Trump’s been indicted — again

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🗓️ 16 June 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump has broken another record. Already the first former president ever indicted on criminal charges, he’s now the first ever indicted twice. He faces 37 felony counts stemming from his improper withholding of top secret documents at Mar a Lago. He stored them, among other places, in the bathroom. Trump cries witch hunt, but what defense will he employ in federal court?

And then there’s the court of public opinion, where Trump holds defiant rallies and the usual cast of Republican surrogates jumps to his defense. Will Trump’s political opponents capitalize on another chapter in a long series of scandals, or can the former president spin this to his advantage as part of his deep state narrative?

All the drum beating from Republican leadership stirs up right-wing extremists online, but Trump’s arraignment in Miami went off with little more than a whimper. In the wake of January 6, how big a threat does conspiracy-driven political violence continue to pose?

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's David Green on the co-founder of Fearless Media and your host here on Left
0:05.8	Right and Center.
0:06.8	Well, Donald Trump is back in court in what increasingly is feeling like it could become
0:11.9	a ritual.
0:13.1	Given the extent of Trump's legal liability, I mean, maybe we should start with a recap
0:17.4	here.
0:18.4	There are the ongoing lawsuits over financial wrongdoings and unpaid legal fees and multi-level
0:23.2	marketing schemes and copyright infringement and defamation and sexual assault.
0:28.7	There are the criminal investigations into Georgia election interference and also Trump's
0:32.7	role in January 6th.
0:34.9	Then there are the charges brought by the Manhattan DA over hush money paid to Stormy Daniels,
0:38.9	the first time a former president had ever been charged with a felony.
0:42.8	Not to be outdone by his former self, Trump has now broken another record as the only former
0:47.4	president to be criminally charged twice.
0:50.6	Last week, the Justice Department unveiled a new 37-count indictment.
0:54.8	Today, an indictment was unsealed.
0:57.8	During Donald J. Trump, with felony violations of our national security laws, as well as
1:03.4	participating in a conspiracy to obstruct justice, we have one set of laws in this country
1:10.2	and they apply to everyone.
1:12.0	Okay, so this indictment stems from classified documents that Trump was keeping scrolled
1:17.2	away in a bathroom among other places at Mar-a-Lago.
1:21.0	The Justice Department says those documents contain sensitive military secrets, including
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