Two more big pieces of legal news this week. 
First, if Trump is convicted for taking classified documents from the White House, does that mean he is barred from holding federal office again? (Spoiler alert - <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/fbi-search-trump-s-mar-lago-residence-makes-2024-bid-n1297813" rel="nofollow">no</a>). 
Second, since Trump took the Fifth in a deposition in the ongoing investigation by the New York Attorney General into the Trump Org, does that mean we can't judge him for that? (Answer - it does not).

Two more big pieces of legal news this week. First, if Trump is convicted for taking classified documents from the White House, does that mean he is barred from holding federal office again? (Spoiler alert - no). Second, since Trump took the Fifth in a deposition in the ongoing investigation by the New York Attorney General into the Trump Org, does that mean we can't judge him for that? (Answer - it does not).

Two more big pieces of legal news this week. 
First, if Trump is convicted for taking classified documents from the White House, does that mean he is barred from holding federal office again? (Spoiler alert - <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/fbi-search-trump-s-mar-lago-residence-makes-2024-bid-n1297813" rel="noopener noreferrer">no</a>). 
Second, since Trump took the Fifth in a deposition in the ongoing investigation by the New York Attorney General into the Trump Org, does that mean we can't judge him for that? (Answer - it does not).

Trump Takes the Fifth. What Are the Legal Repercussions?

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Is the constitution in crisis? This podcast is for people who are curious about politics and the law and how the biggest political and legal issues of the moment affect you. Pull up a chair and join host Jessica Levinson, a professor at LMU’s Loyola Law School, and a rotating cast of experts. Jessica will be joined by journalists, politicians, political scientists, lawyers, and many others. Listen to Jessica and her guests for a wry, and sometimes irreverent take on the most pressing issues of our time. What are the laws of our democracy? How are they changing? And what does that mean for your daily life?

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