The Case Against Donald Trump

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🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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A series of blockbuster hearings from the Jan. 6 committee has put growing pressure on Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to bring criminal charges against former President Donald J. Trump over the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Before today’s committee hearing, we speak with Andrew D. Goldstein, one of the prosecutors who led the last major investigation into Mr. Trump, about why winning a case against the former president is such a challenge. Guest: Andrew Goldstein, a federal prosecutor who was part of the Mueller inquiry into Mr. Trump.

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Obaro.
0:03.8	This is Adale.
0:05.8	A series of blockbuster hearings from the January 6th Committee is putting growing pressure
0:16.7	on the Attorney General, Merrick Garland, to bring criminal charges against former President
0:21.6	Trump for his role in inciting violence at the Capitol and trying to overturn the election.
0:28.5	Today, as the Committee prepares for its latest hearing on Thursday night, my colleague,
0:34.6	Mike Schmidt, talks to one of the prosecutors who led the last major investigation into
0:40.5	Trump about why bringing and winning a case against the former President is such a challenge.
0:48.3	It's Thursday, July 21.
0:59.8	They usually don't let me do this, so this is like, we're good?
1:08.9	Okay.
1:09.9	Okay, it's weird to hear my own voice through my-
1:11.9	I got a bit of a radio voice.
1:13.8	I think that's right.
1:16.5	All right, before we start, tell us who you are.
1:23.8	It's like, who are you?
1:26.2	Why- what have you done in your career?
1:29.0	Well, early in my career, I was a writer for Time Magazine.
1:34.3	I decided to become a lawyer, and early in that career, I was a federal prosecutor in
1:41.0	Manhattan.
1:42.0	I focused on public corruption cases.
1:45.1	I became the chief of the public corruption unit at a time when we brought successful
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