obstruction of justice

Deep Throat, Operation Gemstone, two valiant reporters, and a secret 30 years in the making. Watergate was not a single scandal, but rather an avalanche of events and co-conspirators, all engaged in corruption to keep President Nixon in office. The stakes were so high that Nixon’s Special Security Advisor, G. Gordon Liddy, lived under fear of being assassinated, and the wife of Nixon’s Campaign Director & Attorney General was drugged and held captive in a hotel room to keep her silent. What was the “smoking gun” that led to the toppling of this enterprise? Was it the tapes Nixon secretly recorded, and the 18-minute gap, that ultimately pushed Nixon to be the first and only President to resign?

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On Tuesday afternoon, the special counsel Jack Smith filed criminal charges against former President Donald Trump over his wide-ranging attempt to overthrow the 2020 election.

Luke Broadwater, a congressional reporter for The Times, talks us through the indictment and the evidence it lays out that Trump participated in an illegal conspiracy to remain in power.

Guest: Luke Broadwater, a congressional reporter for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• The New York Times’s live coverage of the indictment.
• Four takeaways from the indictment.

For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

Last week, Donald Trump was charged with federal violations relating to his handling of classified material after leaving office.

Ben Protess, who covers the government and law enforcement for The Times, discusses the indictment and walks us through the evidence.

Guest: Ben Protess, an investigative reporter for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• The Trump indictment shows critical evidence came from one of his own lawyers.
• The information about the yearlong inquiry contains a host of embarrassing and potentially devastating new revelations. Here’s what we learned.

For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

Fallout continued through the weekend after the indictment against former President Donald Trump was unsealed, The contents of an FBI document detailing an alleged bribery scheme involving the President gets a closer look, and a bill in California would define a parent failing to “affirm” their child’s gender identity as “child abuse.” Get the facts first with Morning Wire. 

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The seven new criminal charges against Donald Trump relate to his handling of classified material upon leaving office and then obstructing the government’s efforts to reclaim them. 

Michael S. Schmidt, who covers national security and federal investigations for The Times, talks about what this will mean for Trump, and for President Biden, whose administration will now be prosecuting his biggest potential rival for the White House.

Guest: Michael S. Schmidt, a Washington correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Trump is the first former president in U.S. history to face federal charges.
• The former president assailed Hillary Clinton for her handling of sensitive information. Now, the same issue threatens his chances of reclaiming the White House.

For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.