Indictment Watch: A Difficult Case Against Trump
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The Intent Problem in the Trump Indictment
The intent element that is really everything here before you're even going to get to an appeal on the interpretation of the statutes. We're going to have to prove that Trump knew what he was saying was false. That's bucket number one. Bucket number two are the legal infirmities with these statutes, either because they're broad or we don't quite know what corruptly means for state of mind. And so that's why in a nutshell, these other legal arguments, I think, are interesting and worth exploring, but the present state of the case law in my view supports these charges.
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