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Breakdown

S10 E39: The Case is Submitted

Breakdown

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

True Crime, Politics, News

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The most recent episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Breakdown podcast focuses on the presidential immunity arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court. How the nation’s highest court decides the issue – whether former President Donald Trump has absolute immunity from prosecution – directly impacts the election interference case brought against him in Fulton County. Episode 39 – “The Case is Submitted” – of Breakdown’s Season 10 – “The Trump Indictment” – also covers a highly unusual appearance during oral arguments before the Georgia Supreme Court. You can download the Breakdown podcast from Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcasting platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Previously on breakdown.

0:03.0

The political discourse, the political speech, the more significant it is to certain issues,

0:09.0

clearly being President of the United States at the time dealing with elections and campaigning,

0:14.8

calling into question whether what had occurred at least in the election of 2020 for President.

0:20.8

That's the height of political speech.

0:23.8

It's not just that he lied over and over and over again,

0:27.7

as counsel for the defendant points out

0:29.7

by listing all of the instances in the indictment,

0:32.1

is that each of those was employed as part of criminal activity with criminal intentions.

0:38.6

In our last season, breakdowns resident legal expert Don Samuel predicted the case against former

0:43.8

president Donald Trump would likely go to the US Supreme Court before it ever

0:47.8

went before a jury. Was he ever right? During the Special Purpose Grand Jury investigation here in Georgia,

0:54.4

Senator Lindsey Graham fought his subpoena to testify all the way to the nation's

0:59.1

highest court and lost. Now, this past week, the US Supreme Court heard arguments on an issue that again

1:07.1

directly impacts the case against Trump here in Fulton County, whether the former president has immunity from prosecution.

1:15.1

It was quite something to hear all the justices weigh in on this enormously important issue.

1:20.6

And it's an issue that not only will impact the cases against the former president in Fulton County and Washington, D.C.,

1:27.0

but Presidencies for generations to come.

1:30.0

And you'll hear that during the arguments, which lasted more than two and a half hours.

1:35.6

We'll get into that in just a moment.

1:37.8

We also have some news to share about ongoing developments in the Fulton case against Trump and his 14 remaining co-defendants.

1:46.0

And we have a highly unusual appearance by a lawyer arguing a case before the Georgia Supreme Court. Like we often say, you can't make this stuff up.

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