Dec. 5, 2025

"JANUARY 6 PIPE BOMBER ARRESTED, MICHAEL JORDAN'S MONOPOLY WAR & BLOODY HACKSAW IN WALSH TRIAL"

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Transcript

Reid Carter breaks down the FBI's stunning arrest of a Virginia anarchist in connection with the January 6 pipe bombings that baffled investigators for nearly five years - and why the bureau could have caught him years ago. Michael Jordan's antitrust battle against NASCAR heats up as emails reveal executives telling teams to "sign or lose your charters" - attorney Jeffrey Kessler hammers home "only a monopolist could say this." Day three testimony in the Brian Walsh murder trial shows jurors bloody hacksaws, blood-stained bathrobes, and a $1 million life insurance policy with Brian as beneficiary. Ana Walsh's lover takes the stand today.

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Caalaroga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm Reed Carter. Friday, December fifth,

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twenty twenty five, Breaking overnight, the FBI has arrested a

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Virginia man in connection with the January sixth pipe bombings,

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nearly five years the bombs planted outside the Democratic and

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Republican National Committee headquarters the night before the Capitol riot

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case that launched one thousand conspiracy theories, finally has a

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suspect in custody. He's reportedly linked to anarchist ideologies. But

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here's the embarrassing part for the FBI. Sources say investigators

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could have made this arrest years ago if they just

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pieced together evidence they already had. Michael Jordan's antitrust war

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against NASCAR continued yesterday, day three of testimony. Scott Prime,

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NASCAR executive vice president, back on the stand getting hammered

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by Attorneyjeffrey Kessler. Emails exposed showing NASCAR executives threatening teams

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sign our charter deal or lose your charters. Only a

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monopolist could say this, Kessler argued. Prime tried to defend

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the take it or leave it offer he himself described

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as a gun to your head. In Massachusetts. Day three

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of the Brian Walsh murder trial, prosecutors showed the jury

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a bloody hacksaw, blood stained bathrobes, blood soaked slippers with

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what appeared to be clumps of hair on the bottom,

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all recovered from dumpsters near Walsh's mother's apartment. Insurance broker

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testified Anna Walsh had over a million dollars in life

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insurance policies with Brian as the sole beneficiary. Defense claims

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she died suddenly in bed after New Year's celebrations. Prosecution

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says Brian dismembered her body and threw it in the trash,

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and Luigi Mangoni's case was dark yesterday. Next update Monday,

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when proceedings resume. Rea Carter Today, a pipe bomber finally

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caught NASCAR's monopoly exposed, and the bloody evidence piling up

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against Brian Walsh. This is Celebrity Trials. January fifth, twenty

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twenty one, night before the Capitol Riot. A figure in

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a gray hooded sweatshirt walks through Washington, d c. Face mask, glasses,

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black and light gray Nike Airmax Speed turf shoes with

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a yellow logo, carrying a backpack seven fifty four pm,

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the figure places a pipe bomb outside the Democratic National

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Committee headquarters. Twenty two minutes later, eight sixteen pm, another

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bomb outside the Republican National Committee, both buildings just blocks

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from the Capitol. The next day, America watched in horror

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as Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, but amid the chaos,

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those bombs were discovered. Twelve forty five pm, Capitol police

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found the RNC device. Thirty minutes later another call similar

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device at the d NC. Then Vice President elect Kamala

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Harris came within twenty feet of that bomb. The discovery

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diverted police away from the violence unfolding at the Capitol.

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Both devices were viable, capable of killing anyone nearby if

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they detonated, Constructed from threaded galvanized pipes, kitchen timers, and

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homemade black powder. Fifteen hours sat there waiting to explode.

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They didn't, but they could have, and then nothing. The

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suspect vanished. For nearly five years, the FBI hunted for

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the pipe bomber, one of the largest investigations in bureau history.

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Tens of thousands of video files, reviewed, hundreds of tips,

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cell phone tower data scoured, They examined sales records, for

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those Nike air Max sneakers, fewer than twenty five thousand

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pairs sold around that time. They offered a five hundred

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thousand dollars reward, conducted over a thousand interviews. Nothing The

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case launched conspiracy theories. Some Trump allies, including now Deputy

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FBI Director Dan Bongino, speculated it was an inside job.

