When special counsel Jack Smith criminally charged Donald Trump this month for attempting to overturn the 2020 election, the indictment referenced six unnamed co-conspirators—five of whom are identifiable—who aided the ex-president’s plot to stay in power, i.e. break the law. Why Smith chose not to charge these individuals is unclear; while it’s possible that the prosecutor only targeted Trump to expedite the case, it’s also plausible that he did so as part of a strategy to get them to cooperate and become government witnesses against the former guy. And according to a new report, it seems like at least some of these people might be willing to talk to save themselves.
Trump and “rational fear” are words I never thought I’d use together, but here we are!
If someone could avoid 5, 10, 20 years in prison by flipping, do you think they wouldn’t?
Giuliani is, what? 79 years old? 5 years in prison would be enough to end him. He knows this.
I would turn on my boss to save myself 10 minutes of moderate inconvenience and my boss is actually rather a decent guy.