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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      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…