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Bongino said on his podcast before joining the FBI, I

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believe the FBI knows the identity of this pipe bomber

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and just doesn't want to tell us because it was

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an inside job. Yesterday, they finally made an arrest. FBI

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arrested a Virginia man. Sources tell multiple outlets he's been

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linked to support for anarchist ideologies, charged with placing explosives

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outside both the DNC and RNC headquarters. But here's where

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it gets embarrassing for the Bureau. The arrest wasn't the

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result of some breakthrough, no new evidence, no dramatic tip

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from the public. Sources say investigators simply reviewed existing evidence

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they'd collected back in twenty twenty one and twenty twenty two,

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evidence they already had for years. Law enforcement sources told

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reporters this arrest may cause embarrassment for the FBI because

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the suspect could have been caught years ago if investigators

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had pieced together what was already in front of them,

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smart enough to plan coordinated bombings at both political parties headquarters,

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too stupid to realize the FBI would eventually connect the dots,

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except apparently the FBI was also too stupid to connect

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those dots for nearly five years. The White House will

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likely tout this as a victory. The Trump administration poured

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new resources into the case earlier this year. Deputy Director

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Bongino made solving it a personal priority. Last month, he

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posted on social media that the bureau had increased investigative resources,

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flown in police officers and detectives to review previous work,

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conducted internal reviews, and now they have an arrest. Anarchist ideology,

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not an inside job, not a false flag, just a

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guy and a gray hoodie who planted bombs outside both

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parties headquarters and got away with it for one thousand,

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four hundred and thirty days. The timing of those bombs still,

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investigators placed the night before January sixth discovered hours into

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the riot. The DNC bomb drew police away from the

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Capitol at a critical moment. Was that intentional coordination with

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rioters or just coincidence. We may find out more as

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the case proceeds. For now, what we know, Virginia Man

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anarchist sympathies, allegedly placed both bombs in custody nearly five years.

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The case that baffled America solved not by brilliant detective work,

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but by finally looking at evidence. They already had your

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tax dollars at work. Charlotte, North Carolina, Day three of

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testimony in Michael Jordan's antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR Quick Refresher.

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Jordan owns twenty three to eleven racing with driver Denny Hamlin.

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They're suing NASCAR alongside Front Row Motorsports owner Bob Jenkins,

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alleging NASCAR operates as an illegal monopoly, that the organization

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uses its market dominance to crush competition and force teams

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into unfavorable deals. At the heart of the lawsuit NASCAR's

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charter system. Think of charters like franchise licenses. Own one

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of the thirty six available, you get guaranteed entry into

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every Cup Series race and a floor of revenue. Without one,

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you're on the outside looking. In last year, NASCAR renegotiated

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the charter agreements. Thirteen of fifteen charter holding teams signed

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the new deal, twenty three to eleven, and front Row refused,

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said the terms were exploitative. Filed this lawsuit instead. Wednesday,

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Scott Prime was back on the stand. NASCAR executive vice

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president second day of testimony, and attorney Jeffrey Kessler, representing

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Jordan's team, used Prime's own emails and corporate communications to

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paint a picture of monopolistic abuse. Prime originally worked for McKinsey,

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the consulting firm. Back in twenty fourteen, he prepared a

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report expressing concerns over the longevity of NASCAR if it

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didn't improve the financial health of its race teams. Recommended

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taxi like medallions, which became the charter system, but Kessler

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argued the charter system doesn't actually help teams, it traps them.

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During twenty twenty four charter negotiations, one email from Prime

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to other executives relayed four demands from race teams that

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Prime found quite disappointing. The team said they would be

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forced to recommit our energy to exploring all our options

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if NASCAR didn't agree translation. Teams were threatening to form

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a breakaway stock car series. Prime laid out various options

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for how NASCAR could respond. Reduce the number of charters

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and offer them first come, first served, to create panic,

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update charter language and offer a take it or leave

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it deadline, dissolve the charter system entirely, or take all

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the in house and eliminate the need for race teams altogether.

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Then NASCAR President Steve Phelps responded to Prime's email, You

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accurately reflected our options. They are playing with fire. Lots

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of options, but all have the same theme. Pick a

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date and they can sign or lose their charters. It

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is that simple, Kessler pounced. Only a monopolist could say this.

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Only a monopolist has the power to say, take my offer,

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and if you don't take it, you will no longer

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be in this business, and someone else will take your place.

