Trump’s Courtroom Campaign

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🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The Stormy Daniels case may have a less serious fact pattern. But it might turn out to be the one chance to hold Donald Trump accountable for election interference. Atlantic staff writer David Graham explains the importance of the case and how Trump might actually be enjoying this new form of courtroom campaigning. Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Subscribe today at TheAtlantic.com/podsub. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Donald Trump is facing more legal trouble.
0:07.0	He's now facing four different felony trials as he runs for president.
0:17.0	Donald Trump is facing 37 criminal counts over retaining national defense information.
0:24.0	In addition to racketeering, he's charged with soliciting a public officer to violate his own.
0:28.0	The new counts on.
0:30.0	Trump now based on the fraud based on the US conspiracy to
0:34.0	allegedly
0:35.0	discharges for surmainence video footage
0:37.0	and Maralago.
0:38.0	The porn star Stormy Daniels It's been overwhelming covering these cases.
0:45.0	At the beginning it was very exciting and sort of surreal.
0:51.0	And then as they piled up, it became really hard to keep track of all of them.
0:56.8	This is David Graham, the Atlantic staff writer who's following all of Trump's legal
1:00.9	entanglements.
1:02.4	You may remember the civil trials Trump faced in Manhattan.
1:05.2	Now on appeal, they total over half a billion dollars in judgments.
1:09.2	But Trump also faces criminal charges in four separate cases.
1:14.4	One in Florida about classified documents.
1:17.6	One in DC about attempting to subvert the 2020 election.
1:22.0	Another about election subversion. that one is in Georgia, and lastly, the one we're
1:27.4	talking about today.
1:29.4	It involves hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and the main and very important
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