Capitol Punishment
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has been charged with a third set of crimes. This time he's accused of plotting to overturn his election defeat after an inquiry into the storming of the Capitol two years ago on January 6th.
Former FBI director James Comey, who was fired by Trump, joins this emergency Americast, as we look at what happens next and what it could mean for the ex-president's attempt to return to the White House.
HOSTS: • Sarah Smith, North America editor • Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent
GUEST: • James Comey, former FBI director
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This episode was made by Daniel Wittenberg, with Rufus Gray and Catherine Fusillo. The technical producer was Lee Wilson. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:05.8 | About 18 months ago, a man gave a brief speech |
| 0:09.3 | that may be coming back to bite him. |
| 0:11.4 | Who remembers this? |
| 0:12.7 | We're going to walk down to the Capitol. |
| 0:15.4 | CHEERING AND APPLAUSE |
| 0:18.5 | And we're going to cheer on our brave senators |
| 0:22.3 | and congressmen and women. |
| 0:25.2 | And we're probably not going to be cheering so much |
| 0:27.6 | for some of them. |
| 0:31.3 | Because you'll never take back our country with weakness. |
| 0:35.4 | You have to show strength, and you have to be strong. |
| 0:38.2 | That was Donald Trump, of course, on January the 6th, 2021, |
| 0:41.5 | speaking to the crowd who disassembled in Washington |
| 0:43.8 | to listen to him as he encouraged them |
| 0:45.5 | to go up to the Capitol building. |
| 0:47.0 | And well, we all know what happened next after that, don't we? |
| 0:50.6 | Now there's a further development. |
| 0:52.6 | As a result of what he said that day and what led up to it, |
| 0:55.3 | Donald Trump has been indicted for the third time. |
| 0:58.7 | This time, over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. |
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