# 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:** 3
**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, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/41 "2023-03-31T00:27:38Z")
The sweet, sweet tears of Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/42 "2023-03-31T00:32:24Z")
Trump is going to play this straight. Next week he will fly up to New York for the arraignment. At some point in the flight, the plane will hit some turbulence and out of an abundance of caution will be diverted to Moscow. ---
**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, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/43 "2023-03-31T00:33:56Z")
Yes, obviously. In any case, the political effects are secondary - if Trump isn’t held accountable, that will be far more damaging to America than if he is. Even if it helps him win (for the record, I don’t think it will). ---
**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, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/44 "2023-03-31T00:35:12Z")
CNN is saying sources indicate Trump is facing over 30 counts of business fraud. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/45 "2023-03-31T00:36:32Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You don’t believe that a conviction will just fuel his fans, and prove them right that the Democrats are out to get him? Those numbskulls are already going to vote for him. Whether or not he wins the primary. Whether or not he’s convicted, anything. He’s got those votes. They can’t vote _more._ ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/46 "2023-03-31T00:42:55Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > They can’t vote _more._ Or so we hope. Volunteer to be a poll worker in an upcoming election, just to be on the safe side. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/47 "2023-03-31T00:44:47Z")
> Sounds like this reaches far beyond Stormy. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/48 "2023-03-31T00:47:30Z")
Is that, “Liar” or “Celebrate?” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/49 "2023-03-31T00:52:13Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > > [@kayaker](#): > > > > Champagne tonight. _Really good_ champagne on conviction. > > What do you drink when all the appeals are over? I’m 65. No way I’ll still be around. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/50 "2023-03-31T01:03:44Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > If they’re in jail, they can’t vote and the entire lot of them doesn’t amount to much. Also many of them live in states with felony disenfranchisement. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/51 "2023-03-31T01:07:08Z")
The real victim here is Al Franken. He was rightly pissed that Trump wasn’t indicted while he was guest host of The Daily Show. Think about what he could have done. (John Leguizano, this week’s host, may not even get a chance, since the news probably broke too late to change today’s taping.) More seriously, 30 counts of business fraud utterly changes the game. No more is it a minor change that no one bothers to bring to court. Fraud is a big-time offense. Yet it’s still only prep for what’s coming, the first of four horses. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/52 "2023-03-31T01:09:19Z")
I’m hoping this indictment provides the cover that Georgia and the Feds need to get a move on (assuming there are indictable crimes in those jurisdiction). ---
**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 31, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/53 "2023-03-31T01:09:30Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > The conviction of a thousand crimes starts with the first indictment. Stolen. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/54 "2023-03-31T01:11:23Z")
4D chess move. Talk about Stormy. Talk about one month hiatus. Nail 'em with the Trump Organization financial crimes and Bob’s your uncle. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/55 "2023-03-31T01:13:49Z")
Stormy should come out with a statement that although there was a hush money thing, the sex was phenomenal. Would he deny it? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/56 "2023-03-31T01:15:05Z")
But if we do, it means he’ll be harder to see, and I’m okay with that. ---
**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, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/57 "2023-03-31T01:17:07Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > CNN is saying sources indicate Trump is facing over 30 counts of business fraud. Okay, that’s more like it. Still not as important or worthy of celebration as indictment for subverting democracy, but a hell of a lot more so than for paying off paramours. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/58 "2023-03-31T01:17:10Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > and Bob’s your uncle. I have a friend named Bob. He has a sister who is married with kids. I brought up once that if I were them, I would use that phrase anytime I was explaining anything. They said it never occured to them. ---
**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, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/59 "2023-03-31T01:32:25Z")
Let us hope so. ---
**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, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/60 "2023-03-31T01:33:22Z")
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