This is the On the Media Midweek podcast. I'm Bob Garfield. And it was a tough Monday morning for one guy.

We've been waiting on this decision since the middle of October. And now the middle of February, we're finally getting this decision from the Supreme Court.

They are saying that the Manhattan District Attorney, Cy Vance, can in fact get access to former

President Donald Trump's tax returns.

This is something that has been playing out in the courts for more than a year now.

That there is an oldie but a goody, the intriguing prospect of an allegedly rule-breaking,

tax-dodging Constitution-shredding president on trial.

Prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, have launched a criminal investigation into former

President Trump's January phone call with the Georgia Secretary of State, where he told

Secretary Raffensberger to, quote, find the vote.

Meanwhile, New York's Attorney General is investigating whether or not the Trump

organization misled investors by inflating assets.

We should probably expect that there will be charges filed against him, that he will

be indicted.

And in this case, we'll probably go to trial.

I think there's an excellent chance that he will be found guilty,

and if he is found guilty, there's an excellent chance he'll wind up in prison.

Yeah, not so fast.

Late last year in the New York Review,

writer, lawyer, and former federal prosecutor, Ancush Cardori

reviewed the various arguments, including his own,

for the likely prosecution of Donald Trump.

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