Tuesday, December 20th, 2022

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 20 December 2022

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Today's headlines: the House January 6th Committee released an “executive summary” of its findings and recommended criminal charges for multiple individuals, including former president Donald J. Trump himself. The Supreme Court of the United States issued a temporary order that will keep in place Title 42, the Trump-era immigration policy that has been used to turn away migrants seeking asylum. A jury in Los Angeles found disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape and other sexual offenses. Republican Representative George Santos of New York is under fire after a report in the New York Times yesterday found that he faked several key parts of his resume, education, and employment history. Finally for today, Sam Bankman-Fried made a “chaotic” court appearance in the Bahamas yesterday in which he agreed to be extradited to the United States. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: NPR: Read an executive summary of the Jan. 6 committee's final report ABC: What is Title 42 -- the Trump-era immigration order at the US-Mexico border? CNN: Harvey Weinstein is convicted of 3 of 7 charges, including rape, in his Los Angeles sexual assault trial NY Times: Who Is Rep.-Elect George Santos? His Résumé May Be Largely Fiction. CNBC: FTX founder Bankman-Fried sent back to Bahamas jail in day of courtroom chaos Host: Sami Sage Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Tuesday, December 20th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements, presented
0:07.5	by Betcha's Media.
0:08.5	I'm Elise Morales, Sammy Sage will be back tomorrow, and this episode is brought to you by Lomi.
0:15.2	Lomi is a countertop electric composter that turns scraps to dirt in under four hours.
0:20.6	Food waste is gross, Lomi is your solution.
0:24.8	Yesterday, in a special holiday episode of American Crime Story Insurrection, the House Committee
0:33.3	investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol released an executive summary of its findings
0:39.1	and recommended criminal charges for multiple individuals, including, you guessed it, former
0:45.2	President Donald J. Trump himself.
0:48.7	The recommendation now goes to the Justice Department, who has the final say on whether
0:53.1	or not to press charges.
0:55.1	So I guess this year, Santa's name is Merrick Garland.
1:04.1	And speaking of Trump, last night, the Supreme Court of the United States paused for booze,
1:09.0	issued a temporary order that will keep in place Title 42.
1:13.0	The Trump era immigration policy that has been used to turn away migrants seeking asylum
1:17.8	at the southern border more than two and a half million times between both the Biden
1:22.2	and Trump administrations.
1:24.4	The emergency appeal was brought by a number of Republican-led states who argued that the
1:28.8	end of the order would inflict massive irreparable harm on border states.
1:33.6	The number of migrants seeking asylum at the southern border was expected to double if
1:37.7	the program was allowed to expire on December 21st.
1:40.6	That's a lot of flights to Martha's Vineyard.
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