More Trump Allies Ordered To Testify Before Congress About January 6th
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.5 • 24.9K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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This episode: White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe, congressional reporter Claudia Grisales, and senior political editor and correspondent Ron Elving.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is James from San Antonio, Texas. |
| 0:02.8 | I just submitted my 200th application to try and work as a staff around Capitol Hill. |
| 0:09.2 | This podcast was recorded at. |
| 0:11.0 | Wow. |
| 0:12.4 | It is 119 pm on a Thursday, November 11th, 2021. |
| 0:19.2 | Things might have changed by the time you hear this, but hopefully I will be in DC running |
| 0:24.0 | into my favorite NPR Politics podcast reporters. Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:33.2 | I mean, well, best of luck to you and I really hope that, you know, something comes through for you. |
| 0:41.7 | So you can run the hills and run into Claudia. |
| 0:44.3 | Yes, and especially after 200 applications, that is dedication. |
| 0:48.4 | Best of luck to you. Hey there is the NPR Politics podcast. I'm Aisha Roscoe. I cover the White House. |
| 0:55.3 | I'm Claudia Gdiseles. I cover Congress. And I'm Ron Elving, Editor-Corerespondent. |
| 1:00.0 | So there has been some news about the fight between the House of Representatives Committee that's |
| 1:05.6 | investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol and former President Trump. Trump had tried to stop |
| 1:12.7 | a lot of documents from being released to House investigators. A judge said this week that he could |
| 1:19.6 | not do that, that he was not, you know, king for life and he couldn't do it. That is a set back |
| 1:26.4 | for the former president, although it is not the final word. A Claudia, what are these documents |
| 1:32.8 | that Trump is trying to keep the House from getting and, you know, what is his argument about, |
| 1:40.8 | you know, why they shouldn't be released? This is hundreds of pages from his administration. |
| 1:47.1 | They're kept by the National Archives. This includes White House visitor logs, call logs, |
| 1:52.7 | handwritten memos, notes from conversations that he may have had with staff and advisors. |
| 1:59.5 | And the first wave of these were due to be sent from the National Archives to this committee |
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