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And it’s based on his “advice of counsel” defense
I hate the terminology of ‘prosecutor set a trap’ or ‘perjury trap’ if you remember when Mueller wanted to get Trump to testify under oath. It might be a trap in the sense of catching someone, but it gives off this sense of plotting and scheming to unjustly nab an unknowing innocent being that was just going about its business, like when you trap a rabbit or something.
It’s not a trap. Trump doesn’t have a good defense because he did do the thing he is accused of. A horseback cavalry charge against a machine gun isn’t “a clever trap by the machine gunner” one side just has the tools to win, and the other side doesn’t.
If we could lock him up before election season really kicks in that would be great… otherwise I’m scared for our democracy.
Won’t happen.
First Republican debate is 8/23. We won’t even have a trial date for the Jan. 6 stuff until 8/28.
Primary calendar is here:
https://www.frontloadinghq.com/p/the-2024.html?m=1
Trump has 2 trial dates set so far, New York in March and Florida in May.
1st trial is 15 days after Super Tuesday.
2nd trial is before just a handful of states.
Plot twist: he can still run (and be elected) from prison.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/06/trump-running-for-president-prison-00090931