Trump has been indicted before. Historians say this time is different.
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Scholars say the new charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 election pose a unique test for the rule of law and go to the core of the threat to democracy
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Same. It’s hard to care about these clickbait titles when nothing has stuck to him or changed his supporter’s opinions.
Worse, his poling seems to improve after each indictment. He's good at spinning them into narratives that gain him support.
We’ve seen his lawyer go to prison before and that pattern may repeat here. We’ll just have to see whether he ends up seeing the inside of a cell along with them.
Luckily, voting plays zero role in court cases. Changing the minds of the electorate is never the goal of a criminal case, and as to "nothing has stuck to him" ... that's simply not true. (And even if it were, past performance is not indicative of future results.)
Voting will play a real big role in this court case if he pardons himself.
Completely separate issue. The national electorate != the jury in this specific case.
I don't see how it's separate. If he pardons himself, nothing that happens at this trial will actually matter.
This is why the state charges out of Georgia matter.