Trump gets to work… and releases Jan 6th prisoners
Americast
BBC
4.2 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
On the first full day of his presidency, Donald Trump defended his decision to release high-profile prisoners jailed over the Capitol riots and to pardon nearly 1,600 people in connection with Jan 6th. Marianna, Sarah and Anthony are together in DC as they discuss who has been released, what the reaction has been, and how Trump is changing the narrative over who was responsible for the riots. Also, Trump’s former advisor Bryan Lanza joins the pod with an inside view on why the immigration raids are more about PR than deportation.
HOSTS: • Sarah Smith, North America Editor • Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter • Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent
GUESTS: • Bryan Lanza, Former senior advisor to Donald Trump
This episode was made by George Dabby with Purvee Pattni, Rufus Gray and Claire Betzer. The technical producer was Jonny Hall. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, AmeriCasters. There are more of you now with us than ever before, and we'd like to try to keep it that way. |
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| 0:17.0 | Apologies, AmeriCasters, if we start sounding slightly breathless because the news is non-stop here in Washington. |
| 0:23.8 | We said yesterday that we could just go on and on with non-stop podcast to bring you all the news of what Donald Trump has done and said since he returned to the White House. |
| 0:32.6 | And we've got plenty to update you on, including, importantly, the Diet Coke button that he had installed |
| 0:40.3 | in the Oval Office is reported to be back. Well, no wonder, he probably needs the caffeine. |
| 0:45.9 | It's been very active. Welcome to AmeriCast. |
| 0:51.3 | AmeriCast. |
| 0:52.3 | AmeriCast from BBC News. |
| 0:54.5 | God spared my life for a reason. |
| 0:57.9 | Only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars. |
| 1:02.3 | A star is born, Elon. |
| 1:04.1 | I'm not just MAGA. |
| 1:05.6 | I'm dark Gothic MAGA. |
| 1:07.7 | This is what happens when the machine comes after you. |
| 1:11.0 | I'm terrified for this country, and I'm so hurt that America let this happen. |
| 1:14.8 | I think that we just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the United States of America. |
| 1:33.6 | Hello, it's Sarah here in the BBC's Bureau in Washington. |
| 1:37.0 | It's Anthony, next to Sarah, also here in Washington. |
| 1:42.5 | And it is Marianna, aka Misinformation, still here sitting next to both Sarah and Anthony. |
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