As you no doubt know by now, former President Trump has been indicted, again, in a criminal case without precedent in U.S. history. He stands accused of attempting to subvert American democracy by conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. He faces four counts of conspiracy and obstruction and will be tried in federal court in Washington D.C.

The former president has denounced this prosecution as politically motivated and insists he’s done nothing wrong and this is just part of the ongoing “witch hunt,” as he likes to call it, against him. But it’s the third criminal indictment he’s under, with additional prosecutions pending in Florida and New York, and another one likely in Georgia.

For more, KCBS Radio's Political Reporter Doug Sovern spoke to Dr. Dora Kingsley Vertenten, a professor at the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California.