(L to R): Candidates Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, and Vivek Ramaswamy at the 2nd Republican Presidential Debate, Simi Valley, California, September 27, 2023 (Justin Sullivan/Getty)

I joined BBC Radio Ulster’s William Crawley on Thursday to analyze the significance of a ruling, by New York Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron, that Donald Trump and the Trump Organization engaged in “systematic fraud”.

I explain the effect of the removal of the Trump Organization’s business license in New York State and some of Trump’s properties going into receivership.

Then I move to the second Republican Presidential Debate: the seven candidates (none of them named Trump); the issues — or rather the misinformation, falsehoods, or diversions around the issues — and the prospects for January’s first GOP contest in the Iowa caucuses.

The other participants are Republican activist Greg Swenson and David McCann of the Irish News.

Listen to Discussion from 42:35

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Will the finding of Trump’s fraud affect politics?

In the end, will the American public look at issues, competence, and responsibility, rather than this as a circus with a ringmaster named Donald?