For this episode of Trump's Trials , we hear from NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg . There are lots of questions surrounding the Supreme Court's decision to hear arguments over whether former President Trump is immune from criminal prosecution. The court is notoriously secretive; Nina Totenberg tries to read between the lines for an explanation. Topics include: - Supreme Court's decision - Importance of the political calendar - History of the Supreme Court & the presidency Foll...
Feb 29, 2024•5 min
For this episode of Trump's Trials , NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg . The Supreme Court has decided to hear oral arguments over whether former President Trump is immune from federal prosecution. A three-judge panel previously ruled that Trump did not have broad immunity. The justices will hear arguments the week of April 22nd. Topics include: - Supreme Court's decision - January 6th trial timeline - How this affects the other cases Follow the show ...
Feb 28, 2024•5 min
This week on Trump's Trials , host Scott Detrow and Domenico Montanaro are joined by a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author of three books about Trump David Cay Johnston . Over the course of four weeks former President Donald Trump was slapped with nearly half a billion dollars in legal penalties. First a jury ordered him to pay writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million. Then a judge ordered him to pay nearly $355 million, plus $100 million in interest, for fraudulent business practices. We l...
Feb 24, 2024•17 min
This week on Trump's Trials , host Miles Parks and Domenico Montanaro are joined by New York University law professor Melissa Murray . This week we saw developments in all four of the criminal cases facing former President Donald Trump. We also got decision in the New York civil fraud case, where a judge ordered Trump to pay $355 million and banned him from doing business in New York for three years. But we're focusing on two of these cases — the New York hush money case and the Georgia election...
Feb 17, 2024•21 min
For this episode of Trump's Trials , NPR's Juana Summers speaks NPR's Andrea Bernstein . A New York judge has ordered former President Donald Trump and his companies to pay nearly $355 million in penalties for inflating the value of his properties and other assets. The verdict also banned Trump from operating his New York business and applying for loans in the state for three years. This follows a sometimes contentious three-month trial that was decided by a judge and not a jury. Topics include:...
Feb 16, 2024•5 min
For this episode of Trump's Trials , NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks NPR's Andrea Bernstein and Georgia politics reporter Sam Gringlas . On March 25th the New York hush money case will go to trial, making it the first time a former president will be defendant in a criminal trial. Former President Donald Trump is facing 34 counts related to falsifying business records during the 2016 campaign in order to keep past affairs a secret. This will be the first of the four criminal cases to go to trial. ...
Feb 16, 2024•8 min
For this episode of Trump's Trials , NPR's Juana Summers speaks with senior political correspondent Domenico Montanaro . Former President Donald Trump is facing a big week in all four of the criminal cases against him. Two of the biggest developments are set to come out of New York and Georgia. In the New York hush money case, a judge will determine this week if the case will begin as scheduled on March 25th. Meanwhile, in Georgia, a hearing is set this week to determine whether Fulton Country D...
Feb 13, 2024•5 min
This week on Trump's Trials , host Scott Detrow and Domenico Montanaro are joined by former US attorney and deputy assistant attorney general Harry Litman . It was a big week in the Trump legal world. There was the decision on presidential immunity, spoiler alert - he doesn't have it. And then there were those Supreme Court oral arguments in the Colorado ballot case, where the justices seemed skeptical of an individual state being able to disqualify Trump from seeking office again. To cap off th...
Feb 10, 2024•23 min
For this episode of Trump's Trials , NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Chief Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg , Washington Desk Senior Editor and Correspondent Ron Elving and UCLA law professor and election law expert Rick Hasen . On Thursday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over whether former President Donald Trump is disqualified from running for office on the basis of Section 3 of the 14th amendment. The justices sparred with attorneys from both sides, questioning their justifica...
Feb 08, 2024•19 min
For this episode of Trump's Trials , NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson . On Thursday, the Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in the Colorado ballot case. This case centers on whether former President Donald Trump is disqualified from running for office on the basis of Section 3 of the 14th amendment. The once little-known clause bars anyone who swore an oath to support the Constitution and then "engaged in insurrection" against it from holding office. The...
