Editorial: Takeaway from Trump’s fourth indictment

Trump’s fourth indictment, from his deliberate efforts to subvert the 2020 election results in Georgia, is the most revealing and comprehensive. It’s also the most worrisome for ex-president Trump and his cohort of accomplices. That’s because the charges in the 98-page indictment tell the full story of how Trump and many others actively sought, just as a criminal gang or a mob boss might do, to subvert the laws of the land through criminal conduct. And, if convicted, even if Trump is elected president, he c … (read more)

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