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Trump indictments
August 31, 2023
Matt Ford
Four Trials and a Primary: Here’s What Trump’s Weirdest Campaign Might Look Like
The former president will split his time between seeking the Republican nomination and performing his duties as a semiprofessional defendant.
August 15, 2023
Alex Shephard
It’s All One Huge Indictment
The right way to think about Trump’s four indictments is as one grand narrative of grotesque and all-encompassing corruption.
August 8, 2023
Timothy Noah
The Commentariat Lets Donald Trump Off the Hook
Stop arguing the former president’s utterances are too obviously vile to be plausibly illegal. He’s just a cheap crook.

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