Hey everyone listen to the podcast this is Ari Melber with a podcast extra.

We have been covering this historic first criminal trial of any ex president and today we've pulled together

several of our special reports in this arena.

So that's what you're about to hear.

I'm actually literally in a car recording this for you after leaving the office and if you've been listening to our

podcast or watching MS NBC we've had a lot of different coverage but what you're

about to hear are some of the special pieces we've pulled either because they're

important to help understand the trial that we are barreling towards, or they are interviews that are in a sense primary individuals, witnesses, participants, players who form the testimonial evidence of the trial.

So we do this from time to time.

I've heard from some of you that you appreciate it

when we go beyond just posting sometimes the audio of the show

and pull things like this together.

Sometimes it's extra exclusive, sometimes in this case it's something

that I and my team we curated together to share with you. So that's what you're about to hear.

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and without further ado here are several of our

the state of this important trial.

The state of New York versus Donald Trump

on this first trial of an ex president in American history.

And what we can say as we report right now,

what will be Donald Trump's only criminal case

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