Rioters Are Facing Consequences—Will Any Politicians?

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🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The Justice Department says hundreds will be prosecuted in connection with the Capitol siege. Republican lawmakers like Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz are also dealing with fallout from their support of President Trump's election fraud conspiracy.

This episode: political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and congressional correspondent Susan Davis.

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0:00.0	This is Sheridan Smith from Long Beach, California, and I'm on my way to Los Angeles, and I'm stuck in traffic on the 405 freeway.
0:10.0	The time is...
0:11.0	136 pm on January 12th.
0:14.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I will probably still be stuck in this same spot.
0:22.0	Enjoy the show!
0:24.0	He's probably still on the 405. I have been in that traffic, and it is unbelievable.
0:32.0	If you're near the 101 and the 405, you may not move at all ever.
0:36.0	Alright, we can talk about LA highways all day, but in the meantime, hey, it is the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:41.0	I'm Danielle Kurtz-Lavin, I cover politics.
0:43.0	I'm Tamara Keith, I cover the White House.
0:45.0	And I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress.
0:48.0	And it is a two podcast day here at the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:52.0	We are ready for a long day.
0:54.0	We will be back tonight after the House votes on a resolution encouraging the Vice President and Cabinet to use the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from power.
1:03.0	Right now, though, we have plenty of other news to get in, so let's just get started and run through all of this.
1:09.0	First, we have personnel news.
1:11.0	With just over a week left in the Trump presidency, Chad Wolfe, acting secretary for the Department of Homeland Security is stepping down.
1:19.0	And, Tam, let's talk about this. This is quite the moment to do that. What is going on?
1:25.0	Yeah, and let's just say he is not like the other two Cabinet secretaries who left, who said that they had grave concerns about the insurrection that happened at the Capitol last week.
1:36.0	No, that is not what he mentioned in his resignation letter.
1:40.0	His concern is related to lawsuits that basically said that he wasn't rightfully in the job.
1:49.0	He's the acting Homeland Security Secretary was and was not lawfully acting in that role based on a couple of lawsuits.
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