Leah (The Leah Files)
Social media commentator who says she is an economist, fraud examiner and former intelligence-community contractor; runs the firm Black Widow Global
Leah (The Leah Files) (Social media commentator who says she is an economist, fraud examiner and former intelligence-community contractor; runs the firm Black Widow Global) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include National Defense Authorization Act, Artificial intelligence surveillance, Flock Safety license plate cameras.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
National Defense Authorization Act
Leah calls US–Israel military integration one of the scariest possible developments.
“I think the merging of the militaries is one of the scariest things that could happen to us”
The Shawn Ryan Show: My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:43:45
Leah argues a new US–Israel integration office would hide the true amount of US money going to Israel.
“now we're not going to be able to see how much money we're giving to Israel because all they have to do is give a certain amount that's public”
The Shawn Ryan Show: My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:40:27
Artificial intelligence surveillance
Leah speculates that surveillance and centralized digital banking could be used to punish speech.
“our First Amendment will be monitored and punished or not through some sort of centralized banking”
The Shawn Ryan Show: My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:37:02
Leah claims the surveillance firm Toka was founded by Ehud Barak, who corresponded with Epstein about it.
“TOCA is the company founded by Ehud Barak, and he has emails with Epstein about it”
The Shawn Ryan Show: My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:34:02
Flock Safety license plate cameras
Leah argues Flock cameras cannot be made safe with guardrails because the people setting them are not trusted.
“I don't think we can have flock cameras with proper guardrails because we don't have trust in the people setting up those guardrails”
The Shawn Ryan Show: My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:29:41
Leah cites audit-log data showing most Flock searches lack a case number.
“84.2% of all of the searches, over 4 million, have no case number”
The Shawn Ryan Show: My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:20:58
Foreign Agents Registration Act
Leah says Pam Bondi loosened FARA registration requirements in 2025.
“Pam Bondi, back in 2025, one of the first things she did when she got in was, you don't have to register in FARA unless you're literally an agent for that country”
The Shawn Ryan Show: My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:14:42
Leah claims Israel routes payments through a German advertising company so influencers can deny being paid by Israel.
“Israel pays this German advertising company who then pays the US so that technically you can say you're not getting paid by Israel”
The Shawn Ryan Show: My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:13:27
Turning Point USA
Leah alleges that vendor LLCs paid by Turning Point USA trace back to friends or insiders.
“all of the LLCs were tracing back to friends or people inside of the organization”
The Shawn Ryan Show: My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 51:28
Leah says Turning Point USA's revenue grew sharply from 2024 to 2025.
“Just 2024 to 2025 alone, it went from $85 million to $115 million”
The Shawn Ryan Show: My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 49:09
Waze
Leah says Waze's terms of service require users to sue in Israel.
“if you sue them for any sort of reason, if something happens, you have to sue the app, you have to go to Israel to do it”
The Shawn Ryan Show: My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 1:15:40
Assassination of Charlie Kirk
Leah says she does not believe Kirk's requested financial audit was the reason he was killed.
“I don't think that's why he was killed. I don't think that's why he was killed at all”
The Shawn Ryan Show: My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 57:07
2026 Kentucky 4th congressional district Republican primary
Leah claims the primary against Thomas Massie was a paid-for election based on her review of his opponent's funding.
“I looked into Ed Gallerian and where his funds were coming from, and it was obviously a paid-for election”
The Shawn Ryan Show: My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 41:58
2026 United States midterm elections
- Prediction · due Nov 2026
Leah predicts Democrats will sweep the 2026 midterm elections.
“I think it could be higher. I think the Democrats are gonna sweep. And I'm not a Democrat either”
The Shawn Ryan Show: My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 40:21
Other remarks
Leah argues cryptocurrency is relatively easy to trace on public blockchains.
“Crypto is actually almost one of the easier ones to trace on the public blockchain”
The Shawn Ryan Show: My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 8:58
Predictions
1 pending
- Prediction · due Nov 2026
Leah predicts Democrats will sweep the 2026 midterm elections.
“I think it could be higher. I think the Democrats are gonna sweep. And I'm not a Democrat either”
The Shawn Ryan Show: My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 40:21 · 2026 United States midterm elections
Appearances
My Unredacted Interview with The Leah FilesThe Shawn Ryan Show · Oct 20, 2026 · 1 h 44 min
Shawn Ryan releases a previously shelved interview with commentator Leah of The Leah Files about her childhood, claimed intelligence career, Turning Point USA finances, Flock cameras, and US–Israel integration.
Often appears with
- Shawn Ryan · 1 shared episode