Trump Faces Four Concurrent Lawsuits. Will They Impact His Presidential Aspirations?

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🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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For a conventional candidate, facing a criminal indictment might preclude a run for public office. But for Donald Trump, at least up until now, litigation, both criminal and civil, has done little to change his political aspirations or his base’s support. But are the cases filed in D.C. and Georgia, which allege interference with the 2020 election and an attempt to subvert the election’s outcome, different and do they place Trump in legal peril? How do the facts in these cases diverge from those brought up in Trump’s second impeachment for conduct related to the January 2020 insurrection? We’ll talk to experts and hear from you. Guests: Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor, Slate - covering the courts and the law. She also hosts the podcast Amicus. Her New York Times Bestseller "Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America" is available in paperback on September 19th. Andrew Prokop, senior politics reporter, Vox Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.5	President Donald Trump carry with them the possibility of serious criminal penalties for Trump
1:25.4	personally, and they have major implications for the future
1:28.6	of our elections and our democracy. Trump waived his right to appear at an arraignment
1:33.0	scheduled for today in the Georgia election interference case and pleaded not guilty in a court
1:38.2	filing. If it's been hard to keep track of the indictments, including the 91 charges that Trump now faces across
1:45.4	four regions. We're here to help. We sit down today with Slate's Dahlia Lithwick and Vox's
1:50.9	Andrew Procop to talk about how these unprecedented cases rank in importance and impact. Join us.
2:04.6	I'm Mina Kim. Welcome to Forum.
2:05.6	Donald Trump's legal web has grown more tangled than ever, writes Andrew Procop,
2:11.6	senior politics correspondent at Vox.
2:14.6	The cases involve allegations of attempted election theft, mishandling, classified documents,
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