Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, 5/31/24

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Washington Week

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🗓️ 1 June 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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For the first time in American history, a former president, who is also his party’s presumptive nominee for president, has been found guilty in a felony criminal trial. Join moderator Jeffrey Goldberg, Peter Baker of The New York Times, Ashley Parker of The Washington Post, Asma Khalid of NPR and McKay Coppins of The Atlantic to discuss this and more.

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0:00.0	We try not to use the word unprecedented on this show when talking about the 45th
0:05.8	president, but here we are. For the first time in American history, a former
0:10.7	president who was once again his party's presumptive nominee has been
0:14.6	found guilty in a felony criminal trial. Will the next president of the
0:18.7	United States of America be a person convicted of hiding hush money payments to a porn star?
0:24.0	Will the Republican nominee for president go to prison?
0:26.8	And will any of this even matter come November?
0:30.2	Next.
0:31.2	This is Washington Week with the Atlantic.
0:37.0	Good evening and welcome to Washington Week.
0:40.0	Donald Trump isn't a convicted felon yet.
0:43.4	Sorry to be pedantic here, but he technically acquires that status only at sentencing come
0:48.1	July 11th.
0:49.6	But a New York jury has spoken, finding him guilty of engaging in a financial scheme to keep
0:54.1	the porn star Stormy Daniels quiet about their sexual encounter, one that occurred shortly
0:59.2	after Trump's wife gave birth to their son.
1:02.2	Trump, in addition to this guilty verdict, was
1:04.7	recently found liable for sexual abuse in a civil case, and total more than 25 women
1:09.6	have accused him of sexual assault and sexual harassment.
1:12.8	The reaction of the Republican Party leaders to the verdict was to rally around Trump.
1:17.4	Evangelical leaders, including Franklin Graham, also doubled down on their support.
1:22.0	Graham, writing on X said,
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