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The Megyn Kelly Show

Historic Arrest of Former President Donald Trump, with Alan Dershowitz, Charles C.W. Cooke, and Ric Grenell | Ep. 521

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.438.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Breaking News: the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, has been arrested and arraigned in New York City on 34 felony charges. First, Alan Dershowitz, author of "Get Trump," joins to discuss his texts from Trump, the statute of limitations argument Trump will make, how he could easily win on appeal if he's convicted, the gag order possibility and the First Amendment, defending the Constitution vs. helping Trump, whether Trump will be charged in the Mar-a-lago docs case, the importance of asking "what about Hillary Clinton," and more. Then Charles C.W. Cooke, senior writer for National Review, to discuss the political implications of the Trump arrest, the Democrats changing the "norms" despite what they say about Trump and norms, Democratic hypocrisy on law-breaking, the corporate media's massive obsession with Donald Trump back again, Trump's rocketing poll numbers over DeSantis, and more. And then Ambassador Ric Grenell, former acting DNI director, joins to talk about how everyday Americans are outraged by this indictment, the danger to America for what will happen now that the Democrats crossed this line, why Trump will be the GOP nominee, whether Ron DeSantis will run at all, major donations coming to Trump recently, and more. Dershowitz: https://www.amazon.com/Get-Trump-Liberties-Process-Constitutional/dp/1510777814 Cooke: https://charlescwcooke.com Grenell: https://fixcalifornia.com

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Megan Kelly show, your home for open, honest, and provocative conversations.

0:07.0

Hey, everyone on Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly show, America's 45th President

0:16.6

of the United States, Donald Trump, turning himself in today to be formally arrested and

0:21.4

deranged on criminal charges by a Democrat DA who ran on the promise of him being an aggressive

0:31.1

anti-Trumper was touting the number of cases he had brought against Donald Trump and true

0:35.8

to his word, though he originally rejected these charges as did the feds Alvin Bragg

0:43.5

brought them today.

0:44.6

There's a lot to dissect regarding the legal ramifications, the political follow-up

0:48.3

in the onslaught of media coverage.

0:51.0

Ahead we're going to hear from Rick Grinnell, as we know, one of Trump's closest confidants

0:55.6

and he will be with the president tonight.

0:58.1

Charles C. W. Cook is here with a warning to the media, but we begin the show with Alan

1:03.8

Dershowitz, professor emeritus at Harvard Law School and author of the new book which

1:07.7

we featured not long ago, Get Trump, the threat to civil liberties due process and our constitutional

1:12.8

rule of law.

1:13.8

You can order right now on Amazon.

1:15.2

There may be a backup, but order one anyway because as usual, Alan's been prescient on

1:20.0

what things, how things were going to unfold when it comes to Trump legally.

1:24.2

Alan, great to have you back on the show.

1:26.1

So, I heard you say on your podcast, The Dershow, that you'd been texting with Trump post

1:31.8

indictment.

1:33.1

What did he say?

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