Unusual FBI Shakeup, Largest Immigration Surge, & Person of the Year- Thursday, December 12, 2024
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 12 December 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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The news to know for Thursday, December 12, 2024!
We'll tell you about a top official's decision to quit, making room for an overhaul in the FBI.
Also, why there is new backlash over the most popular sporting event in the world.
Plus, what's behind a recent increase in food recalls, which new features are now available for iPhones, and who was named TIME magazine's Person of the Year.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, December 12th. We'll tell you about a top official's decision to quit making |
| 0:05.5 | way for an overhaul in the FBI. Also, why there's a new backlash over the most popular sporting event |
| 0:10.8 | in the world. Plus, what's behind our recent increase in food recalls, which new features are now |
| 0:15.8 | available for iPhones, and who was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year. Those stories and even more news to know next. |
| 0:25.3 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. All the day's news in around 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:32.5 | I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:40.1 | There's officially a shake-up coming to America's top law enforcement agency. FBI director Christopher Ray says he plans to resign when President Biden leaves the White House, even with two years left in his term. |
| 0:51.7 | Ray explained saying it was, quote, the best way to avoid dragging the |
| 0:54.8 | bureau deeper into the fray. It's extremely rare for FBI directors to leave their jobs early. The 10-year |
| 1:01.0 | term was passed in the 1970s, purposely meant to be longer than two presidential terms, so it would |
| 1:06.7 | not be a position that changed with politics. Since then, only two directors have ever been fired, |
| 1:12.6 | one because he used an FBI plane for personal travel, among other things, and the second, |
| 1:17.3 | under President-elect Trump's first administration, because of how he handled an investigation |
| 1:21.6 | of a political rival. That director, just like this one, also led investigations into former |
| 1:27.0 | President Trump, and Trump made it clear he would have fired Ray, just like this one, also led investigations into former President Trump. |
| 1:28.1 | And Trump made it clear he would have fired Ray, just like he did, the last FBI leader, |
| 1:32.9 | even though Trump is the one who picked Ray as a replacement. |
| 1:35.8 | Just weeks ago, Trump said he wanted to replace Ray with Cash Patel. |
| 1:38.9 | The former intelligence official has said he would shrink the FBI's power, close its Washington headquarters, |
| 1:44.8 | fire its top ranks, and prosecute agents he accuses of corruption. |
| 1:48.8 | It's still not clear if Patel will be confirmed, especially since some national security |
| 1:52.6 | officials have come out saying he's unqualified for the job. |
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