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University of Idaho Murderer Bryan Kohberger Hears Victim Impact Statements | Crime Alert 6AM 07.23.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Drew Nelson.
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  Speaker 1: Brian Coburger is set for a sentencing hearing today for
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  Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two murders of four University of Idaho students,
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  Speaker 1: and the hearing could stretch into a second day as
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  Speaker 1: the families prepare emotional statements. The hearing begins at nine
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  Speaker 1: am Pacific time in Aida County District Court in Boise.
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  Speaker 1: Judge Stephen Hippler will preside as victim impact statements from
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  Speaker 1: the families of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Gounzalves, Xena Kernodle, and
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  Speaker 1: Ethan Chapin are expected to take hours. Court officials have
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  Speaker 1: said the sentencing could last two full days. Coburger, aged thirty,
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  Speaker 1: pleaded guilty earlier this month as part of a deal
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  Speaker 1: to avoid the death penalty. He admitted to breaking into
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  Speaker 1: the student's rental home in the early hours of November
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  Speaker 1: thirteenth of twenty twenty two and stabbing them to death.
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  Speaker 1: He will receive four consecutive life sentences with no chance
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  Speaker 1: of parole, plus ten years for burglary. He waived his
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  Speaker 1: right to a trial and appeal. He is not required
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  Speaker 1: to speak during sentencing, but Judge Hipler will give him
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  Speaker 1: the chance. President Donald Trump says he hopes the judge
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  Speaker 1: presses Coburger for answers. In a truth social post, mister
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  Speaker 1: Trump wrote, quote, before sentencing, I hope the judge makes Coburger,
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  Speaker 1: at a minimum explain why he did these horrible murders.
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  Speaker 1: There are no exceptions, there is no nothing. The Gunzalvus
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  Speaker 1: family has been the most outspoken. Steve Gonzalves told CBS
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  Speaker 1: he doesn't know how his daughter died. Quote how many
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  Speaker 1: times was my daughter stabbed? Was she choked? What happened?
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  Speaker 1: And that should be part of our victim impact statement.
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  Speaker 1: A gag order on the case was lifted earlier this month,
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  Speaker 1: and more details may come soon. For more in the
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  Speaker 1: After this, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche plans to meet
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  Speaker 1: with Glenn Maxwell, as the calls to release the Jeffrey
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  Speaker 1: Epstein case files are bringing Congress to a hall on Tuesday.
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  Speaker 1: Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed that Blanche reached out to
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  Speaker 1: Maxwell's lawyer. Blanche said in a statement posted on x
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  Speaker 1: quote Justice demands courage. For the first time, the Department
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  Speaker 1: of Justice is reaching out to Glen Maxwell to ask
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  Speaker 1: what do you know. Maxwell's attorney, David Oscar Marcus said
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  Speaker 1: the talks are underway. Quote. I can confirm that we
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  Speaker 1: are in discussions with the government and that Glen will
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  Speaker 1: always testify truthfully. We are grateful to President Trump for
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  Speaker 1: his commitment to uncovering the truth in this case. Maxwell
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  Speaker 1: is serving a twenty year prison term for grooming and
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  Speaker 1: recruiting teenage girls for Epstein. She was convicted in twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty one. Epstein's death in twenty nineteen was ruled a suicide.
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  Speaker 1: He had been indicted on child sex trafficking charges during
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  Speaker 1: mister Trump's first term. The planned meeting with Maxwell follows
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  Speaker 1: rising pressure from mister Trump's political base. Several Republican lawmakers
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  Speaker 1: involved they want full transparency from the Department of Justice
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  Speaker 1: about Epstein's contacts and activities. Movement has only further fueled
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  Speaker 1: conspiracy theories. It has divided Republicans and disrupted House business.
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  Speaker 1: On the same day the meeting was announced, the House
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  Speaker 1: Oversight Committee approved a motion to subpoena Maxwell. Tennessee Representative
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  Speaker 1: Tim Burchett introduced the motion. Chairman James Comer of Kentucky
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  Speaker 1: said Maxwell will be subpoenaed quote as expeditiously as possible,
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  Speaker 1: but Speaker Mike Johnson cut the House's workweek short, starting
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  Speaker 1: August recess a day early. The move came after Democrats
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  Speaker 1: promised to force votes on Epstein related amendments. Johnson said, quote,
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  Speaker 1: there's no purpose for Congress to push an administration to
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  Speaker 1: do something that they're already doing. He blamed Kentucky Representative
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  Speaker 1: Thomas Massey for stirring division. Massey and California Democrat Roe
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  Speaker 1: Conna are pushing a discharge petition to force a House
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  Speaker 1: vote on releasing all Epstein records. Massey carried a binder
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  Speaker 1: titled the Epstein Files Phase two declassified around the Capitol
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  Speaker 1: as a gag. In a statement of July sixth, the
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  Speaker 1: DOJ and FBI said they found no quote unquote club
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  Speaker 1: list and no evidence of blackmail. They said they uncovered
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  Speaker 1: no grounds to charge other individuals. That statement has only
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  Speaker 1: deepened the mistrust among Trump supporters on social media. Mister
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  Speaker 1: Trump ordered the DOJ to release all Epstein grand jury
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  Speaker 1: records quote, subject only to court approval. Blanche and Bondi
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  Speaker 1: have asked a judge to unseal those transcripts. Judge Paul Engelmeyer,
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  Speaker 1: who oversees the Maxwell case, says the DOJ must file
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  Speaker 1: a legal memo by the twenty ninth explaining why disclosure
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  Speaker 1: is necessary and what they are seeking to disclose. Speaker
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  Speaker 1: Johnson says he supports transparency but warned against rushing the process. Quote.
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  Speaker 1: We can both call for full transparency and also protect victims.
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  Speaker 1: If you run roughshod or you do it too quickly,
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  Speaker 1: that's not what happens. Some Republicans are worried that this
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  Speaker 1: could hurt their chances in the twenty twenty six midterms.
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  Speaker 1: Representative Massey, speaking of mister Trump, quote, you don't lose
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  Speaker 1: your base over one single thing. But he's eroding his base.
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  Speaker 1: Why should they vote in the midterms if the trans
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  Speaker 1: cosparency they were promised doesn't happen. Meanwhile, Democrats say mister
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  Speaker 1: Trump is trying to avoid scrutiny. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffreys
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  Speaker 1: of New York said, quote, what are they hiding from
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  Speaker 1: the American people? Release the files so that the American
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  Speaker 1: people can make a decision on their own. Maxwell remains
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  Speaker 1: imprisoned in Florida. Her appeal is before the Supreme Court.
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  Speaker 1: Blant said the DOJ will hear anything she has to
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  Speaker 1: say about others involved. Speaker Johnson said no vote will
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  Speaker 1: be held before recess and that House Republicans stand behind
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  Speaker 1: the Trump administration's plan to handle the matter. For the
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