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Horrible news for Republicans caught in Trumps death grip https://t.co/cdyRWhhVSs

— Mike Madrid (@madrid_mike) June 11, 2023

I don’t think polls are the voice of God. I also don’t think people are stupid.

2. And prominent lawyers:

“The evidence in this indictment is very damning for the former President."

- @JayTownAlabama, former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama (2017-2020)

Interview with @KenDilanianNBC @NBCNightlyNews pic.twitter.com/XhZfg0F1Ay

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) June 11, 2023

4. “It is an extremely damning indictment.”

- Fox News legal commentator and GOP impeachment hearing witness @JonathanTurley pic.twitter.com/ptXjSRMrJA

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) June 11, 2023

6. Also note this analysis of the subtleties in @RonDeSantis' initial statement following the indictment.

(reporting by @NickNehamas @jonathanweisman) (others making similar point) https://t.co/77h1SabDHc

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) June 11, 2023

8. "It is impossible to read the indictment against Trump ... and not be appalled at the way he handled classified documents as an ex-president, and responded to the attempt by federal authorities to reclaim them."

- National Review, The Editorshttps://t.co/5KpAJwChhU

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) June 11, 2023

By the 4th indictment, they’re going to be calling Trump irretrievably damaged goods.

Trump left open the possibility of taking a plea deal if someone paid him “damages” via ⁦@politicoalex⁩ https://t.co/bZNZcqXXg1

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 11, 2023

As I will continue insisting, Trump doesn’t have a clue what’s going on. Oh, and it’s only money that matters. That’s all he thinks. “Pay me, and I’ll go away by agreeing to ca plea deal where I’m not guilty.” It reminds me of Derrida’s question:  “My death, is it possible?” To Trump, incarceration = 💀. He literally can’t imagine it. So maybe he can be understood as a terminal patient facing the end. And now he’s entered the bargaining stage.

He really doesn’t understand what he’s up against.

The whole point of the tribal mentality is that there can never be a neutral or objective voice that is in any way critical of Trump. If they are critical, or act against Trump, they are bad; if they support him they are good. That's it, for anyone.

— Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) June 11, 2023

When Orin Kerr and I agree, I feel like I should go back to bed. 🛌 “Surely a second coming is at hand!”

The Republican led House has announced this morning that they will open a new investigation into Hillary Clinton.

I don't know how many this makes, eight, fifteen, twenty investigations now? All failed to find anything actionable, as will this one.

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— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 11, 2023

"But Hillary got to do it!” No, she didn’t; and it doesn’t matter anyway.

Jim Jordan, once again showing he’ll ignore any crime that takes place with a shower nearby https://t.co/4twTOGiIn2

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 11, 2023

Gym Jordan, leegill gene-yus. Too bad he already has a job. Trump needs a lawyer.

which is probably the most consequential of the cases, about how Trump led an insurrection against the US government and a systematic effort to defraud American voters, there will be quite a lot to draw on, to help get each element right.

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) June 11, 2023

Further, the cumulative effect of all these cases will be that much greater than the impact of any one of them, big as each has seemed to be so far. Independent voters and any Republican with a shred of decency and patriotism left, will see the danger and criminality of Trump.

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) June 11, 2023

All of which is to say, we're still in the first phase of this story. We have, very likely, four sets of indictments and we're only half way through them. That will be followed by four trials. They will each be accompanied by new revelations that may in fact, lead to new cases.

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) June 11, 2023

Chickens, coming home to roost.