With a nationally focused trial underway, and revelations spilling out on a months old case, the week wraps up with every emotion imaginable. 

This episode features the song “Aside” by Normcore, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

Links to this weeks stories :

00:10 Derek Chauvin Murder Trial

• Charged with second degree murder, second degree manslaughter, third degree murder
• Prosecution argues the case is easy, referencing the videos taken by bystanders as clear evidence of homicide. The prosecution also makes it clear that this case is not against the Police in general terms, just Derek
• The defense claims George Floyd’s past abuse of drugs and heart failure were the cause of death, and intend to bring medical witnesses to the stand in order to prove that point

08:49 Ghislaine Maxwell 

• Charged Monday for “Sex Trafficking of a Minor”, the first of these charges to go through as she’s awaited results in her cell since July of 2020 
• First of many cases, which details the trauma and abuse by Epstein of girls as young as 14
• Ghislaine, who was once a prominent socialite in New York, was accused and now proven to have been grooming girls for exploitation 
• More charges likely to come

14:24 Mike Lindell/Trump Q-Anon Continuation

• Trump funding another lawsuit to overturn election 
• Baseless claims continue, with Mike Lindell (the my pillow guy) continuing to act as a front for the effort
• Exemplifies the true disconnect between groups in America