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Swamp Notes: The Trump verdict is in

Former US president Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records on Thursday, a first for any current or former American president. However, with the Republican nomination all but secured, the conviction may do little to knock Trump’s reelection campaign off course. The FT’s US managing editor, Peter Spiegel, and US legal correspondent, Joe Miller, join this week’s Swamp Notes to explain why.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/4e3D7G7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Donald Trump found guilty on all counts in ‘hush money’ trial</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3wTOqA7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump’s guilty verdict puts America’s political system on trial</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3VnACat" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Donald Trump is a convicted felon. Will Americans still vote for him?</a><a href="https://ep.ft.com/newsletters/56a64b704f693a0300dfab7e/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sign up for the FT’s Swamp Notes newsletter here</a> Swamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson, Lauren Fedor and Marc Filippino. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson. Original music by Hannis Brown. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d2eee707-bd9d-478d-984b-b6bec5e7eaa5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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