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The indictment for Trump, the 45th president of the United States, is 45 pages long. Click here to read it.

The indictment is not complicated. It’s one long narrative that tells a story of Trump’s role in January 6. It lays out, in plain language, how Trump knew he lost the election and how he worked with 6 co-conspirators to overturn the election by claiming people cheated and that voting machines had been rigged in 7 states — Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New Mexico. He also pressured Vice President Mike Pence to go along with his plan and exploited the violence at the Capitol. He was not charged with insurrection.

6 co-conspirators were mentioned often, but not named. It’s easy to figure out who they are: 4 attorneys Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, DOJ official Jeffrey Clark, and a political consultant (Steve Bannon? Boris Epshteyn?) The only one who is confirmed is co-conspirator #2, John Eastman, the attorney who cooked up the fake electors scheme. He asked Trump for a pardon but didn’t get it and pleaded the fifth before the Select Committee. In this indictment, he said violence was necessary like in other times in history when others expressed concern over things escalating to the point that the election could be decided in the streets.

Former chief of staff Mark Meadows, who was at the center of everything leading up to January 6, was not included as a co-conspirator because he’s cooperating.

The judge who was drawn to preside over Trump’s trial is Tanya Chutkan. She has presided over several trials involving insurrectionists and has handed down harsh sentences. She says presidents are not kings, the exact opposite of Trump’s buddy, Aileen Cannon, who is presiding over the stolen classified documents case in Florida.

The jurors who will be pooled for this trial lived through their city being under attack on January 6.

The first political actor to be indicted in the attempted coup is the president himself.

Jack Smith gave a brief statement to the press. “The attack on our nation’s capital on January 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy. It is described in the indictment as fueled by lies — lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the US government.”

We knew a lot about what was in the indictment already because of all of the hard work the Select Committee put in investigating the insurrection. The committee deserves a lot of credit for doing a lot of the work already. Jack Smith took what they did and built on it.

What is new is Mike Pence. He refused to testify before the Select Committee but he couldn’t refuse Jack Smith. He’s a key witness. He kept a diary. After Pence refused to go along with Trump’s plan, Trump told him, “You’re too honest.”

Chief of Staff Mark Meadows called the head of Secret Service to let him know that Pence was in danger. That’s new.

On page 28, Trump is quoted as saying to the Acting Attorney General, “Just the say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen.” None of those Republican congressman were mentioned in this indictment. They’ll have their own indictments.

Trump tried to contact several Republican senators and one representative during the attack to tell them to stop the count. None of them were named in the indictment.

No American president has ever abused his office, refused to relinquish power, or betrayed the trust of the American people before.

Trump will frame the indictment as the Biden and the DOJ are going after him to hurt his campaign. He’ll fundraise off of it. As expected, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy responded to the indictment by accusing the DOJ of trying to distract from their Biden probe. He said that they’re just trying to attack the front runner for the Republican nomination.

This is the biggest political crime since the southern states seceded from the union. It’s also the largest investigation in US history. A former president and current presidential candidate has been indicted for trying to overthrow a presidential election. This will go down history like Brown v Board of Education and Dred Scott.

History is not going to ask how a country could indict a former president and leading candidate for president. It will ask how people could have elected somebody like Trump in the first place.

The next 18 months are going to be a living hell for Trump. He’s going to have to juggle 3 civil trials and at least 6 criminal trials while running for president. He’s only running to avoid prison. He’s freaking out because he has never had to face accountability for his crimes. He understands that he could die in prison.

78 counts for every year that that 78 year old miserable conman and disgusting meat sack has been alive.