Updates: FBI's Wray appalled by Tyre Nichols video; Biden taps Zients - USA TODAY

President Joe Biden called for peaceful protests up of the release of footage of a Memphis postulation halt that led to the decease of a 29-year-old Black driver, Tyre Nichols. And FBI Director Chris Ray said helium was "appalled" after viewing video of the constabulary stop that led to Nichols' death.

Elsewhere successful the governmental world, the RNC is electing a caller seat arsenic the enactment wrestles with its governmental future. And video of Paul Pelosi's October onslaught was released.

Here's the day's governmental news: 

• Republican National Committee reelects McDaniel: Ronna McDaniel won a 4th term as RNC chairwoman Friday.
• FBI Director Chris Wray said helium was "appalled" aft viewing video of the constabulary halt that led to Nichols' death.
• Biden has a caller main of staff:  Jeff Zients volition regenerate Ron Klain. 
• Paul Pelosi onslaught video is released: Here's however the onslaught connected Nancy Pelosi's hubby unfolded. 

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McDaniel retains RNC chairmanship aft situation from right

The Republican National Committee re-elected seat Ronna McDaniel to a 4th word Friday, passing implicit challengers who wanted to determination the enactment further to the close and forge a person clasp of erstwhile President Donald Trump.

Defending her grounds successful a earlier code to RNC delegates, McDaniel declared triumph by pledging to unify the enactment and claiming that "the Democrats are going to perceive america successful 2024."

California lawyer Harmeet Dhillon and MyPillow laminitis Mike Lindell challenged McDaniel by arguing that the enactment needs caller enactment aft losing the presidency and the U.S. Senate successful the past 2 elections.

- David Jackson

RNC elec: As GOP decides however intimately to clasp Trump, Ronna McDaniel wins contentious predetermination to enactment enactment chair

McDaniel favored to triumph the RNC chair

Incumbent RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is favored to triumph the RNC seat election but has faced contentious challenges arsenic the enactment wrestles with its future successful the shadiness of erstwhile president and existent presidential campaigner Donald Trump.

California lawyer Harmeet Dhillon, seeking McDaniel's job, has racked up endorsements from salient Republicans, including Florida politician and imaginable 2024 presidential campaigner Ron DeSantis. Trump himself has stayed neutral successful the race.

Meanwhile, much than 100 of the 168 existent GOP committee members person expressed enactment for McDaniel, much than capable to springiness her a triumph and different two-year term.

The committee volition clasp its secret-ballot predetermination during a general league connected Friday, capping their three-day wintertime gathering astatine Dana Point, California.

FBI Director Wray 'appalled’ by video of Tyre Nichols postulation stop

FBI Director Chris Wray said Friday helium was “appalled” aft viewing the video of a Memphis constabulary postulation halt that led to the decease of a 29-year-old Black man.

“I volition archer you I was appalled,” Wray said, referring to the video acceptable to beryllium released Friday involving Tyre Nichols’ brushwood with 5 Memphis constabulary officers.

Federal authorities person opened a civilian rights probe into Nichols’ death.

Both Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland appealed for “calm” successful beforehand of the video’s scheduled release. 

– Kevin Johnson

What we cognize astir Tyre Nichols' death: Memphis to merchandise footage of postulation halt that led to death

Santos, who lied astir being Jewish, recognizes Auschwitz anniversary 

New York Republican Rep. George Santos, who antecedently claimed helium was the grandson of Holocaust survivors, took to the House level Friday day to admit the day of the liberation of Auschwitz. The typical has admitted to embellishing his resume and religion, called himself Jewish earlier pivoting to accidental he's “Jew-ish.”  

Santos, during his one-minute level speech, acknowledged his staffer's grandma who is simply a 93-year-old Auschwitz survivor.  

“Antisemitism is simply a plague successful this federation and it is undoubtedly up to america to guarantee this benignant of calamity is ne'er to beryllium seen again,” helium said. 

- Rachel Looker

Santos recalls Holocaust: NY Rep. George Santos, who lied astir being Jewish, recognizes Auschwitz anniversary

Biden announces Jeff Zients arsenic caller main of unit arsenic Ron Klain steps down

President Joe Biden announced Friday that Jeff Zients, who steered the effect to the COVID-19 pandemic during the archetypal twelvemonth of his administration, volition regenerate Ron Klain arsenic the caller White House main of staff.

“I’m assured that Jeff volition proceed Ron’s illustration of smart, dependable leadership, arsenic we proceed to enactment hard each time for the radical we were sent present to serve,” Biden said successful a statement.

In his statement, Biden highlighted his longtime narration with Klain, who archetypal worked with Biden connected the Senate Judiciary Committee erstwhile Biden was a senator.

“During the past 36 years, Ron and I person been done immoderate existent battles together. And erstwhile you’re successful the trenches with idiosyncratic for arsenic agelong arsenic I person been with Ron, you truly get to cognize the person. You spot what they’re made of,” Biden said.

Biden said the White House volition clasp an authoritative modulation lawsuit adjacent week to convey Klain for his enactment and invited Zients to the White House.

– Rebecca Morin

Biden has a caller main of staff: Ron Klain stepping down, Jeff Zients in, arsenic White House main of staff, President Biden announces

Nancy Pelosi not commenting connected caller video of husband’s attack

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi declined remark Friday day erstwhile asked astir recently released video footage of the October onslaught connected her 82-year-old hubby Paul Pelosi.

“I’m not going to accidental thing close now. I whitethorn shortly,” she told Capitol reporters Friday afternoon.

Police body-camera video shows fishy David DePape propulsion a hammer from Paul Pelosi’s hands earlier attacking him retired of view. As officers tally into the congresswoman’s San Francisco home, her hubby is seen look down connected the level and seemingly unconscious.

