The cases against Trump
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Former President Donald Trump will turn himself in to New York prosecutors on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia and other members of the Opec+ group announced surprise production cuts of more than 1mn barrels a day, and China’s President is urging an increasingly assertive stance on the world stage and this year urged cadres at a key meeting in Beijing to “dare to fight.”
Mentioned in this podcast:
Oil price surges after Opec+ nations make surprise output cut
‘Dare to fight’: Xi Jinping unveils China’s new world order
Donald Trump’s lawyers will move to dismiss charges against him
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| 0:00.0 | The FT News Briefing is supported by Equinole, the UK's energy partner. |
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| 0:36.2 | Find the link to download the FT edit app in our show notes. |
| 0:41.6 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:43.2 | Today is Monday, April 3rd, and this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:50.2 | This week we'll see a historic moment when a former US president turns himself |
| 0:54.5 | into prosecutors. |
| 0:56.4 | My suspicion is this case itself will not be the one that really does damage to Trump's |
| 1:02.3 | reelection prospects. |
| 1:04.2 | And Beijing has a tough new foreign policy approach. |
| 1:08.7 | Plus OPEC is not playing nice with the West. |
| 1:13.4 | I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:16.8 | This week, former president Donald Trump will turn himself into New York prosecutors. |
| 1:27.3 | They indicted him last week on charges that will be revealed tomorrow. |
| 1:31.2 | The FT's US managing editor Peter Spiegel describes what's likely to be a gripping scene. |
| 1:36.7 | He's going to have to show up in court in Lormenheim. He's going to be arrested. |
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