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Decoding the Trump Indictment with Legal Expert Margot Cleveland | Saturday Extra

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🗓️ 19 August 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis has charged Trump with leading a sweeping conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election. We speak with The Federalist’s legal correspondent Margot Cleveland about what’s at the heart of Willis’ case, and Trump’s legal strategy for striking back. Get the facts first on Morning Wire.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Bolton County, Georgia, district attorney, Fanny Willis brought her long-awaited indictment

0:07.5

against former President Trump last week.

0:10.4

Using a statute designed to take down mobsters, Willis charged Trump with leading a sweeping

0:15.2

conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election.

0:18.4

The indictment is Trump's fourth and less than five months as he leads the Republican

0:22.1

primary to challenge President Biden in 2024.

0:26.0

In this episode, we talk with the federalist's legal correspondent, Margot Cleveland, one

0:31.0

of the best red reporters and commentators on Trump's legal labyrinth.

0:35.0

She joins us to explain what's at the heart of Willis' case and Trump's legal strategy

0:39.8

for striking back.

0:41.6

I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley.

0:45.1

It's Saturday, August 19th, and this is an extra edition of Morning Wire.

0:54.8

Joining us now is the federalist's Margot Cleveland.

0:57.8

Hi, Margot.

0:59.2

First off, what is the top line takeaway from the indictment?

1:02.8

I guess the big takeaway is that it's 99 percent garbage and the 1 percent that could

1:10.2

be legitimate crimes is buried amongst everything and is very difficult to get a handle on.

1:16.8

And that 1 percent would be lying to the grand jury and lying to the legislature, which

1:24.4

is alleged in there, but it's buried amongst everything else.

1:27.5

So it's hard to see exactly what those issues are.

1:32.4

Now Fanny Willis is a fan of racketeering cases and has brought another one here.

1:37.2

What do you make of the charge that's applied to this case?

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