I’m not an expert on RICO or Georgia law, so I will leave the legal analysis of this indictment to others. The political fallout, on the other hand, could include the following:
- Some of the witnesses in this case are going to be prominent Republicans. Their testimony will tear the state party apart, to the benefit of the Democrats.
- As we know, Trump can’t pardon himself if he’s convicted of state criminal charges. But assume the US Supreme Court holds on an imaginative reading of the US Constitution that a US president cannot be compelled to serve time on a state conviction as long as he is in office. What do you think Trump will do then? Do you really think he would step down under those circumstances just because the Constitution says he must?