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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

“This is The Big One”: The Third Trump Indictment

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Politics, Washington, News, Obama, Wnyc, President, Lizza, Barack, Wickenden

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The Washington Roundtable: This week, in a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to four charges in relation to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his role in the January 6th insurrection. Those include counts of conspiracy to defraud the United States, to obstruct an official proceeding, and to oppress citizens’ rights to vote. This third Trump criminal indictment is the most serious and far-reaching yet, going to the heart of the former President’s efforts to undermine American democracy. The trial, which will coincide with the height of campaign season, could create a number of “constitutional sci-fi” scenarios. Hosted by the New Yorker staff writers Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos.

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I know we have a big week here, but did you guys see that Mike Pence is now selling new hats and

1:17.9

t-shirts for his struggling presidential campaign? And they say, too honest.

1:24.6

Oh, that is, I got to say that's pretty good swag.

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So cheesy. I mean, honest Abe didn't have to sell hats that said honest Abe, okay?

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I mean, it's just like monetizing everything.

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Well, by the way, like Mike Pence has learned, you know, from his boss of four years. What I want to know is do you think that this is the new kind of even more sanctimonious Mike Pence is here to stay? Is he actually going to keep whaling away on Donald Trump? Well, he retreats to sycophantism.

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I don't know. I think it might be just as accurate to have a hat that said, too spineless.

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Some of the details from this indictment, which we'll get into, among them that were incredible

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to me were that he took notes, that nobody, none of us knew about it before.

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But didn't call anybody.

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