from WNYC Studios.

I'm Brian Lerer.

This is my daily politics podcast.

It's Thursday, December 28th.

And today it's our annual end of year news quiz.

Were you paying attention in 2023? Katie and Astoria, you're up first.

Hey, Katie. Welcome to WNYC. Happy New Year. Hi, happy new year. So the special counsel prosecuting Donald

Trump for his January 6th activities is Jim Smith, Jack Smith, or John Smith?

Jack Smith.

That's right.

That's one.

Now, Smith has charged Trump with three big things.

Can you name any one of them fairly specifically?

Not as easy as the first question.

Interrupting a congressional proceeding, like preventing a congressional proceeding.

Yes, I will say that is close enough.

And you are a first caller and your first winner of a Brian Ler Shell baseball cap

and bragging rights for your New Year's Eve party if you're going first caller and your first winner of a Brian Lerichel baseball cap and

bragging rights for your New Year's Eve party if you're going to a New Year's Eve party.

And here are the three, Katie.

One was conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters,

was the second one, and the one that, uh, that you basically got right,

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