December 12, 2024: President Biden Grants Clemency to 1500 People, Ex-FBI Informant Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements About Bidens, What We Know About the Drones in New Jersey, and More.

Episode Format:

1. President Biden Grants Clemency to 1,500 People (0:35)

2. Ex-FBI Informant Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion and Making False Statements to FBI About Biden Family (4:29)

3. Quick Hitters: Trump Rings Opening Bell at NYSE, Named TIME Person of the Year, Meta Donates $1M to Trump's Inaugural Fund, Overdose Deaths Drop According to CDC, New Federal Rule Will Try to Limit Overdraft Fees, New Watchdog Report on Presence of FBI on January 6th (8:26)

4. Rumor Has It: What We Know About the Mysterious Drones Flying in New Jersey (12:21)

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President Biden Grants Clemency to 1,500 People

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/12/12/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-providing-clemency-for-nearly-1500-individuals-on-home-confinement-and-pardons-for-39-individuals-convicted-of-non-violent-crimes/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/12/12/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-clemency-for-nearly-1500-americans/

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/12/biden-clemency-commutations-pardons

https://www.wsj.com/politics/biden-pardons-largest-day-clemency-93b802f7?mod=hp_lead_pos2

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/06/politics/marijuana-decriminalization-white-house-joe-biden/index.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/biden-commute-sentences-1500-non-violent-offenders-biggest-single-day-rcna183922

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-commutes-1500-jail-sentences-grants-pardons-39-others-largest-single-day-grant-clemency

https://www.justice.gov/pardon/frequently-asked-questions#:~:text=In%20the%20federal%20system%2C%20commutation,who%20have%20committed%20federal%20crimes.

Ex-FBI Informant Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion and Making False Statements to FBI About Biden Family

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.915063/gov.uscourts.cacd.915063.195.0_1.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/sco-weiss/pr/grand-jury-returns-indictment-charging-fbi-confidential-human-source-felony-false

https://www.justice.gov/sco-weiss/media/1338741/dl

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/informant-accused-feeding-fbi-bogus-biden-information-pleads-guilty-4-counts

https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-fbi-informant-alexander-smirnov-434165aaea90a82e4c24566a1d2b78d5

Quick Hitters

https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-named-2024-time-person-year-after-winning-presidency-surviving-assassination-attempts

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/12/trump-rings-bell-at-nyse-to-cheers-of-usa-as-wall-street-ceos-business-leaders-look-on.html

https://www.wsj.com/tech/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-donates-1-million-to-trumps-inaugural-fund-32a999c1?mod=hp_lead_pos11

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/overdose-deaths-fall-united-states-cdc-report/

https://san.com/cc/annual-drug-overdose-deaths-decreased-by-greatest-number-in-us-history-cdc/

https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates#Fig2

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-closes-overdraft-loophole-to-save-americans-billions-in-fees/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/justice-department-louisville-reach-deal-after-probe-prompted-116728592

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-secures-agreement-louisville-metro-government-reform-louisville-metros

https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/25-011_0.pdf

Rumor Has It: What We Know About the Mysterious Drones Flying in New Jersey

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/us/new-jersey-drone-sightings/index.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/12/new-jersey-drones-pentagon-00193985