The Indictment of Donald Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith

In this week's episode the wigs discuss possibly the most momentous and controversial criminal case in American history, the indictment of Donald Trump by special counsel Jack Smith for his efforts to overturn the 2020 US election. The Wigs discuss the three offence creating provisions, some of the facts underlying the allegations and the overall merit in prosecuting a former president in what is and will surely continue to be, a hugely divisive prosecution in a hugely divided country. Is this divisivenessa reason to not prosecute, or indeed a further reason to prosecute? Will this indictment protect American democracy or take it further into the abyss. Interestingly just days after this episode Trump was indicted again, this time by a DA in Georgia along with lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 17 others on a fourth series of charges, again relating to attempts to subvert the 2020 election in Georgia. Now on with the show.

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