Donald Trump's Jan. 6 Legal Nightmare Is Far From Over

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Regarding arguments about Trump actions that were undertaken purely as a candidate and therefore in a private -- non-immunized capacity -- Smith's team points out that the Ellipsis gathering at which Trump encouraged his supporters to march on the Capitol was entirely privately funded.
33% : Lastly, it also left intact a universe of allegations that could proceed to trial so long as the prosecutors could establish that the actions were all undertaken by Trump in his private capacity, not his official Presidential capacity.
32% : Plenty of political pundits will argue that none of this is a true October Surprise because it is unlikely to change any minds for die-hard supporters of Trump.
26% : In one call, Pence apparently told Trump that he had given a "dying political party" "new life" and then in a later conversation telling Trump that he could run again in 2024.
24% : Special Counsel Jack Smith's new filing alleges Trump planned before the 2020 election to deny the results if he lost, and ignored the lack of evidence of voting irregularities.
21% : The immediate effect of the Roberts simulacrum caused Smith to revise his indictment to eliminate any reliance upon conversations Trump had with then Attorney General Barr.
11% : "Trump's indifference to the safety of his own Vice-President during the attack on the Capitol is well known but it is still shocking to read that Trump's reaction to hearing that Vice-President Mike Pence was in danger was "So what?"Indeed, the real reveal of Smith's filing are the facts about Pence's interactions with Trump, some of which came from Pence's book and some of which may have come in part from interviews and likely grand jury testimony that has not previously been made public.
11% : The other audience -- assuming Trump loses -- will be 12 men and women who will someday be impaneled as a criminal jury in the District of Columbia to hold Donald J. Trump accountable.
7% : In conjunction with evidence making plain how Trump relied upon campaign staff and private attorneys to work on the fake elector scheme and to try to pressure state officials into changing election results, Smith puts forth reams of evidence showing the non-official nature of Trump's actions.
6% : Thus we learn the evolution of the pressure Trump put on Pence starting with Pence agreeing to study voter fraud cases and evolving into Pence encouraging Trump to accept defeat gracefully.

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