Trump’s legal cases explained | Start Here

Donald Trump is the first US president to be convicted of a felony after he was found guilty in the Stormy Daniels hush-money case in New York. That’s one of six legal cases that Trump is facing – and it can be hard to keep track of them all. In this episode of Start Here, Sandra Gathmann sets out all the cases and explains what they’re about. Could Trump actually go to prison? And what does it all mean for the US presidential election in November?

Chapters:

00:52 — What are the cases Trump is facing?
02:40 — What’s the Stormy Daniels hush-money case all about?
04:40 — What happens if Trump gets a jail term?
05:10 — The classified documents case
06:00 — Why is the classified documents case postponed?
06:45 — The January 6 federal case explained
07:20 — Storming the Capitol
07:53 — What is Trump arguing at the Supreme Court?
08:46 — What happens to Trump’s federal cases if he wins the election?
09:35 — What is the Georgia election interference case about?
12:08 – How is Trump’s legal trouble affecting his presidential campaign?



This episode features:

Ankush Khardori, Senior Staff Writer, Politico & Former Federal Prosecutor

Rina Shah, Political Strategist

James Sample, Professor of Constitutional Law, Hofstra Law School, New York


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[TiffanysBunnyGang]

The problem is falsifying business records is a misdemeanor charge and they were all expired by the time of the indictment. For this to be felonies, he would’ve had to be falsifying business records to cover up another crime. In the jury instructions, they gave a list of four crimes that they said Trump could’ve possibly been covering up some were state charges, and some federal charges. The jury was instructed to pick one of the four crimes, but they didn’t have to be unanimous on which crime it was that he was supposedly covering up by falsifying the business records. This is completely unconstitutional and unprecedented. Not only that, but when the indictment is put forward, they have to list all crimes that the definite is being charged with and none of these four crimes were listed. This is a huge problem and would be overturned in an appeal easily. This proves this case was nothing but law they didn’t have anything to charge them with except for the misdemeanors that were already expired.

[Mor_timer]

The graphic designs on Start Here need an award! this series as a whole is so good.. I really want it to have its own youtube channel

[YoMeech]

Us people don’t care about his cases. He was a good president & the people will always remember. Life for me was good when Trump was around.

[syedabuhuraira]

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[robertsiebenrock]

Could the court pardon itself if it wants to?

[chipan]

A few lies by omission, unfortunately. Trump didn't just pay Stormy Daniel's for her silence. It was part of a settlement of a suit against him, and, like many cases, it included a NDA. It can not be claimed that the whole of that payment was for her silence. Furthermore, you claim this was criminal without even touching on what makes it criminal. Normally, this would be civil. The prosecution claimed there was an underlying crime to bump it up, and the judge allowed them to claim this without specifying the charges until the end of the trial.

[betterdays]

Clear, Informative, and representative of what’s going on without the narrative driven delivery like major news networks. Well put together video!

[gavingill]

This isn't making sense to me, what's improper about registering payments to Cohen as legal payments? Is that not technically accurate?

[РусланДементьев-сп]

Thank you start here for this concise video! I live in NYC but very busy with research on my doctoral project so that I rarely check up on news. I have been trying to figure out what’s going on with Trump but all videos are politicized or too long and vague in explanation! This video is just what I was looking for:)

Have a good day!

[MCSurvivalMode]

Why are all these charges coming now at the same time? Lady literally said justice takes time. 😂. Or because it’s a political prosecution?

[darkgalaxy]

Trump won't go to jail, but some prosecutors might.

[daniyaalnoor]

This video should be mainstream, required viewing for every voter in America PERIOD

[Governorpp]

So sad he’s in more legal trouble than me yet I can’t be president cause I’m too young changes need to be made in this country

[dawnevans]

Thank you, just found your channel, well done 👍
Have a great day 💥
God Bless Us All 🫂💗🙏

[breal]

No. Justice trials should be fair and speedy. That’s your right as US citizen.

[patrickg]

I think it's amazing that all these cases just happened to emerge at the same ime. Just goes to show you never can tell what's going to happen. No comment from Al Jazeera?

[drewmadenew]

"Major Twist reporting for duty, Ma'am!" 😂😂

[ibelieve]

As always, very informative and original. Superb format and intelligent presentations made easy for everyone to understand current, relevant and often ignored themes. Start Here and Sandra are simply the best.

[jamesmurphy]

How many impeachment three or four
How money was wasted on the so called Russian Gate