It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone. So if you did nothing else yesterday but follow a Donald Trump legal affairs breaking news sticker, you would not have been bored.

A New York judge, as you probably heard, refused to let Trump post a $100 million bond to cover

the $455 million in civil suit judgments against him.

Trump might have to post the whole thing while the appeals of his cases

proceed, which might even mean selling some of his buildings or other properties. Also yesterday,

the United States Supreme Court in a decision that you probably heard the headline on

and that surprised and disappointed many legal analysts, the Supreme Court announced

yesterday that it will hear Trump's claim of immunity from any criminal responsibility

for anything one does as president, even inciting an insurrection, and even his lawyers

argued if he were to order the Navy to assassinate a political rival. Hello, Putin,

and Navalny. Maybe that will become legal in the United States of America. And then last night, a judge in

Illinois became the latest to remove Trump from the ballot in that state under the insurrection

clause of the Constitution. The Supreme Court is

already currently considering a case involving that from Colorado. So what just happened here in

the last 24 hours? What does it all add up to legally, financially, and maybe most important,

politically? With us now, Andrea Bernstein, journalist reporting on Trump legal matters for NPR.

Host of the podcasts Will Be Wild about January 6th and Trump, Inc., the WNYC podcast about the intersection of Trump's financial interests and the public interest,

and author of the book American oligarchs, The Krishners, the Trumps, and the public interest, and author of the book, American oligarchs,

The Christners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power. And Andrea had a New York Times op-ed

this month called How Trump Turns His Courtroom Losses into Wins. Hey, Andrea, always great to have you

on the show. Hey, Brian, great talking to you. Let's start with his courtroom loss in New York yesterday on how much bond he has to post to cover his business fraud judgment and his sexual assault and defamation judgment.

What just happened here?

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