It appears defeated, former President Donald Trump will be formally indicted in federal court in Miami next Tuesday on at least seven counts of mishandling classified documents.
The charges arise from the raid on Mar-a-Lago last August were many highly classified documents were found and Special Counsel Jack Smith's subsequent investigation into those actions. Smith is also investigating Trump's role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.
We can expect nearly all of Trump's presidential rivals to follow Mike Pence's lead in arguing that Trump should not be charged with anything because it would be too divisive for the country and that it would get in the way of dealing with inflation. Since when has the DOJ used inflation as criteria for which to determine whether or not someone should be charged with a crime? They don't but Pence wants to remain in Trump's good graces - noose or no noose.
Well, let them. It will merely demonstrate the Republican Party is nothing more than cult which worships at the altar of Trump and to hell with the Constitution and the rule of law.
The forthcoming indictments will come scarcely 2 ½ months after the defeated, former President was brought up on criminal charges by New York D.A. Alvin Bragg concerning the falsification of business records including the $130,000 hush money payout to porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump might also face criminal charges by Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis for his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.
The sad truth is no matter how many laws Trump has broken and no matter how many criminal indictments Trump faces and in how many jurisdictions, the Republican Party will nominate him as President and at least a third of the American electorate will support him. And it just might be enough to get him back into the White House.
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