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Laura Flanders and Rick Perlstein discuss the implications of Trump’s trial for the US justice systemFollowing his conviction on 34 felony counts, former President Donald Trump will be sentenced on July 11. While celebrated by many as an unprecedented example of legal accountability for elected officials, the Trump trial has also demonstrated a long-established truth: there are two justice systems in America—one for the rich, and one for the poor. Journalist Laura Flanders and historian Rick Perlstein join a special livestream discussion with the hosts of Police Accountability Report Taya Graham and Stephen Janis to discuss the inequality of the US criminal justice system, and how backlash to the trial could threaten the future of democracy.

 

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Trump’s trial shows there are two justice systems for the rich and poor

 

Laura Flanders and Rick Perlstein discuss the implications of Trump’s trial for the US justice system and the future of democracy.

 

by Taya Graham and Stephen Janis

Donald Trump leads a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, on January 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images

 

Donald Trump leads a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, on January 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images

 

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Following his conviction on 34 felony counts, former President Donald Trump will be sentenced on July 11. While celebrated by many as an unprecedented example of legal accountability for elected officials, the Trump trial has also demonstrated a long-established truth: there are two justice systems in America—one for the rich, and one for the poor. Journalist Laura Flanders and historian Rick Perlstein join a special livestream discussion with the hosts of Police Accountability Report Taya Graham and Stephen Janis to discuss the inequality of the US criminal justice system, and how backlash to the trial could threaten the future of democracy.

 

 

 

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Production: Stephen Janis, Taya Graham, Maximillian Alvarez

 

 

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