Hush Money; Bank Runs; Plus Military Academies

It's Complicated

Renato Mariotti

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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This week: Asha and Renato discuss the real possibility of Alvin Bragg indicting Trump; the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank; military academies. Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@Its.Complicated/ Subscribe to our podcast https://link.chtbl.com/its-complicated Follow Asha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_ Asha's Substack: https://asharangappa.substack.com/ Follow Renato on Twitter: https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti Follow Asha on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asha.rangappa/ Follow Renato on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renato.mariotti/ Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Its.Complicated/ Follow Asha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_ Asha's Substack: https://asharangappa.substack.com/ Follow Renato on Twitter: https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti Follow Asha on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asha.rangappa/ Follow Renato on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renato.mariotti/Follow Renato on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@renato.mariotti Opening Theme and Bumper music provided by eitanepsteinmusic / Pond5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	M-S-S-W media.
0:09.0	So Renato, does the Manhattan DA have a strong case against Trump?
0:15.0	Eh, it's complicated.
0:18.0	I'm Renant to Mariati. I'm a former federal prosecutor, a practicing lawyer, and a legal analyst.
0:29.0	And I'm Asha Renga. I teach national security law at Yale University. I'm a former FBI Special Agent and I'm a legal and national security analyst.
0:38.0	And we're here to help you understand topics that can't be boiled down to a sound bite or a tweet.
0:47.0	So Renato,
0:49.0	Finally,
0:52.0	in kind of like I think the writers are looping back to season one or two, as the plot line now is back to the Stormy Daniels Hush Money Payment, which we'll get into the details, but which... which will look
1:16.2	looks like will be the basis of an indictment against Trump by the Manhattan DA's office.
1:26.4	And this is just one of the many walls
1:28.2	closing in on Trump and we've talked about Fulton County in several episodes, but I don't know if we've ever
1:36.0	delved very far into the Manhattan DA's office is mainly because this case
1:42.0	seemed to be more a button for a while.
1:45.3	Yeah, I have to say I did not have Alvin Bragg and my bingo card is the first person to prosecute a former president.
1:55.0	I mean it really looked like for a period of time that he took himself out of the game, right?
2:00.0	In other words, you know, he had, he inherited a case that people within his office described as very
2:08.4	strong. I mean, and that, by the way, is not unusual for prosecutors to think that their case is amazing and
2:14.4	their supervisors to disagree. But you know he decided I think rather whether
2:20.4	famously or infamously it depends on your perspective,
2:24.0	not to proceed with that case.
2:26.0	And so I think a lot of people thought
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