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Are Consequences Finally Coming For Donald Trump?
I’m not holding my breath, but something is brewing.
Well, that imminent fourth indictment happened, former President Donald Trump has officially been charged with a crime once again, and he has ten days to surrender for arraignment in Georgia. Not only that, but eighteen others in his inner circle have been indicted as well.
Kate Brumback and Eric Tucker with AP write:
“…The nearly 100-page indictment details dozens of acts by Trump or his allies to undo his defeat, including beseeching Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to find enough votes for him to win the battleground state; harassing an election worker who faced false claims of fraud; and attempting to persuade Georgia lawmakers to ignore the will of voters and appoint a new slate of electoral college electors favorable to Trump.
In one particularly brazen episode, it also outlines a plot involving one of his lawyers to access voting machines in a rural Georgia county and steal data from a voting machine company…”
It’s been discussed at length how Donald Trumphas built his life around avoiding any accountability for his actions, and one could probably make the case that that’s the reason he’s in this position right now. Trump simply did not care if he got caught…