DePape, 42, pleaded not blameworthy to six charges, including attempted execution and battle with a deadly weapon.

- Candy Woodall

DC Police activates afloat force, but instrumentality enforcement not alert of planned protests related to Tyre Nichols death

The Metropolitan Police Department canceled each clip disconnected connected Friday and activated each 3,900 members of its sworn-in unit successful anticipation of imaginable protests successful Washington, D.C., related to the decease of Tyre Nichols successful Memphis.

It’s a “precautionary” move, according to MPD spokesperson Dustin Sternbeck, who said the section is not alert of immoderate planned protests.

Extra information barricades person been installed astir the U.S. Capitol, wherever the House is successful league Friday and the Senate is out.

The accrued constabulary beingness successful Washington, D.C. contiguous coincides with an expected video merchandise that volition reportedly amusement “disturbing content” successful the postulation halt that led to Nichols’ decease “that does not correspond the values that immoderate instrumentality enforcement officers are sworn to uphold,” according to MPD.

– Candy Woodall

Officers look execution charges successful Tyre Nichols death: 'This was criminal': Former Memphis constabulary officers arrested, look execution charges successful Tyre Nichols' death

Capitol Police 'being cautious'

U.S. Capitol Police declined to springiness details connected its constabulary beingness today.

“For information reasons, we are not going to get into information details,” the nationalist accusation bureau said successful an email. “Overall, we are conscionable being cautious similar astir Departments crossed the country.”

Five Memphis constabulary officers were charged Thursday with execution successful the decease of Nichols, a 29-year-old antheral who died Jan. 10. The officers made the halt connected Jan. 7. Body camera footage expected to beryllium released contiguous volition reportedly show Nichols’ enactment with the officers.

– Candy Woodall 

Tyre Nichols' household speaks out: Tyre Nichols' family, lawyer Ben Crump talk aft seeing 'appalling' footage from arrest

Kamala Harris works to mend fences with Black antheral voters

The Biden medication appears to beryllium paying adjacent attraction to disapproval that Democrats only engage with Black voters during predetermination cycles without delivering connected the issues they attraction about.

Vice President Kamala Harris, who is playing a important relation successful the administration's outreach, quietly met past week with students and civil rights organizers to solicit ideas connected however the Biden medication tin assistance up young Black men.

In the backstage meeting, attendees elaborate ways the White House tin help young men of colour amended their livelihoods. Harris besides wanted to cognize however the White House tin assistance young Black men with overcoming stigmas.

- Francesca Chambers and Mabinty Quarshie

California volition question to disbar Trump lawyer John Eastman

California’s authorities barroom is seeking to revoke the instrumentality licence of John Eastman, the lawyer who spearheaded an effort to usage slates of fake electors successful battleground states to overturn the 2020 predetermination successful favour of erstwhile President Donald Trump.

The authorities barroom alleges that Eastman violated his work to uphold the U.S. and California authorities constitutions successful an effort to “usurp the volition of the American radical and overturn predetermination results for the highest bureau successful the land.”

“There is thing much sacrosanct to our American ideology than escaped and just elections and the peaceful transportation of power,” George Cardona, main proceedings counsel to California’s authorities bar, said successful a statement. “...(Eastman) indispensable beryllium held accountable.”  

Eastman holds instrumentality licenses from some D.C. and California.

- Ella Lee

Paul Pelosi onslaught video acceptable to beryllium released astatine noon today

The San Francisco Superior Court is readying connected releasing the video of Paul Pelosi's onslaught pursuing a judge's bid connected Wednesday.

Over the objections of prosecutors, a justice ruled that the footage of the onslaught connected Nancy Pelosi's hubby tin beryllium released. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Stephen M. Murphy ruled determination was nary crushed to support the footage secret, particularly aft prosecutors played it successful unfastened tribunal during a preliminary proceeding past month.

Paul Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi's husband, was dormant astatine the couple's San Francisco location connected Oct. 28 erstwhile idiosyncratic broke successful and bushed him with a hammer. Prosecutors person charged 42-year-old David DePape successful transportation with the attack.

DePape pleaded not blameworthy past month to six charges, including attempted murder. Police person said DePape told them determination was "evil successful Washington" and helium wanted to harm Nancy Pelosi due to the fact that she was 2nd successful enactment to the presidency. His lawsuit is pending.

- The Associated Press

How the Pelosi onslaught unfolded: A break-in, a conversation, a 911 call, past violence

Biden calls for ‘peaceful protests’ earlier merchandise of assemblage camera footage successful Tyre Nichols case

President Joe Biden said the household of Tyre Nichols deserves a “swift, afloat and just investigation” into his decease and called for “peaceful protests” aft 5 erstwhile Memphis constabulary officers were charged Thursday with second-degree murder.

“Outrage is understandable, but unit is ne'er acceptable,” Biden said successful his archetypal connection connected the Nichols case. “Violence is destructive and against the law. It has nary spot successful peaceful protests seeking justice.”

Nichols, 29, died Jan. 7 aft a constabulary postulation halt that resulted successful “two confrontations with police,” according to Memphis police. Nichols "complained of a shortness of breath,” constabulary said. Video from police-worn assemblage cameras of the enactment is scheduled for merchandise Friday evening. Nichols was Black. The 5 officers charged successful the lawsuit are besides Black.

“We cannot disregard the information that fatal encounters with instrumentality enforcement person disparately impacted Black and Brown people,” Biden said, renewing his telephone for policing betterment authorities that stalled successful Congress past year.

- Joey Garrison

Memphis constabulary incident: 'This was criminal': Former Memphis constabulary officers arrested, look execution charges successful Tyre Nichols' death