Today, Former president Trump has been indicted by NY grand jury. He is accused of spending money from his campaign as hush money and falsifying records to do it, although the specific charges and allegations are not revealed as of the time of this post.
Trump is the first former PotUS to be indicted. Whether he will also be the first to be convicted remains to be seen.
In my opinion, this is something a great many Republican party high-ups were praying for. The indictment of Trump would weaken his chances to be the party nominee and STILL mobilize his base to come out again in 2024 and vote for anyone with an R. If Trump is convicted, I think (I could be wrong) that he won't be allowed to be elected which means that the Republican party would finally be free to put someone else without alienating millions of his diehard fans.
It remains to be seen how QAnon followers will react to this and if we will see violence in USA. Trump is now officially charged so his followers may become angrier.
I would also like to discuss where things go from here.
The trial will take some time, I think. Which means the campaign would be at full swing before this ends.
If Trump is cleared, he will seek revenge, that is a given. I also expect the democrats to start rioting in protest.
If Trump is convicted, I don't believe he will be in prison, I believe it will be house arrest while he will still be protected by his secret service detail. I hope they won't let him use his influence to contact people and call for violence.
What do you guys think?
Will Trump be convicted or not? Will this indictment help his campaign or not? If cleared do you think we will see large riots? If he is CONVICTED do you think we will see terrorist attacks?
If convicted, do you think he will go to prison or just House Arrest? What would "House Arrest" mean for an ex-pres?