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.
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.
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.