Those who’ve kept up on their political scandals reading are well aware that former President Trump has been compared, on more than one occasion, to a Mob boss, albeit an exceedingly clumsy and, I think, irrational Mob boss. MSNBC’s Lisa Rubin, herself a former litigator and writing on Maddowblog, implicitly suggests Fulton County (GA) District Attorney Fani Willis would agree, based on tactics, as the boss is always the most important target in criminal trials involving the Mob:
[Judge] McAfee received news that not only changed his day but his next few months: Attorney Kenneth Chesebro, the alleged mastermind of the so-called fake elector scheme, had agreed to plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to commit the filing of false documents. …
More significantly, [if Chesebro had gone to trial,] it would have given [his] co-defendants — including Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman and Mark Meadows — a preview of the DA’s overall racketeering case.
I can’t help but wonder if Willis seemingly drastic reduction in charges, from seven to one I read somewhere, to which Chesebro pled reflects the urgency of not tipping Trump, Guiliani, et al, to her attack strategy.
For those unfamiliar with the Mob, they’ve been some of the most dangerous criminals in American history. Grouping Trump and his cronies with them isn’t a compliment, but as assessment of their methods and the potential for danger they were bringing. Indeed, while they were themselves a pack of incompetent boobs with little concept of honor and truth, that for which they strove was extraordinarily dangerous.
And thus I have little sympathy for their supporters.
