PODCAST
The case against Donald Trump
Presented by Michael Safi with Lawrence Douglas;
produced by Ruth Abrahams and Rudi Zygadlo; executive producers Phil Maynard
and Elizabeth Cassin
Thu 30 Jun
2022 03.00 BST
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/jun/30/the-case-against-donald-trump-podcast
The US
congressional hearings on the Capitol Hill attack have been prime time viewing.
And the case against Donald Trump has been building for all to see, says
Lawrence Douglas
The
testimony was unprecedented. In an extraordinary sitting in Washington DC of
the congressional committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol
building, a White House staffer detailed how Donald Trump had attempted to grab
the steering wheel of his presidential car in determination to join his
supporters as they rioted. Cassidy Hutchinson also testified that Trump would
fly into rages, on one occasion throwing a plate at the wall, smashing it in
anger and leaving ketchup dripping down a White House wall.
Lawrence
Douglas, a professor of law at Amherst College, tells Michael Safi that,
throughout the series of slickly produced hearings, the committee has told a
compelling narrative of the events that led up to the riots on January 6. And
it goes beyond that, to alleged attempts to “steal” the election via slates of
“fake electors” and by piling pressure on key officials such as the vice
president and the justice secretary.
As the case
against Trump and many of his aides is laid out though, the next steps are far
from certain. Even if the evidence unearthed by the committee does reach the
standard needed to bring prosecutions, would a prosecution of the former
president be deemed in the public interest – and could a jury be found of 12
people who would act completely impartially, in what is now a deeply polarised
country?
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