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On September sixth, twenty twenty four, NASCAR did exactly that,

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presented a take it or leave it offer to teams,

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an option Prime himself had described as a gun to

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your head. That's what Jim wanted, Kessler said, referring to

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NASCAR chairman and CEO Jim Frantz, I don't know what

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he wanted, Prime replied. Inside the courtroom, Denny Hamlin leaned

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forward and looked across the to gauge any reaction from

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the France family and their representatives. They sat expressionless. More

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damaging testimony emerged. Prime was portrayed as a moderate trying

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to strike a fair deal with teams, but NASCAR's board

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of directors, headed by Jim Frantz, kept pushing back. No

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bueno with Jim on charters, Prime wrote via text, after

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one meeting, can say Steve O'Donnell and I put our

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best foot forward, but it was a brick wall. I'm

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sorry to hear this. Phelps responded, super disappointing. Kesler also

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targeted NASCAR's goodwill provision in charter agreements. This clause says

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any owner of a race team, even someone who owns

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only ten percent, cannot own or invest in a competing

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stock car series, even if they leave NASCAR or forfeit

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their charter. They can't join a competitor for more than

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a year. And you think that's goodwill, Kessler asked, I

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do Prime respond? It's not goodwill, it's anti competitive will.

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Kessler said, shouldn't that be the name? NASCAR's attorneys objected.

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The judge sustained it, but the evidence kept coming. Kessler

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cited Prime's strategy document calling for intellectual property protections for

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NASCAR's next gen car. Prime wrote that without IP protection,

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it increases risk to NASCAR of the creation of a

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copycat series. NASCAR's rulebook now says teams cannot use their

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next gen cars in any series except NASCAR standard IP practice,

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Prime argued. Under cross examination, Prime pushed back, said the

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team's demand of twenty million dollars per car in revenue

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payouts would put NASCAR bankrupt. Denied the communications showed ill intent.

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Prime said what he meant by trying to lock up

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tracks was simply signing them for next season's schedule, not

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excluding them from competitors. Said permanent charters didn't make sense

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for anyone. You can't negotiate a deal and have the

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exact same deal forever. Prime said, you can't write a

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contract today that's going to last forever. Here's the pattern

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emerging from this trial. NASCAR holds all the cards. Teams

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have nowhere else to go. When teams push for better terms,

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NASCAR responds with threats. Sign or lose your charter, take

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our offer or get out. That's what monopolies do. They

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don't negotiate, they dictate. Michael Jordan didn't become a billionaire

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by accepting bad deals. He's challenging the fundamental structure of

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NASCAR's business model, arguing it violates federal antitrust law that

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NASCAR uses its dominant position to extract unfair terms from

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teams that have no alternative. Prime's testimony continues today. Bob

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Jenkins from front Row Motorsports expected to follow. Make it

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make sense. NASCAR tells teams to improve their financial health,

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then offers them deals that can keep them financially dependent,

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tells them to sign or lose everything. Calls it goodwill.

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Jordan's attorneys call it what it is, monopoly. We'll be

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right back with Day three of the Brian Walsh murder trial.

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Bloody hacksaws, blood soaked bathrobes, and a million dollar life

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insurance policy with the accused killer as beneficiary. Welcome back

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to celebrity trials. I'm reed. Carter Dedham, Massachusetts Norfolk Superior Court,

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Day three testimony in State versus Brian Walsh. Quick reminder

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where we are Brian Walsh, fifty years old on trial

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for the first degree murder of his wife, Anna, thirty nine,

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Serbian immigrant mother of three, worked for a real estate

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company in Washington d C. Reported missing January fourth, twenty

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twenty three. Body never found. Walsh has already pleaded guilty

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to two charges, misleading police and improper disposal of a

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human body. Those guilty pleas came just before jury selection

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last month, but he's fighting the murder charge his defense.

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Anna died suddenly in bed after New Year's Eve celebrations.

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Brian panicked, made terrible decisions, but didn't kill her. Prosecution

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says that's absurd. They say Brian murdered Anna on New

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Year's Day, spent several days dismembering her body, threw her

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remains in dumpsters around the region, and repeatedly lied to police,

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then tried to collect on her million dollar life insurance.

