Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Indictment 4 is in the books
A grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, has indicted Donald Trump on charges related to his attempts to manipulate the election results there. It's the 4th criminal indictment pending against him, including a state indictment in New York, a federal indictment in Florida, and another federal case in DC.
One surprise to me about this was the breadth of the charges: 98 pages of text, 41 charges and 19 total defendants, including not just those we suspected we would be included but Trump administration insiders like Mark Meadows and Jeffrey Rosen.
It may not make him less popular to his base, as they tend to see all of this as evidence that he presents a threat to the establishment. I'm still not sure how a guy who lives in a Palm Beach mansion, is enamored with celebrities, used his presidency to lower taxes for the rich and went to an Ivy League college is seen by anyone as anything but the epitome of the establishment, but people believe otherwise.
The real toll will be on his time, energy and money. Four criminal cases at once??? That's going to suck up everything he has, and it is unlikely he will be able to delay all of them until after the election.
We are looking at a 2024 where Trump will probably both be the Republican nominee for president and on trial for felonies. Once again, he presents America with something new.
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The first comment I received on a FB post about this was "witch hunt" and some nonsense about the Hunter B case being dropped.
Money, thus far his campaign PAC (supporters) seems to be funding this. Haven't seen him liquidating any of his own assets.
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Money, thus far his campaign PAC (supporters) seems to be funding this. Haven't seen him liquidating any of his own assets.
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