Donald Trump and some of his closest confidantes have been indicted on state racketeering and conspiracy charges over efforts to reverse Trump’s defeat in the 2020 election in Georgia. This indictment makes the former US president a criminal defendant in a fourth case as he campaigns to recapture the presidency.
The sprawling 41-count indictment, handed down by a state grand jury in Atlanta late on Monday night, charges Trump himself with 13 counts and accuses him of orchestrating a criminal enterprise.
In addition to Trump, prosecutors in the office of the Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis charged 18 other defendants, including his former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows as well as his 2020 election lawyers Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis and Kenneth Chesebro.
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Trump was charged with 13 counts, including violating the state’s racketeering act, soliciting a public officer to violate their oath, conspiring to impersonate a public officer, conspiring to commit forgery in the first degree and conspiring to file false documents.
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A total of 41 charges are brought against 19 defendants in the 98-page indictment. Not all face the same counts, but all have been charged with violating the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Willis said she has given those charged until Aug. 25 to surrender.
“Trump and the other Defendants charged in this Indictment refused to accept that Trump lost, and they knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of Trump,” the indictment states.
Among those charged are Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor who served as Trump’s personal attorney after the election; Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows; and several Trump advisers, including attorneys John Eastman, Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro.
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Trump was indicted in Washington this month in a separate Justice Department probe into his various attempts to keep his grip on power during the chaotic aftermath of his 2020 defeat. Some aspects of that four-count federal case, led by special counsel Jack Smith, overlap with Willis’s sprawling probe, which accuses Trump and his associates of a broad criminal enterprise to reverse Biden’s election victory in Georgia.
But the Fulton County indictment, issued by a grand jury and made public Monday night, is far more encompassing and detailed than Smith’s ongoing federal investigation. Willis declined to say if she has had contact with Smith, who so far has only charged Trump in his elections-related probe. The federal indictment also listed six unnamed, unindicted co-conspirators, five of whom have been identified by The Washington Post and other news organizations as Giuliani, Eastman, Clark, Cheseboro and Powell.
Prosecutors brought charges around five subject areas: false statements by Trump allies, including Giuliani, to the Georgia legislature; the breach of voting data in Coffee County; calls Trump made to state officials, including Raffensperger, seeking to overturn Biden’s victory; the harassment of election workers; and the creation of a slate of alternate electors to undermine the legitimate vote. Those charged in the case were implicated in certain parts of what prosecutors presented as a larger enterprise to undermine the election.
Willis had signaled for months that she planned to use Georgia’s expansive anti-racketeering statutes, which allow prosecutors not only to charge in-state wrongdoing but to use activities in other states to prove criminal intent in Georgia. The statute is broader than federal law in terms of how prosecutors can define a criminal enterprise or conspiracy.
The indictment alleges that the enterprise “constituted a criminal organization whose members and associates engaged in various related criminal activities including, but not limited to, false statements and writings, impersonating a public officer, forgery, filing false documents, influencing witnesses, computer theft, computer trespass, computer invasion of privacy, conspiracy to defraud the state [and] acts involving theft and perjury.” The indictment takes an expansive view of the behaviors it alleges were acts “in furtherance of the conspiracy” — including, as an example, at least a dozen instances of Trump’s tweets alleging fraud and other claims. Such details from the indictment quickly drew criticism as potential violations of the defendants’ free speech protections.
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Scanning the indictment- whew! That’s one deep and wide indictment. There’s some very nervous folks out there this morning, starting with the fake electors if they have a clue. And there’s a relatively straight line to Rudee and others who were very close to Dumbass
These indictment unsealings really need to be held at a decent hour. Any unhinged tweets from tRUMPland?
The 39 unindicted co-conspirators: Blood relatives? In-laws?
Just sitting here thinking how little the indictments are compared to the massive damage done to the U.S. since 2016. Will a pound of flesh help heal or is it enough? There is one action that needs to occur, that is to take his name out of contention for president, or even dog catcher.
