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.

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    You mean like how he turns on everyone the minute he feels threatened by them? Like almost his entire administration at this point?

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      I know, right? The “unindicted” in unindicted co-conspirators translates to “cooperating with the prosecution” co-conspirators. 

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    Uh, I can’t wait for the next season of “I barely know them, never really talked to them” !

    I hope it has a better end than the last one though.

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    Good. I hope the fear keeps him super stressed out and anxious. With a little luck the stress will give him an ulcer so he can live the rest of his life in pain and agony.

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      Ugh, I know they don’t deserve the sweet embrace of death, but I honestly would appreciate it if him, his whole family, and anyone who ever remotely supported him even for a brief moment just dropped dead already.

      Face it Republicans, you couldn’t make America white… ahem… “great” again. Perhaps you’ll have better luck in Hell? Fucking Nazis and their sympathizers can fucking die.

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      Hoping the stress and the decades of eating McDonald’s lead to a fatal heart attack before the election.

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    they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have they already have why do you think they’re unindicted?

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    I can’t tell who are scorpions and who are frogs, but I’m looking forward to watching them all drowning in the river.

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    Oh it’s blatantly obvious that 2 or 3 have already flipped. One is definitely part of his inner circle. Also, with some names that should be in these indictments conspicuously not on them, there are a few people in his direct family working with DAs. My money’s on Jared and Ivanka.

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      I haven’t been following this super closely; care to share the other indicators of people flipping?

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      Can you please provide evidence of this? Links? I’ve been following these indictments and, while I don’t have reason to believe otherwise, I haven’t seen evidence that anyone is already talking.

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      I can see Ghouliani being dumb enough to stay loyal. Turning on Trump now won’t save him, anyway. 

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    In this and in the Georgia case there are enough co-conspirators who don’t want to stay behind bars til they drop. Only one needs to sing the right tune, and loud enough to get a “get out of prison” card. The problem that Trump is only surrounded by weak yes-men is that they are weak.

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      The Georgia indictment is amazing. Something like 19 people named, and like 30 unindicted coconspirators. There’s no way there’s not a good number of flips there.

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    For a long time, Roy Cohn was ‘The Guy’ in New York City. You know, ‘The Guy who knows So-and-so…’ or ‘The Guy who cam make a deal happen.’ He mentored Trump and helped him get started. When Trump found out Chon had AIDS he dropped him.

    Trump deserves to be shafted by his people.

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      Ted Kaczynski didn’t fear that… i mean, yeah he was schizo so he always feared that irrationally… but he didn’t have any friends who might turn on him… he didn’t repeatedly betray people close to him… he hid in a shack… Trump made exactly as many enemies as possible…

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          it’s relevant for the reasons you just stated… he had no co-conspirators… so he wasn’t worried about them rolling over on him… you understand, don’t be dense…

          Trump has lots of co-conspirators, because he did a lot of crimes with a lot of people

          read it twice if you need to

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          don’t give up on us baby… well, it was special to me… i know you can’t hear me where you are… but i also know that you would want me to carry on… okay…