Breakdown

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's award-winning podcast "Breakdown," tells deeply human stories about the Georgia justice system. Season 11 explores how a young military couple found themselves at the center of something neither expected. Something terrible. Something… criminal.

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S10 E29: Setting the Table
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey set up the upcoming evidentiary hearing.
18 min
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S10 E25: Wade v. Wade
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey interview legal experts who weigh in on the allegations Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade had an improper romantic relationship and whether the DA’s office should be disqualified from the election interference case.
37 min
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S10 E26: Piling On
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey cover developments inside and outside of court in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump
30 min
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S10 E23: Bombshell Allegations
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey look at the fallout after the filing became public, both on the legal landscape and in the political arena.
21 min
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S10 E24: Firing Back From The Pulpit
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey talk to legal experts about the recent bombshell allegations
30 min
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S10 Ep19: Walking the Line
AJC journalists Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey take you inside the Fulton County courthouse to hear Willis argue that bond should be revoked for a Donald Trump co-defendant.
23 min
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S10 Ep. 21: A Conversation With DA Willis
The AJC’s Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey bering you a wide-ranging interview with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
45 min
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S10 Ep20: Election Interference?
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey cover the interaction between the judge, Donald Trump’s attorney and the prosecution over the possibility of the trial being held next August
32 min
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S10 E22: Sorry, Not Sorry
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey explore the meaning of apology letters written by three of the four defendants who have pleaded guilty in the Fulton County election interference case against former President Donald Trump and others.
38 min
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S10 Ep15: Inside the Ellis Plea Deal
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey share their exclusive interview with the lawyer who represents Jenna Ellis
33 min
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S10 Ep.16: The Fraud Hunters
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey interview The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Mark Niesse, who explains the GBI investigation of the data breach in South Georgia’s Coffee County
40 min
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S10 Ep17: The Proffers
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey cover the leaked videotaped interviews with Fulton County prosecutors by the four defendants who had struck plea deals
35 min
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S10 Ep 18: Breakdown Bonus: Thanksgiving Edition
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey talk with two legal veterans who analyze the latest developments in Fulton County’s election subversion case against Donald Trump and his supporters
46 min
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S10 Ep. 13: The Kraken's Released
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey cover the surprise guilty plea of lawyer Sidney Powell one day before jury selection was to begin.
26 min
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S10 Ep.14: Copping a Plea
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey cover the guilty plea hearings of lawyers Kenneth Chesebro and Jenna Ellis, both of whom were charged with former President Donald Trump in the election interference case.
45 min
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S10 Ep.11: Let's Make a Deal
The AJC’s Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey discuss the first plea deal in Fulton County’s wide-ranging election subversion case and what it could mean for the 18 remaining defendants.
41 min
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S10 Ep.10: To Remove or not to Remove?
AJC journalists Bill Rankin and Shannon McCaffrey cover two hearings during which lawyers try to remove their defendants’ cases to federal court in Atlanta.
24 min
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S10 Ep.9: Meadows Is Denied
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey examine a federal judge’s ruling denying former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bid to remove his case to U.S. District Court in Atlanta.
26 min
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S10 Ep. 12: Lights, Camera, Action
The AJC’s Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey explore the debate over whether televising the Fulton County case against Donald Trump is such a good idea.
35 min
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S10 Ep.7: The Architect
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey introduce you to Atlanta attorneys Scott Grubman and Manny Arora as they make state their case as to why they believe charges should not have been brought against their client, Kenneth Chesebro.
34 min
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S10 Ep.8: Finally, the Report
AJC journalists Tamar Hallerman, Shannon McCaffrey and David Wickert dig into the long-awaited report from Fulton County's special purpose grand jury, which spent eight months investigating Donald Trump and his allies.
36 min
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S10 Ep.6: Meadows’ Gambit
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey recap former chief of staff Mark Meadows’ attempt to transfer the sweeping racketeering case to U.S. District Court in Atlanta.
36 min
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S10 Ep.3: The Chaos Arrives
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman, and Shannon McCaffrey examine the aftermath of the Fulton Grand Jury’s racketeering indictment against former President Donald Trump.
33 min
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S10 Ep.4: Show Time at Rice Street
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman, and Shannon McCaffrey recount a busy week where lawyers met with prosecutors to get bonds for their clients, including a $200,000 bond for former President Donald Trump.
40 min
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S10 Ep.5: Trump Surrenders
AJC journalists Bill Rankin, Tamar Hallerman and Shannon McCaffrey recap former President Donald Trump’s historic surrender at the Fulton County jail.The latest episode of Breakdown from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recaps former President Donald Trump’s historic surrender at the Fulton County jail. “Trump Surrenders” of Breakdown’s Season 10 – “The Trump Indictment” – also recounts a flurry of breaking news in just the past few days: the spectacle of Rudy Giuliani’s surrender, Trump gets a new lawyer, a speedy trial demand is made and District Attorney Fani Willis proposes a new trial date for October. You can download the Breakdown podcast from Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favorite podcasting platform.
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