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This week on The News Agents: USA - Could a 'treason clause' kick Trump off the ballot?

The News Agents

Global

News, Daily News, Government, Politics

4.15.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Emily and Jon host a weekly podcast; giving you everything you need to know about the world of US politics and how it affects you.

Episodes are available every Tuesday exclusively on Global Player and all other platforms every Wednesday.

Find the latest episode of News Agents USA here on Global Player.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity.

0:08.2

This is a global player original podcast.

0:11.7

Tonight on Newsagents USA, we're joined by a special prosecutor from Watergate.

0:16.9

He's going to talk us through whether Donald Trump could be kicked off the ballot on grounds of treason.

0:22.2

Well, there are a couple of ways it could be done.

0:24.7

Interestingly, in a number of states, there are statutes that allow voters in the state

0:30.6

to challenge the appearance on the ballot of a candidate who was considered ineligible for office. Now, conventionally,

0:39.9

that means the person hasn't lived in the jurisdiction long enough or hasn't been properly nominated

0:45.6

or hasn't received enough petition signatures to get on a ballot. And so there are mechanisms

0:51.8

that allow a citizen to say, this person who is nominally on the ballot

0:57.5

is not really eligible to participate as a candidate in the election. That is one mechanism

1:03.4

that could be used. And indeed, there are a couple of lawsuits pending as we speak in a couple of

1:09.4

states where voters are trying to do that.

1:12.9

And we're going to be asking whether the Republicans are about to launch an impeachment inquiry

1:17.5

into President Joe Biden. Join us on Newsagents USA on Global Player.

1:25.1

This has been a Global Player original podcast and a Persephonica production.

1:36.0

Thanks for listening to the Newsagents podcast brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity.

1:44.3

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