Merrick Garland's Had A Lot On His Plate

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🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

The Department of Justice this week announced war crimes charges against four Russian soldiers for alleged torture of an American citizen in Ukraine, and the arrest of a former U.S. ambassador on charges of working for Cuban intelligence services. Both of these come after last week's arrest of a man allegedly plotting to kill an American citizen at the behest of a government official in India. We look at each of the cases.

This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, justice correspondent Ryan Lucas, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

This episode was edited by Casey Morell. It was produced by Jeongyoon Han. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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0:17.0	Hi this is Patrick and this is Jimmy we just finished our 19,340 foot summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
0:26.3	This podcast was recorded at 12.42 p.m. on Thursday, December 7th.
0:31.7	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:34.4	But we'll still be celebrating with our pool-side beers before we head back home to the great state of
0:38.6	Colorado.
0:39.6	Here's the show.
0:41.2	Have fun.
0:45.0	That's impressive.
0:46.0	That's very impressive.
0:47.0	A friend of mine did it and he said it was very, very hard, but he was very proud of himself.
0:50.0	I bet that was a really nice beer they enjoyed after that.
0:52.5	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Susan Davis.
0:56.0	I cover politics.
0:57.0	I'm Ryan Lucas. I cover the Justice Department.
0:59.0	And I'm Mara Liason, National Political Correspondent.
1:02.0	And it's been a consequential week at the Justice Department.
1:05.1	An Indian National was charged with plotting to assassinate a sick leader and US
1:10.0	citizen on US soil, a scheme allegedly directed by an Indian government official.
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