Washington Week full episode, April 7, 2023

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Washington Week

News, News Commentary, Politics

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🗓️ 8 April 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump becomes the first former commander in chief in history to be indicted. Plus, Republican lawmakers in Tennessee take extraordinary steps against their Democratic colleagues. Join guest moderator Geoff Bennett, Jacqueline Alemany of The Washington Post, Peter Baker of The New York Times, Francesca Chambers of USA Today and Hugo Lowell of The Guardian to discuss this and more.

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0:00.0	Donald Trump's historic arrest and Tennessee Republicans' political retaliation.
0:07.0	We cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct.
0:12.8	The criminal is the district attorney.
0:15.1	Former President Donald Trump is charged with 34 felony counts, becoming the first commander
0:20.4	in chief in history to be indicted.
0:22.8	This is election interference.
0:25.7	His allies rush to his defense.
0:28.0	We're just not going to comment we're not going to interfere.
0:31.7	While the White House chooses not to engage, plus we called for you all to ban assault
0:38.4	weapons and you respond with an assault on democracy.
0:42.2	Republican lawmakers in Tennessee take extraordinary steps against their democratic colleagues following
0:47.8	the deadliest school shooting in the state's history.
0:50.8	Next.
0:52.1	This is Washington Week.
0:58.9	Good evening and welcome to Washington Week.
1:00.8	I'm Jeff Bennett.
1:02.2	History was made in New York City this week when for the first time in our nation's history,
1:06.5	a former American president was indicted, arrested and arraigned on criminal charges.
1:12.1	Former President Donald Trump was charged in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday with 34 felony
1:17.2	counts for allegedly falsifying business records in a hush money scheme during the 2016 election.
1:24.0	He pleaded not guilty to all charges.
1:27.0	After Mr. Trump's arraignment, Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg emphasized the seriousness
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