• Why an indictment may help Trump - and threaten the GOP

    7 days ago - By Politico

    Donald Trump long predicted that his MAGA followers would rush to his defense if an indictment against him materialized. What became clear over the weekend was how quickly the rest of the Republican Party might follow. After the former president broadcast his prediction that he would be arrested Tuesday and called for his base to protest, former Vice President Mike Pence said the case “reeks” of “political prosecution.” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called it “ an outrageous abuse of power by a radical DA .” Sen. Lindsey Graham said a Manhattan district attorney's expected effort to bring a...
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