Too bad for Republicans they don’t listen to former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan:
“Donald Trump is the worst candidate ever in the history of the party, even worse than Herschel Walker.
He sucked the soul out of the Republican party. He’s taken everything from us, and it is our turn to take it back…but if we make this about the three-ring circus of Donald Trump, we will lose, lose, and lose again.”
~ Geoff Duncan, a Republican
Another spell check malfunction:
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
So, the Witch Hunt continues! 19 people Indicated tonight, including the former President of the United States, me, by an out of control and very corrupt District Attorney who campaigned and raised money on, “I will get Trump.” And what about those Indictment Documents put out today, long before the Grand Jury even voted, and then quickly withdrawn? Sounds Rigged to me! Why didn’t they Indict 2.5 years ago? Because they wanted to do it right in the middle of my political campaign. Witch Hunt!
Breaking: They’ve found the witch!
If what’s left of the GOP really nominates someone out on bail for 91 felony counts in four jurisdictions it really is nothing but an extremist minority party.
Well Poobah, I think you will have hit the nail on the head come about next July 18.
Not just one witch, a coven and a smoking cauldron.
Looks like a fiasco in the making…
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
A Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable REPORT on the Presidential Election Fraud which took place in Georgia is almost complete & will be presented by me at a major News Conference at 11:00 A.M. on Monday of next week in Bedminster, New Jersey. Based on the results of this CONCLUSIVE Report, all charges should be dropped against me & others – There will be a complete EXONERATION! They never went after those that Rigged the Election. They only went after those that fought to find the RIGGERS!
Any chance he will NOT turn himself in this time?
Riggers.
Ain’t he a clever little dumpling.
2 things jump out in my word search of indictment:
— 89 references to “unindicted co-conspirator” who are “known” to the grand jury. Isn’t that a hint she’s got a bunch of cooperators?
– 18 references to Giuliani, more than any other name. He is toast if he doesn’t flip.
A keeper
Rudy is too far gone to flip, as are John Eastman and Sidney Powell. Mark Meadows is the guy who is gonna save himself. He’s younger and had more life left to lose.
There were names I was not familiar with, so here’s a summary.
I’m guessing some of the unindicted are from the tech firms that were hired by the tRUMP crime syndicate to carry out the data breach.
Ahhhhhh….. I tried to stay up to see when the whole thing was unsealed and released to the press last night. Didn’t make it. I was so tired from doing my fair (I’m getting old) that I almost fell asleep watching Maddow interview Hillary. But oh… what deliciousness to wake up to this morning!
Sturg… thanks for the laughs!
makes for a good campaign ad (or grist for the returning comedy writers’ mill) and maybe tee shirts:
the Dogfather & the Gang who couldn’t shoot (or do anything else) straight
A Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable REPORT on the Presidential Election Fraud which took place in Georgia is almost complete & will be presented by me at a major News Conference at 11:00 A.M. on Monday of next week in Bedminster, New Jersey.
That the report the Pillow Guy was promising before?
Umm, I guess he doesn’t quite get it yet. Fani Willis is the prosecutor, he is (one of) the defendant(s), and a report he bought and paid for (assuming he actually paid for it) MIGHT be helpful to his defense, but more than likely it will just be shredded by prosecution experts who examine it but there won’t be any charges dropped because he gets in front of cameras in NJ and tries to taint the jury pool in GA. He’s earned his SFB nickname and is in the process of as my mom would say, removing all doubt.
One of their main miscalculations is how they think this war they are fomenting against the “Riggers” is going to shake out. It’s a stupidly gross miscalculation.
He thinks his vindication will happen on stage and tv rather than the courtroom. He won’t let go of that no matter what his lawyers say. He thinks he’s smarter than them. It’s all about the show.
“There’s no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. No question about it.” -Senator Mitch McConnell
And no question it’s Mitch who’s responsible we could be facing him back in the White House. If there was any logic behind it, it escaped me. Looks more like pure cowardice.
Finally got through the entire indictment. She truly captures the big picture, but I do like Smith’s more narrow focus for getting a quicker trial. She’s like an aircraft carrier compared to his cruise missile.
Mitch is hiding from a plethora of Troubles. A veritable Cornucopia, but of Evilness.
I still wonder what happened to Yertle’s hands right before the election. Forced compliance?
In less than 72 hours, the devil and his imps are to make a trip down to GA.
Monday it’ll be all lies, smoke and mirrors in Bedminster.
Arraigny Night in Georgia.
—Julie Brumlik
…just talked to a trumper, yesterday, who was talking like he would win the election, seemed like a reasonable person before politics came up
The right-wing media(RWM) still has the yokels deeply hypnotized
They’re all reading from the same script that i guess FoxNews feeds them? “Inflation, immigration, San Francisco…”
Arraigny Night in Georgia – Brilliant! (funny, too)
Bink, I’ve talked with pessimistic Dems who say Dumbass will win. I can’t see it unless the No Labels idjits get some traction.
What we are seeing is so far beyond anything Nixon and his team of criminals ever conceived of. Ever.
I think back to those days, fifty years ago, when watching the proceedings on television and wondering how nice visiting Vietnam would be, and being amused (I need a better word). We did not know the extent of Nixon into the entirety was though. Today, we know how deep sfb had been involved, he was the prime mover in the way a mob boss is the prime mover of a Mafia.
Of interest, strictly curious, is if the orange moron is when jailed going to finally admit to being a drug addict. Famous for not drinking booze, yeah I knew them in the Sixties, but still somewhat always high. Of course there will be bribes for drugs.
And (never start a paragraph with “AND”), when will the rest of the crime family be indicted, convicted and jailed?
“No Labels”
i’ll label them: “Republicans”
I’m going to open a bar and call it
”NO BEER”
Are they blabbering on Fox about the court clerk’s screw up? I have a family gathering this week and need to be prepared.
When they posted something prematurely last night, I told you Repugs were going to try to make something of it. I also wondered if it was done intentionally, in order to make it seem like a pre-arranged deal. Who put it up? Who took it down?
“Michael Burry, the “Big Short” investor who became famous for correctly predicting the epic collapse of the housing market in 2008, has bet more than $1.6 billion on a Wall Street crash.”
“Burry is using more than 90% of his portfolio to bet on a market downturn, according to the filings.”
“The Justice Department announced on Monday that UBS has agreed to pay $1.4 billion in penalties for allegedly defrauding investors by selling mortgage-backed securities that blew up during the Great Recession.”
“The settlement resolves the final case brought by the DOJ to investigate the role of Wall Street firms in the 2008 financial crisis.”
States are responsible for elections held there, so I don’t think Meadows can save his ass this way. Besides, SFB will be in Saudi Arabia, and in no position to hand out a pardon.
“Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is seeking to move the Fulton County, Georgia, prosecution against him to federal court so that he can try to get the case dismissed under federal law.”
“…he is entitled to bring a federal immunity defense because the Georgia state charges against him stem from his conduct as then-President Donald Trump’s chief of staff.”
“According to the docket, Meadows’ removal request has been assigned to US District Judge Steve Jones, an appointee of former President Barack Obama.”
Mark needs to flip and make it easier on himself. His job as COS was to try to overturn the election in Georgia?
ps – Rudy is loving this and he’s too crazy to know what’s good for him.
“After refusing to explain what happened for more than a day after Reuters posted the document the media outlet said was published on the court’s website, clerk Che Alexander’s office said she was doing a “trial run” of the court’s filing system on Monday “in anticipation of issues that arise with entering a potentially large indictment.”
“Alexander’s office said that led to the docketing of “what appeared to be an indictment, but which was, in fact, only a fictitious docket sheet.”
“The docket sheet published by Reuters included a list of 13 counts against Trump, including Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, solicitation of violation of oath by public officer and false statements and writings. They were the exact same counts the former president was charged with in the indictment handed down late Monday. The erroneous document also included a case number, though it differed from the one on the actual indictment.”
Sloppy, but it doesn’t seem nefarious, and it certainly doesn’t exonerate those charged. Maybe just use a piece of paper with TEST written on it next time.
“Of interest, strictly curious, is if the orange moron is when jailed going to finally admit to being a drug addict. Famous for not drinking booze, yeah I knew them in the Sixties, but still somewhat always high. Of course there will be bribes for drugs.”
BlueBronc, this is where Mary Trump’s first book is such a valuable read. It’s not a gossip rag, it’s a dissertation on “the Family Disease.”
The megalomaniac monster is high on lies, I mean life.
Drugs, actually, would explain his horrible skin texture and erratic behavior. Junior seems rather, um, cokey – I don’t think they’re taking the same prescription.
I changed my phone to grayscale, so now everything looks old-timey.
“Fox’s Greg Gutfeld goes on sexist rant, suggests crimes would ‘disappear’ if women went away”
“Gutfeld concluded his rant, shouting, “What I’m saying is that we have gotten so soft and it is because we have decided that discipline and punishment is wrong.”
Things sure sound old-timey at Fox Noise.
BID: You hit the nail squarely on the head. They love that old-time-campground-religious. Nothing wrong with that if they themselves followed the actual 613 commandments instead of posting only 10 of them for others.
How much longer can this go on? He looks like an alligator.
Donald Trump and allies indicted in Georgia over bid to reverse 2020 election loss | Donald Trump | The Guardian
Trump charged in Georgia 2020 election probe, his fourth indictment – The Washington Post
Scanning the indictment- whew! That’s one deep and wide indictment. There’s some very nervous folks out there this morning, starting with the fake electors if they have a clue. And there’s a relatively straight line to Rudee and others who were very close to Dumbass
These indictment unsealings really need to be held at a decent hour. Any unhinged tweets from tRUMPland?
The 39 unindicted co-conspirators: Blood relatives? In-laws?
Just sitting here thinking how little the indictments are compared to the massive damage done to the U.S. since 2016. Will a pound of flesh help heal or is it enough? There is one action that needs to occur, that is to take his name out of contention for president, or even dog catcher.
Too bad for Republicans they don’t listen to former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan:
“Donald Trump is the worst candidate ever in the history of the party, even worse than Herschel Walker.
He sucked the soul out of the Republican party. He’s taken everything from us, and it is our turn to take it back…but if we make this about the three-ring circus of Donald Trump, we will lose, lose, and lose again.”
~ Geoff Duncan, a Republican
Another spell check malfunction:
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
So, the Witch Hunt continues! 19 people Indicated tonight, including the former President of the United States, me, by an out of control and very corrupt District Attorney who campaigned and raised money on, “I will get Trump.” And what about those Indictment Documents put out today, long before the Grand Jury even voted, and then quickly withdrawn? Sounds Rigged to me! Why didn’t they Indict 2.5 years ago? Because they wanted to do it right in the middle of my political campaign. Witch Hunt!
Breaking: They’ve found the witch!
If what’s left of the GOP really nominates someone out on bail for 91 felony counts in four jurisdictions it really is nothing but an extremist minority party.
Well Poobah, I think you will have hit the nail on the head come about next July 18.
Not just one witch, a coven and a smoking cauldron.
Looks like a fiasco in the making…
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
A Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable REPORT on the Presidential Election Fraud which took place in Georgia is almost complete & will be presented by me at a major News Conference at 11:00 A.M. on Monday of next week in Bedminster, New Jersey. Based on the results of this CONCLUSIVE Report, all charges should be dropped against me & others – There will be a complete EXONERATION! They never went after those that Rigged the Election. They only went after those that fought to find the RIGGERS!
Any chance he will NOT turn himself in this time?
Riggers.
Ain’t he a clever little dumpling.
2 things jump out in my word search of indictment:
— 89 references to “unindicted co-conspirator” who are “known” to the grand jury. Isn’t that a hint she’s got a bunch of cooperators?
– 18 references to Giuliani, more than any other name. He is toast if he doesn’t flip.
A keeper
Rudy is too far gone to flip, as are John Eastman and Sidney Powell. Mark Meadows is the guy who is gonna save himself. He’s younger and had more life left to lose.
There were names I was not familiar with, so here’s a summary.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4152819-co-conspirators-charged-with-trump-in-the-georgia-indictment/
Steve Banananazi wasn’t named. Was he really not involved or is he one of the unindicted?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2022/09/06/new-surveillance-video-shows-georgia-fake-elector-helping-trump-operatives-breach-voting-data/
I’m guessing some of the unindicted are from the tech firms that were hired by the tRUMP crime syndicate to carry out the data breach.
Ahhhhhh….. I tried to stay up to see when the whole thing was unsealed and released to the press last night. Didn’t make it. I was so tired from doing my fair (I’m getting old) that I almost fell asleep watching Maddow interview Hillary. But oh… what deliciousness to wake up to this morning!
Sturg… thanks for the laughs!
makes for a good campaign ad (or grist for the returning comedy writers’ mill) and maybe tee shirts:
the Dogfather & the Gang who couldn’t shoot (or do anything else) straight
today’s meme…
https://youtu.be/o8_f3kJOX_8
RICO Suave!
That the report the Pillow Guy was promising before?
Umm, I guess he doesn’t quite get it yet. Fani Willis is the prosecutor, he is (one of) the defendant(s), and a report he bought and paid for (assuming he actually paid for it) MIGHT be helpful to his defense, but more than likely it will just be shredded by prosecution experts who examine it but there won’t be any charges dropped because he gets in front of cameras in NJ and tries to taint the jury pool in GA. He’s earned his SFB nickname and is in the process of as my mom would say, removing all doubt.
One of their main miscalculations is how they think this war they are fomenting against the “Riggers” is going to shake out. It’s a stupidly gross miscalculation.
He thinks his vindication will happen on stage and tv rather than the courtroom. He won’t let go of that no matter what his lawyers say. He thinks he’s smarter than them. It’s all about the show.
And no question it’s Mitch who’s responsible we could be facing him back in the White House. If there was any logic behind it, it escaped me. Looks more like pure cowardice.
Finally got through the entire indictment. She truly captures the big picture, but I do like Smith’s more narrow focus for getting a quicker trial. She’s like an aircraft carrier compared to his cruise missile.
Mitch is hiding from a plethora of Troubles. A veritable Cornucopia, but of Evilness.
I still wonder what happened to Yertle’s hands right before the election. Forced compliance?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/23/mitch-mcconnell-health-hands-bruising
In less than 72 hours, the devil and his imps are to make a trip down to GA.
Monday it’ll be all lies, smoke and mirrors in Bedminster.
Arraigny Night in Georgia.
—Julie Brumlik
…just talked to a trumper, yesterday, who was talking like he would win the election, seemed like a reasonable person before politics came up
The right-wing media(RWM) still has the yokels deeply hypnotized
They’re all reading from the same script that i guess FoxNews feeds them? “Inflation, immigration, San Francisco…”
Arraigny Night in Georgia – Brilliant! (funny, too)
Bink, I’ve talked with pessimistic Dems who say Dumbass will win. I can’t see it unless the No Labels idjits get some traction.
What we are seeing is so far beyond anything Nixon and his team of criminals ever conceived of. Ever.
I think back to those days, fifty years ago, when watching the proceedings on television and wondering how nice visiting Vietnam would be, and being amused (I need a better word). We did not know the extent of Nixon into the entirety was though. Today, we know how deep sfb had been involved, he was the prime mover in the way a mob boss is the prime mover of a Mafia.
Of interest, strictly curious, is if the orange moron
iswhen jailed going to finally admit to being a drug addict. Famous for not drinking booze, yeah I knew them in the Sixties, but still somewhat always high. Of course there will be bribes for drugs.And (never start a paragraph with “AND”), when will the rest of the crime family be indicted, convicted and jailed?
“No Labels”
i’ll label them: “Republicans”
I’m going to open a bar and call it
”NO BEER”
Are they blabbering on Fox about the court clerk’s screw up? I have a family gathering this week and need to be prepared.
