A grand jury in Georgia that has been investigating former President Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 election results in that state has returned an indictment, though it was not immediately clear against whom.

A grand jury in Georgia that has been investigating former President Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 election results in that state has returned an indictment, though it was not immediately clear against whom.

UPDATE: Link to the indictment which includes 19 total defendants charged under 41 counts.

  • explodingkitchen
    5•2 years ago

    Interesting timing. Looks like the names/charges won’t be revealed until around midnight, local time. If you’re a full-on unhinged MAGA crazy it’s not going to matter when the news comes out, but for some other potentially violent types, there’s a bit of a cooling off period to announcing at midnight on a weeknight.

    Think about it. If you found out about the indictments in the afternoon and you were angry about them, you’d have all evening to drink yourself stupid while brooding over the injustice of it all. But if you find out at midnight, you’re probably thinking, “fuck it, I’ve got work in the morning and I need to keep this shit job,” and you might not drink/enrage yourself to the point of impulsively deciding to go shoot something up. The anger/resentment are still there, but maybe won’t reach the point of physical action.