May 31, 2024: 20 QUESTIONS (Trump's Guilty Verdict Edition)

UNBIASED Politics

Jordan Berman

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🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In this episode, I'm answering 20 of the most submitted questions about Trump's charges, trial, guilty verdict, and everything in between. After listening, you'll be more informed than most of America, so congratulations! 1. Is it true the verdict was not unanimous? (2:03)2. Can Donald Trump still run for president despite the conviction? (10:32)3. Can he still serve as president if elected? (11:28)4. What happens next? How does the appeals process work? (11:38)5. When is sentencing? (13:30)6. Does an appeal happen before sentencing takes place or is enforced? (13:42)7. How long could he go to jail for? What are the possibilities for sentencing? (14:33)8. How fast can he get an appeal and/or Supreme Court action? (15:48)9. How does this effect the campaign trial? What does this mean for the election? (16:06)10. Why do some people say the trial was corrupt? (16:42)11. Were the charges “created” for this trial? (21:16)12. What’s the two-year statute of limitations argument I’m hearing about? (22:35)13. What are the odds the conviction gets overturned on appeal? (24:05)14. What’s the best case for winning on appeal? What is Trump’s best argument? (24:44)15. As a convicted felon, does he lose the right to carry a gun and vote in an election? (27:18)16. If Trump wins the election, can he pardon himself? (28:48)17. How is this "good" for him in his election run? I’m seeing that a lot. (29:18)18. Why were there 34 counts? (31:03)19. Why was this called a 'hush money' case when the actual crime was undermining the election? (31:33)20. Trump and his attorney were granted the ability to hand pick the jury, right? (32:13)Watch this episode on YouTube.Follow Jordan on Instagram and TikTok.All sources for this episode can be found here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Unbias.
0:02.0	Your favorite source of Unbias News and Legal Analysis.
0:06.0	Welcome back to Unbias.
0:09.0	This is Friday, May 31st,
0:11.0	and this is a special episode of Un of unbiased where I'm going to be answering
0:14.5	your questions about Trump's guilty verdict. I do want to say a few things
0:19.2	before I get into it because wow what a polarizing topic this is. I need you to understand that I am not always
0:28.2	going to tell you what you want to hear. I have said from the start that listening to
0:32.4	nonpartisan news guarantees that you'll hear something that you don't necessarily want to hear.
0:37.0	That's a fact. I will never provide you with intentional confirmation bias. That's just not something I do. I will tell you the facts
0:46.4	so that you can form your own opinions based on those facts. If you're looking for
0:51.9	confirmation bias, I'm not your girl. So if you're still
0:55.4	listening, if I still have you here, you're hungry to learn more and you have a desire
0:59.2	to learn. First of all, thank you for being here. All I ask is that you go into this episode with an open mind and a thirst for knowledge.
1:07.0	Also, throughout this episode we're going to talk about a lot of issues that presented themselves throughout this case.
1:14.0	I just want to make one thing clear about the jury's role in this case.
1:18.6	The jury's job is to decide whether the prosecution proved its charges beyond a reasonable doubt.
1:25.4	All other issues you hear me talk about throughout this episode,
1:28.2	constitutional issues, charging issues, bias and credibility issues, things of that nature, the jury cannot take that into account.
1:36.2	The jury can't say, oh, we think Trump's Sixth Amendment right was violated, we're going
1:40.1	to acquit him.
1:41.1	No.
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