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The Al Franken Podcast

Melissa Murray & Andrew Weissmann on the “Hush Money Trial”

The Al Franken Podcast

ASF Productions

Government, Progressive, Politics, Senate, Liberal, Senator, Minnesota, Franken, News, Saturday Night Live, Comedy, Snl

4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The first criminal trial for Donald Trump is underway. The hush money trial over Stormy Daniels might be the first, but it won't be the last. But will we see the other trials before the election? And what are the consequences if Trump is found guilty? We talk to The Bestselling Authors on The Trump Indictments Andrew Weissmann and Melissa Murray! 

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0:00.0

1st now. How will I cope? How will I cope? Sometimes you don't want to talk about

0:15.9

cancer to people you know. You just want to talk to someone who knows how you feel.

0:22.8

That's why I joined the Macmillan online community.

0:26.4

We know what it's like because we're living with cancer too.

0:30.8

And whatever's on your mind were here to help. To join us search Macmillan online community. Hey everybody we got a great one today you know for a change and that makes two in a row last week we had Ben Wickler, the Wisconsin Democratic State Chair, a spectacular one, and

0:56.4

this week Andrew Weisman and Melissa Murray on the Trump trial going on in Manhattan.

1:03.2

Two brilliant ones in a row.

1:05.6

That's happened once before.

1:07.9

Four years ago, we had Norm Orangestein

1:11.2

on the filibuster and the next week, Howard Feynman on Mitch McConnell back to back and I

1:17.2

Never believe we could match that again, but here we are here. This one takes us into the prosecution of Donald Trump, a tawdry case, as you know,

1:30.3

involves an alleged tryst with adult film actress Stormy Daniels, but more

1:35.8

important the alleged payoff of $130,000 and the falsification of documents to

1:42.1

cover that up and an alleged 11 month affair with

1:46.2

playmate Karen McDougal and her payoff an alleged falsification of that. There's a lot of wrinkles in this case. Trump says he will

1:55.5

testify. He won't, but he'll have to sit there every day and keep quiet, which

2:02.4

has been a problem. the judge chastised him for

2:06.1

joining with a prospective juror and Trump put out something on truth social

2:10.6

saying that prospective jurors were undercover agents trying to get on the jury and

2:16.4

Judge Mershann scolded him for that.

2:19.6

That is attention in the trial whether Judge Mershan is going to have to punish him with

2:25.7

home confinement for a weekend or even a timeout in a holding cell which they have in

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