Trump was just indicted for trying to steal the 2020 election

Trump pushed the big lie that the election was stolen. Trump lost in the courts^[1] including the Supreme Court.^[2] Then he tried to pressure state officials.^[3] He tried to pressure Pence.^[4]

So what does Trump do after exhausting all nonviolent methods of overturning the election? He turns to his supporters and lights them up making inflammatory statements such as;

• We are going to fight for the survival of the nation.

• Now is not the time to retreat, its to fight harder.

• We will never give in, never back down, never surrender.

• We will fight like hell.

• You have to get your people to fight.

He primed them for weeks.

State officials had started getting death threats weeks before the attempted insurrection following the general election.^[5] Trump saw first hand what violence was being created as his supporters rioted and vandalized black churches in Washington back in December.^[6]

Trump didn't stop his incitement after the initial violence, he got more specific. He told his supporters how, when, and where. He gave them 18 days notice inviting them to the rally telling them to be there, that it will be wild.^[7] And on the day of the insurrection Trump told his supporters to march on the Capitol and fight like hell.

Following the riot Trump continued to promote the big lie that had incited the insurrection. After the mob was dispersed, Trump praised and sympathized with the mob in a video he released, claiming once again that the election had been stolen.^[8] Then he praised the insurrection in a tweet after the mob had been dispersed. He told his mob to remember Jan. 6 forever. He said that he loved the insurrectionists and that the violent mob were special people.

1. New York Times - Over 30 Trump Campaign Lawsuits Have Failed. Some Rulings Are Scathing.

2. BBC - US Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed bid to overturn election

3. USA Today - Trump is heard on audiotape pressuring Georgia secretary of state to 'find' votes to overturn Biden's win

4. Politico - Trump pressures Pence to throw out election results — even though he can't

5. NPR - 'Someone's Going To Get Killed': Georgia Republican Official Blasts GOP Silence On Election Threats

6. Toronto Star - Black churches vandalized, four stabbed, dozens arrested at pro-Trump rallies in Washington

7. New York Times - 'Be There. Will Be Wild!’: Trump All but Circled the Date: Inside Trump supporters’ online echo chambers, the chaos of Jan. 6 could be seen coming. People posted their plans to come to Washington — and showed the weapons they would carry.

8. Wall Street Journal - Trump Tells Rioters, ‘I Know How You Feel,’ Draws Bipartisan Condemnation

When he is behind bars then I’ll celebrate. Until then. The battle for our democracy continues….

There are many who choose not to celebrate until the Orange One has had "actual repercussions".

Me? Well...

To each their own. 🥂🍻🍸🍷

What a dingdong he is. I hope he spends the rest of his life in jail.

Non-Google AMP link: https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/8/1/23800704/trump-indicted-criminal-charges-jack-smith-jan-6-insurrection

What does it mean to be indicted?

yeah and only in our wonderful country this schmuck is allowed to run for office from jail. I thought you can't run for president after ur third indictment which he certainly has.

I am so relieved that the special prosecutor is defending the rule of law with these indictments. If the Republicans (and not just Trump) got away with trying to overturn the election we could lose our democracy. We still can, but at least they are going to trial against this would-be tyrant and some of the people who helped him.

The next republican president or governor in states where he is convicted at state level will just pardon everything.

The constitution, rule of law, and will of the people means nothing to people who just want power.

Look at that man's face.

The living embodiment of everything I despise about my own self, distilled and propped up, for us all to marvel at. What a time to be alive.

Dear aliens,

I'm sorry. My species is a stain upon an otherwise beautiful nothing.

Maybe this country isn't so lost afterall. Maybe there is still time to turn it around.

We need to handle this carefully. I feel martyr vibes coming from all of this bullshit if he is found guilty. Maybe it's the part of the US I live in, and the political slant of the people therein, but I see him and his supporters using this to do something even more epically stupid than trying to invade the capital.

Wasn't he indicted before ? What happens next ?

I just finished reading every last word of the indictment. Interesting read. Trump and several of his co-conspirators are absolutely fucked (IMHO; I’m no lawyer).

When I got to the end of the document I noticed a particularly poetic coincidence: “45”. As in, forty-five pages. President Forty-Five, the worst president this country has ever seen, and the first nail in his treasonous and metaphorical coffin ends with a sort of signature from the Defendent himself… 45.

So if he goes to federal prison, do the secret service members who are part of his detail draw straws to see who else gets to spend time being bars?

This is great. Actual consequences would be greater. Not crossing my fingers.

Aber es war nur eine kleine Putsch!

heheheh, projection projection projection.

Heckin yeah

P. S.

Really glad you are not making the law here.

You would benefit from a remedial course in US civics.

Please educate yourself, you wouldn't want to be convicted by a mob.

Biden will pardon him to avoid a civil war with the MAG-GOTS. But I'm just waiting for him to actually go to jail.

Trump will be barred from running, handing the election to another Republican, who will pardon Trump on day one. There, spoiled the next year and a half of American politics for you.

Bet nothing is going to come of it, just like last time.