Welcome to Talking Feds.

Around table that brings together prominent former federal officials and special guests

for a dynamic discussion of the most important political and legal topics of the day.

I'm Harry Littman.

The original animating idea of this podcast was to provide listeners a genuine sense of

how prosecutors analyze and decide issues, as opposed to the 15-second sound bites that

we easily serve up on cable shows.

It's evolved quite a bit since those early days into the current juggernaut that it

is, but today we return to our roots.

Private citizen Donald Trump, no longer protected by any form of presidential immunity, is facing

an avalanche of lawsuits and potential lawsuits against him and his family and close associates.

State and federal, civil and criminal and business and personal.

The latest is a nine-count civil case brought Friday by Congressman Eric Swalwell for damages

growing out of the January 6th insurrection.

No fewer than three of these present the tangible possibility of a felony indictment, which

would be a first in US history.

These three cases are our focus today on talking feds.

We will analyze them from a different standpoint than you've probably heard, much more in the

way that the prosecutors in the various offices are currently approaching them.

We'll get down to the nuts and bolts questions that prosecutors wrestle with in determining

whether to bring a case.

How will the government prove intent?

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