Some of us are called futurists and can describe the future though it has not yet materialized. We do it from past and current trends and world experience. Trump is going to be indicted at several government levels for a variety of important reasons. In the case of the ex-president it's not so hard because of his weaknesses wanting always to win and donning the mantle of victim with explanations for his failures to win.
Despite Trump's aura of invincibility over a lifetime of grifting, we see an impending comeuppance for this serial criminal. The man is a media expert, a marketing guru, in the mold of premier media specialist Marshall McLuhan. His carefully cultivated aura of rich man, real estate mogul, jet setter, media darling has made him two things--1. a rich man, mogul, . . ., and 2. overly egotistical. Yet he is thin-skinned and a braggadoccio fellow. It's these latter qualities that expose him to impending comeuppance.
It remained only for patriotic, law abiding, detail-oriented officialdom to take his professions of invincibility to nail him for criminal behavior. So, he is about to face charges of (a) mishandling classified national documents via the FBI search and demands of the National Archives buttressed by strict laws, (b) tax evasion by inflating real estate values for loan while deflating them for taxation, and (c) election tampering while calling for overturning a duly certified state vote tally for an opponent. None of this involves any charges that may emerge from the Special House Committee on January 6th insurrection that are also aborning.
He's going to be indicted in all these cases and spend time in jail absent a death-dealing stroke or heart attack. So, let's keep his criminal activities separate from political speculation that he's running for president again, wants to build a 'tower' in Moscow, or is as wealthy as he claims.
I think the most significant implication of the execution of the search warrant is that it is a move the DoJ would only make if they felt certain they had an air-tight case to bring. If I were to refine my own analysis, I think they will bring the documents case sooner rather than later. It will give them time to fully develop the witnesses and evidence for other charges. Those cases will be more technical in nature; the documents much more straight forward.
We remember that Merrick Garland is at base a judge with all the associated traits of jurisprudence, not management, not goal-seeking, not partisanship, and certainly not aggression like agency managers elsewhere in the cabinet, FBI, military or law enforcement. Documents are de facto proofs that witnesses with human foibles present when examined in the dock. Substituting in a criminal justice college course for a friend, I started with a surprise incident that served as a case that class members were asked to report. Of course, there were a wide variety of explanations of exactly what happened, similar to witnessing crimes. What's not clear with a tight-lipped Attorney General like Garland is what case(s) will follow and when after this documents case involving Trump.
We know that hundreds of insurrectionists have gone to jail already, low level participants in an attempt to overthrow our government by force.
Some of us are called futurists and can describe the future though it has not yet materialized. We do it from past and current trends and world experience. Trump is going to be indicted at several government levels for a variety of important reasons. In the case of the ex-president it's not so hard because of his weaknesses wanting always to win and donning the mantle of victim with explanations for his failures to win.
Despite Trump's aura of invincibility over a lifetime of grifting, we see an impending comeuppance for this serial criminal. The man is a media expert, a marketing guru, in the mold of premier media specialist Marshall McLuhan. His carefully cultivated aura of rich man, real estate mogul, jet setter, media darling has made him two things--1. a rich man, mogul, . . ., and 2. overly egotistical. Yet he is thin-skinned and a braggadoccio fellow. It's these latter qualities that expose him to impending comeuppance.
It remained only for patriotic, law abiding, detail-oriented officialdom to take his professions of invincibility to nail him for criminal behavior. So, he is about to face charges of (a) mishandling classified national documents via the FBI search and demands of the National Archives buttressed by strict laws, (b) tax evasion by inflating real estate values for loan while deflating them for taxation, and (c) election tampering while calling for overturning a duly certified state vote tally for an opponent. None of this involves any charges that may emerge from the Special House Committee on January 6th insurrection that are also aborning.
He's going to be indicted in all these cases and spend time in jail absent a death-dealing stroke or heart attack. So, let's keep his criminal activities separate from political speculation that he's running for president again, wants to build a 'tower' in Moscow, or is as wealthy as he claims.
I think the most significant implication of the execution of the search warrant is that it is a move the DoJ would only make if they felt certain they had an air-tight case to bring. If I were to refine my own analysis, I think they will bring the documents case sooner rather than later. It will give them time to fully develop the witnesses and evidence for other charges. Those cases will be more technical in nature; the documents much more straight forward.
We remember that Merrick Garland is at base a judge with all the associated traits of jurisprudence, not management, not goal-seeking, not partisanship, and certainly not aggression like agency managers elsewhere in the cabinet, FBI, military or law enforcement. Documents are de facto proofs that witnesses with human foibles present when examined in the dock. Substituting in a criminal justice college course for a friend, I started with a surprise incident that served as a case that class members were asked to report. Of course, there were a wide variety of explanations of exactly what happened, similar to witnessing crimes. What's not clear with a tight-lipped Attorney General like Garland is what case(s) will follow and when after this documents case involving Trump.
We know that hundreds of insurrectionists have gone to jail already, low level participants in an attempt to overthrow our government by force.