Wire episode?

13 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Daily Wire (company), Nobel Foundation, Supreme Leader Kmeni, Masud Peskin, Mary Morardi, Yonas Garur. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Evening Wire: Minnesotan Officials Subpoenaed & Trump’s Greenland Negotiations"?

The episode runs 12 min; the transcript is about 2,109 words in 23 timestamped sections.

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