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President & Convicted Felon: Historian on the Unprecedented Trump Verdict

Season 2024 Episode 6240 | 15m 25s

It’s a verdict that will be forever cemented in history. In more than 200 years of America as we know it, no U.S. president has ever been convicted of a crime – until this week. Presidential historian Tim Naftali joins the show to discuss where this moment stands in the longer arc of U.S. history.

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