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Ronan Farrow, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and contributing writer to The New Yorker, joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the impact of rulings made this week by Judge Juan Merchan in Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York, where he faces thirty-four felony counts for falsifying business records related to hush-money payments made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels around the time of the 2016 election. Farrow explains why two other hush-money payments, made to former Trump Tower doorman Dino Sajudin and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, are central to the Manhattan District Attorney’s case. As Farrow explains, “the coverup is ultimately a much, much bigger story than any of the underlying things being covered up would have been.”
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Why the Primary System Is “Clearly Failing”
With Navalny’s Death, Putin is Feeling More Confident than Ever
Ty Cobb on Trump's Admiration for Putin
Does Impeachment Mean Anything Anymore?
Why Matt Gaetz Keeps Getting Away with It
“Pod Save America” ’s Jon Lovett on Biden’s Accomplishments
Do Democrats Have a Biden Backup Plan?
Can Joe Biden Squash Concerns About His Age?
Why the Trump Ballot Case Is the Ultimate Test of Originalism
The Last Real Legislative Battle of 2024
Why You Keep Seeing Biden Falling on Instagram
Introducing The Runaway Princesses, from In the Dark
The Oscar Nominee Cord Jefferson on Why Race Is So “Fertile” for Comedy
Biden’s Dilemma in the Israel-Hamas War
How “the Élite” Became the Most Convenient Straw Man in Politics
Pramila Jayapal on Biden’s Fragile Coalition
Polling, Money, Trump Fatigue: Your 2024 Election Questions
Where Does Ron DeSantis Go From Here?
How Donald Trump Broke the Iowa Caucuses
The 2024 Primaries That Weren’t
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