Trump Trial Week 1... Inside the Court
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Former US President Donald Trump’s trial in New York began this week, where he’s accused of trying to cover up a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
He’s pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records and also denies having a sexual encounter with Daniels.
Americast is launching a new mini series to break down what’s happening in the courtroom over the six-week criminal trial.
Sarah and Anthony are joined by the BBC’s US reporter, Kayla Epstein - who’s been in court every day - to take a look at the key players, reveal the main takeaways from this week and discuss what could happen next…
HOSTS: • Sarah Smith, North America editor • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent
GUEST: • Kayla Epstein
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This episode was made by Keiligh Baker and Chris Flynn. The technical producer was Matt Hewitt. The series producer is George Dabby. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, now this is exciting because this is the first episode in a new mini series on |
| 0:11.0 | AmeriCast where we're going to be breaking down exactly |
| 0:13.9 | what has been going on with Donald Trump's first criminal trial looking at |
| 0:18.0 | the key players all of the issues as well as the possible political implications and |
| 0:22.3 | I'm looking forward to |
| 0:23.2 | Anthony. Yeah you know I am too obviously this is a very closely watched trial |
| 0:27.8 | and we're going to go over some of the things that happened over the course |
| 0:30.0 | of the week but we're also going to look at the political and legal implications of it |
| 0:34.3 | and what could be to come. So welcome to AmeriCast in the courtroom |
| 0:39.2 | Trump's trial week one. |
| 0:42.4 | AmeriCast. week one. Americans. |
| 0:43.0 | Americaast from BBC News. |
| 0:47.0 | Let me start off with two words. |
| 0:49.0 | Made in America. |
| 0:50.0 | I'm not running for statehood here. |
| 0:52.0 | I'm running for president. I did everything right and they indicted me. |
| 0:55.0 | I can chew and walk them at the same time. There is no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity. |
| 1:01.0 | We will fight the woke in education. We will fight the woke in education. |
| 1:04.0 | We will fight the woke in the businesses. |
| 1:05.9 | We will never ever surrender to the woke mob. |
| 1:09.2 | Nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed. |
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