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The Brian Lehrer Show

Trump’s Continuing Legal Troubles

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

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4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Former president Donald Trump faces a hush money trial and a deadline to secure a half-billion-dollar bond in a separate civil business fraud case. Catherine Christian, former assistant district attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's office and currently a lawyer in private practice at Liston Abramson LLP, offers analysis of Trump’s ongoing legal troubles.

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0:00.0

And today's the day if you're Donald Trump he's facing this

0:17.4

deadline to post his 454 billion dollar bond in the business fraud case. They say if he fails to meet this

0:25.9

deadline by the end of today, New York's attorney general can begin the process of

0:31.2

collecting the debt, which apparently is going to mean

0:34.6

foreclosing or beginning foreclosure procedures on his estate in Westchester and

0:41.0

his golf club in Westchester. Now Trump's lawyers tried to

0:45.4

secure the full amount to halt collection efforts but reportedly he was

0:49.8

spurned by more than 30 underwriters.

0:52.6

Maybe they know Trump's record of not always paying back his debts.

0:56.5

The impending deadline poses significant financial and legal challenges

1:00.6

for the former president, obviously, so we'll talk about that and we'll preview another impending legal

1:07.2

Woe for the 2024 presumed presidential nominee a possible trial in the Hush Money case,

1:14.8

long delayed, may finally be in the offing,

1:17.8

and there is a court date relevant to that.

1:20.0

Today, we think Trump might be showing up personally at that one.

1:23.9

With us now, Catherine Christian, these days a partner

1:26.7

in the law firm, Liston Abramson here in New York

1:29.8

and an MS NBC legal analyst and a long-time Manhattan District Attorney,

1:34.3

ADA in that office where Ms Christian also supervised investigations and

1:39.1

prosecutions of financial fraud, conducted long-term wiretap investigations of multi-defendant international

1:46.2

criminalizations, and more.

1:49.2

Ms. Christian, always good to have you on the show.

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