Can Trump become president with a criminal conviction?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts by a New York court, making him the first former US president ever convicted of criminal charges. But polls have shown most Republican votes will not be swayed by the prospect of electing a convicted felon to the country’s highest office. So, can he make it to the White House?
In this episode:
- Kimberly Halkett (@KimberlyHalkett), Al Jazeera Correspondent
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan, Sarí el-Khalili, with Duha Mosaad, Tamara Khandaker and our host Kevin Hirten, in for Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, a historic verdict. |
| 0:13.0 | Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 charges of falsifying business records |
| 0:19.0 | in connection to hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. |
| 0:24.0 | How will this impact his presidential campaign? |
| 0:28.9 | I'm Kevin Horton, and this is The Take. |
| 0:44.8 | Donald Trump was quick to react to the verdict, speaking at Trump Tower in New York City on Friday morning. This is a case where if they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone. |
| 0:52.6 | He then appeared on Fox News for an exclusive interview. |
| 0:56.1 | These people are sick. |
| 0:58.2 | They're sick. |
| 0:58.8 | They're deranged. |
| 1:00.3 | You know, I talk about the enemy on the outside and the enemy from within. |
| 1:04.7 | Say, of Russia, you have China. |
| 1:06.1 | But if you have a smart president. |
| 1:09.6 | My name is Kimberly Helcett. I am Al Jazeera's White House correspondent. |
| 1:15.0 | Thank you, Kimberly. Welcome to the take. |
| 1:17.4 | So there is no doubt this is momentous news, right? First president ever to be criminally convicted. |
| 1:24.1 | There was so much coverage of this trial, so much back and forth and uncertainty and argument. |
| 1:29.4 | But in the end, the jury was incredibly decisive. |
| 1:32.9 | So can you just take us through what happened on Thursday, how the verdict came down? |
| 1:38.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:39.0 | I mean, a lot of people are kind of confused about what the president was charged with. |
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