What Next: Could Trump Be Arrested Over Stormy Daniels?

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🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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This weekend, former President Trump warned supporters on Truth Social he could be arrested on Tuesday, and called for them to “TAKE OUR NATION BACK!” Although it’s unclear whether Trump is facing imminent arrest, many observers believe legal proceedings focused on Trump’s “hush money” payment to Stormy Daniels suggest an indictment is coming soon. How strong is this case, and how likely is it that Trump will face real legal consequences? Guests: Dahlia Lithwick, host of Slate’s Amicus, and author of “Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America.” If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Amicus—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, and Madeline Ducharme, with help from Jared Downing and Laura Spencer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.7	If your weekend was anything like mine, it was interrupted by a news flash. Donald Trump
0:52.9	was claiming his arrest was imminent.
1:00.7	In a post online, Trump said this Tuesday was the day the Manhattan District Attorney
1:06.0	would file charges against him. After months of investigating the former president, not
1:10.8	for his behavior during the 2020 election, not for his behavior as a businessman, but for
1:15.7	a one-time payment of $130,000 seven years back. This money was meant to keep poor
1:22.7	and start stormy Daniels quiet about a sexual encounter she'd allegedly had with Trump
1:27.7	years ago.
1:28.7	I called up a slate-stahlia-lithwick to ask, how seriously should I take all this?
1:34.7	I was thinking today how many times have you or I or someone beloved to the both of us
1:42.7	written the sentence, the walls are closing in on Donald Trump. It's closing it, it's
1:51.5	coming. The law is finally, I just think how many dozens of times have we said, like,
1:58.5	you can't get out of this one.
2:01.5	Really, quite a lot, quite a lot. Does this weekend feel different?
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