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What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Trump's Legal Troubles Are Just Getting Started

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate Podcasts

News, News Commentary, Daily News

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump’s business dealings have been shrouded in secrecy, but new legal scrutiny on the Trump Organization might turn up some answers about how the president makes and keeps his money. Guest: David Fahrenthold, Washington Post reporter covering the Trump family and its business interests.  Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

David Faradhold, how would I describe your beat for the Washington Post as someone come

0:09.0

up with a nice compact name for it yet?

0:12.3

I cover the Trump Organization and President Trump's conflicts of interest.

0:16.6

Still fits on a business card.

0:18.4

Barely.

0:19.4

David Faradhold is the guy to talk to when you have questions about the Trump family business,

0:25.4

but he's the first person to tell you he still has more questions than answers.

0:30.7

You've been piecing together the Trump family business for years now, and it should be

0:35.0

said without the cooperation of the Trump organization.

0:38.7

Are you getting closer to a complete picture of its interests and operations?

0:44.9

Closer is the keyword.

0:45.9

We know a lot more about the state of its businesses, its business partners, the pressures

0:50.1

it's under, and it's business with the federal government than we did when we started.

0:54.3

You know, it's in many ways it's still a black box.

0:56.8

There's still a lot.

0:57.8

I don't know.

0:58.8

Recently, Faradhold learned he's not the only one trying to dig into the Trump organization.

1:04.7

The New York State Attorney General revealed in a court filing, her office is also investigating.

1:10.3

That's an office that has investigated Trump before.

1:13.2

It prosecuted cases against the Trump organization because of the Trump foundation and because

1:17.8

of Trump University.

1:18.8

But we didn't know until pretty recently that they were doing a pretty deep dive into

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