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Mar 2024
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The Trump Indictments, read by Glenn Clo...

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On this special episode, Glenn Close and Liam Neeson read excerpts of the NY and DC criminal cases against Donald Trump, as legal analysts Andrew Weissmann and co-author Melissa Murray weigh in. 
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