The rats are now turning on Donald Trump
This weekend we all learned that Rudy Giuliani is in talks to testify to the January 6th Committee. We’ll see how serious the increasingly addled Giuliani ends up being about this. But the mere fact that Giuliani is even exploring the possibility of testifying sends the clearest signal yet that Donald Trump’s allies know he’s going down, whether anyone else has figured it out yet or not.
This comes just a few days after Steve Bannon decided to announce that Donald Trump is the worst modern President in the history of the United States. Bannon also clearly sees an advantage – even within his own right wing base – to kicking Trump while he’s down. The question now is where this goes next.
With the Fulton County Georgia DA now seemingly on track to criminally indict Trump in the first half of this year, and the Manhattan DA far enough along to potentially indict Trump at any time, it’s still the state level criminal cases that are in the most prime position to finish Trump off.
But the mere fact that Giuliani and Bannon are now looking to figure out how to get out from under Trump is revealing. Giuliani is under active DOJ criminal investigation and appears to be near indictment. Bannon has already been indicted by the DOJ and will stand trial this year, and there are signs that the DOJ is still building a much broader criminal case against him. Giuliani and Bannon are both looking at lengthy prison sentences unless they selfishly sell Trump out, and they now both appear to be heading in that direction. They won’t be the only ones.
