I took some time out today to read some articles and watch some videos about the indictment of Donald Trump. In a way, it disappoints me that, so far, it's like everything else in politics these days. Whether he's guilty or not is a matter of party loyalty, quite apart from the facts of the case. I don't think everyone thoroughly believes what they're saying but, you know, you have to go with your party.
It's just like with the recent school shooting in Nashville — not to be confused with the recent school shootings darn near everywhere else. If you want to have a future in the Republican party, you can't be caught saying something insane like, "Well, maybe we ought to at least discuss some reasonable limits on clip size or background checks…" Mike Pence has to say the indictment is an "outrage" because he doesn't want to lose all those possible MAGA votes and donations with one interview. For now at least, he has to back the guy who wanted to see him lynched.
Based on what we know so far of the case against Trump, this doesn't seem like a slam-dunk prosecution. Then again, we don't know all the evidence or the wording of the relevant laws. Or how credible Michael Cohen will be on the witness stand. Or what Trump will say or do to make his lawyers' job harder. The other pending/possible indictments seem like stronger cases about greater wrongdoing. But it is nice that Trump's "Laws don't apply to me" attitude has suffered a pretty solid blow to the solar plexus. And he can take some comfort knowing that in the unlikely event he does go to prison for this, a lot of his attorneys will probably be in the same cell block.