Trump's Terms

For this episode of Trump's Trials , host Scott Detrow speaks with NPR's Andrea Bernstein . An appeals court has cut the bond former President Donald Trump has to post from $454 million to $175 million in his civil fraud trial. The news came the same day as the deadline before the New York Attorney General could start seizing Trump properties to pay off the massive judgement. And in a separate New...

This week on Trump's Trials , host Scott Detrow and Domenico Montanaro are joined law professor Kim Wehle . On the eve of what should have been the start of the New York hush money trial we dive into the details of the case: Former President Donald Trump is facing 34 counts related to payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels over an alleged affair she had with Trump. The payments were made in th...

For this episode of Trump's Trials , NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with NPR's Andrea Bernstein . Former President Donald Trump is claiming he cannot secure a bond for roughly half a billion dollars to cover the judgment from his New York civil fraud trial. Lawyers for Trump claim they approached 30 companies and four brokers and none were willing to give Trump the $454 million bond. Trump has until Mar...

This week on Trump's Trials , host Scott Detrow is joined by Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson and Georgia politics reporter Sam Gringlas . Judge Scott McAfee ruled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can stay on the Georgia election interference case but only if she removes special prosecutor Nathan Wade. Wade later resigned in a letter to the district attorney. Willis and Wade had com...

For this episode of Trump's Trials , NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with correspondent Greg Allen . Judge Aileen Cannon held a pre-trial hearing where Trump's defense team argued two motions to dismiss charges against the former president in the classified documents case. Judge Cannon quickly denied one of the motions but has yet to rule on the other. During the hearing she appeared skeptical of b...

For this episode of Trump's Trials , NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Georgia politics reporter Sam Gringlas . The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case has dismissed six criminal counts against former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants. Three of those counts specifically apply to Trump. They all involve alleged attempts to solicit public officials to violate their o...

This week on Trump's Trials , host Scott Detrow and Domenico Montanaro are joined by Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson . Carrie shares new reporting she has on the possible timeline for the federal election interference case. We also discuss Super Tuesday results and if exit polling gives us an indication on how Republican voters are thinking about former President Donald Trump's legal troubles...

For this episode of Trump's Trials , we hear from NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg . The Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump can remain on the ballot in Colorado and other states. The justices concluded the constitution does not allow states to use the 14th amendment to bar presidential candidates from the ballot. Topics include: - Details on the majority opinion -...

This week on Trump's Trials , host Scott Detrow and Domenico Montanaro are joined by constitutional expert Kim Wehle . This week the Supreme Court announced they will consider former President Donald Trump's claim that he is immune from criminal prosecution. That decision has left the federal election interference case in limbo, complicating the chances that the case will go to trial before the No...

For this episode of Trump's Trials , NPR's Alisa Chang speaks with correspondent Greg Allen . Judge Aileen Cannon held a pre-trial hearing in the Florida classified documents case where former President Donald Trump is facing 40 criminal charges. One of the top issues facing Judge Cannon is confirming the start date, but Friday's hearing ended with no clear answer to when this case might go to tri...

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 deci...

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: - Supre...

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 hi...

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 yea...

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...

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 ord...

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...

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 skep...

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...

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 oat...

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 rul...

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 no...

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 bri...

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 Am...

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. 6t...