# Trump indicted **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [March 30, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904 "2023-03-30T22:56:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/21 "2023-03-30T23:50:09Z")
> What song did you sing? Too soon for “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead” in public, but I can’t help thinking that way. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/22 "2023-03-30T23:51:25Z")
I’m not happy about this. Of the three ripening cases — Stormy, Georgia election interference, and January 6 insurrection — only the second is both important, AND enough evidence that conviction is likely (IMHO). Stormy? Likely conviction, but not really important. Jan 6? Important, but conviction unlikely. I was hoping the NY prosecutor would wait for the GA one to catch up, but no. I really think this will gain Trump more martyr votes than he will lose. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/23 "2023-03-30T23:52:51Z")
The subject line is wrong. He’s not been indicted, he’s been “INDICATED” … So sad. > **[Donald Trump is melting down on Truth Social over his indictment](https://mashable.com/article/donald-trump-indictment-response-truth-social)** > > Trump says he's been 'indicated' and that it is 'so sad.' ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/24 "2023-03-31T00:00:48Z")
I’m perfectly content. As I said in another thread, the Stormy Daniels case is the amuse bouche course. It’s a crime. It’s charged as a felony. Bragg would not have brought an indictment without pretty close to a certainty about a conviction. He’s a cautious guy. Before any of this can unfold, Trump will be indicted in at least the documents and January 6th cases. Georgia is more in doubt because of what their state legislature is doing in their efforts to remove DA Fani Willis from her position, awarding themselves powers that no state has ever sought. It’s an immense overreach but it might be successful, at least in the short term. If she isn’t removed, the soonest the Georgia case will ripen is the beginning of May. She needs to convene a regular grand jury to bring actual indictments because the special grand jury was not so empowered. I guess regular grand juries are not convened in the month of April in Georgia for some reason. Very odd. It’s all going to take a long time, even this little case. I hope everyone gets comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/25 "2023-03-31T00:04:52Z")
> **[Melania Trump Seen Wearing “I Don’t Care” Jacket](https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/melania-trump-seen-wearing-i-dont-care-jacket)** > > Mrs. Trump offered no explanation for donning the garment other than that she “was really in the mood to wear it tonight.” ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/26 "2023-03-31T00:06:19Z")
LOL, Borowitz. Naturally. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/27 "2023-03-31T00:09:08Z")
Ditto for “I fought the law, and the law won”. dammit ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/28 "2023-03-31T00:10:12Z")
His police sheet will show us his real height and weight, and whether he wears a hair piece. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/29 "2023-03-31T00:11:09Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Before any of this can unfold, Trump will be indicted in at least the documents… Ha! I forgot all about that one. I’d say the documents issue is slightly less important than the Georgia interference one, but slightly more likely than that to lead to a conviction. (Maybe I forgot because, politically, it’s partly neutered by Biden’s superficially similar actions). Your post was reassuring. This is just the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/30 "2023-03-31T00:11:10Z")
That’s not how the system works, though. That’s just playing within Trump’s drama (hat tip to Josh Marshall). In a fair justice system they don’t coordinate for political effect, but rather go where the facts lead and indict when they have sufficient evidence. This is how it’s supposed to work. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/31 "2023-03-31T00:11:38Z")
This is just the first. I would guess that even if he’s convicted he’d likely just get house arrest and a heavy fine. It’s the next round that I’m looking forward to, especially his election tampering in Georgia and the federal investigation. The Georgia things seems like a slam dunk, considering the idiot in chief was stupid enough to say what he said into what was basically a microphone. A federal charge and conviction would sink his ship. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/32 "2023-03-31T00:14:03Z")
True. I respect each prosecutor for doing what they see as right within their bailiwick. I’m just venting that, ideally, it would have played out in a different order (IMHO). I’ll break out the sparkling grape juice. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/33 "2023-03-31T00:14:19Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > He’s legally innocent until proven guilty. Indictment is just the first of many steps. [![](https://readingdoonesbury.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/guilty.gif) ](https://readingdoonesbury.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/guilty.gif) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/34 "2023-03-31T00:18:07Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > His police sheet will show us his real height and weight, and whether he wears a hair piece. That humiliation alone is worth the price of admission. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/35 "2023-03-31T00:18:08Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > A federal charge and conviction would sink his ship. I don’t know, a bunch of January 6th guys will vote for him in hope of pardons. You don’t believe that a conviction will just fuel his fans, and prove them right that the Democrats are out to get him? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/36 "2023-03-31T00:19:27Z")
That’s what, a few hundred votes? Come on. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/37 "2023-03-31T00:20:41Z")
If they’re in jail, they can’t vote and the entire lot of them doesn’t amount to much. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/38 "2023-03-31T00:21:20Z")
I was being facetious, but his fans will not believe him to be guilty. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/39 "2023-03-31T00:21:34Z")
> [@ratatoskK](#): > > My husband is out buying champagne! YAY!!! Champagne is for when he wears the orange jumpsuit. This is but the first step, so I am celebrating with…a Manhattan. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/40 "2023-03-31T00:21:52Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Champagne tonight. _Really good_ champagne on conviction. What do you drink when all the appeals are over? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904.md?page=3)