Going After Garland
What A Day
What A Day
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🗓️ 21 September 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Attorney General Merrick Garland testified before the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. During the nearly six-hour hearing, pushed back against claims that the Justice Department is unfairly protecting President Biden and his son Hunter, who has been under investigation since 2018.
The trial of two police officers accused in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain began in Colorado. A total of five first responders have been charged in connection with the 23-year old’s death, who died days after being put in a chokehold by officers and injected with ketamine by paramedics.
And in headlines: the Biden administration will grant temporary protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants in the U.S., Ohio's Supreme Court ruled that the term “unborn child” can remain on an upcoming ballot referendum on abortion, and Lahaina’s 150-year old banyan tree that was scorched by the deadly Maui wildfires sprouted new leaves.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, September 21st. I'm Priyanka Arabandi, and I'm Josie Duffy Rice, and this |
| 0:11.1 | is what a day, where we applaud Senator John Fetterman's pledge to wear a suit on the |
| 0:15.7 | Senate floor to save democracy. |
| 0:18.0 | Float twist, everybody. He only owns tan or plaid suits, and he only wears ties with little |
| 0:24.0 | pineapples on them. But we are still cool with it. You can do whatever you want. |
| 0:31.0 | On today's show, President Biden launched a workforce training program to put young people |
| 0:34.8 | to work in green jobs. Plus, a sign of hope has emerged in Lahaina. |
| 0:39.3 | But first, Attorney General Merrick Garland testified before the Republican-led House Judiciary |
| 0:44.6 | Committee yesterday. What was he there to testify about, you ask? Well, none other than the hot |
| 0:51.2 | topic of the Justice Department's investigation of Hunter Biden. And it was basically a preview |
| 0:56.5 | of what the Republican attempts to impeach President Biden will look like. |
| 1:00.1 | I feel like I can imagine how it went, but tell me, was it very civil and calm and measured? |
| 1:05.3 | It wasn't not civil per se, but it was rather combative. Okay. These House Republicans |
| 1:11.5 | very combative, but it is surprising to see Attorney General Garland being combative. That is not |
| 1:16.6 | usually his vibe. Before we dive into all of this, I want to give everybody a quick refresher |
| 1:21.9 | on the Hunter Biden situation that we have going on here. It's sometimes a little hard to keep |
| 1:26.5 | track of, I mean, everything else going on. And also like all the lies that were the kids |
| 1:31.6 | like to tell about it. Right. So earlier this summer, President Biden's son, Hunter, |
| 1:35.7 | reached an agreement with the Department of Justice to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges. |
| 1:40.9 | And as part of the deal, he would accept terms that would let him avoid a prosecution on a separate |
| 1:46.1 | gun charge. Republicans were not a fan of this deal. They thought that he was getting off easy. |
| 1:51.2 | And at the last minute, under scrutiny by a federal judge, that deal ultimately fell apart. |
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