Fani Willis’s Indictment of Donald Trump and a Voting-System Breach

[ad_1] On Monday night, when Georgia’s Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis, released her forty-one-count, ninety-eight-page indictment of nineteen people who allegedly conspired to subvert the 2020 Presidential election in that state, the spotlight was on the most prominent suspects: former President Donald Trump, his chief of staff Mark Meadows, and his lawyers Rudy Giuliani,… Continue reading Fani Willis’s Indictment of Donald Trump and a Voting-System Breach

Fani Wallis’s Indictment of Donald Trump and a Voting-System Breach

[ad_1] On Monday night, when Georgia’s Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis, released her forty-one-count, ninety-eight-page indictment of nineteen people who allegedly conspired to subvert the 2020 Presidential election in that state, the spotlight was on the most prominent suspects: former President Donald Trump, his chief of staff Mark Meadows, and his lawyers Rudy Giuliani,… Continue reading Fani Wallis’s Indictment of Donald Trump and a Voting-System Breach

The Challenges of Trump’s Third, Momentous Indictment

[ad_1] We have long known that Donald Trump is a font of falsehoods. Embedded in the recounting of national horrors in the federal indictment that the special counsel Jack Smith brought against him last Tuesday is a stark indication of Trump’s own consciousness of that fact. Three words, “You’re too honest,” which, according to Mike… Continue reading The Challenges of Trump’s Third, Momentous Indictment

“This Is The Big One”: The Third Trump Indictment

[ad_1] Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter of the best New Yorker podcasts. This week, in a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to four charges in relation to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election… Continue reading “This Is The Big One”: The Third Trump Indictment

A Former Federal Prosecutor Explains the Latest Trump Indictment

[ad_1] On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump was indicted for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. The charges, brought by Jack Smith, a special counsel for the Department of Justice, specifically accuse Trump of conspiring to obstruct a government proceeding, defraud the United States, and deprive people of their right to have their… Continue reading A Former Federal Prosecutor Explains the Latest Trump Indictment

Are Republicans Finally Breaking with Trump Over the January 6th Indictment? No

[ad_1] As Donald Trump arrives in Washington, D.C., to be arraigned on criminal charges arising from his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, he has already scored a significant political victory. The indictment—Trump’s third—was handed down on Tuesday, charging the former President with conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, as well as conspiracy to defraud… Continue reading Are Republicans Finally Breaking with Trump Over the January 6th Indictment? No

CNN to Fox News, Trump indictment coverage could make or break us

[ad_1] Another week, another Donald Trump arraignment Never mind that the third and most recent indictment of the former president portends the highest-profile criminal trial in U.S. history, and, should it result in a conviction, a crime that would make Watergate look like a parking ticket. Tuesday’s announcement of four felony counts accusing the former… Continue reading CNN to Fox News, Trump indictment coverage could make or break us

The New Trump Indictment and the Reckoning Ahead

[ad_1] To read the stark criminal indictment, returned by a federal grand jury on Tuesday, charging Donald Trump with conspiring to steal the 2020 Presidential election is to realize more deeply than before that the country is headed for a great reckoning—in the courts and at the ballot box. It suggests a question that cannot… Continue reading The New Trump Indictment and the Reckoning Ahead