Whether a sitting president can be tried in a state court is an untested #legal matter that is sure to be fought out in higher courts.
4 of #Trump’s 19 original co-defendants have already pleaded #guilty & taken deals w/the prosecution, including #SidneyPowell & Kenneth #Chesebro, a legal architect of the plan to deploy #FakeElectors who has become a witness in 5 different state election inquiries.
Law abiding citizens believe if you don’t want to be convicted of crimes, don’t commit crimes. Others believe this is unfair. #gop#Republicans#trumpisafelon
9 #witnesses in the #criminal cases against #Trump have received significant financial benefits, including large raises from his campaign, severance packages, new jobs, & a grant of shares & cash from Trump’s media co.
All of these prominent #Republicans linked Donald Trump’s rhetoric to the potential for #PoliticalViolence. Then we saw such #violence on #Jan6, 2021.
Despite the predictability of it — & indeed, the fact that it was predicted — #Trump has wrangled control of the #RepublicanParty again, & he continues & not-at-all-subtly raise the specter of unrest & violence as a political bargaining chip.
#Trump wants his foes to worry about things getting ugly — & to perhaps adjust their behavior accordingly. The problem is that we’ve seen how supporters can take his comments as a call to action. (And Trump’s comments, crucially, almost never come w/an admonition to stay peaceful.)