Georgia indictment poses distinctive perils for Trump
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🗓️ 16 August 2023
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USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page looks at some of the unique dangers for Trump in the Georgia indictment.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and this is five things you need to know Wednesday the 16th of August, 2023. |
| 0:20.0 | Today, a closer look at some of the unique challenges for Trump and his Georgia indictment. |
| 0:26.0 | Plus, Hunter Biden's lawyer asked to quit his case, and we returned to Hawaii, where teams are working to identify bodies after the Maui fires. |
| 0:42.0 | Donald Trump's latest indictment this time in Georgia presents some unique challenges for the former president. |
| 0:48.0 | I spoke with USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page to learn more. |
| 0:53.0 | Susan, thanks for making the time. |
| 0:55.0 | Hey, Taylor, it's always great to be with you. |
| 0:58.0 | So this is the fourth time Trump has faced criminal charges since leaving the White House. |
| 1:03.0 | But Susan, you write that there are several ways that this trial will not be like the others. |
| 1:08.0 | For starters, there's actually tape of a prominent phone call in this case. |
| 1:13.0 | What's on that call, Susan? |
| 1:15.0 | Well, you know, this is the call that Trump had on January 2nd, 2021, with the Georgia Secretary of State of Republican Officeholder, in which he basically urged him, coaxed him, threatened him, asking him to find the 11,000 votes he needed to carry Georgia. |
| 1:35.0 | And Brad Ravensberger declined to do that and said that the vote had been counted accurately, had been recounted and confirmed, and that he wasn't going to do it. |
| 1:45.0 | So in this case, this is a telephone call that seemed quite understandable and maybe very difficult for the former president to explain away. |
| 1:54.0 | And this trial will be on television. |
| 1:57.0 | Why might that prove to be significant? |
| 1:59.0 | I don't know if you're old enough to remember the OJ Simpson trial, but I am. |
| 2:03.0 | It transfixed the nation. Everybody was watching it. |
| 2:06.0 | 57% of Americans were watching the verdict being read in the OJ Simpson trial. |
| 2:13.0 | And can you imagine the ratings that Donald Trump versus the state of Georgia could get on TV? |
| 2:19.0 | It's really a way for Americans to take a look on their own about the arguments being made for and against the former president and the other 18 people who have been indicted with him and make their own decisions about who they believe. |
| 2:34.0 | Susan, we know this idea of pardons has come up in other indictments for Trump. |
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