Why California Wants To BAN Nick Shirley | The Riley Gaines Show

About this episode

Nick Shirley joins Riley Gaines to discuss California's legislative attempt to criminalize investigative journalism and expose a major fraud investigation.

California is moving to criminalize investigative journalism. Nick Shirley joins Riley Gaines to expose the "Stop Nick Shirley Act" and the $250M fraud it’s trying to hide. In this explosive episode, Nick Shirley returns to discuss the legislative attempt (AB 2624) to make public filming of taxpayer-funded immigrant service providers a crime. Nick recounts his recent trip to Sacramento where he confronted the bill's co-authors—many of whom didn't even realize they had signed it. We dive deep into: The $250 million hospice fraud investigation and the conflict of interest involving AG Rob Bonta’s office. The personal security risks of being a "fraud hunter". Nick’s recent private meeting with Elon Musk and why X is the front line for truth. The latest on Ilhan Omar’s shrinking net worth and missing LLCs. Nick is risking it all to show us where our tax dollars are actually going. From $15k security bills to being called a 'psycho' by legislators, the pressure to stop him is real. Should investigating taxpayer-funded fraud be a crime? Drop your thoughts below 👇👇 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Riley Gaines

Guest: Nick Shirley

Topics covered

• legislation
• investigative journalism
• fraud investigation
• taxpayer funding
• personal security
• politics

Keywords

• California
• fraud
• investigative journalism
• taxpayer funding
• legislation
• Rob Bonta
• Elon Musk
• Ilhan Omar

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: California, Stop Nick Shirley Act, AB 2624

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