The politics of Trump's surrender
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🗓️ 4 April 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Former president Donald Trump was arraigned Tuesday for hush money payments made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels. Here’s what that means politically for the GOP and Trump.
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Former president Donald Trump is still campaigning and collecting contributions even though he surrendered to authorities today in New York.
Post reporter Michael Scherer examines what the indictment might mean for the Republican Party. He also explains how Trump is capitalizing on the media attention of this unprecedented moment.
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| 0:00.0 | Today, former President Donald Trump went to a courthouse in New York and turned himself |
| 0:08.4 | in. |
| 0:09.8 | He pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first |
| 0:15.2 | degree. |
| 0:16.8 | This is the first time in history that a former U.S. President has been charged with a |
| 0:22.1 | crime. |
| 0:23.1 | Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said that Trump participated in a scheme to buy |
| 0:28.2 | and suppress negative information about himself ahead of the 2016 presidential election. |
| 0:34.8 | Today's charges stem from alleged hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. |
| 0:41.3 | Under New York State law is a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud and |
| 0:48.2 | intent to conceal another crime. |
| 0:52.0 | That is exactly what this case is about. |
| 0:55.8 | 34 false statements made to cover up other crimes. |
| 1:02.2 | These are felony crimes in New York State, no matter who you are. |
| 1:07.9 | Now Trump is running for president again. |
| 1:10.9 | There's still a lot we don't know about how this case will play out, but we do know one |
| 1:15.4 | thing. |
| 1:16.4 | It's already impacting the 2024 presidential race. |
| 1:20.2 | For the moment, Trump is back in the center of everyone's attention. |
| 1:24.8 | You have a bunch of these other wannabe presidents touring the country on the Republican |
| 1:28.8 | side. |
| 1:29.8 | Former Vice President Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis doing book tour events. |
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