The Argument For Presidential Blanket Immunity
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.
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| 0:16.0 | Hi, it's Davis and Lincoln Nebraska. |
| 0:19.0 | It's almost midnight right now and I'm walking to work to start my shift as an Amtrak locomotive |
| 0:23.8 | engineer. The rest of the crew and I will be working throughout the night while our |
| 0:27.8 | 200 passengers get some sleep waiting for our arrival into Denver tomorrow morning. |
| 0:32.1 | This podcast was recorded at 106 p.m. on |
| 0:36.2 | Wednesday January 10th. Things will be different by the time you hear this but I'll still |
| 0:40.8 | be out riding the rails. Enjoy the show. |
| 0:44.0 | So first I have to say great name Davis, |
| 0:49.0 | that is my son's name. |
| 0:50.0 | But also, getting the trains moving. |
| 0:54.4 | Yeah, thank you for your service. |
| 0:55.6 | Yes, that's for sure. |
| 0:57.0 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:59.3 | I'm Tamor Keith, I cover the White House. |
| 1:01.1 | I'm Carrie Johnson, I cover the Justice Department. |
| 1:03.4 | And I'm Maralayas and National Political Correspondent. |
| 1:07.0 | Courts are going to have a major role in this election because the leading Republican candidate, |
| 1:11.2 | former President Donald Trump, is being prosecuted in four different |
| 1:14.4 | jurisdictions and fighting it all the way. |
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