Trump’s Lawsuits/Coronavirus Update
Ralph Nader Radio Hour
Ralph Nader
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Ralph speaks to James Zirin, former prosecutor and author of “Plaintiff in Chief: A Portrait of Donald Trump in 3500 Lawsuits,” which chronicles how Trump throughout his life has weaponized the court system to his advantage. Plus, we welcome back the director of the Health Research Group for Public Citizen, Dr. Michael Carome, to give us an update on the coronavirus pandemic.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. |
| 0:05.0 | Stand up, stand up. |
| 0:07.0 | You've been sitting way too long. Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrovan along with my co-host |
| 0:19.2 | David Feldman, who I'm in keeping a safe 3,000 miles social distance from below David? |
| 0:26.0 | You know I didn't have cabin fever until I heard your voice. |
| 0:29.0 | Well you know what this show hasn't even started yet started yet and already going to give us a 10. |
| 0:35.0 | That's what I'm doing. |
| 0:38.0 | And we have a man who always earns his 10s. |
| 0:41.0 | Mr Ralph Nader. |
| 0:42.0 | Hello, Ralph. Hello, everybody. Well, it's a very timely show. It's on the virus and what else, Steve? |
| 0:49.4 | Donald Trump and how he uses the court system. |
| 0:53.0 | And that's the topic of today's show. |
| 0:54.6 | Our court system is an attempt, obviously, |
| 0:57.3 | to establish justice for the American people. |
| 0:59.6 | In fact, Ralph has created a museum. |
| 1:01.7 | We've talked about a lot on this show, the American Museum of Tort Law, to celebrate the constitutional right of ordinary people to have access to the courts, especially against large corporations for wrongful injury. |
| 1:13.0 | But lawsuits are expensive to maintain, |
| 1:16.0 | which also makes it a handy tool for the wealthy to subvert justice. |
| 1:21.0 | Donald Trump is the king of working the court system to his advantage and in his life has been engaged |
| 1:27.1 | in over 3,500 lawsuits. |
| 1:29.7 | So first up on the show is lawyer, author, and talk show host James Zyrin, who will talk about his recently |
| 1:35.7 | published book entitled Plaintiff in Chief, a portrait of Donald Trump in 3,500 lawsuits. |
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