Trump's latest indictment illustrates his reckless disregard for truth.
did not allow election officials to begin processing mail ballots until 7 a.m. on Election Day. Facts simply didn’t matter to Trump and his squad.That doesn’t mean Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis or her federal counterpart, special counsel Jack Smith, will be able to easily convict Trump. Their legal theories, if not carefully bounded and defined, could criminalize a host of lobbying efforts and public campaigns.
Those behaviors might be morally questionable, but they are not — and should not — be criminal. A jury might be swayed to overlook legal deficiencies and convict Trump. Appellate courts would likely not be so forgiving. That’s why the prosecution should spend considerable time at trial documenting the rampant disregard for the facts that Trump and his co-conspirators consistently displayed. This wasn’t a case of hardball politics as usual; it was an unusual case of a desperate man pulling every lever of power he could to stay in office despite the facts and the law. Even if doing so does not result in conviction, it would do a service for the public.helped sway public opinion against President Richard M.
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