Tuesday, April 12th, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

Politics, Daily News, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today starts off with the January 6th committee having enough evidence to make a criminal referral to the Justice Department against Donald J. Trump for the attack. Then, it’s revealed that Jared Kushner’s firm Affinity Partners got a $2 billion dollar investment from Saudi Arabia in a deal that was made shortly after Trump left office. Continuing with the Trump theme, Donald Trump Jr may have implicated himself in the scheme to overturn the election when he texted the former White House Chief of Staff. We then head east to take a look at the 8-mile long convoy of Russian forces making its way to the Donbas region in Eastern Ukraine. Lastly, we get the final update about Musk announcing that he will not be joining the Twitter board. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: NYTimes: Jan. 6 Panel Has Evidence for Criminal Referral of Trump, but Splits on Sending NYTimes: Before Giving Billions to Jared Kushner, Saudi Investment Fund Had Big Doubts The Guardian: ‘Smoking rifle’: Trump Jr texted Meadows strategies to overturn election – report USA Today: As Russia gears up for bloodier phase of war, reports indicate a chemical weapon was used in Mariupol: Live Ukraine updates CNN: Elon Musk will not join Twitter's board Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Tuesday, April 12th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:07.4	by Betches Media.
0:08.4	I'm Sammy Sage, and this episode is sponsored by Credit Karma.
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0:20.8	According to New Reporting from the New York Times, the January 6th Committee has enough
0:24.8	evidence to make a criminal referral to the Justice Department for the one and only
0:29.1	Donald J. Trump.
0:30.1	So, what will the members of the Committee do with that evidence?
0:33.9	Keep it tucked away in their pockets, of course.
0:36.2	Why would the specific individuals tasked with accountability actually do anything about
0:40.2	a former president obstructing the election certification and conspiring to defraud the
0:44.5	American people?
0:46.1	Members of the Committee reportedly disagree over whether to make a criminal referral, or
0:49.9	to let Attorney General Merrick Garland pursue charges based on other recommendations.
0:54.3	They think Garland will build his own case against Trump regardless, and that their endorsement
0:58.4	of charges against the former president might give any future prosecution a partisan
1:02.5	taint, and allow Trump to claim later that Democrats in Congress came after him.
1:07.2	Yeah, I think that particular ship sailed right off the coast of Mar-a-Lago around 2016.
1:12.3	Meanwhile, Liz Cheney confirmed that the Committee has significant evidence of unlawful activity
1:17.1	and played down any infighting.
1:19.1	But other members have previously shared conflicting preferences regarding whether the Committee
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