Roundup: Jan. 6 Report; Biden Issues Pardons
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Then, President Biden has issued a number of pardons and commutations as he prepares to leave office.
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| 0:18.9 | Hi, this is Molly at American University, where I just turned in my last final exam for |
| 0:24.2 | Professor Ron Elving's class on Congress and Legislative Behavior. |
| 0:27.5 | Nice. |
| 0:28.3 | This podcast was recorded at 12.10 p.m. on Friday, December 13th. |
| 0:33.2 | Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I will be looking forward to a relaxing |
| 0:37.3 | winter break. |
| 0:38.5 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:43.6 | Ron, you gotta give her a. |
| 0:45.1 | Professor Elving. |
| 0:46.6 | I would love to take one of Ron's classes. |
| 0:48.5 | Maybe I'll sign back up and go back to AU, my alma mater. |
| 0:51.7 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:53.8 | I'm Susan Davis. |
| 0:54.5 | I cover politics. |
| 0:55.6 | I'm Deirdre Walsh. |
| 0:56.3 | I cover Congress. |
| 0:57.0 | And I'm Ryan Lucas. |
| 0:57.7 | I cover the Justice Department. |
| 0:59.2 | And that Justice Department released a long-awaited report on the FBI's role around the January 6th attack on the Capitol. |
| 1:06.1 | Ryan, what are the big takeaways? Well, this is a report that we've been waiting almost four years for it to be, |
| 1:14.9 | to look at the calendar here. It's almost been four years. So it's important to lay out here that the |
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