Harry Litman on the Trump Trial
The Al Franken Podcast
ASF Productions
4.6 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Former U.S. Attorney and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman joins to discuss the Trump hush money trial. Both sides have rested. Harry has been in the courtroom watching the trial. With closing arguments coming next week, we break down what has transpired and all the possible outcomes Trump could expect as his verdict looms.
Harry has been covering the trial for the Los Angeles Times. Read his reporting here:
https://www.latimes.com/people/harry-litman
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| 0:36.3 | what he's talking about Harry Littman former US attorney prosecutor for the Justice |
| 0:41.6 | Department who we've had on the podcast before always |
| 0:45.1 | great. I've been watching and listening to Harry on MS NBC the Microsoft |
| 0:51.6 | National Broadcasting Company network during the Donald Trump |
| 0:56.8 | hush money trial and sometimes they get a little wonky on there and I wanted |
| 1:01.7 | to do one with Harry where my audience can clearly |
| 1:04.4 | understand what the case is against Trump and what we're going to hear on |
| 1:09.4 | Tuesday from the defense and from the prosecution on whom the burden will be to prove its case. |
| 1:18.8 | The burden, of course, not on the defense. |
| 1:22.0 | The burden, as always on the prosecution to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. |
| 1:27.9 | And it's the jury who decides whether the prosecution did meet that threshold. |
| 1:32.4 | So the defense in New York State goes first and again it doesn't have to prove anything. |
| 1:38.0 | They'll get three hours to make their case but they don't have to take all that time. They may want to but again the burden of proof is not on them it's on |
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