Won't have time tonight to do a proper writeup. Here are some Twitter observations from the day:
If you don't like our juries, find someplace else to do your crimes https://t.co/Kcef7EndFS via @TPM
— Per Yaspera ad Astra (@Yastreblyansky) April 4, 2023
We just announced a 34-count felony indictment of former President Donald J. Trump. Learn more: https://t.co/PTTh2zlsvv pic.twitter.com/IUE6JjdrS2
— Alvin Bragg (@ManhattanDA) April 4, 2023
The Trump Tower doorman is in there along with McDougal and Daniels pic.twitter.com/HzUKjoHSia
— Per Yaspera ad Astra (@Yastreblyansky) April 4, 2023
Link to Statement of Facts https://t.co/ft83IpA8HW
— Per Yaspera ad Astra (@Yastreblyansky) April 4, 2023
But the Statement of Facts is a lot more narrative:
This is so Trumpy--and no, he wasn't worried about Mrs. Trump. He didn't care as long as nobody found out before the election pic.twitter.com/0FF6neAL9g
— Per Yaspera ad Astra (@Yastreblyansky) April 4, 2023
Witness tampering is not a separate count, but it's part of the story pic.twitter.com/zgoWYpvxmq
— Per Yaspera ad Astra (@Yastreblyansky) April 4, 2023
Lawyer C seems to be Costello
The theory is that you don't have to formally charge the crimes in aid and concealment of which the false statements were made, though you do have to prove them—they've got plenty of evidence on that, and enough of those crimes are crimes in New York State that it can't be criticized for belonging to federal law. I think the case is a winner, in principle, though that doesn't mean it has to win.
Looks like it'll be quite a while before the thing comes to trial—10 months or a year. It could imaginably be over by the time of the Republican convention, but Trump's ability to delay is legendary. I don't think it makes his nomination any less likely—the party will be denying there's any possibility of a guilty verdict until there actually is a guilty verdict. If there were no further indictments after this, it could go on forever, though I don't think he's got the stuff or the staff to do a full-scale Netanyahu and get elected.
Cross-posted at The Rectification of Names.
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