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CNN 5 Things

One Thing: A Former Prosecutor on the Novel Case Against Donald Trump

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Last week, we got our first look at the case Manhattan prosecutors have brought against Donald Trump. However, some legal experts say the novel way Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg laid out the allegations is largely untested – and could be risky. In today’s episode, a former federal and state prosecutor breaks down the legal strategy on both sides and explains what happens next. Guest: Elie Honig, CNN Senior Legal Analyst 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

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0:07.0

and you have to go in search of your creative spark again. Maybe this is catching up with creative

0:11.9

friends, experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe.

0:16.0

And thanks to The Sims, inspiration is just one game and one spark away.

0:21.0

Ready to spark something? Download the Sims 4 and play for free. Last week on the show we told you how former President Donald Trump became the first American

0:40.0

president ever to be charged with a crime.

0:45.0

Well, on Tuesday, Trump traveled to Manhattan Criminal Court to appear before a judge.

0:50.0

President Trump, will you come to each us, President Trump.

0:55.0

After being processed and fingerprinted,

0:58.0

he walked right past CNN's Caitlin Collins

1:00.6

and into the courtroom,

1:01.9

where he pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

1:07.0

And it's really worth underlining here what a historic moment this was, the moment where a former president of the United States became

1:15.8

a criminal defendant.

1:17.0

And outside the courthouse there was a small group of demonstrators, some anti-Trump, some pro-Trump, so I decided to go down there and see it for myself.

1:33.0

Where are you guys from?

1:34.0

We're from Maryland.

1:35.0

You came here just for this?

1:37.0

To support Trump, yes.

1:39.0

Before the indictment was unsealed, I met Gina Whittcher and her son,

1:42.0

who was holding a big don't tread on me flag and she

1:45.2

echoed what we've heard from the former president and his allies that this prosecution feels

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