Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Morning Edition: Friday, Jan. 8, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: Top-ranking national security officials are trying to do damage control over what President Trump could possibly do before he leaves office, Trump finally condemns Wednesday’s violence—but only after learning the result of the events of negatively impact him, lots of officials are trying to jump ship from the Trump White House, a Capitol police officer succumbs to his injuries from the pro-Trump riots, a college football coach gets booted from his job over a racist tweet, “SoHo Karen” is arrested in Los Angeles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices