Former president Donald Trump will soon be indicted for criminal racketeering under New York state law, according to Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist David Cay Johnston.
Johnston indicated Saturday afternoon that the charges will stem from Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's ongoing investigation into whether Trump's company misled lenders or tax authorities about the value of its properties.
"I anticipate they're going to bring a racketeering charge against Trump," Johnston said. "Certainly Trump's team, when he's indicted, and I'm certain he will be indicted, is going to try to lay the blame on everybody else, and so what the prosecutors want to show that is if (Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer) Allen Weisselberg phonied up documents, it was at the direction of Donald Trump." (our emphasis)
Johnston won't predict exactly when this blessed event might occur, but does project what happens after he's indicted:
"Once he's indicted, Trump will have to surrender himself to be booked. I'm sure he will be released on his own recognizance, and then we will see a campaign of trying to delay trial," Johnston said. "You will see Donald say, 'This is corrupt, the prosecutors are corrupt, the police are corrupt, the auditors are corrupt,' because that's what Roy Cohn taught him when he was a young man — accuse law enforcement, and then delay, delay, delay." (our emphasis)
Well, seems he's already jumping the gun on that, based on this Malignant Loser statement from yesterday:
A former prosecutor has the same reaction:
This fixation with "Dem" district attorneys, attorneys general & law enforcement seems awfully specific. Tick tock. https://t.co/HcBUS42eik
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) December 19, 2021
The linked article notes that the timing of the indictment depends on prosecutors having digested the millions of pages of documents submitted by the Malignant Loser's criminal organization. Read fast, friends!
This is the main reason the Malignant Loser wanted to remain president indefinitely -- to avoid prosecution for his corruption and criminal activities. His long history of being able to bully, evade and settle legal problems may finally have come to an end.
