210: Trump’s Indictment & American History

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

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🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

James and Al are joined by Professor Morgan Cloud to explain the difference between the federal and Georgia state RICO statutes, why Trump was indicted there, and if it will split the Republican party. Then, they sit down with Professor Sean Wilentz to discuss how the way history is being taught is changing with the growing trend towards presentism and dive into how it affects coverage of the early days of the abolition movement in the United States. They also share their benchmark odds for important political happenings– do they have them right?

Political Odds Making From James & Al
Trump Winning The Nomination- 2:1
Over/Under On How Many Indicted In Fulton County Go To Trial- Under 13
Which Trump Case Goes First- Mar-A-Lago
Trump Not Having A Bombshell Press Conference- 2:1
Trump Schedules His Arraignment During Republican Milwaukee Debate- 1:1 (and if he does 4:1 CNN has a split screen to cover it)
Most Likely Nominee If It’s Not Trump- J.D. Vance

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Get More From This Week’s Guests:

Professor Morgan Cloud:
Emory University School of Law | SSRN Articles

Professor Sean Wilentz
Twitter | Princeton History Department | Author of “No Property In Man” & Many Other Books

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Politics War Room with James Carville and I'm Al Hunt.
0:14.9	This week, two terrific guests, Georgia-based legal expert, Professor Morgan Cloud, and
0:21.3	the distinguished Princeton University History Professor Sean Olens.
0:25.5	Now remember, we love taking your questions, so write in to Politics War Room at gmail.com
0:32.1	or send a tweet to ad plenicon for next week's show.
0:35.7	We'll get to as many as we can, but don't forget to tell us where you're from.
0:40.1	And please check out the links to this week's sponsors Lomi and ExpressVPN in our show
0:46.1	notes.
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0:58.2	or wherever you get your podcast.
1:01.0	James, you know, for months, longer than that, actually, I have been predicting a Trump
1:05.5	slide a couple of weeks ago, I got a little wobbly and started to wonder as the polls never
1:13.1	changed.
1:14.1	I'm back now.
1:15.3	I'm back now thinking that he is in for a very rough time and he's got to start to
1:19.8	slide.
1:20.8	It's like kind of a pool ball, corining all around the pool table for different indictments.
1:29.6	Every day he's got to be thinking about his at Marilago, is it Fulton County, is it Jack
1:34.0	Smith in Washington or even Manhattan?
1:37.1	It just has to weigh on him terribly.
1:39.9	He's got different lawyers, some of them of varying degrees of confidence.
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