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May 26, 2023
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Michael Tomasky
This Was a Wagnerianly Bad Week for Donald Trump
With legal cases piling up, the former president may be destined for a jumpsuit to match his skin tone.
April 10, 2023
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Walter Shapiro
The Ex-President Who Cried Wolf
Trump’s complaints about his indictment don’t pack the same punch after he has spent his entire political career complaining about “witch hunts.”
April 7, 2023
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Heather Souvaine Horn
Remember When Every Week Was Like This?
Trump’s arraignment was a flashback to that miserable era when he drowned out every policy discussion.
April 4, 2023
Prem Thakker
Republicans Are Now Going After the Manhattan Judge’s Daughter in Attempt to Discredit the Indictment
This could incite political violence against the judge and his family.
April 4, 2023
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Matt Ford
Why Alvin Bragg’s Hush-Money Case Against Trump Will Be Tricky to Win
The Manhattan district attorney laid out 34 charges of falsifying documents against the former president, but if the past is any guide, there are pitfalls ahead.
April 4, 2023
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Daniel Strauss
Americans Think Trump’s Indictment Is Political—and Support It Anyway
A new poll challenges either-or assumptions about how voters will react to the president’s prosecution.
April 4, 2023
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Alexander Stille
What Italy Can Teach America About Prosecuting Presidential Candidates
If Trump is anything like Silvio Berlusconi, the chaos has just begun.
April 4, 2023
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Matt Ford
The Only Thing Worse Than Prosecuting a President Is Not Prosecuting One
Trump’s imminent arraignment has spawned a wide and reckless array of legal hot takes.
April 1, 2023
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Andre Pagliarini
What the Right-Wing Freak-Out Over Trump’s “Banana Republic” Indictment Is Really About
Jair Bolsonaro returned to Brazil the same day Trump was indicted. The parallels are uncanny.
March 22, 2023
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Laura Jedeed
Trump Asked Supporters to Take to the Streets. This Was the Sad Result.
Outside a courthouse in New York City, it was difficult to tell who had come to protest the pending indictment of the former president and who had come to troll.
March 21, 2023
Prem Thakker
John Cornyn Calls GOP Effort to Slander Trump Investigators Waste of Time
The Republican senator had some words for the rest of his party.
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