Trump on Trial: ‘The Odds of Conviction Have Gone Up’

By Jonathan Alter

Produced by Vishakha Darbha

The contributing Opinion writer Jonathan Alter has been filing dispatches from Donald Trump’s hush-money trial. In this audio essay, he talks about how what’s happening there doesn’t bode well for Trump.

(A full transcript of this audio essay will be available within 24 hours of publication in the audio player above.)

Credit…Illustration by The New York Times; photograph by Pool photo by Win Mcnamee

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This episode of “The Opinions” was produced by Vishakha Darbha. It was edited by Alison Bruzek and Kaari Pitkin. Engineering by Efim Shapiro with mixing by Sonia Herrero. Original music by Carole Sabouraud, Efim Shapiro and Pat McCusker. Fact-checking by Mary Marge Locker. Audience strategy by Kristina Samulewski and Shannon Busta.

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