Swamp Notes: Trump’s legal troubles
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 24 February 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Former US President Donald Trump is the subject of four criminal cases and several civil suits. That means the presumptive Republican nominee will be spending a lot of time in courtrooms ahead of voting day in November. Still, it looks like all these legal liabilities might be giving him a political boost. The FT’s US legal and defence correspondent, Stefania Palma, and US managing editor, Peter Spiegel, join this week’s Swamp Notes to explain why.
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| 0:10.0 | In 19. in 1920, Eugene V. Debs became the first presidential candidate to run a campaign from prison. |
| 0:20.0 | Now, some are wondering, could Donald Trump follow in his footsteps? |
| 0:24.3 | This is Swamp Notes, the weekly podcast from the F.T. News briefing where we talk about |
| 0:31.8 | all of the things happening in the |
| 0:33.6 | 2024 US presidential election. I'm Mark Filipino and this week we're asking |
| 0:38.5 | how are Trump's legal troubles shaping the campaign? Here with me to discuss is Stefania Pama, she's the FTS U.S. legal and enforcement correspondent. |
| 0:47.0 | Hey Stefania? |
| 0:48.0 | Hi Mark. |
| 0:49.0 | And we've also got Peter Speekel back with us, the FTSU.S. managing editor. |
| 0:52.0 | Hi, Peter. Thanks for having me, the F. T.S. U.S. managing editor. |
| 0:52.6 | Hi, Peter. |
| 0:53.6 | Thanks for having me back, Mark. |
| 0:54.6 | Okay, honesty, guys. |
| 0:55.8 | Did you guys know who Eugene V. Debs was before we started taping? |
| 0:59.2 | I mean, I majored in American history in college, so I know Yewe Debb, the Socialist candidate for president, |
| 1:04.0 | multiple times in the 20s and 30s, so I have to say I did know that. |
| 1:07.5 | 10 points to Peters. Stefania? |
| 1:09.5 | No, by virtue of my beats, I have heard of Debb's's multiple times given everything that's happening |
| 1:14.6 | around Trump. Well good we you guys have both passed and we can continue on with the |
| 1:18.2 | conversation. Thank God and the reason we're talking about this now is in part because there was some news last week about Trump's civil cases. |
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