Summary
Donald Trump becomes the first ex-president to be charged with a crime. It comes after an investigation into hush money payments to a porn star.
What did he do? What could this mean for US politics? And how are Americans reacting to the breaking news?
The Americast team fire up their phones for an emergency episode as Trump shakes up politics – again.
HOSTS: • Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter • Katty Kay, US special correspondent • Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent • Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent
GET IN TOUCH: • Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 • Email Americast@bbc.co.uk • Or use #Americast
Find out more about our award-winning "undercover voters" here: bbc.in/3lFddSF.
This episode was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Alix Pickles and Natasha Fernandes. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, this is, well, what would you call it, an emergency, |
| 0:08.0 | because we have a perfectly formed, beautiful edition |
| 0:14.1 | of America's, one of the most wonderful editions of America's |
| 0:18.2 | ever-in-human history, but I can use the word |
| 0:20.7 | the Donald Trump might use about it. |
| 0:23.2 | We have it ready to go, and it will go, |
| 0:26.0 | but it can't go right away, because you can probably |
| 0:28.6 | hear in the background, I've got the TV on here, |
| 0:31.2 | lots of people around the United States will have the TV |
| 0:34.1 | on as well, because very late on Thursday night, |
| 0:38.8 | British time, the news has come that the indictment |
| 0:42.4 | that we were talking about last week that Donald Trump faced, |
| 0:45.8 | he said himself that he faced it, that that has happened. |
| 0:50.1 | And at the time, I used a drumroll, didn't I? |
| 0:52.4 | I didn't know what the... |
| 0:53.3 | You could do the trumpet. |
| 0:54.5 | Was it the trumpet you suggested earlier? |
| 0:56.1 | The trumpet, yes. |
| 0:57.6 | Yes, clacks an or trumpet, whatever. |
| 1:00.3 | MUSIC |
| 1:02.6 | MUSIC |
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