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FiveThirtyEight Politics

The 3 Questions That Will Decide Trump's First Trial

FiveThirtyEight Politics

ABC News

Politics, News

4.620.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Closing arguments have wrapped up in former President Donald Trump’s first criminal trial, where he is being accused of falsifying business records in connection to a hush money payment made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign. This marks the beginning of the end of the first criminal prosecution of a former American president, and the verdict could affect his future career in politics. In the latest installment of the 538 Politics podcast, Galen talks with Jessica Roth, a law professor and former federal prosecutor, to discuss the trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The jurors will just start talking about the case and the charges, the evidence, right?

0:36.0

And they could start by doing a straw poll and sort of see if they're all on the same page.

0:40.0

We love a poll. We love a poll, right?

0:43.0

Hello. Hello and.

0:46.0

Hello and welcome to the had a nice Memorial Day weekend.

0:59.0

As we sit down to record this podcast, closing arguments are wrapping up in former President Trump's

1:05.7

criminal trial in Lower Manhattan. The question at hand is whether Trump is guilty of falsifying

1:12.0

business records in connection to hush money payments to Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election.

1:19.0

This, of course, marks the beginning of the end of the first criminal prosecution of a former American president

1:27.1

and it will soon be up to the jury to decide exactly how this all ends.

1:31.5

On one hand, the stakes are historic as I mentioned the

1:34.7

first criminal prosecution of a former president. But for our purposes today

1:39.6

and in the coming months the focus is in many ways on Trump's other role, which is a current candidate for president.

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