Interviews with: Lawyer Joe Tacopina, Lawyer Lanny Davis, Sen. Joe Manchin, Rep. Mike Turner, Rep. Dan Crenshaw.

State of the Union

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🗓️ 2 April 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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First, as Donald Trump prepares for his day in court, what do we know about the evidence against the former president and how will his attorneys handle the case? Dana Bash speaks with Trump's personal lawyer Joe Tacopina, who describes Trump's upcoming arraignment as "a day the rule of law in the United States has died." Next, lawyer Lanny Davis, who now represents Trump's former personal lawyer/"fixer" Michael Cohen, provides his (very different) take on the Trump indictment. Then, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) weighs in on the indictment, as well as where he sees the economy going. And, Dana interviews House Intel Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-OH) about Russia's arrest of Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich. Finally, regarding the Trump indictment, Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) tells Dana, "You don't have to be a lawyer to look at this case and think it's on very weak grounds." To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	People vs Trump. Donald Trump prepares for his day in court.
0:10.8	What we know about the evidence against the former president and how his attorneys will
0:15.2	handle the case.
0:16.2	I'll speak to Trump, lawyer Joe Takapina and Michael Cohen's lawyer, Lanny Davis, next.
0:22.6	And unprecedented.
0:24.1	Trump's indictment shakes the political world.
0:26.7	It just smacks of political prosecution.
0:29.5	As the U.S. prepared for the fallout of an arrest, Democratic Senator Joe Manchin and
0:35.0	House Intel chairman Mike Turner joined me ahead.
0:38.6	Plus, how many more children lay to rest after an elementary school shooting as Americans
0:45.2	look for answers?
0:46.2	I don't think one piece of legislation solved this.
0:49.1	Will they not act?
0:50.6	Republican Congressman Dan Crenshaw joins me in moments.
1:00.5	Hello, I'm Dana Bashin, Washington, where the state of our union is racing ourselves
1:05.8	for a seismic event.
1:07.8	As the first ever former U.S. president to face criminal charges, prepares to appear in court.
1:13.2	Prosecutors, police, the Secret Service and Trump's team are working out details for his
1:17.7	arrangement before a judge in a Manhattan criminal court on Tuesday, where Donald Trump will face
1:23.4	a more than 30-count indictment related to business fraud.
1:27.1	That indictment is still under seal.
1:29.5	It follows district attorney Alvin Bragg's investigation into a hush money payment by Trump's
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