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April 5 2023
Good morning from Washington, where the arraignment of Donald Trump on disputed fraud charges brought by a soft-on-crime Democrat prosecutor seems to shake the nation into two camps. We’ve got related reports from Tyler O’Neil, Fred Lucas, and Jarrett Stepman, plus commentary on what it all means from Heritage Foundation legal eagles John Malcolm and Cully Stimson. On the podcast, a rabbi unfolds the meaning of Passover, which begins tonight. Plus: legal jeopardy for the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the numbers appear to vindicate voter ID. Ninety years ago today, President Franklin D. Roosevelt establishes the Civilian Conservation Corps to employ tens of thousands of Americans on public works projects during the Great Depression..
The arraignment, like most, took only a few minutes, but the Trump case is anything but ordinary and will, for the reasons we explain, take on a life of its own.
Former President Donald Trump delivers stinging remarks condemning not just the New York case where he was arraigned Tuesday afternoon, but all of the investigations targeting him.
District Attorney Alvin Bragg accuses Trump of hatching what he calls “a catch-and-kill scheme” to “suppress negative information to help Mr. Trump’s chance of winning the election.”
Hundreds of passionate supporters and opponents of Donald Trump turn out for his arrest and arraignment today at Manhattan Criminal Court, creating a carnival-like scene here.
