The trials of Donald Trump

This article originally appeared in Washington Times on July 31, 2023

Coincidences happen in twos. When they come in threes, fours and more, then we have to think it is less by happenstance than by design.

That’s the lesson from the steadily expanding prosecutorial pursuits of former President Donald Trump, which — with ample time and opportunity to come to culmination over the last several years — are coming to a head during the 2024 election season.

The former president (and, worth noting for the sake of American civics, the eminently plausible future president) now faces a trial in late spring and early summer 2024. It will come right at the close of the Republican primary season when precisely this event could sway a close race...

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