The real reason the Manhattan DA has Donald Trump cornered
There’s a reason prosecutors start by getting the testimony of lower level witnesses, then investigate the facts gathered from that testimony, then interview the next level up of witnesses, before eventually reaching the top. By the time prosecutors get to those highest level witnesses who are often closest to the target, the truth is already established. So those final witnesses know they have to either give up the target, or go to prison for perjury themselves.
It’s why there’s no such thing as someone like Kellyanne Conway just lying to the grand jury, getting away with it, and getting Donald Trump off the hook. Prosecutors already know the whole story, so the questions are very specific, and not the kind you can just lie your way out of.
So all this hyperbolic defeatism across social media right now, about how someone like Conway is just going to lie to the grand jury and somehow magically get away with it, simply isn’t based in the real world. That kind of sentiment is a reflection of how little familiarity most observers have with the criminal investigation and indictment process, and why things are done the way they are.
The folks who keep demanding to know why the indictment process isn’t already complete are the same folks who are baselessly insisting that Trump’s allies will be able to get him off the hook by lying to a grand jury. Educating yourself is the key to understanding everything that happens in politics. Hyperbolic defeatism is nearly always a product of either not knowing how these processess actually work, or not caring.
