Deep doo-doo
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"How many indictments does it take to bring down a cult leader?" - The Intercept
There's not much news to report from the US, other than the federal indictment for espionage of a former president, and the apparent indifference with which it was greeted by his mentally or morally-deficient supporters.
As Salon observed apropos the MAGA response to Trump's dinner party with "Hitler fanboys":
"If anything, Republican voters keep rallying to his side, predictably pleased that Nazi-snuggling has the liberal-triggering effect they crave."
Still, Espionage Act violations? Shouldn't that disturb them?
Just Security had already provided a model prosecution memorandum analysing six federal crimes that could form the basis for charges against Trump who, in the event, was charged with seven crimes.
The indictment, which included charges against his former While House valet and loyal acolyte, Walt Nauta, ran to 38 counts.
Even before charges had been filed in a Florida court (and the arraignment randomly assigned to the horrible Trump-judge Aileen Cannon), the Trump-backlash began; as TPM put it:
"The GOP speaker of the House, GOP senators and representatives, the leading GOP candidates for president, and the whole right-wing Wurlitzer launched a furious attack on the rule of law."
In fact, Trump faces very serious charges under the espionage laws; as George Bush père would say, he's in deep doo-doo, and his prior statements about classified documents don't help him.
Walt Nauta: collar attendant and valet
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