Trump's documents, Clinton's emails and GOP claims of unequal justice

Diane Rehm: On My Mind

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🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On last week’s podcast, Diane talked to The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser about the indictment of Donald Trump.

One listener emailed after listening to the episode, asking for a clear explanation as to how the former president’s behavior compared with other politicians’ handling – or mishandling -- of government secrets.

So that’s what Diane is doing – hosting a conversation about Donald Trump’s documents, Hillary Clinton’s emails, and Republican charges of unequal treatment.

Diane’s guest, Mary McCord, is the executive director of Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection. She is also a former prosecutor and was Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the U.S. Department of Justice from 2016 to 2017.

She explained the next steps in the federal case against former President Trump and why she thinks the charges of unequal treatment don’t add up.

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0:00.0	I hate SkyAnne. On my mind, Trump's documents, Clinton's emails, and Republican charges
0:13.5	of unequal treatment.
0:15.9	Is there a different standard for a Democrat Secretary of State versus a former Republican
0:20.8	President?
0:21.8	On last week's podcast, I talked to the New Yorkers, Susan Glasser, all about the indictment
0:28.8	of Donald Trump. In response, I received an email from a listener asking us to explain
0:36.7	how the former President's behavior, compared with other politicians handling up-government
0:43.6	secrets. So that's what we're doing today.
0:47.7	My guest, Mary McCord, is the executive director of Georgetown Law's Institute for Constitutional
0:56.6	Advocacy and Protection.
0:59.2	She's a former prosecutor and was acting as Assistant Attorney General for National Security
1:07.3	at the Department of Justice from 2016 to 2017. We spoke Thursday afternoon.
1:17.8	Mary, tell me your reaction to Donald Trump's indictment.
1:22.6	Well, the federal indictment, I assume, is the one you're talking about related to
1:27.0	the mishandling of national defense information at Mar-a-Lago.
1:32.2	When I first read it, and I've been following this developing investigation since the warrant
1:38.4	was executed last August, but when I read the indictment, I will tell you I thought it
1:43.1	was even stronger than I had imagined. It told a story far different from what we've been
1:50.6	hearing in public from either Mr. Trump or his lawyers, because they really told a story
1:57.1	of Mr. Trump's involvement from the very beginning, from taking the boxes of materials from
2:03.6	the White House initially when he moved out on January 20th to going through those boxes,
2:11.2	understanding what was in them, having them moved around Mar-a-Lago all even before the
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