The Origin Story of Trump's Guilty Verdict

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🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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A New York jury has found former President Donald Trump guilty on 34 charges. WSJ reporter Joe Palazzolo recalls the original investigation that eventually led to Thursday's conviction, and legal reporter Corinne Ramey describes the scene as the verdict came down. Further Reading: - Nine Memorable Moments From Donald Trump’s Hush-Money Trial - A History of WSJ’s Hush-Money Investigation Further Listening: - Donald Trump’s First Criminal Trial Is Underway Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yesterday, 12 New Yorkers handed down a momentous verdict.
0:11.1	The former President Donald Trump found guilty on all 34 counts.
0:16.0	Count one guilty.
0:18.0	Count two guilty.
0:21.0	Count 33, guilty.
0:24.0	Count 34.
0:26.0	Guilty.
0:27.0	Guilty on all 34 counts.
0:29.0	Former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 charges for falsifying records to
0:36.3	cover up hush money paid to Stormy Daniels. Today inside Trump Tower he maintained that he is innocent.
0:45.0	So we're going to be appealing this scam.
0:48.0	We're going to be appealing it on many different things.
0:50.0	He wouldn't allow us to have witnesses.
0:52.0	He wouldn't allow us to talk. he wouldn't allow us to talk you
0:53.6	wouldn't allow us to do anything the judge was a tyrant.
0:58.6	Trump's sentencing is set for July and there are still a lot of unknowns, especially
1:08.8	around how this will impact the election. But now Trump is a felon and how he got here began at the Wall Street
1:17.4	journal. Let's kick this off with the usual things.
1:23.0	If you could introduce yourself, tell us who you are, what you do.
1:27.0	My name is Joe Palazzolo.
1:29.0	I work on the Investigations team at the Wall Street Journal.
1:32.0	And are you the person who started all of this? I am one of the people who
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