2024-12-12
15 分钟He was a public defender and former national security aide. He is a fierce critic of the justice department and longtime ally of President-elect Trump, who wants him to run the FBI. This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, national justice correspondent Ryan Lucas, and White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez. The podcast is produced by Jeongyoon Han and Kelli Wessinger, and edited by Casey Morell. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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Hello, this is David from Chicago.
I feel like in the timestamps that everyone's always doing impressive stuff like running a marathon or getting their law degree, but I'm just hanging out in my apartment doing nothing, having a beer.
This podcast was recorded at 1:22pm on Wednesday, December 11.
Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I'll still probably just be hanging out doing nothing.
All right, Enjoy the show.
Hanging out doing nothing is one of my favorite things.
Sounds amazing.
We don't get to do enough of that.
I'm very impressed with David from Chicago.
Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
I'm Susan Davis.
I cover politics.
I'm Ryan Lucas.
I cover the Justice Department.
And I'm Franco Ordonez.
I cover the White House.
And today we're looking at Cash Patel, President elect Donald Trump's pick to run the FBI.
If confirmed by the Senate for the job, Patel could have an outsized role in reshaping the nation's top law enforcement agency.