It's the Brian Lairor Show on WNYC. Good Monday morning, everyone.

Did you know jury selection is beginning today in a historic criminal trial in the middle of a presidential

election year brought by the Biden Justice Department? It's the trial of President Biden's son,

Hunter. That other trial you may have heard about that ended last week with 34 guilty verdicts

was not brought by the Biden Justice Department in case anyone is keeping score,

which a lot of people are. It was brought by DA Alvin Bragg of Manhattan, who may himself

be brought to testify before Congress, brought there by Republicans, as both parties try to maximize

any political advantage they may get from the Trump trial and its outcome.

And there's been a lot of that going on on both sides over the weekend, with the verdict still so new.

A Politico headline, for example, reads why both parties see a silver lining to Trump's conviction. Jill Colvin is reporting on the trial

on its aftermath for the Associated Press. She is a national political reporter covering the

2024 presidential campaign and joins us now. We'll also touch on her latest AP story headline

Trump joins TikTok and calls it an honor. As president,

he once tried to ban the video sharing app. Jill, thanks for coming on. Welcome back to WNYC.

Thanks so much for having me. Would you like to do the TikTok story first? Your article reminds us that as president, Trump tried to ban TikTok through an executive order that said,

quote, the spread in the United States of mobile applications developed and owned, unquote, by Chinese companies was a national security threat.

The courts blocked the action.

You remind us after TikTok sued. So what's this about

face? Yeah, well, now he is on it and has millions and millions of followers. It was sort of a

surprise announcement where Trump was at a UFC fight in Newark just across the river on Saturday night and filmed his first video from there.

And, you know, I will say the White House, which has, you know, banned TikTok on government devices.

Biden has signed legislation that would effectively ban, you know, TikTok in the U.S.

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