Trump Trial Week 6… All Eyes on the Jury (and Robert De Niro)
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Arguments are taking place inside (and outside) the courtroom.
Former US President Donald Trump’s trial in New York is in its sixth week, where he’s accused of trying to cover up a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
After hearing closing arguments from the prosecutors and defence, jurors in Donald Trump's historic criminal trial will begin their deliberations. The 12 New Yorkers must reach a unanimous verdict.
As always, there’s been drama outside the courtroom. The actor Robert De Niro has been speaking out against Donald Trump, much to the chagrin of the former President’s followers in Manhattan.
HOST: * Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent GUESTS: * Kayla Epstein, BBC reporter covering the trial in New York * Madeline Halpert, BBC reporter covering the trial in New York
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This episode was made by Tim Walklate with Rufus Gray and Catherine Fusillo. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, here I am in a relatively empty Washington DC Bureau. |
| 0:08.6 | It's considerably earlier than I normally record in AmeriCast because this is a big day. |
| 0:14.7 | This is the day that the jury and Donald Trump's criminal trial will spend entirely |
| 0:19.7 | deliberating a full day of deliberations. |
| 0:22.3 | The arguments for the prosecution are over. The case presented by the defense is over. |
| 0:27.0 | We've had closing arguments. We've had the jury instructed on how to weigh this case. And now it is in the jury's hands. The lawyers are done, all the |
| 0:35.7 | talking is over, everything is happening behind closed doors and at some point, maybe today, |
| 0:40.9 | maybe tomorrow, maybe never, we will find out whether Donald Trump is guilty or not |
| 0:45.9 | guilty of the charged crimes. |
| 0:48.3 | This is AmeriCast in court. |
| 0:50.5 | Americaest. America. America. |
| 0:53.0 | America. |
| 0:54.0 | America from BBC News. |
| 0:56.2 | The first ever criminal trial of a former president of these United States. |
| 1:00.0 | Trump is facing 34 felony charges related to so-called hush money payments to |
| 1:04.5 | porn star Stormy Daniels. How do we know you're telling the truth? |
| 1:08.0 | Because I have no reason to lie. I'm in New York all the time with the Biden trial, a fake trial. |
| 1:14.1 | Donald has had a few tough days lately. |
| 1:16.2 | From being forced to sit for days on end, |
| 1:19.0 | you might call it stormy weather. |
| 1:21.4 | They do it to try and take your powers away. |
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