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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    What will guilty verdict mean for Trump, legally and politically?

    Donald Trump is guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments. Now his fate is with voters and the judge.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 30, 2024 • 1 min read

    Donald Trump is guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments. Now his fate is with voters and the judge.

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    Along Santa Cruz coast, you can again spot the surfboard-chomping otter
    1. 0:00What will guilty verdict mean for Trump, legally and politically?You’re reading this
    2. 9:56Santa Cruz’s outlaw sea otter is back in action
    3. 17:48Baseball movies are ‘perfect genre’ to reflect hard American truths
    4. 35:27Weekend film reviews: ‘Young Woman and the Sea,’ ‘Jim Henson Idea Man’
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Producer, Press Play

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      Amy Ta

      Digital News & Culture Editor

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      Jessica Levinson

      Professor, Loyola Law School

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      Sue Davis

      NPR political correspondent

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Along Santa Cruz coast, you can again spot the surfboard-chomping otter
    1. 0:00What will guilty verdict mean for Trump, legally and politically?You’re reading this
    2. 9:56Santa Cruz’s outlaw sea otter is back in action
    3. 17:48Baseball movies are ‘perfect genre’ to reflect hard American truths
    4. 35:27Weekend film reviews: ‘Young Woman and the Sea,’ ‘Jim Henson Idea Man’
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