What Next - U.S. vs Trump
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🗓️ 2 August 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
We’re eight months into the year—and former president Donald Trump has now been indicted three times. On Tuesday, a federal grand jury charged Trump with three counts of conspiracy and one count of obstruction. But what exactly does that mean? And can someone really run for president…while juggling three different trials?Â
Guest: David Graham, staff writer for “The Atlantic”
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| 0:36.2 | Last night, Special Counsel Jack Smith gathered the press in a conference room in Washington, DC for an announcement. |
| 0:44.4 | Good evening. |
| 0:46.4 | Today, an indictment was unsealed. |
| 0:49.4 | Charging Donald J. Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States. |
| 0:55.4 | Conspiring to disenfranchise voters, |
| 0:58.4 | and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. |
| 1:02.4 | The indictment was issued by... |
| 1:04.4 | Trump's now been indicted three times, twice by Smith himself. |
| 1:08.4 | Back in June, Smith charged Trump with risking national security by taking classified documents from the White House. |
| 1:16.4 | Now, the former president will face a trial for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. |
| 1:22.4 | The attack on our nation's capital on January 6, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy. |
| 1:32.4 | It's described in the indictment it was fueled by lies. |
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