Wednesday, April 5, 2023
The 7
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🗓️ 5 April 2023
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Wednesday briefing: Donald Trump charges; Wisconsin Supreme Court election; Chicago mayoral election; severe storms; and more
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| 0:00.0 | Former President Donald Trump has been charged with falsifying business records. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Jeff Pierre and this is the 7th from the Washington Post. |
| 0:11.0 | It's Wednesday, April 5th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:16.0 | Trump made his first court appearance yesterday in New York. He pleaded not |
| 0:26.9 | guilty to 34 felony counts brought by a grand jury last week. The charges are |
| 0:32.0 | tied to hush money paid to an adult film star |
| 0:34.4 | during the 2016 presidential campaign. Prosecutors say the payments violated |
| 0:39.1 | election law and that Trump falsified records to cover them up. |
| 0:43.3 | Trump is the first former president in US history |
| 0:45.8 | to be charged with a crime. |
| 0:47.4 | He's also the focus of several other criminal investigations. |
| 0:50.8 | Number two, there were key elections in Wisconsin and Chicago yesterday. |
| 0:59.3 | In Wisconsin, liberals claimed a major win. Voters elected Janet Prote Seuet to the state Supreme Court. |
| 1:07.0 | That gives liberals a majority on the court for the first time in 15 years. |
| 1:11.0 | Prote Seawet spoke about her win last night. |
| 1:14.3 | Our state is taking a step forward to a better and brighter future where our rights and freedoms |
| 1:21.0 | will be protected. And while there is still work to be done tonight we celebrate this |
| 1:28.4 | historic victory that has obviously reignited hope in so many of us. |
| 1:35.0 | This will have a major impact on key decisions the court can soon make about abortion, |
| 1:39.6 | redistricting, and voting rules. |
| 1:42.0 | In Chicago, Democrat Brandon Johnson, a county commissioner, |
| 1:45.3 | was projected to become the mayor of the nation's third largest city, |
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