A conviction on a lot of these crimes does not necessarily stop him from being president. There are certain offenses that do disqualify someone from holding office, but there is some uncertainty about how that would apply to the presidency. I think it's just important to remember that this is the beginning and not the end of this process.
There’s been a ton of news coverage and commentary around Donald Trump’s indictment in New York on Thursday. But the Manhattan case is only one of several criminal investigations and civil cases swirling around the former president—from the US Justice Department’s inquiry into the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol and the investigation of Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, to probes of Trump’s business practices.
Bloomberg legal reporters Zoe Tillman and Erik Larson join this episode to look beyond the Manhattan indictment and assess Trump’s other legal entanglements, and where things go from here.
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