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Day three brought the physical evidence. Davis Gould, forensic scientist

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from the Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab, walked the jury

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through what investigators found, ten trash bags recovered from a

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dumpster outside Walsh's mother's apartment complex in Swampscott. The first

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bag contained clothing that matched the description Brian gave police

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when he reported on a missing Volkswagen keys. Then it

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got worse. Gould presented photo after photo, a black jacket

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covered in red brown stains, white towels soaked with what

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appeared to be blood, a white bathrobe with similar staining,

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gray slippers with smears, and what appeared to be clumps

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of hair stuck to the bottom. Then the tools, a hammer,

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wire snips, a hatchet with red brown stains, a hacksaw.

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Google search history is forever Brian searched hacksaw the best

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tool for dismembering a body. Now the jury was looking

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at an actual hacksaw stained with what prosecutors allege is

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his wife's blood. On cross examination, defense attorney Larry Tipton

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questioned Gould about what the findings actually prove. There's no

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way for you to be able to tell a jury

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with regards to this specific case, how exactly some of

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this red brown stain or biological evidence actually came to

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be on any piece of VPS evidence. Gould agreed he

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couldn't verify how the items were stained, couldn't rule out

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the possibility they weren't stained when originally thrown out, but

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that's a hard argument to sell blood soaked bathrobe, hacksaw

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slippers with hair, all in dumpsters near Walsh's mother's house,

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all discovered days after Anna vanished. Then the insurance testimony.

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Mark Selvaggi, a life insurance broker with New York Life,

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took the stand. He met Brian Walsh through an online

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lead suggesting he was looking for life insurance, but there

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was a problem. Brian had pending federal charges for selling

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fake Andy Warhol paintings, couldn't get coverage himself. Selvaggi's solution

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apply for a policy under Anna's name. Anna Walsh had

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two life insurance policies worth over one million dollars. Brian

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Walsh was the sole beneficiary. The policies also listed Anna

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as being an excellent health which undermines the defense theory

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that she suffered a sudden, unexpected death. Prosecution's theory crystallized.

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Brian Walsh discovered his wife was having an affair, killed

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her on New Year's Day, dismembered her body, threw the

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remains in dumpsters, and planned to collect a million dollars

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in insurance money. The affair is central to both sides,

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Prosecutors say William Fastow, a d c reealtor, had a

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romantic relationship with Anna, that she'd told a friend she

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planned to leave Brian, that Brian discovered the affair and

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killed her in a rage. Defense says the marriage was fine.

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The text between Brian and Anna showed loving communication, that

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Anna called Brian her best friend and discussed their future together. Today,

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day four, William Fasto takes the stand. The other man,

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the realtor who was sleeping with Anna Walsh. He helped

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her by a townhouse in d c was apparently planning

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a future with her. The jury, we'll hear from the

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man Brian Walsh allegedly killed over That's what the defense

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has to overcome. Brian Walsh already pleaded guilty to disposing

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of his wife's body, already admitted he lied to police repeatedly.

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His Internet search history includes best way to dispose of

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a body, how long before a body starts to smell?

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Is it possible to clean DNA off a knife? Best

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way to dispose of body parts after murder? And now

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the jury has seen the bloody hacksaw. The defense argument

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that Anna died suddenly and Brian just panicked requires believing

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that an innocent man's first instinct after finding his wife

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dead was to google how to dismember a body, buy

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cleaning supplies, hacker apart stuffer remains in trash bags, drive

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them to various dumpsters, lie to police repeatedly, and then

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try to collect the life insurance. Make it make sense.

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Anna Walsh was thirty nine years old, mother of three boys,

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ages two, four, and six when she disappeared. Serbian immigrant

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who built a successful career in real estate should be

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raising her sons, should be building her future. Instead, pieces

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of her may be scattered in landfills across Massachusetts. Her

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husband sitting in court clutching a rosary. Trial continues. We'll

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bring you updates as testimony unfolds. Rest in peace, Anna,

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Someone has to say your name. That's celebrity trials for Friday,

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December fifth, twenty twenty five. Breaking overnight, FBI arrested a

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Virginia anarchist in connection with the January sixth pipe bombings.

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Nearly five years of investigation. Turns out they had the

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evidence all along. Michael Jordan's anti trust battle against NASCAR

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exposed damning emails executives threatening teams sign or lose your charters.

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Only a monopolist could say this. Brian Walsh murder trial

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Day three showed the jury bloody hack saws, blood soaked bathrobes,

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and million dollar life insurance policies. Anna's lover takes the

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stand today and Luigi Mangoni's case re zooms Monday. We'll

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be there, I'm read, Carter, have a weekend, lock your

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doors and maybe clear your browser history.