Did Trump Break a Law That Shouldn’t Exist?


On this week’s The Purpose Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman break down the newest indictment of former President Donald Trump related to the gathering of categorized paperwork in his Mar-a-Lago residence.

0:21: Donald Trump indicted once more

31:59: Weekly Listener Query

40:57: Mindless constitutional amendments

49:18: This week’s cultural suggestions

Talked about on this podcast:

“Trump’s Personal Legal professional Basic Says Indictment Is ‘Very, Very Damning,'” by Robby Soave

“Donald Trump Indicted on Extra Than 30 Prices in Categorised Paperwork Case,” C.J. Ciaramella

“Trump Indicted, Faces Federal Legal Prices Below Espionage Act,” by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

“Trump’s New York Indictment Was Simply the Starting of His Authorized Woes,” by Eric Boehm

“Trump’s Impeachment Trial Will Solely Make Us Hate Washington Even Extra,” by Nick Gillespie

“Let Us Now Thank Donald Trump for Revealing Brutal Truths About How Energy and Privilege Function,” by Nick Gillespie

“All This Impeachment Speak Is Pure Trump Derangement Syndrome,” by Nick Gillespie

“FBI Director Recommends Towards Prosecuting Hillary Clinton Over E-mail Actions,” by Nick Gillespie

“Trump Reportedly Seen a Supposedly Declassified Doc As a Secret He Was Not Allowed To Share,” by Jacob Sullum

“Donald Trump’s Dealing with of Categorised Materials Appears Worse Than Hillary Clinton’s,” by Jacob Sullum

“Trump’s Legal professionals Say It is Not Clear Whether or not ‘Purported’ Categorised Paperwork at Mar-a-Lago ‘Stay Categorised,'” by Jacob Sullum

“Gavin Newsom Needs To ‘Completely Enshrine’ Gun Management within the U.S. Structure,” by Jacob Sullum

“Hillary Clinton’s Use of a Non-public E-mail Server Completely Explains Why Folks Do not Belief Her,” by Peter Suderman

“Hillary Clinton Retains Making Unfaithful Claims About Her Use of a Non-public E-mail Server,” by Peter Suderman

“What Critics of the FBI’s Clinton Investigation Get Proper,” by Jacob Sullum

“Clinton Lies About Mendacity About Her Lies,” by Jacob Sullum

“But One other Shady, Hypocritical Doc Hoarder,” by Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, Peter Suderman, and Matt Welch

“How a school time period paper led to a constitutional modification,” by Scott Bomboy on the Nationwide Structure Middle

“The Public Has a Proper To See the Nashville Shooter’s Writings,” by J.D. Tuccille

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Audio manufacturing by Ian Keyser; assistant manufacturing by Hunt Beaty.

Music: “Angeline,” by The Brothers Steve