Followup. It happened. Third defendant named in documents case. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-grand-jury-indictment-rcna96233
Trump faces more charges in superseding indictment. The May 2024 trials date recently set by Judge Cannon will likely be pushed back. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-grand-jury-indictment-rcna96233
The incident at Bedminster has come back to haunt Trump. An audio recording indicates that Trump flaunted secret documents related to Iran to people helping Meadows write his book. The Smith team has used that incident as part of its superseding indictment. Trump said to Brett Baier of Fox that he was holding up a pile of any old papers and not Pentagon documents. Trump accused of asking staffer to delete camera footage in Florida classified documents case
yet, among republican voters he remains their favorite - a front runner in a sea of nothingness (in my opinion) DeSantis is dangerous but not gaining much traction. The rest of them? They do not shine. Our only hope is that trump will continue to be the favorite and at election time, he is resoundingly voted down and out - not even close. Of course, that doesn't matter to him... but at least he will not set foot into the Oval Office again.
In the Washington Post, legal columnist Ruth Marcus wrote, “The alleged conduct—yes, even after all these years of watching Trump flagrantly flout norms—is nothing short of jaw-dropping: Trump allegedly conspired with others to destroy evidence.” If the allegations hold up, “the former president is a common criminal—and an uncommonly stupid one.” Opinion | New Trump indictment shows he didn't learn lesson of Watergate - The Washington Post
Trump can use that statement to defend himself in criminal court. And his remark that he needed to remove his golf shorts from the boxes first, which he didn't do for one and a half years (plus the two and a half months between the election he still thinks he won and his leaving office).
Kari Lake still seems to be auditioning for the VP spot on a Trump ticket. Lake says Trump is playing chess at the highest level and better than Jack Smith. Kari Lake insists Trump's outsmarting Jack Smith as charges pile up: 'Playing chess at the highest level!'
Trump and Nauta will need to be arraigned again because of the superseding indictment by Jack Smith in the documents case. Queue another Trump visit to a restaurant in an anti-Castro neighborhood in Miami after the new arraignment with Trump promising 'food for everyone' but not paying for it.
If De Oliveira flips, Nauta might as well flip. NBC’s Vance Tells Jen Psaki New Trump Defendant ‘Has No Choice But To Flip’ — ‘Final Nail’ In Trump’s Coffin
An issue for Trump is that many of his close aides could potentially be testifying against him in criminal court to save themselves. It's tough for Trump's defense attorneys to try to knock down such people by saying that they weren't that loyal to him or that they didn't really know him that well.