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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Donald Trump Pleads Not Guilty in New York

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

While opposing crowds gathered in lower Manhattan today, Donald Trump appeared in court to plead his innocence to 34 felony counts, after Alvin Bragg became the first DA to charge a former President with a crime. Plus, Republican Asa Hutchinson unofficially announces his run for President and gives his thoughts on what he would do to bring the country together and why Donald Trump should withdraw from the 2024 election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:24.9

Donald Trump is a reigned in New York City and pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges.

0:31.7

What are those charges?

0:33.0

What do we expect next?

0:34.0

And how is all this going to play politically?

0:36.5

Welcome to Potomac Watch.

0:37.6

I'm Kim Strassel, and I am joined today by my awesome colleagues, Bill McGurne and

0:42.1

Kate Batchelder O'Dell.

0:44.3

So New York District Attorney Album Bragg really did it.

0:48.2

Donald Trump surrendered himself in New York today, following a grand jury indictment last

0:53.3

week.

0:54.3

This is the first time in US history a former president has faced criminal charges.

0:59.3

Early speculation was that this case would hinge around, supposed hush money payments

1:04.0

that the Trump organization funneled through lawyer Michael Cohen to adult film star Stormy

1:09.4

Daniels.

1:10.8

Some question as to whether there might not be some other surprises and charges in there.

1:15.9

As we were beginning to tape, the news was coming out that the indictment had been unsealed.

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