Week one of testimony in hush money trial, plus Supreme Court weighs immunity
This week on Trump's Trials, host Scott Detrow and Domenico Montanaro are joined by law professor Kim Wehle.
This was the first week of witness testimony in former President Donald Trump's New York hush money trial. The prosecution used their witnesses to establish Trump's knowledge and involvement in hush money payments for his alleged electoral benefit. Trump's defense team cross-examined witnesses countering that framing with the idea that this is politics as usual.
Meanwhile, at the Supreme Court, justices heard oral arguments over whether Trump is immune from criminal prosecution…
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