Episode Details

Today's headlines: Special Counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed Trump’s former chief of staff and prolific texter Mark Meadows. A federal judge in Fulton County Georgia ordered the release of a 5-page excerpt of the grand jury report. Convicted liar Alex Jones is apparently holding onto firearms that belong to people who participated in January 6th. Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman announced yesterday that he had checked himself into Walter Reed Medical Center to treat severe clinical depression. President Biden is scheduled to speak to Chinese president Xi Jinping soon about how Chinese spy balloons ended up in U.S. airspace. Finally for this week, Tesla has announced that they are issuing their largest recall so far.

Resources/Articles mentioned this episode:

• CNN: Exclusive: Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows subpoenaed by special counsel in Jan. 6 investigation
• Washington Post: Georgia grand jury: ‘Perjury may have been committed’ in Trump election probe
• Washington Post: Alex Jones is ‘holding firearms’ for Jan. 6 participants, bankruptcy docs show
• AP News: Sen. John Fetterman checks into hospital for depression
• NPR: Biden says the 3 aerial objects shot down were not Chinese spy balloons
• Washington Post: Tesla issues recall of cars with ‘Full Self-Driving’ over crash risk

Host: Sami Sage

Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz

Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson

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