thanks for joining me today. i ll see you back here next saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern. smerconish starts now. terrorists turned tiktok influencer. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. against the backdrop of anti-semitism running rampant online and off, osama bin laden was trending this week. dozens of young americans have posted videos on tiktok expressing sympathy with bin laden, the terrorist who orchestrated the september 11th attacks after they discovered a two decades old letter he wrote critiquing the united states, including its support of israel. among many heinous quotes, your law is law of the rich and wealthy people who hold sway in their political parties and fund their election campaigns with their gifts. behind them stand the jews, who control your policy, media and economy. there s a lot more to it. it s about 4,000 words, but you get the gist. it began to recirculate this week on tiktok, where videos on the topic garnered 14 million views by thursday. n
whether it be jim jordan, whether it be congressman scott perry of pennsylvania, gosar, biggs, gohmert, meadows obviously as well. what about investigations launched into them? could there be subsequent investigations, either launched by the justice department and/or the fbi as barbara was just speaking to that we don t necessarily know about to hold these people accountable? not only do i think it s possible. i think it may be happening. and again, i refer back to the little clues we re getting. the fact that an fbi agent asked a senior oath keeper if he s been in contact with congress or staffers regarding the january 6th breach, fbi agents don t just come up with questions off the top of their head in a nationwide investigation. the questions are drafted by intelligence analysts. there are collection requirements. they re put out in templates to all agents. i think the fbi is looking at the involvement of congress members and staff and i think
paid leave trying to learn how to chest feed. good one, lauren. we should also note this update that chasten buttigieg sent out yesterday, their son, gus, is back home after a three-week health ordeal that included a week on a ventilator. so, my high five of the week goes to a judge who gave a woman who participated in the january 6th breach of the capital exactly what she thought she d never get. jenna ryan famously tweeted, definitely not going to jail. sorry, i have blonde hair, white skin, a great job, a great future and i m not going to jail. but u.s. district judge christopher cooper had a different point of view when he sentenced ryan to 60 days in jail after she pled guilty to one misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a federal building. the judge said it should send a message that we should take it seriously, it was an assault on our democracy and it should never happen again. a big heck yes to that and my high five of the week. we ll be right back. th