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It's Complicated

Episode 72 - Trump on Trial; Gag Violation; Taylor Swift

It's Complicated

Renato Mariotti

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The People of the State of New York against Donald J. Trump has begun. Asha and Renato break down the first couple of days of the trial–– from opening statements to jury selection, The People’s first witness, and Trump’s continued violation of Judge Merchan’s gag order. Plus, Asha is open to becoming a Swifty.

Transcript

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0:00.0

M-S-S-W media.

0:05.0

So Rannato, how has the trial been going for Trump so far?

0:10.0

Eh, it's complicated. I'm Renata Mariati. I'm a former federal prosecutor, a practicing lawyer and a legal analyst.

0:22.0

And I'm Asha Rengappa.

0:24.0

I teach national security law at Yale University.

0:26.0

I'm a former FBI special agent

0:28.0

and I'm a legal contributor for ABC News.

0:31.0

And we're here to help you understand topics that can't be boiled down into a sound bite or a tweet.

0:37.0

So, Aisha, this is the second day of trial when we're recording this. I think we should say that

0:43.2

affront so people have their expectations set appropriately. But a lot to happen. We have

0:48.1

a jury, we've had opening statements, that's a big moment in any trial. We this morning we have our first witness David

0:55.0

Packer testifying. We'll talk about the gag order stuff a little later, but

0:59.4

you know what is your impression? How do you think about the trial thus far?

1:04.7

I mean, it's hard, right?

1:05.8

Because we only have a transcript.

1:07.5

And so it's, I kind of wish that it were televised

1:12.2

so that we could all see exactly how things are being presented.

1:18.2

But I've just been paying attention to Trump having a meltdown.

1:22.4

Right, I mean one thing that's been very interesting to me,

1:25.0

Olivia Newsy, who I think she writes for, what is it, New York magazine if I recall correctly,

1:31.0

she has been giving like moment by moment tweets about every

1:36.1

facial expression Trump has, every little thing she does, and she said, I thought

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