Trump Under Arrest?
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
America waits to find out if a former president will find himself in handcuffs.
A close ally of Donald Trump joins the Americast team to explain why it could be a case of all publicity is good publicity.
We go through the potted history of the Stormy Daniels scandal, break down how it’s playing out on social media, and look at what it means for Trump’s campaign to win back the White House.
And TikTok is on trial as its CEO testifies to Congress, where the app’s security is being scrutinised. Can a platform that popular really be banned?
HOSTS: • Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter • Katty Kay, US special correspondent • Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent • Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent
GUEST: • Bryan Lanza, former Donald Trump communications director
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This episode was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Alix Pickles, Rufus Gray and Aiden Johnson. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Catty K, you can run, but you can't hide. |
| 0:06.7 | Indeed, it appears that you don't want to hide. |
| 0:09.3 | So we haven't scared you off. |
| 0:10.8 | No, it takes more than a presidential candidate |
| 0:13.8 | getting a little shirty with me to make me run away |
| 0:17.2 | from America, I think, Mariam Williamson |
| 0:19.3 | treated me very gently. |
| 0:21.0 | And I was really nice to her in the hope |
| 0:22.8 | that I might one day be Secretary of State |
| 0:24.5 | in Mariam Williamson's administration, |
| 0:26.6 | although I'm not sure that would be entirely |
| 0:28.2 | in keeping with BBC rules. |
| 0:29.3 | Anyway, Sarah's missing still in action somewhere |
| 0:33.4 | in the world and some kind of retreat. |
| 0:35.6 | But she's missing quite a lot |
| 0:37.5 | because we are waiting to see... |
| 0:39.4 | There should be a kind of drum roll now. |
| 0:45.8 | We are waiting to see whether a former president |
| 0:47.9 | of the United States is going to be arrested. |
| 0:50.7 | These four horrible, radical left, |
| 0:53.5 | Democrat investigations of your all-time favorite president, |
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