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The Electric Kool-Aid Trump Indictment

The Electric Kool-Aid Trump Indictment

Special prosecutor Jack Smith's January 6th case is a surreal mix of conventional law and authoritarian lunacy

Matt Taibbi
Aug 04, 2023
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The United States of America v. Donald J. Trump may be the trippiest read since Cat’s Cradle, and not in a good way.

Special Counsel Jack Smith’s indictment is a case within a case, a prosecutorial enchilada filled with things for people of all political persuasions to hate. The outside is a shell of a conventional conspiracy prosecution, and these parts are genuinely damaging for Donald Trump. Inside, it’s a deranged authoritarian fantasy, at times reading more like a 45-page Louise Mensch tweet than an indictment.

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