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Nick Freitas: Child Grooming Gang Boss Released Early, But UK Law Bans His Deportation + Wynton Hall on China / USA AI Arms Race – Ask Dr. Drew – Ep 643
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- Jul 15, 2026
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Summary
The UK government has become so ideologically captured, they will need to rewrite a 1971 law before they can deport Shabir Ahmed, ringleader of the Rochdale child grooming gang who was set free on early release this month. Nick Freitas, retired Green Beret and author of The Manbook, just returned from the UK and tells Dr. Drew how a once-great country ended up with a two-tier justice system. Ahmed was sentenced in 2012 to 22 years for multiple offenses as the leader of a gang that targeted girls in Rochdale. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said that to deport Ahmen, first the UK government must change Section 7 of the Immigration Act 1971, which currently shields Commonwealth nationals who arrived before 1973 from removal. Nick explains what institutional capture looks like when protecting a narrative outranks protecting children. Also on today’s show: Wynton Hall — managing editor of Breitbart News and author of CODE RED: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI — on the US-China AI arms race. Hall argues that as the US restricts its most powerful models over safety concerns, China is racing ahead and using American AI tools to run influence operations. Nick Freitas is the author of The Manbook: A Point-by-Point Guide to Sucking It Up and Getting the Job Done. A retired US Army Special Forces (Green Beret), he served two tours in Iraq after service with the 82nd Airborne and 25th Light Infantry Divisions. Follow at https://x.com/NickJFreitas Wynton Hall is the author of CODE RED: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI, on sale 3/17. He is managing editor and social media director of Breitbart News and has ghostwritten 27 books, including seven New York Times bestsellers. Follow at https://x.com/wynton_hall 「&n…