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NEW: GOP bracing for Trump indictment soon after Election Day
The Hill ^ | 10/31/22 | BY ALEXANDER BOLTON

Posted on 10/31/2022 2:57:34 PM PDT by RandFan

Republican aides and strategists privately expect Attorney General Merrick Garland to pursue an indictment of former President Trump within 60 to 90 days after Election Day, predicting the window for prosecuting Trump will close once the 2024 presidential campaign gains momentum.

Republican aides on Capitol Hill and veteran party strategists emphasize they don’t have any inside information on what Garland might do, but they say the attorney general is under heavy pressure from Democrats to act and the deadline for pursuing an indictment is fast approaching.

GOP aides also warn that an indictment of Trump by the Biden administration would further polarize the nation and likely strengthen Trump’s support from the Republican Party’s base as the former president and his allies would frame the Department of Justice’s prosecution as a political witch hunt.

“A couple of weeks after the election, I assume that Garland will indict Trump,” said one veteran Republican aide, expressing a sentiment shared by several other GOP aides and strategists.

A second Republican aide warned an indictment “could actually end up helping the [former] president politically.”

“People have been talking about splintering support and dampening enthusiasm among Republican voters for him. An indictment could actually galvanize and reunify Republicans around him,” the aide said, predicting the Republican backlash to an indictment would be stronger if Garland brings an indictment later in the 2024 election cycle.

“There’s a substantial risk in waiting,” the source added.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alexanderbolton; arrestgarland; fakenews; gopclubforum
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To: thinden

If that happens I’m really going to have to watch my heart condition; I can only take so much of this insane evil horror show. I can only hope that if this occurs it will bring on the long awaited action soon.


21 posted on 10/31/2022 3:10:52 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Never worry about anything. Worry never solved any problem or moved any stone.)
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To: RandFan

they can drum up phoney charges all day long.

oh... are you saying he’s not allowed to run because he has these phoney charges?

well, as biden and the dems like to say... NOTHING is set in stone.

we’ll vote him in anyhow.


22 posted on 10/31/2022 3:10:53 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: RandFan

“the former president and his allies would frame the Department of Justice’s prosecution as a political witch hunt.”

Not much of a stretch on that.


23 posted on 10/31/2022 3:10:59 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Hoes mad! LOL! )
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To: RandFan

I stopped reading at “The Hill.”


24 posted on 10/31/2022 3:13:29 PM PDT by KevinB (Word for the day: "kakistocracy" - a society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens)
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To: SamAdams76
I can safely say that Trump will not lose one iota of support should he be indicted and in fact, more will be won over to his side.

I would bet the farm on this statement. Fortunately the Republicrats are too stupid to realize it.

25 posted on 10/31/2022 3:14:32 PM PDT by scottinoc
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To: blackdog
And that’s before the RINOS sign on. Pence and McConnell are joyous for the day.

And they WILL sign on.

26 posted on 10/31/2022 3:15:22 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: RandFan

but they say the attorney general is under heavy pressure from Democrats to act and the deadline for pursuing an indictment is fast approaching.

Hmmm....

Every man given due justice?

This is plainly political


27 posted on 10/31/2022 3:16:22 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: RandFan

They are a despicable lot .. of commie control and evil to the core!

Trump left a nice comfortable life and wealth .. to save a nation and a people, from the corruption that has taken over all the greatness this nation fought and died for

He did not gave to.. but he did!

They have attacked him as he were the enemy.. and to them, he is.

He has stood between them and we the people.
They are still in their attack mode, while they and theirs are deep in the pool of corruption.

There has to be a day of reckoning to right this ship. God in heaven has to intervene.
He has before and we need it now.

God bless America again..


28 posted on 10/31/2022 3:17:40 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie ( )
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To: RandFan

Its the beginning of the end for the DOJ - or the US Republic.

take your pick.


29 posted on 10/31/2022 3:20:45 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: A strike
Why do Americans seem to be so slow on the uptake about the criminal prosecution/persecution of political enemies by the Democrats ?

Hint: Because watching porn, Netflix, planning one's next tattoo, having one's head buried in one's smartphone, watching and blathering on and on about sports, fashion and general bullshit prevents millions from noticing that mass political persecution and eventually mass enslavement by a vile gaggle of leftist/globalist/pervert/satanic filthbags is fast approaching.

Hey, what's going on with the Kardashians?

30 posted on 10/31/2022 3:21:14 PM PDT by Rocco DiPippo (I)
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To: RandFan

And gutless Republicans will say nothing.


31 posted on 10/31/2022 3:21:42 PM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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To: GreyFriar

For being a registered Republican. For thinking and speaking differently from Democrats. For opposing democrats and Democrat legislation. For winning elections against democrats (plural). For being critical of democrats.


32 posted on 10/31/2022 3:27:14 PM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: pepsi_junkie

bttt


33 posted on 10/31/2022 3:28:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: RandFan

Yawn


34 posted on 10/31/2022 3:29:10 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: RandFan
A Trump Indictment = GO TIME.

The Department of inJustice is arresting political opposition, including today's arrests of Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips for their role in 2000 Mules.

35 posted on 10/31/2022 3:29:35 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: stinkerpot65

You got that right.


36 posted on 10/31/2022 3:32:29 PM PDT by sport
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To: entropy12
"Phony January 6 episode ?"

They most surely have another False Flag, ready to go, and it will be much more profound than Jan. 6. They need to fuel the 24/7 propaganda media to push their narrative before they are pushed to the back of the bus in January. (Hang onto your wallets)!

37 posted on 10/31/2022 3:33:22 PM PDT by traditional2 (lets go B*and*n)
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To: RandFan

If they lose bigly on Nov 8, they will arrest Trump. If the cheating holds up, they wont. Count on it.


38 posted on 10/31/2022 3:34:10 PM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: GreyFriar

obstruction of justice and or inciting a riot I suppose.


39 posted on 10/31/2022 3:34:48 PM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: sport

You got that right.


Lynyrd Skynyrd


40 posted on 10/31/2022 3:35:48 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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