Thanks for the new ear worm.
When they posted something prematurely last night, I told you Repugs were going to try to make something of it. I also wondered if it was done intentionally, in order to make it seem like a pre-arranged deal. Who put it up? Who took it down?
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/15/investing/michael-burry-stock-market-crash/index.html
“Michael Burry, the “Big Short” investor who became famous for correctly predicting the epic collapse of the housing market in 2008, has bet more than $1.6 billion on a Wall Street crash.”
“Burry is using more than 90% of his portfolio to bet on a market downturn, according to the filings.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/14/business/ubs-toxic-mortgage-settlement-fraud/index.html
“The Justice Department announced on Monday that UBS has agreed to pay $1.4 billion in penalties for allegedly defrauding investors by selling mortgage-backed securities that blew up during the Great Recession.”
“The settlement resolves the final case brought by the DOJ to investigate the role of Wall Street firms in the 2008 financial crisis.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/15/politics/mark-meadows-fulton-case-federal-court/index.html
States are responsible for elections held there, so I don’t think Meadows can save his ass this way. Besides, SFB will be in Saudi Arabia, and in no position to hand out a pardon.
“Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is seeking to move the Fulton County, Georgia, prosecution against him to federal court so that he can try to get the case dismissed under federal law.”
“…he is entitled to bring a federal immunity defense because the Georgia state charges against him stem from his conduct as then-President Donald Trump’s chief of staff.”
“According to the docket, Meadows’ removal request has been assigned to US District Judge Steve Jones, an appointee of former President Barack Obama.”
Mark needs to flip and make it easier on himself. His job as COS was to try to overturn the election in Georgia?
ps – Rudy is loving this and he’s too crazy to know what’s good for him.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-indictment-clerk-fani-willis-b39b37731f7f3581a789680802bee45b
“After refusing to explain what happened for more than a day after Reuters posted the document the media outlet said was published on the court’s website, clerk Che Alexander’s office said she was doing a “trial run” of the court’s filing system on Monday “in anticipation of issues that arise with entering a potentially large indictment.”
“Alexander’s office said that led to the docketing of “what appeared to be an indictment, but which was, in fact, only a fictitious docket sheet.”
“The docket sheet published by Reuters included a list of 13 counts against Trump, including Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO, solicitation of violation of oath by public officer and false statements and writings. They were the exact same counts the former president was charged with in the indictment handed down late Monday. The erroneous document also included a case number, though it differed from the one on the actual indictment.”
Sloppy, but it doesn’t seem nefarious, and it certainly doesn’t exonerate those charged. Maybe just use a piece of paper with TEST written on it next time.
BlueBronc, this is where Mary Trump’s first book is such a valuable read. It’s not a gossip rag, it’s a dissertation on “the Family Disease.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_and_Never_Enough
The megalomaniac monster is high on lies, I mean life.
Drugs, actually, would explain his horrible skin texture and erratic behavior. Junior seems rather, um, cokey – I don’t think they’re taking the same prescription.
I changed my phone to grayscale, so now everything looks old-timey.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/15/media/greg-gutfeld-sexist-rant-fox-news/index.html
“Fox’s Greg Gutfeld goes on sexist rant, suggests crimes would ‘disappear’ if women went away”
“Gutfeld concluded his rant, shouting, “What I’m saying is that we have gotten so soft and it is because we have decided that discipline and punishment is wrong.”
Things sure sound old-timey at Fox Noise.
BID: You hit the nail squarely on the head. They love that old-time-campground-religious. Nothing wrong with that if they themselves followed the actual 613 commandments instead of posting only 10 of them for others.
How much longer can this go on? He looks like an alligator.
“…horrible skin texture…”
https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/breaking-trump-allies-will-be-booked-at-fulton-county-jail-sheriff-says/TVA75MWN3ZG4DBSS4TLO7EB4WE/
Did they mention? It’s a progressive disease (i.e., without intervention.)
“…alcohol-fueled boorishness…”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/nyregion/rudy-giuliani-trump-indictment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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