Thursday, August 11th, 2022

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 11 August 2022

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Today's headlines: Inflation eased in July from a year ago, but energy prices have fallen. Donald Trump has invoked the Fifth Amendment rights and declines to answer questions from the New York attorney general. New reporting has revealed that they had been subpoenaed to turn over surveillance videos from Mar-a-Lago several months ago. Pennsylvania state senator Doug Mastriano met with the January 6th House committee earlier this week and reportedly did not answer a single question, cutting the virtual meeting off after 15 minutes. Finally, the Justice Department charged a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, while Alex Jones has apparently shared a nude photo of his own wife with Roger Stone. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Washington Post: Inflation eased in July from a year ago, as energy prices fell CNN: Former President Donald Trump invokes Fifth Amendment rights and declines to answer questions from NY attorney general Independent: Department of Justice obtained Mar-a-Lago surveillance tapes after subpoenaing Trump Organization Daily Beast: Trump Ally Doug Mastriano Cuts Off Jan. 6 Interview After Just 15 Mins NY Times: Justice Dept. Charges Iranian in Plot to Kill John Bolton Guardian: Alex Jones sent nude photo of wife to Roger Stone, Sandy Hook lawyer reveals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Thursday, August 11th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:06.2	by Betches Media, I'm Sammy Sage.
0:13.4	The July inflation numbers are out, and as is no surprise, inflation is still very high.
0:18.5	However, at 8.5%, it did not increase, and the latest figures mark the lowest month-to-month
0:23.7	inflation reading since May 2020.
0:26.6	This lower pace is thanks to falling gas and energy prices, with the average price
0:30.4	per gallon now down to $3.90, down from $5.79 in June.
0:37.3	Almost as exciting as when Carrie got vogue up to $4.50 a word.
0:47.0	Now on to the updates for Trump's weakened lawsuits of which there are a few.
0:51.2	Yesterday he showed up at the New York Attorney General's office for his deposition in the
0:54.8	Civil Investigation into the Trump Organization's financial activities.
0:59.0	He pleaded the fifth in his deposition, and not in the fund watched what happens live
1:02.8	kind of way.
1:03.8	Now would be a good time to recall when he said in 2016 that, quote, if you're innocent,
1:08.7	why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?
1:10.9	You tell us now, Donald.
1:16.4	Speaking of the Trump Organization, New Reporting has revealed that they had been subpoenaed
1:20.3	to turnover surveillance videos from Mar-a-Lago several months ago.
1:24.4	And no, this is not related to the New York Attorney General's office investigation
1:28.3	that I just talked about in which he pleaded the fifth.
1:31.3	The subpoena was issued by the Department of Justice after a meeting between DOJ representatives
1:35.6	and Trump's attorneys at Mar-a-Lago, which came after months of negotiations between
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