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Welcome to the mini-series Trump Trial Tango this is ep #43 and in this podcast we discuss 2 of the 5 trials that our former president Donald J. Trump is currently involved in.

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Subject: Trump Indictment Deep Dive

Trump Trials Clearinghouse

1. Indictment 1: The Hush Money Case

The criminal charges that Donald Trump is now facing in New York stem from three separate instances in which the former president and his associates are accused of making hush money payments during his 2016 campaign: to two women to suppress information about extramarital sexual encounters they said they had with years earlier, and to a one time Trump Tower doorman who claimed to have a story about a child he alleged Trump had out of of wedlock.

1. New York State – penal code
   1. Ron notes: badly written law
   2. https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/175.05
   3. Latest – Trump has filed a motion to have charges/case dismissed.
   4. Trial set for March 25, 2024       JUDGE MERCHAN
   5. Bragg – prosecutor – has offered to move the case
   6. Timeline
2. NY trial 2: Fraud Case
   1. This is a lawsuit for the misvaluation of assets in order to obtain financing for his business interests.
   2. Trial is currently ongoing   JUDGE ENGORON
   3. Trump has been hit with a gag order forbidding Trump from making online posts or other public statements about court staff.
   4. Court employee trying to help trump arrested oct 18
   5. *Note* Trump name removal video was not real it was old – holding off until after trial
3. Indictment 2: The Classified Documents Case
   1. Florida State –
      1. Espionage Act
      2. Obstruction Charges – 1 & 2
      3. False statements
      4. Trial    May 2024                JUDGE CANNON
      5. Latest
         1. Documents are classified by the agency.  “All classified documents or material and the information contained therein shall remain classified unless the documents or material bear a clear indication that they have been declassified by the agency or department that is the originating agency of the document, material, or information contained therein,”
         2. Prosecutors have asked for some of Trump’s attorneys to be removed from case due to a conflict of interest but Judge Cannon denied that motion and said prosecution is wasting the court’s time.
      6. Audio of Trump talking about the papers from CNN

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Subject: Trump Indictment Deep Dive Cont.

3. Indictment 3: Jan. 6 insurrection case
   1. criminal election interference case
   2. Taking place in Washington D.C.
   3. Trial March 4, 2024     JUDGE CHUTKAN
   4. Latest – Trump and other parties are barred from making any public statements targeting special counsel Jack Smith and his staff, as well as court personnel. 

IV.        Indictment 4:  GA Election Case

1. Trial dates to be determined.   JUDGE MCAFEE
2. A Georgia judge shut down the effort by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to have all 19 defendants, including former President Donald Trump, to be tried together in October in the Georgia election subversion case.
3. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee announced Thursday that Trump and 16 co-defendants will move forward on their own schedule, with a trial date yet to be announced.
4. The two remaining co-defendants, Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, sought speedy trials and are scheduled to begin in October.

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