3 Dec 2024

USA correspondent Ron Elving

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 3 December 2024

Ron Elving is a Senior Editor and Correspondent, Washington Desk for NPR news. Ron talks about incoming US President Donald Trump's appointments that are continuing to raise eyebrows.

The latest examples involve the new head for the FBI and an unusual pick for Ambassador to France.

Also, President Joe Biden has pardoned his own son, who he says was unfairly prosecuted.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 10:Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden listens as his lawyer Abbe Lowell speaks to the press outside a House Oversight Committee meeting on January 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. The committee is meeting today as it considers citing him for Contempt of Congress.   Kent Nishimura/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Kent Nishimura / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden listens as his lawyer Abbe Lowell speaks to the press outside a House Oversight Committee meeting on 10 January, 2024 in Washington, DC. Photo: Kent Nishimura / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP

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