As America awaits news of the Special Counsel’s Washington, D.C. grand jury and whether or not Jack Smith has asked to indict Donald Trump, and whether or not they will, the Republican 2024 presidential candidate is trying to appear as excited about the potential prospect of facing federal felonies, and possibly the rest of his life in prison.
Donald Trump on Wednesday morning attempted to spin any fear and outrage he might have at the looming indictment and subsequent criminal trial into a positive and “fun” experience.
Special Counsel Jack Smith is widely expected to ask for and receive an indictment against Trump on federal felony charges surrounding his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, including but not limited to the January 6 insurrection.
“Trump engaged in a sprawling and systematic effort to steal the 2020 election. We have heard and seen evidence that these efforts included defrauding the American public, subverting democratic institutions and coordinating a pressure campaign at the local, state and federal level to overturn the will of the people,” MSNBC’s Jen Psaki wrote on Sunday, urging Americans to “Stop calling it the ‘January 6 investigation.'”
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That indictment could already have been handed down but been sealed, or might come on Thursday, when the grand jury meets again. Or it might come next week, or maybe never.
But just one week ago Trump announced he had received a target letter, and went ballistic.
“Deranged Jack Smith, the prosecutor with Joe Biden’s DOJ, sent a letter (again, it was Sunday night!) stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation, and giving me a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means an Arrest and Indictment,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
On Wednesday, the ex-president, already facing two other criminal indictments, lashed out in a rapid-fire series of all-caps posts:
“2024 Election Interference!!!”
“Prosecutorial Misconduct!!!”
“Make America Great Again!!!”
Those were just after Trump posted what appeared to be a statement saying he is eager to be indicted and face a judge and jury in a federal criminal court trial.
“We’ll have fun on the stand with all of these people that say the Presidential Election wasn’t Rigged and Stollen. THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY!!!” he declared, spelling “stolen” as he often does, as “stollen,” which is actually a popular German Christmastime dessert.
Trump’s suggestion, that he won the 2020 election but did not retain the White House because of fraud is unlikely to prove to be a winning argument in court, where more than 60 cases, filed by his campaign or his allies, were already tossed out or otherwise lost by the Trump team.