2017 Roundup: Thursday, December 28

The NPR Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 28 December 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The year that started with President Trump's inauguration and saw the firing of FBI director James Comey, the beginning of the Mueller probe, the rise of so-called fake news and alternative facts, and the Me Too movement is coming a close. This episode, host/White House correspondent Tamara Keith, White House correspondent Scott Horsley, justice correspondent Carrie Johnson and political editor Domenico Montanaro take stock of the top political stories of 2017. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Scott Detro, host of the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:03.5	We're doing a live show in DC on January 18th at the Warner Theater,
0:07.8	and we'd love for you to be there.
0:09.9	You can learn more and get tickets at NPR Presents, all one word dot org.
0:14.5	Hi, this is Acedro, taking a much needed break from Washington, DC
0:19.2	by driving down beautiful Pacific Coast Highway in my home state of California.
0:24.2	This podcast was recorded at...
0:26.3	1240 on Thursday, December 28th.
0:30.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:33.2	Keep up with the latest news by tuning in to your local NPR station or on the NPR One App.
0:40.0	Now here's the show.
0:44.5	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast, and today,
0:47.4	instead of our weekly roundup of political news, we're going to look back at the entire year.
0:54.0	The biggest political stories in a year with so many political stories.
0:59.1	I, Donald John Trump, do solemnly swear.
1:02.9	That I will faithfully execute.
1:05.7	That I will faithfully execute.
1:08.0	The Office of President of the United States.
1:11.2	The Office of President of the United States.
1:14.6	This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period,
1:19.1	both in person and around the globe.
1:21.6	It's my judgment that I was fired because of the Russian investigation.
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