The Old Man and the Clemency

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🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

President Biden pardons his son Hunter—a move he'd once promised not to make—and the backlash is immediate. Republicans are calling it a political favor, while some Democrats argue it undermines trust in the justice system. Meanwhile, Trump promises to replace FBI Director Christopher Wray with Kash Patel, a loyalist known for wanting to prosecute Trump's enemies (including journalists), even as his pick for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, faces new allegations of workplace misconduct—and a scathing email from his own mother. Plus, Bernie Sanders finds surprising common ground with Elon Musk, and Cheryl Hines posts a Black Friday thirst trap.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pod Save America.
0:21.3	I'm John Favarin.
0:21.9	I'm John Lovett.
0:22.6	Tommy Vitor.
0:23.3	On today's show, Donald Trump says he's going to replace FBI director Chris Ray with Cash Patel,
0:28.5	who said he wants to prosecute journalists and Trump critics.
0:31.7	Fun.
0:32.5	Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth faces newly reported allegations about what a shitty person he is,
0:38.4	including from his mom.
0:41.4	And Bernie Sanders finally finds common cause with the billionaire.
0:45.4	Even crazier, it's Elon Musk.
0:47.7	Here's the question I had after reading the news today is who had a rougher Thanksgiving
0:52.1	with the family, Joe Biden being buttonholed about pardoning his son
0:56.1	or Pete Higseth dealing with his mother's letter
0:58.5	in the New York Times.
0:59.8	Well, the letter is from like 2018.
1:01.5	I know, but it sort of came up this weekend.
1:02.7	And the pardon was after Thanksgiving.
1:04.4	Well, yeah, of course it was.
1:05.7	You spent a weekend being fucking hammered
1:07.6	by your whole family for a pardon.
1:08.7	You'd do it Sunday night too. Just get off my goddamn back.
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