U.S. on 'Indictment Watch' as Trump Faces New Charges

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🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Federal prosecutors added new charges against Donald Trump stemming from his willful mishandling of classified documents, alleging in a superseding indictment on Thursday that the former president sought to delete incriminating surveillance video at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Meanwhile, the country remains on “indictment watch,” as USA Today’s Josh Meyer reports, while Special Counsel Jack Smith weighs charges against Trump for attempting to overthrow the 2020 election. We examine the current and potential charges against Trump and their political impact. Guests: Josh Meyer, domestic security correspondent, USA Today Rory Little, professor of constitutional law, UC School of Law, San Francisco; former federal prosecutor and criminal defense attorney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.0	A judge in Georgia today blocked ex-president Donald Trump's attempt to prevent an indictment against him there in the investigation into election interference.
1:04.0	That's just days after Fulton County DA Fannie Willis told a local news affiliate were ready to go.
1:10.0	Meantime, in Florida last week, Special Counsel Jack Smith added two new damaging charges against Trump in the classified documents case.
1:17.6	All this while the country waits to see if Smith will bring charges related to the January 6th insurrection
1:23.6	and attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
1:26.6	We look at the former president's worsening
1:28.4	legal turmoil and what impact it could have on him politically. Join us. Welcome to Forum.
1:39.5	I'm Mina Kim. Americans are on indictment watch again, reports USA Today's Josh Meyer, waiting to see whether
1:46.4	federal prosecutors bring charges against Donald Trump for attempting to overturn the 2020 election.
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