Inside the Cornell Investigation: New Police Video and Jane Doe Testimony | Trump's Comments on LA and San Diego & More.
October 8, 2026
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5 min readInside the Cornell Investigation: New Police Video and Jane Doe Testimony | Trump's Comments on LA and San Diego & More
A 28-year-old researcher at a Russian anti-plague institute died of severe pneumonia in Siberia on October 2nd, and Russian officials are now pushing back against reports she may have been exposed to plague bacteria in a lab accident. But that's just one of several major developments this week. The Cornell case has produced a flood of new evidence—police interview videos, disciplinary hearing transcripts, and a death threat phone call against Jane Doe—while Tennessee grapples with the aftermath of a botched execution, and the Supreme Court begins a term packed with high-stakes cases on guns, immigration, voting, and religious freedom.
Cornell: New Evidence, Threats, and a Growing Campus Movement
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What you'll learn
- 1 Timestamped Outline
- 2 (00:00) **Show Introduction** - Host welcomes listeners to Thursday, October 8th episode, previewing Cornell updates, botched Tennessee execution, Russia plague case, Trump's LA/San Diego comments, and more.
- 3 (00:31) **Cornell Case: New Police Interviews and Anonymous Tips** - ABC News obtained records showing Cornell police received an anonymous tip that fraternity leadership asked a witness to stay quiet to protect reputations, and a female student told investigators Kai Fi held a meeting to get members "on the same page."
- 4 (02:49) **Police Video Shows Frat Brothers' Testimony** - ABC News obtained video interviews where Kai Fi members not involved in the sexual activity told police they heard it was all consensual.
- 5 (04:26) **Caveat on Incomplete Transcripts** - The host reminds listeners that only snippets of interviews and hearing transcripts have been released by media outlets, not the full records, so the context is incomplete.
- 6 (05:01) **Jane Doe's Title IX Hearing Testimony** - ABC News obtained transcripts from Cornell's 12-day disciplinary hearing held in May 2025, where Jane Doe testified remotely that she was "raped and tormented."
- 7 (06:55) **Frat Brothers' Defense at Hearing** - The accused men maintained the encounter was consensual and argued Jane Doe changed her account only after rumors spread across campus.
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Show Notes
New developments in the Cornell Jane Doe case continue to emerge. Today, we break down newly released Cornell Police interview videos, Jane Doe’s testimony during Cornell’s 2025 disciplinary hearing, allegations involving Chi Phi fraternity members, the growing campus protests, Sally Yates’s independent review of Cornell, threats against Jane Doe, and the legal challenge to New York Attorney General Letitia James’s role as special prosecutor.
We also have a major update on Christa Pike after she survived Tennessee’s attempted lethal-injection execution. We explain what may have gone wrong with the IVs, why Pike suffered burns and blisters, what Tennessee’s execution protocol actually requires, and whether the state could legally attempt to execute her again.
Plus: the Supreme Court begins its October 2026 Term with major cases involving AR-15 bans, immigration detention, third-country deportations, Arizona proof-of-citizenship requirements, religious freedom and climate litigation; what we actually know about the possible pneumonic plague case in Russia and how it compares to COVID; the latest Quick Hitters; and Rumor Has It fact-checks President Trump’s controversial comments about Los Angeles and San Diego.
In today's episode:
- Cornell Updates: New Police Video, Jane Doe Testimony, Campus Protests, and More (0:15)
- Christa Pike Survives Tennessee Execution Attempt (~21:50)
- Supreme Court Begins New Term; These Are The Biggest Cases It'll Hear (~27:17)
- Russia's Case of the Plague and the Whether the U.S. Should Worry (~35:48)
- Quick Hitters (~43:25)
- Rumor Has It: Did Trump Really Say "Let Them Take Out LA, Let Them Take Out San Diego"? (~49:12)
- Critical Thinking Segment (~56:30)
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