Did the FBI raid guarantee Trump will run again?
Americano
The Spectator
4 • 714 Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2022
⏱️ 15 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | A Spectator subscription is now better value than ever before. As a new subscriber joining today, |
| 0:07.6 | you'll pay just £1 a week for unlimited online and app access in your first year. |
| 0:13.1 | To subscribe today, go to spectator.com.ukuk forward slash unlimited. |
| 0:23.9 | Hello and welcome to the Americano podcast, a series of discussions about American politics and life. |
| 0:32.0 | My name is Freddie Gray. I'm the deputy editor of the Spectator. |
| 0:35.8 | I'm very pleased to be joined by Amber Athe, who is the |
| 0:38.7 | Spectator's Washington editor. And we're going to be talking about the FBI's shocking raid on Donald Trump's |
| 0:47.1 | residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida. And now, Amber, just hours after that news came out, Donald Trump made a statement declaring that the FBI were raiding his home and they cracked into his safe. |
| 1:00.0 | And there was a lot of excitement around that news, a lot of drama around it. |
| 1:04.4 | Donald Trump has just posted a video which looks very much like the start of a campaign. |
| 1:11.2 | Because we are Americans and Americans kneel to God and God alone. |
| 1:16.4 | And it is time to start talking about greatness for our country again. |
| 1:23.7 | It looks very much like the start of his 2024 campaign as a video. |
| 1:27.7 | It could just be a coincidence, but it seems like this act by the FBI is serving as a trigger for Donald Trump's presidential campaign. |
| 1:37.7 | Why would the FBI do it? |
| 1:40.3 | That's a very good question. |
| 1:41.9 | I think the answer lies somewhere in the consequences for the Presidential Records Act. A violation of this act would not only leave the perpetrator facing jail time, fines, etc., but it also supposedly prevents them from running for office again. |
| 2:02.6 | So if the January 6th committee is not pulling up the desired materials required to |
| 2:08.7 | charge Trump with some kind of crime, maybe this is the other last-ditch effort to try to permanently |
| 2:14.6 | damage his chances of either winning an election or even being able to run in the first place. |
| 2:21.5 | Now, the one thing that would undermine this theory is that people have been pointing out, |
| 2:26.9 | there are certain constitutional requirements or limits on who can run for president, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Spectator, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Spectator and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.