S9 Ep.28: Donald Trump’s NY indictment and what it means for Georgia

Breakdown

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Politics, News, True Crime

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🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In this special podcast crossover edition, Politically Georgia host Patricia Murphy joins Breakdown hosts Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman to discuss the first indictment of a former president and what it means to the Fulton County investigation into alleged criminal meddling with the 2020 election. The group dissects the 34-count felony indictment and recounts the surreal scene surrounding Trump’s surrender at the Manhattan courthouse. Also reviewed is Trump’s address hours later to supporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort. In an inflammatory speech, Trump took aim at the Fulton County investigation and called District Attorney Fani Willis “racist.” New York attorney Nick Akerman, a former Watergate prosecutor who has closely followed the cases in Manhattan and Atlanta, also give his perspective on the historical context of the first indictment of a current or former president. Listen and subscribe to Breakdown for free at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or your favorite podcasting platform. Listen and subscribe to Politically Georgia for free at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's worth knowing which really going on.
0:04.0	This is the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
0:12.0	Donald Trump's New York indictment and what it means for Georgia.
0:16.0	Donald Trump was a reigned on a New York Supreme Court indictment
0:20.0	returned by a Manhattan Grand jury on 34 felony counts
0:24.0	of falsifying business records in the first degree.
0:26.0	This is a special cross-serve edition of the politically Georgia and breakdown
0:30.0	podcasts from the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
0:32.0	I'm Patricia Murphy, one of the hosts of politically Georgia
0:36.0	and I'm joined by the host of breakdown Bill Rankin and Tomar Halerman.
0:40.0	They've been following the entire special purpose-grangery proceedings
0:44.0	and investigation of Donald Trump as well as his allies
0:46.0	and their attempts to overturn the 2020 election here in Georgia.
0:52.0	And as most of the world knows, Donald Trump is now the first current or former president ever to be indicted
0:58.0	in American history.
1:00.0	And here to unpack the entire events of the week, our Bill and Tomar.
1:04.0	Bill, this is the week that we've been waiting for.
1:08.0	Although I think we thought the news might be coming out of Georgia first.
1:12.0	Yes, it sure looks like Alvin Bragg still fining Willis' thunder
1:16.0	if she is going to bring an indictment against a former president.
1:20.0	And you know, for a long time, especially the earlier part of this year,
1:24.0	it really looked like funny Willis here in Fulton County would be the one
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