S10 Ep.3: The Chaos Arrives

Breakdown

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

True Crime, Politics, News

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The third episode of this season’s Breakdown podcast by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution examines the chaotic aftermath of the sweeping racketeering indictment against former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants. AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman, and Shannon McCaffrey explore one attempt — and at least two others that are expected — to move the case from Fulton Superior Court to the U.S. District Court just a few blocks away. The episode includes reactions from three of the special purpose grand jurors who heard from almost 75 witnesses, recommended charges and collected evidence that was used as the foundation of the racketeering indictment. And it introduces listeners to the 34-year-old judge who was randomly assigned the case. You can download the Breakdown podcast from Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favorite podcasting platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's worth knowing which is really going on.
0:04.0	This is the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
0:08.0	Previously on Breakdown.
0:14.0	A Fulton County grand jury returned a true bill of indictment,
0:20.0	charging 19 individuals with violations of Georgia law,
0:26.0	arising from a criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in this state.
0:37.0	Georgia, like every state, has laws that allow those who believe that results of an election are wrong,
0:45.0	whether because of intentional wrongdoing or unintentional error to challenge those results in our state courts.
0:54.0	The indictment alleges that rather than abide by Georgia's legal process for election challenges,
1:02.0	the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn Georgia's presidential election result.
1:13.0	Okay, we've caught up on some sleep, maybe not as much as we'd like,
1:18.0	because it's been a busy few days since we last talked to you.
1:21.0	At least I'm glad to say we're recording this in the early afternoon, not the middle of the night.
1:27.0	Coming up, we're going to bring you up to speed on attempts to try and move the Fulton County case to federal court.
1:34.0	Also, I talked to three of the special purpose grand jurors who gave their takes on the sweeping racketeering indictment.
1:41.0	We're also about to see the defendants voluntarily surrender,
1:45.0	and we'll introduce you to the judge who's been assigned the case.
1:49.0	And we even have a proposed trial date.
1:52.0	This is episode three, The Chaos Arrives, a season 10 of breakdown,
1:57.0	the Trump indictment from the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
2:05.0	Sometimes in life, you gotta go big, and nowhere goes bigger than Dubai.
2:12.0	A city-sized playground in a vast desert,
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