“Witch hunt”, Part Four: Trump indicted, again
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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The former president has been hit with a new set of charges, under a catch-all racketeering act that has been used to prosecute everyone from rappers to teachers. It’s Mr Trump’s fourth indictment, but perhaps the most unusual. Ukraine’s new, surprisingly effective innovation: the “candy bomb” (10:10). And, the most expensive American cities to live alone (17:30).
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm currently out of office. |
| 0:04.4 | An article I read recently said we're more relaxed and more productive after a good break. |
| 0:14.4 | So I've gone to Barbados for a month for science. |
| 0:22.4 | Yours, Toby. |
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| 1:06.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:09.3 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:10.5 | And I'm Ora Ogunbe. Every weekday, |
| 1:13.3 | we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. Ukraine's forces are running low, |
| 1:22.5 | among other things, on the kinds of munitions that get dropped from drones, but they've got plenty of raw explosives. |
| 1:29.6 | We meet the network of volunteers inside and outside Ukraine who are 3D printing candy bombs. |
| 1:38.3 | And living in New York is incredibly expensive. |
| 1:42.5 | Trust me, I'd know. |
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