As the Republican National Convention entered its second day, former President Donald J. Trump and his allies absorbed the stunning new reality that the most formidable legal case against him had been thrown out by a federal judge, who ruled that the appointment of the special counsel who brought the case, Jack Smith, had violated the Constitution. Alan Feuer, who has been covering the classified documents case for The Times, explains what it means that the case could now be dead.
My name is Sam Anderson.
I'm a staff writer for the New York Times Magazine.
Over the years, I've interviewed actors, artists, athletes.
Recently, I've been spending time with animal people.
Wait, what happens if I put my fingers in that bottom case?
He will probably bite you.
Scientists, ferret breeders, a heavy metal band that rescues baby puffins.
You got one?
Everyone has a story.
When I was a kid, I had bats in the family bathroom.
She didn't hear my mom backing into.
The driveway, and she got pushed by my Jessica the rat used to eat ice cream out of my mouth because.
Thinking about animals seems to open up a little door.
This is the baby.
An escape hatch out of the human world.
Is that your blood or its blood?
I think it's really close to my head.
From the New York Times, this is animal.
Listen to it wherever you get podcasts.
Look at him.