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Do People Still Think Trump is Going to Prison?

Can people please stop kidding themselves?

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readNov 19, 2022
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It’s been years, and we’re still hearing liberals talk about Donald Trump not just facing an indictment, but potentially facing time behind bars. They’ve been talking about this so consistently from 2016 onward for one reason or another, that I find myself genuinely wondering if anyone still believes this.

Do liberals still think President Trump is going go prison?

Of course, recent news from the Justice Department has renewed my interest in their answer.

Adrienne Vogt, Matt Meyer, Meg Wagner and Seán Federico-O’Murchú with CNN write:

“Attorney General Merrick Garland and other top Justice Department officials looked at a number of possible special counsel candidates before deciding on longtime prosecutor Jack Smith, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.

The officials spent weeks weighing this appointment, trying to find someone they believed could survive partisan scrutiny, the sources said. They also considered former DOJ officials and people who had served as judges.

Trump already has lashed out over the special counsel’s appointment, saying in an interview on Fox News Digital that he wouldn’t “partake in it.”…”

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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