Can Trump Be Tried in Four Places at Once?
The Lawfare Podcast
The Lawfare Institute
4.7 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Former President Trump is facing criminal charges in Florida and New York, and indictments are reportedly likely in Fulton County, Georgia, and Washington, D.C. Two of these are in federal court; two of them are in state courts. Some have facts in common; some are seemingly unrelated. Trump is also involved in multiple civil litigations. And it looks like at least parts of these proceedings will be happening all at once. How does that work?
Lawfare Executive Editor Natalie Orpett sat down with Brandon Fox, a partner at the law firm Jenner & Block and former Chief of the Criminal Division in the Central District of California, to talk through how it may all play out. They talked about the challenges Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office and state prosecutors will face, how Trump’s lawyers will leverage those challenges, and what judges are likely to do in response.
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| 0:29.0 | Let's say that Mr. Trump wins in November of 2024, |
| 0:37.0 | and he's either convicted or facing charges still, |
| 0:41.0 | it's going to be a real policy issue about whether Mr. Biden needs to pardon Mr. Trump. |
| 0:47.0 | Nobody's talking about that, but let's say that Mr. Trump is convicted of charges |
| 0:53.0 | before November of 2024, and the voters just don't care. |
| 0:57.0 | And they elect Mr. Trump into office. |
| 1:01.0 | Does the United States really want someone who's convicted |
| 1:05.0 | and facing a sentence to be president? That's going to be a real issue. |
| 1:09.0 | So, as I said in the beginning, this is going to get more complicated before it gets easier. |
| 1:15.0 | I'm Natalie Orpatt, executive editor of LawFair, |
| 1:19.0 | and this is the LawFair podcast, July 25th, 2023. |
| 1:25.0 | Former President Trump is facing criminal charges in Florida and New York, |
| 1:29.0 | and indictments are reportedly likely in Fulton County, Georgia, and Washington, D.C. |
| 1:35.0 | Two of these are in federal court. Two of them are in state courts. |
| 1:40.0 | Some have facts in common, some are seemingly unrelated. |
| 1:44.0 | Trump is also involved in multiple civil litigations, |
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