What happens to Trump's criminal cases now that he's won re-election?
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🗓️ 10 November 2024
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Now that Donald Trump is headed back to the White House the three remaining criminal cases against him will most likely go away.
Host Scott Detrow speaks with NPR justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Scott Detrow. For today's consider this, we're going to bring you an episode of the other podcast I host, Trump's Trials. Here it is. |
| 0:06.9 | From NPR, this is Trump's Trials. I'm Scott Detro. |
| 0:10.2 | We will come. This is a persecution. He actually just stormed out of the courtroom. |
| 0:16.6 | Innocent to proven guilty in a court of law. |
| 0:20.8 | We have been bringing you this podcast for more than a year now, and we have tried to track |
| 0:25.5 | and understand the unprecedented situation of a former president and a presidential candidate |
| 0:31.6 | facing not one but four serious criminal cases. |
| 0:35.6 | That former president, Donald J. Trump, has been criminally indicted in the state of Georgia. |
| 0:41.4 | 38 counts against the president, including the unlawful retention of defense information, |
| 0:47.7 | which is an espionage act charge. There are also charges of obstruction and conspiracy. |
| 0:54.0 | Former President Trump has been informed at this hour that he has been indicted by a federal grand jury regarding the special counsel's probe into Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. |
| 1:03.6 | Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury in New York. |
| 1:07.9 | 91 indictments across four criminal cases at the state level, at the |
| 1:12.5 | federal level. And all along, we said this would play out on two tracks, the courts and also |
| 1:17.9 | the political realm. Because if Donald Trump won back the White House, he would have the power |
| 1:22.8 | to end the federal cases against him. And the state level cases would likely disappear as well. |
| 1:27.9 | And that's what happened. Trump is returning to power. He is scheduled, as of this moment, |
| 1:33.1 | to be sentenced to New York in a matter of weeks, but now that likely will not happen. |
| 1:38.0 | So ahead, we will talk about all of this. And what comes next for Trump and the Department of Justice |
| 1:42.6 | with correspondent Carrie Johnson. |
| 1:53.7 | And we are back with NPR Justice correspondent Carrie Johnson. Hey, Carrie. Hey, Scott. Let's start with the two |
| 1:59.5 | federal cases because Trump will again be in charge of the federal government in January. And remember, these were cases centered around election interference and also a case centered around retaining classified documents after he left the White House. Big question. What happens with these cases? |
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