The Case Against Donald Trump

<p>A series of blockbuster hearings from the Jan. 6 committee has put growing pressure on Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to bring criminal charges against former President Donald J. Trump over the efforts to overturn the 2020 election.</p><p>Before today’s committee hearing, we speak with Andrew D. Goldstein, one of the prosecutors who led the last major investigation into Mr. Trump, about why winning a case against the former president is such a challenge.</p><p>Guest: Andrew Goldstein, a federal prosecutor who was part of the Mueller inquiry into Mr. Trump. </p><p>Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Mr. Trump has<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/18/us/politics/trump-jan-6-legal-defense.html"> issued a rambling 12-page statement</a> containing his usual mix of outlandish claims, hyperbole and outright falsehoods, but also, apparently, with something different: the beginnings of a legal defense.</li><li>Robert S. Mueller III was often portrayed as the omnipotent fact-gatherer for his inquiry, but it was Mr. Goldstein who had a much more involved, day-to-day role. (Here’s<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/us/politics/andrew-goldstein-mueller-investigation.html"> our profile of Mr. Goldstein from 2019</a>.)</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>