The bizarre legal martyrdom of Donald Trump entered a new phase Monday night.
The new indictment of Trump - and 18 other defendants - in Fulton County, Georgia overreaches absurdly both on legal theory and the facts it offers to back the charges.
It tries to criminalize speech, including public statements. It pretends a random array of events, many of which did not even involve Georgia, make a criminal conspiracy. Among the “overt acts” it includes is a text message from Trump’s chief of staff asking for the phone numbers of two Pennsylvania legislators.
Yes, that’s the entire “act.” No, I’m not making this up. I wish I were.
The indictment is a stunning abuse of prosecutorial discretion, made worse because federal prosecutors brought an indictment covering similar ground two weeks ago.
Yet if the indictment is a joke, its stakes could not be higher. It risks throwing the 2024 election into chaos and inciting political and societal disorder even more than Trump’s other indictments.
Include (Democrat) Alan Dershowitz -
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Having conversations about an election, challenging an election has never been criminalized as an activity which rises to the standard of a RICO charge either.
May it all backfire in spectacular manner.