Will the Trump Prosecutions Go Away? (with Barb McQuade)

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🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Donald Trump has won the presidential election, so where does that leave his pending civil cases? In this excerpt of CAFE Insider, Elie Honig and Barb McQuade break down the status of Trump’s Manhattan and Georgia cases. Barb McQuade is a CAFE Contributor and former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. In the full episode, Elie and Barb delve into Trump’s pending federal cases and what a Justice Department under Trump will look like the second time around. This is the latest installment in a series of special episodes exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. Each week, Elie Honig and special guests will tackle one major legal or policy issue, helping you stay informed. For a limited time, get 40% off your membership for the first year, by heading to cafe.com/November. You’ll get access to two full episodes of the podcast each week and other exclusive content. This podcast is brought to you by CAFE and Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey folks, Ellie Honig here.
0:03.9	As you may know, we recently launched a second weekly episode of the Cafe Insider podcast,
0:09.5	where I'm joined by Cafe contributors and other guests to tackle one major legal or policy issue in about 30 minutes.
0:17.7	This week, I'm joined by former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan,
0:21.5	Barb McQuaid, to discuss how Donald Trump's return to the White House will impact the rule of law
0:26.5	from the Trump criminal cases to the Department of Justice, to the Supreme Court, and more.
0:32.4	If you're a member of Cafe Insider, head on over to the insider feed and listen to our full
0:37.4	conversation.
0:38.6	Listeners of Stay Tuned with Pre, remain here for an excerpt from our discussion.
0:43.0	To become a member of Cafe Insider and for a limited time, get 40% off your membership for the first year,
0:49.2	head to cafe.com slash November. That's cafe.com slash November. Now, on to the show.
0:59.8	So let's hit on the state prosecutions. Manhattan's a little complicated because there's all sorts
1:04.4	of motions in the sentencing and the Georgia case. I want to talk quickly about the Manhattan
1:08.7	sentencing, which is maybe approaching. But first things first, do you see any way constitutionally, practically, realistically that either of these cases can proceed against him, either with a trial or imposition of a sentence while he's the sitting president?
1:27.4	No. But I do think there's one thing that Judge Mershon could do, which is to conduct the
1:33.6	sentencing in November, as it is currently scheduled, and choose a sentence of a fine,
1:39.3	because it's against Donald Trump in his individual capacity. There's nothing that says
1:44.0	he can't be fined while
1:45.3	he is a private citizen. And so I think that's a possibility. In terms of a custodial sentence,
1:50.8	I don't think so. You know, the OLC memo, Office of Legal Counsel, part of the Department of
1:55.5	Justice, which wrote that opinion about not being able to charge a sitting president. I know
2:00.0	there are people disagree with it. I actually happen to think it's right. But not only do I think it's right
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