S9 Ep 6: One for the history books

Breakdown

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Politics, News, True Crime

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

One sitting president was placed under arrest for speeding. Two former presidents came extremely close to being indicted, one from an investigation arising from the Watergate scandal, the other from the Whitewater controversy. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporters Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman examine past criminal cases involving presidents and vice presidents. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is overseeing the special purpose grand jury investigation of former President Donald Trump and his allies for what happened here following the 2020 presidential election. But she does not have much of a playbook to follow because no president or former president has ever been indicted. The episode also recaps a busy week of developments in the grand jury investigation. This includes the outcomes of subpoenas being issued to Trump’s former personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. You can download the Breakdown podcast from Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or your favorite podcasting platform. You can also stream it on your computer from ajc.com. 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.
0:11.0	Previously on Breakdown.
0:13.0	I think it would be safe to say that if people have information in particular about Georgia and interference in the Georgia elections,
0:23.0	and they were in the White House, that will not bar us from wanting to talk to them.
0:27.0	And when you add in the mix of the significant statistical anomalies and sworn-in-evidence and video evidence of outright election fraud,
0:35.0	I don't think it's just your authority to do that, but quite frankly, I think you have a duty to do that to protect the integrity of the election here in Georgia.
0:43.0	I mean, it's scary because I remember when I was sitting there listening to the subcommittee, meaning I was like,
0:49.0	this is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard, right? And really, where I'm sitting now, I believe that the entire hearing not only was done to kind of push out this information,
1:01.0	because you know, OAN and Newsmax were live streaming it, and nobody really could push back, except for Atlanta.
1:07.0	And I would just like, you know, we have no idea who these people are, that are best of mine, or whatever.
1:13.0	I think it was done for misinformation.
1:16.0	Welcome back to season 9 of Breakdown, the podcast from the Atlanta Journal Constitution that takes you inside Georgia's most important cases.
1:24.0	I'm AJC Legal Affairs Reporter Bill Rankin.
1:27.0	And I'm Senior Reporter to Mar Hallerman. We have never seen a case like this in Georgia before,
1:33.0	but this is not the first time a member of the executive branch has been in legal trouble.
1:38.0	So episode 6 will be in large part about history. We'll look at how more than 200 years of case law will come into play in this proceeding.
1:47.0	Plus, we'll explain why the lead prosecutor is finding herself on the receiving end of some criticism.
1:53.0	It's a monumental blunder in regards to the special grand jury, because there was already people arguing that it was politically motivated.
2:03.0	This is Breakdown, the Trump grand jury from the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
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