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CNN 5 Things

One Thing: Your Trump Indictment Questions, Answered

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump is expected to be arraigned in New York City this week after a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict the former president, the first time in American history that a current or former president has faced criminal charges. We break down what we know about the investigation, what the arraignment could look like and why this case could be the least of Trump’s legal concerns as the 2024 presidential election draws closer.   Guest: Paula Reid, CNN Senior Legal Affairs Correspondent 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

Historians love to keep track of presidential firsts.

0:05.0

First president to fly in an airplane, that was Theodore Roosevelt.

0:08.0

First president to serve non-consecutive terms, Grover Cleveland.

0:12.0

The first black president, of course, was Barack Obama. I could go on and on. Well no U.S.

0:17.4

President, current or former, has ever been charged with a crime. Until now. We have major breaking news indeed

0:24.6

historic breaking news right now. See that's scary. Last week a grand jury in

0:31.2

Manhattan voted to indict former President Donald Trump, setting

0:35.1

up an unprecedented legal clash.

0:37.7

You are already seeing the former president weigh in.

0:39.8

He is attacking Alan Bragg, the Manhattan District Attorney here.

0:42.8

Sources tell CNN the former president is facing more than 30 counts.

0:46.2

They're related to business fraud.

0:48.1

And he is expected to turn himself in on Tuesday.

0:51.4

The Manhattan...

0:52.4

While this would be a big deal no matter what,

0:53.8

let's not forget, Trump is making another run

0:56.5

for the White House as we speak.

0:58.8

So it's understandable if you have questions about this.

1:01.6

My guess this week is answers.

1:03.3

CNN Senior Legal Affairs Correspondent Paula Reed is here, and we're going to break

1:11.2

down what we know, what we don't't and why this case could end up being the least of

1:15.4

Trump's legal worries as we approach 2024.

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