I've called this the moment defendants start pointing the finger at each other.
The DOJ strategy seems to be this: Indict Trump alone to get to trial quickly.
This will pressure on the co-conspirators who haven’t yet been charged and might like to avoid it. (They’re like, “OMG they really indicted Trump!)
Suddenly these unindicted co-conspirators feel very vulnerable.
As we all learned from the Godfather, the way to get the mob boss is for a highly-placed insider turns on the boss.
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Evidently last summer, Trump (thinking like a mob boss) was asking which of his advisors were most likely to “crack” under pressure from the feds.
Are there signs of cracking?
In a statement obtained by Rolling Stone, Chesebro’s attorney (Scott Grubman) drew a distinction between the memos his client authored for the campaign and how the campaign acted on them. “Whether the campaign relied upon that advice as Mr. Chesebro intended will have to remain a question to be resolved in court.”
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