Tracking the Trump trials
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 23 January 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Trump is juggling campaign events and courtroom appearances for the many cases he’s fighting. Today on Post Reports, we break down these legal battles and what they could mean for Trump’s political future.
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This week, Donald Trump is rallying support in New Hampshire while also fighting a defamation case in a New York courthouse. In addition to this case, the former president has been indicted in four criminal cases that involve allegations of hush money payments, mishandling of classified documents and election interference.
Perry Stein covers the Justice Department and the FBI, and co-writes a weekly newsletter for The Post called the Trump Trials. She has tracked the various cases and what they could mean for Trump’s 2024 presidential run.
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Today’s show was produced by Sabby Robinson. It was mixed by Sean Carter. It was edited by Lucy Perkins.
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| 0:00.0 | We have a big calendars by our desks where we physically write and have a different color for each case just so we know exactly what court hearing is happening when? |
| 0:19.0 | Perry Stein covers the Justice Department and FBI for the post. Lately, she's been busy following all the cases former President Trump is fighting in court. |
| 0:26.0 | It's a lot to keep track of and she shares her reporting in a weekly newsletter from the post called |
| 0:31.5 | the Trump trials. |
| 0:33.0 | Now we have the Supreme Court kind of tangentially involved in some of this, |
| 0:37.2 | so we need to track when those hearings are |
| 0:39.8 | and how they coincide with certain campaign schedules. |
| 0:44.0 | Case in point, the New Hampshire primary is today. |
| 0:47.7 | And Trump could take the stand in New York this week in a civil defamation case brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll. |
| 0:55.0 | There is a lot going on and what we're seeing already is Trump splitting his time |
| 0:59.3 | between courtrooms and primary campaign stops. |
| 1:03.2 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports. |
| 1:10.6 | I'm Elahéizadi. It's Tuesday January 23rd. Today, Perry gets us up to speed on the |
| 1:17.8 | latest with Trump's criminal and civil court cases and explains what impact these could have on his run for president. |
| 1:27.0 | Okay, so Perry, there's a lot going on with Trump's legal troubles, including a recent |
| 1:37.2 | update in a civil case involving E. Jean Carroll. Can you just remind me what that case is about? |
| 1:45.0 | Definitely. So the E. E. C. C. C. |
| 1:47.5 | Actually, last year in a separate trial, Trump was already found to be liable for sexually abusing her and defaming her. |
| 1:56.6 | So these were allegations that came to Surface Wall he was president, but they date back decades |
| 2:02.2 | ago in New York City. |
| 2:03.6 | E. Jean Carroll is a prominent New York writer and she brought forth these allegations in |
| 2:09.4 | her book. |
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