Earlier this month, President Trump was indicted in federal court in Washington, D.C. for conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential elections. Judge J. Michael Luttig joins Jeffrey Rosen for a conversation about the constitutional and historical questions raised by the indictment.

Resources: 

• Jeffrey Rosen, “The Founders Anticipated the Threat of Trump,” Wall Street Journal (Aug. 4, 2023) 
• “Former federal judge J. Michael Luttig on Jan. 6 indictment and American democracy,” Washington Post (Aug. 9, 2023) 
• Indictment, United States of America v. Donald Trump, Department of Justice (Aug. 1, 2023) 
• “How to Prevent Another January 6th,” We the People podcast (June 16, 2022) 
• “The Mob, the Capitol, and the Constitution” We the People podcast (Jan. 7, 2021) 

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