Feb 07, 2024•14 min
For this episode of Trump's Trials , NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson . Former President Donald Trump does not enjoy broad immunity from federal prosecution. That was the ruling from a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit. The judges also gave Trump six days to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Topics include: - Details of the D.C. Appeals ruling - Political and legal calendar - What's next Follow the show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify for ne...
Feb 06, 2024•6 min
This week on Trump's Trials , guest host Miles Parks and Domenico Montanaro are joined by constitutional expert and lawyer Kim Wehle . Now that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has admitted to having a relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade, there continues to be calls for her removal from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump. Legally she may not be required to step aside. But politically, the relationship complicates the perception of the cas...
Feb 04, 2024•20 min
For this episode of Trump's Trials , NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with political reporter Stephen Fowler . In a court filing on Friday, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis admitted to having a relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade, but denied any misconduct. Willis hired Wade to prosecute the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump. In the 176-page brief, Willis said allegations that she and Wade financially benefit from prosecuting the case are "mer...
Feb 02, 2024•6 min
For this episode of Trump's Trials , NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with historians Jill Lepore and David Blight . Lepore and Blight have submitted a friend of the court brief to the Supreme Court ahead of oral arguments on whether former President Donald Trump should remain on the Colorado ballot. Colorado's Supreme Court said Trump is not qualified for the presidency under the Constitution's 14th Amendment. Section 3 of that amendment says you can't serve in federal office if you once took an oath...
Jan 31, 2024•9 min
This week on Trump's Trials , host Scott Detrow is joined by NPR Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson . In this episode we take a step back to look at where the four criminal cases former President Donald Trump is facing currently stand. There's the classified documents case in Florida, the hush money case involving Stormy Daniels in New York, the Georgia election interference case and the Jan. 6th federal election interference case. Topics include: - Updates on all of Trump's criminal cases - T...
Jan 27, 2024•13 min
For this episode of Trump's Trials , NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to NPR's Andrea Bernstein . A jury has awarded writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in a civil defamation suit against former President Donald Trump. In a previous defamation trial Trump was found to have sexually abused and defamed Carroll. The jury in that case awarded her $5 million. Topics include: - How jury came up with $83.3 million figure - Trump's reaction - What's next Follow the show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify for new epi...
Jan 26, 2024•5 min
For this episode of Trump's Trials , NPR's Juana Summers speaks to NPR's Andrea Bernstein . Former President Donald Trump was back in court on Thursday to testify in the second civil defamation damages trial brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. The jury in a separate civil trial last year awarded Carroll $5 million, finding Trump sexually abused and defamed her. Trump spoke briefly on the stand on Thursday, saying the allegations were false. Topics include: - Defense resting its case - Trump's tes...
Jan 25, 2024•5 min
For this episode of Trump's Trials , host Scott Detrow speaks to lawyer and ethics expert Norman Eisen. We hear why Eisen is calling on special counsel Nathan Wade to resign from his post in the Georgia election interference case. Wade has come under fire for accusations of having an improper relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who hired him to prosecute the case against Trump. Neither Willis nor Wade have made an official statement regarding the accusations. Topics in...
Jan 24, 2024•10 min
This week on Trump's Trials , host Scott Detrow and Domenico Montanaro are joined by NPR Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson . This week's focus: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has come under scrutiny after a codefendant in Trump's Georgia election case accused her, without evidence, of having an improper relationship with attorney Nathan Wade, whom she hired to prosecute the case. Wade is currently going through a divorce and documents from that proceeding show Wade bought airline...
Jan 20, 2024•17 min
For this episode of Trump's Trials , NPR's Juana Summers speaks to NPR's Andrea Bernstein . A day after winning the Iowa caucuses by nearly 30 points, former President Donald Trump appeared in a Manhattan courtroom to face a second defamation lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. Last year, a jury found that Trump sexually abused Carroll in the 1990s and ordered Trump to pay her $5 million for defaming her in recent years. This second case centers around additional comments Trump made about...
