Evening Wire: Karoline Leavitt Leaving Trump Admin & UK Erupts Over Batty Arrest | 8.13.26

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Karoline Leavitt is set to leave the Trump Administration. A man is arrested for carrying a wrapped baseball bat in the UK.
And the WNBA's big meeting on gender comes up empty. I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Thursday, August 13th. This is Evening Wire.

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave the administration at the end of the month. Daily Wire contributor Tim Pearce has the latest.

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Yesterday, President Trump said Leavitt would step back from the press podium, but she would still be involved as an outside advisor to the president. Leavitt followed up with her own statement and said she was leaving to spend more time with her family. She described the decision as bittersweet, but said she cannot be the best mom my two young children deserve while devoting the constant time, energy and attention required of the White House Press Secretary.
And within hours of Trump's announcement, the names were already being floated for Leavitt's potential replacement. According to the New York Post, former New Jersey acting US. Attorney Alina Haba and Breitbart Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle are at the top of the list. Other contenders include Katie Miller, who is married to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, and White House Communications Director Stephen Chung, among others.
Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed once said Thanksgiving should be a day for reparations. El-Sayed criticized the American holiday in a 2019 Thanksgiving post. He wrote, quote, this country was built on the systemic annihilation of indigenous peoples whose descendants suffer some of the highest rates of homelessness, joblessness and mortality today. He added, we owe so much more than thanks, time for reparations. At some point, the post was deleted from his feed, not before it was archived online. El-Sayed is expected to face a close race for Senate against Republican Mike Rogers.

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Notorious influencers, Andrew and Tristan Tate carried around a stash of fake passports that include one apparently inspired by a Bond villain. Those passports are a liability now as the Tate's legal team try to convince a judge to let the pair out of a Florida prison while they await their extradition trial. One passport for Tristan Tate identifies him as Vladimir Scorpius, or the name of the main villain in the Bond novel titled Scorpius. The Tate's attorney has admitted that securing the brothers' release is a tall climb. Florida authorities jailed the Tate's after they were charged with 59 counts in the UK that included rape, sex trafficking and child pornography.

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A viral post boosted by UK political activist Tommy Robinson appears to show a British man with a wrapped baseball bat being assaulted by Manchester police and then arrested. Associate producer Garrett Van Teem has the story.

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The man in question was walking through a public shopping sector when stopped by police, reportedly for brandishing a quote, offensive weapon.
The man asked repeatedly quote, what have I done while trying to explain he was meeting up with friends. The policeman then tried to physically restrain the bat wielder who for several minutes attempted to walk away as bystanders yelled at the cop. One even repeatedly yelled quote, it's in the package you idiot, referencing the clearly wrapped bat. The cop then pulled out mace and sprayed the bat wielder in the eyes as other officers arrived via motorcycles. Pedestrians and police began yelling back and forth with one cop shoving a man back before a Christian street preacher intervened, again trying to advocate for the man being detained. Finally, five or more cops dragged the man away and arrested him only to release him later without a charge. The police stated quote, no intent could be proven and therefore no crime was committed. The police also tried to save face by claiming that their investigation revealed quote, the bat had been purchased the week prior as if that has any bearing.

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The grand jury murder indictment against the son of the famous Hollywood director Rob Reiner was unsealed this week, and it could mean the death penalty. The indictment alleges that Nick Reiner was lying in wait before killing his own parents last December. An LA County grand jury indicted Nick Reiner back on July 20th, but that indictment remained sealed until Wednesday when he pleaded not guilty. The 32-year-old is accused of stabbing to death his famous father and mother Michelle Singer Reiner, a photographer, at their home in Brentwood last year. The grand jury indictment allows prosecutors to skip the public pretrial hearing process in the state. The allegation that he was lying in wait means that the act was premeditated, and if he's convicted, he could face the death penalty, though prosecutors haven't decided yet if they'll seek it.