Donald Trump’s final days
It was already clear back when a New York grand jury subpoenaed Donald Trump’s tax returns. It became even more clear this month when the Manhattan District Attorney confirmed in a court filing that Trump was facing criminal charges. It became blindingly clear last night when we learned that the grand jury already has Trump’s incriminating Deutsche Bank financial records: Trump is going to prison if he loses the election.
Considering how deep this grand jury is into the process, the only remaining question is whether it’ll criminally indict Donald Trump before the election, or just after the election. Either way, we’re looking at a scenario where Trump is at most only about ninety days away from being indicted.
To be clear, these are state charges, which no current or future President can pardon. To be equally clear, these are the kinds of cut and dry financial crimes that nearly always lead to a conviction, because there’s simply no wiggle room for the jury to find any reasonable doubt. Remember when the jury foreperson in the Paul Manafort case was a Trump supporter? She voted to convict him Manafort anyway. There’s no getting out of this for Trump.
Of course this merely means that Donald Trump has even more motivation to find a way to win the election. But motivation doesn’t translate to success, or competence, or having a clue. The election schemes that Trump and his underlings have been running thus far have been a complete joke, suggesting they have nothing better up their sleeve. But we don’t want to leave anything up to chance, so now is the time to double down on things like voter registration and voter turnout for Joe Biden.
