Yeehaw!

 Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions. It's pointless following the caterwauling of conservative commentators who are alleging - without proof - that this was a corrupt proceeding. It's somewhat weird looking at folks like Chait, who argued against Bragg's case and now seem trapped in their priors. 

The reality is that Trump is a lifelong criminal. He has conducted fraudulent businesses and charities, he has lied to secure loans and reduce his taxes, he sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll (and most likely many more) and now he has been convicted of 34 felonies. He's a felon. He's always been felonious, but now it's an established fact. The odious apparatchiks like torture enthusiast John Yoo are promising and promoting retaliation. 

The problem that has stymied MAGAts for the past 8 years has been that the Courts don't give a shit about your outrage. They demand proof, and that's what has done in Trump. Was this the most serious charge? Absolutely not. Did he do it? Hell, yeah! It is a crime? Also yes. Trying to get a grand jury to indict Joe Biden for, I dunno, letting in trans immigrants will be really, really hard.

The unprecedented nature of this is most likely tied to Trump's other, more important crime: He refuses to admit he lost in 2020 and is running again in 2024. If he had not run, I doubt Bragg pushes this case. Maybe the Georgia case and the January 6th case would still be on, because...dude. But if Trump had conceded in 2020 and moved on with his life, there would be no election cases in Georgia and DC and they likely would've quashed the documents case - as bad as it is.

There is a famous tweet that was recirculated, it's from 2017 and it goes something like this:

"Ah ha! Now Trump will finally be held accountable!"
Trump somehow evades accountability.
"Ah, well, nevertheless..."

Today does not secure Biden's victory in November. But at the very least, Al Capone was finally nailed for something, even if it was just tax evasion.