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The Washington Post

True Crime, News, Politics

4.14.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On this bonus episode, the crew reacts to the guilty verdict against Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to an adult-film actress. The Washington Post's Libby Casey and James Hohmann, with Rhonda Colvin outside the Manhattan courthouse, are joined by special guests Dan Balz, chief correspondent, and Robin Givhan, senior critic-at-large.


Plus, will Trump go to jail? Can he still run for president – and can he vote for himself?


Read more in The Trump Trials newsletter, or follow our ongoing coverage here.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We will never give up we will never concede it doesn't happen.

0:05.0

Mother Teresa could not beat these charges.

0:07.0

And now if you don't mind I'm going to go into the icebox and sit for a long time.

0:11.0

Thank you very much. Guilty on all counts.

0:17.0

Welcome to Trump Trials sidebar, a podcast from the Washington Post, a case that was once called

0:25.0

the runt of the litter compared to other cases against Donald Trump, but it's the

0:29.0

case that found its way to trial, to a jury jury and on Thursday to conviction. 12 New Yorkers, seven men and

0:36.6

five women found Donald Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records.

0:41.6

I'm Libby Casey and I'm joined by James

0:44.0

Holman here in the newsroom. Also Dan Baults are Washington Post chief

0:48.0

correspondent and in Lorm Manhattan, Rhonda Colvin. She's outside the

0:52.4

courthouse. The drama has moved away from the courthouse, but

0:55.1

Ronda is sticking near to tell us all about what it was like today. On this episode,

1:01.3

we'll dive into just what that moment was like, the reactions, and then the potential consequences that Donald Trump could face.

1:08.8

We'll also talk about what happens next in the political realm.

1:13.2

First, let's start with this headline.

1:15.8

A former US president has been convicted of a felony.

1:19.6

Dan, did you ever think you'd see that headline?

1:23.7

Well, no, but certainly when Donald Trump was indicted in four different jurisdictions

1:31.4

in a variety of cases, that possibility became real.

1:35.0

And today it became historically real.

1:39.0

So by the end of this trial, I think everybody had to assume that it was quite possible that he would become a convicted felon once the jury returned its verdict.

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