What is justice in the age of Trump?

Beyond Today

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🗓️ 26 April 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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On our Friday episodes we like to do something a bit different and speak to one person about their take on something we’re interested in. Today it’s Preet Bharara, who used to be one of the top public lawyers in the US. He had a reputation as a crusading prosecutor - taking down the mafia and big fraudsters - and there are hit TV shows based on his work. Following the publication of the Mueller report on Russia’s role in the 2016 election, he spoke to us about how the law, truth and justice are changing under the Trump administration. Producer: Harriet Noble Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: John Shields

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:05.8	Hello, I'm Matthew Price.
0:07.6	This is Beyond Today from BBC Radio 4, a space to ask one big question about one big story.
0:14.0	Today, what is justice in the age of Trump?
0:25.0	There are people who worry that something big is changing in America at the moment.
0:37.0	They think the very foundations of the country, things like law and order, are being undermined.
0:45.6	And that's why a 448-page report that examines whether President Trump broke the law was such
0:51.8	a big moment. The Mueller report looks at how Russia
0:55.3	interfered with the presidential election that brought Trump to power. It asks
0:59.8	whether Trump or anyone connected to him worked with the Russians, and it seeks to find out if
1:05.7	they sought to cover up what happened. Now Trump says the reports cleared him entirely, his critics say the opposite.
1:14.0	And the way that truth and facts and justice are being so subjectively interpreted
1:21.0	is part of what's got a lot of people worried about what is going on.
1:25.9	One of those people is Preet Barara.
1:29.4	On our Friday episodes we like to do something a bit different.
1:31.8	We like to speak to one person about their perspective on something that we're interested in.
1:36.0	And we wanted to talk to Preet to find out why he's worried.
1:40.0	He used to be one of the top public lawyers in the US.
1:44.0	He's got a reputation as a crusading prosecutor for New York.
1:47.5	He's taken down the mafia.
1:48.9	He's taken down fraudsters.
1:50.6	There are TV shows based on his work. He knows the people investigating Trump.
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