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🗓️ 31 March 2022
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A federal judge ruled this week that then-President Donald Trump “more likely than not” committed federal crimes in trying to block President Biden’s election win on Jan. 6, 2021. What are the likely implications for Trump and the Justice Department?
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| 0:00.0 | Dr. Eastman and President Trump launched a campaign to overturn a democratic election, |
| 0:07.9 | an action unprecedented in American history. |
| 0:12.2 | Those were the words written in a ruling this week by U.S. District Judge David O'Carter. |
| 0:17.0 | In his opinion, Judge Carter went on to say that then-President Donald Trump, more likely |
| 0:21.6 | than not, committed federal crimes in trying to block President Biden's election win. |
| 0:26.3 | And we need a landslide so big they cannot rig it. |
| 0:31.1 | We don't want them to rig it or steal it. |
| 0:33.4 | We cannot let that happen because this kind of- |
| 0:36.0 | His ruling does not mean Trump will be charged with a crime or even investigated. |
| 0:40.9 | But it does mean that Attorney General Merrick Garland's Justice Department will face |
| 0:45.1 | even more pressure to ramp up its probe of the January 6th riot and of Trump himself. |
| 0:51.4 | Trump's involved must be held accountable and there is no higher priority for us at the |
| 0:57.6 | Department of Justice. |
| 0:59.9 | So what does all of this mean for the DOJ's next steps? |
| 1:02.6 | What are the likely implications for Trump and what's Biden's role in where these investigations |
| 1:07.2 | go from here? |
| 1:08.2 | In fact, I told you I would not tell the Justice Department what position to take or not |
| 1:12.2 | take. |
| 1:13.2 | I'm not going to instruct the Congress either. |
| 1:15.0 | And did you get anything? |
| 1:16.0 | This is can he do that? |
| 1:17.0 | A podcast that explores the powers and limitations of American government? |
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