'This is a chapter in the book': Manhattan D.A. puts Trump Org conviction in context

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🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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0:00.0	And what an hour it is shaping up to be.
0:03.2	Tonight we will be joined by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg
0:06.4	who yesterday secured a conviction of the Trump organization
0:09.4	on 17 counts.
0:11.3	Senator Corey Booker will be here to talk about Senator
0:13.9	Raphael Warnock's big win in Georgia and what it means for history and the
0:18.0	Democratic Party and I will also be joined by former
0:21.5	Obama attorney general Eric Holder to discuss the once
0:24.5	fringe legal theory that he says poses an existential threat to our democracy and
0:29.2	was argued today before the Supreme Court. But first, suits and swords and wrestling belts.
0:37.3	Suits, swords, and wrestling belts. Stay with me here.
0:42.6	When it comes to the swords, plural,
0:45.2	I think we have a good idea which ones they were.
0:48.5	Most presidents make their first trips abroad
0:50.8	to the countries that are physically closest to us like Canada or
0:54.3	Mexico or they go to our closest allies like the UK. But President Trump bucked
0:59.7	that norm and he made the incredibly unprecedented decision to make his debut trip abroad as
1:05.2	president to Saudi Arabia.
1:08.1	And on his first day on that first trip, before attending a state dinner at a Saudi
1:12.4	royal palace, Trump was greeted like this.
1:17.2	With a ceremonial men-only sword dance.
1:21.2	Really is one of the best pieces of video to come out of the Trump administration and that's saying a lot
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