The Jan. 6 Case Against Donald Trump is Taking Shape
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🗓️ 21 November 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Plus, the Supreme Court took the unprecedented step of adopting an ethics code. But watchdogs aren't quite satisfied.
This episode: White House correspondent Deepa Shivaram, justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, and legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg.
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| 0:32.4 | Today's podcast was recorded at 106 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, November 21st, |
| 0:39.5 | 2023. Some things may have changed by the time you hear this, like me becoming a fully-fledged citizen of the true North, strong and free. |
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| 0:59.2 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 1:01.6 | I'm Deepishivaram. I cover the White House. I'm Deepishivaram. |
| 1:02.6 | I cover the White House. |
| 1:03.6 | I'm Carrie Johnson. |
| 1:04.6 | I cover the Justice Department. |
| 1:06.1 | And I'm Nina Totenberg. |
| 1:07.4 | I cover the Supreme Court. |
| 1:09.2 | The federal election interference trial against former President Trump |
| 1:12.4 | is still months away. |
| 1:14.1 | But last week we got a preview of how government prosecutors will argue that Trump is responsible |
| 1:20.1 | for the violence at the Capitol on January 6th. |
| 1:22.8 | The Justice Department outlined some of the evidence they planned to use to build their case in court filings last week. |
| 1:28.9 | But it was unusual to have this sort of sneak peek. |
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