from w nyc studios i'm brian lerer this is my daily politics podcast it's monday june third

did you know jury selection is beginning today in a historic criminal trial in the middle of a

presidential election year brought by the

Biden Justice Department? It's the trial of President Biden's son, Hunter. That other trial

you may have heard about that ended last week with 34 guilty verdicts was not brought by the

Biden Justice Department in case anyone is keeping score, which a lot of people

are. It was brought by DA Alvin Brad of Manhattan, who may himself be brought to testify before Congress,

brought there by Republicans, as both parties try to maximize any political advantage they may get from the Trump trial and its

outcome. And there's been a lot of that going on on both sides over the weekend, with the

verdict still so new. A Politico headline, for example, reads why both parties see a silver

lining to Trump's conviction. Jill Colvin is reporting on the trial in its aftermath for the Associated Press.

She is a national political reporter covering the 2024 presidential campaign and joins us now.

We'll also touch on her latest AP story headline, Trump joins TikTok and calls it an honor. As president, he once tried to

ban the video sharing app. Jill, thanks for coming on. Welcome back to WNYC. Thanks so much for

having me. Would you like to do the TikTok story first? Your article reminds us that as president, Trump tried to ban TikTok through

an executive order that said, quote, the spread in the United States of mobile applications

developed and owned, unquote, by Chinese companies was a national security threat. The courts

blocked the action. You remind us after TikTok sued.

So what's this about face?

Yeah, well, now he is on it and has millions and millions of followers.

It was sort of a surprise announcement where Trump was at a UFC fight in Newark just across

the river on Saturday night and filmed his first video from

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