Jan 16, 2024•5 min
This week on Trump's Trials , host Scott Detrow and Domenico Montanaro are joined by New York University law professor Melissa Murray . This week's focus: The DC Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on former president Donald Trump's expansive view of presidential immunity. The three-judge panel seemed skeptical at times with the extensive scope of Trump's legal team argument — that the president could even order a political assassination and be immune from criminal prosecution so long ...
Jan 13, 2024•20 min
For this bonus episode of Trump's Trials , guest host Sacha Pfeiffer is joined by NPR Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson . The DC Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments from federal prosecutors and former President Donald Trump's legal team on the question of whether Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for his actions on January 6th and attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Topics include: - Arguments over the scope of presidential immunity - Possible decision outcomes - Politic...
Jan 09, 2024•5 min
This week on Trump's Trials , host Scott Detrow and Domenico Montanaro are joined by former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman . This week's focus: The Supreme Court officially takes up former President Donald Trump's appeal over Colorado's decision to disqualify him from the ballot. We also talk about how politics has changed in the three years after the January 6th attack on the Capitol. And we dive into the central question surrounding the federal January 6th election interference...
Jan 06, 2024•17 min
For this bonus episode of Trump's Trials , host Scott Detrow is joined by Maine's Secretary of State Shenna Bellows . Last week Bellows ruled that former President Donald Trump's name should be removed from the Republican primary ballot in the state, under section three of the 14th Amendment. The Civil War era provision disqualifies anyone who has engaged in an insurrection against the U.S. Constitution from running for office. For now Trump remains on the ballot until a higher court weighs in. ...
Jan 01, 2024•8 min
This week on Trump's Trials , host Scott Detrow is joined by NPR Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson . This week's focus: The Supreme Court and presidential immunity. The court decided they would not take up Special Counsel Jack Smith's request to fast-track arguments on whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for alleged crimes committed while in office. Instead, the case will continue to make its way through the appeals process, further delaying the trial start date. ...
Dec 23, 2023•13 min
This week on Trump's Trials , host Scott Detrow and Domenico Montanaro are joined by former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman . This week's focus: the January 6th federal election interference case. Prosecutor, Special Counsel Jack Smith, made an unusual move, and sidestepped the appeals court and went straight to the Supreme Court to answer a fundamental question at the heart of the case:. Can presidents be criminally prosecuted for crimes they are allegedly committed while in offi...
Dec 16, 2023•18 min
This week on Trump's Trials , host Scott Detrow and Domenico Montanaro are joined by NPR Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson . We focus on the January 6th federal election interference case led by special counsel Jack Smith. The case is scheduled to go to trial in March in Washington, D.C., and it might be coming to a TV near you. Yes, Trump and some media outlets are requesting cameras in the courtroom. We'll talk about how likely that is, how it could impact the case and the campaign, plus so...
Dec 09, 2023•18 min
This week on Trump's Trials , guest host Miles Parks and Domenico Montanaro look at how one judge, Aileen Cannon, could be slow-walking the federal classified documents case in Florida. Delays in that case could impact the three other criminal trials Trump is facing — and put legal and political calendars ahead of the 2024 race on a collision course. Plus an update from the Georgia election case and the gag order from the New York civil fraud case. Our guest is NYU law professor Melissa Murray ....
Dec 02, 2023•18 min
This week, Scott Detrow and NPR political editor/correspondent Domenico Montanaro discuss gag orders in multiple cases against President Donald Trump and his attempts to weaponize them politically. Plus an update in the New York Civil trial and a Colorado case you might've missed. They're joined by NPR justice correspondent Carrie Johnson . Topics include: - Gag orders in the federal election case and the New York civil fraud trial - The legal and political challenges of implementing gag orders ...
Nov 25, 2023•17 min
This week, Scott Detrow and NPR political editor/correspondent Domenico Montanaro discuss leaked confidential videos of two former Trump lawyers and what those videos could mean for the Georgia election interference case. Plus a new development in the January 6 case. Their guest is NYU's Melissa Murray . Topics include: -The potential consequences of leaked videos in court — and the court of public opinion -Trump lawyer Sidney Powell admitting she 'didn't know much' about election fraud. -Why it...
Nov 18, 2023•15 min
