A Tale Of Two Trump Trials

FiveThirtyEight Politics

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🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Former president Donald Trump’s legal saga reached two major milestones last week. In Manhattan, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified about a “catch and kill” scheme that prosecutors say was meant to help Trump win the 2016 presidential election. Meanwhile, on Thursday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether presidential immunity protected Trump from prosecution in the federal case related to Jan. 6. The court’s conservative majority appeared sympathetic to at least some of the Trump team’s claims, raising the likelihood that any trial will not begin until after the November election. In this installment of the 538 Politics podcast, law professor Jessica Roth joins Galen to discuss the latest developments and preview what comes next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.0	I can't think of a more important case that the court has to decide right now
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0:37.0	Hello and welcome to the 538 politics podcast. I'm Galen Druke.
0:48.8	As we head into the second week of former President Trump's
0:52.6	Manhattan criminal trial, we're going to take stock
0:55.2	of Trump's legal liability and what Americans think about it.
0:59.5	We're going to focus in on two cases in particular.
1:02.4	Of course,
1:03.0	first, the alleged business records falsification case in Manhattan,
1:07.0	and second, the case brought by Jack Smith
1:10.0	surrounding January 6th and Trump's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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