Thread by @spikeatone

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Just in case you’re wondering about the scope of #TrumpRussia, here are some historical comparatives with Watergate:
Govt officials charged: 69
Number of these found guilty: 48
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John Mitchell, one-time Attorney General, convicted of perjury: served 19 months in prison
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HR Haldeman, Chief of Staff, convicted of obstruction and perjury: 18 months in prison
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John Ehrlichman, Counsel to Nixon, convicted of obstruction and perjury: 18 months in prison
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Richard Kleindienst, Attorney General, held in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions: one month in prison
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Frederic LaRue, Advisor to the aforementioned John Mitchell, convicted of obstruction: 4.5 months in prison
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Charles Colson, Counsel to Nixon, convicted of obstruction: 7 months in prison
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There are dozens of others, as Watergate was a huge scandal. That being said, #TrumpRussia will dwarf it. There will be hundreds of people indicted, and prison sentences that will stretch into years.
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Faith in government will be shaken to the foundations once again, and the psychological scars will be permanent and visible long after the last co-conspirator dies in jail. It will take a decade to try all of the cases and the extent of the conspiracy will shock everyone
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It’s going to be a long process to wring out the filth, as it’s embedded much deeper into the fabric of the Trump Administration - and his sick cult-like following - than we can comprehend right now
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I have no doubt Mueller will ferret out every last conspiracist, but it’s going to be painful and incredibly damaging to the psyche of the country. We will never be the same, and all because people who believe they are the “real Americans” threw a tantrum and elected
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the single most unqualified person ever to hold any public office. Oh, and he just happens to occupy the most powerful position on Earth. I will never forgive Trump voters for putting us through this. They are equally responsible for everything that will happen over the next
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months and years. They are complicit in taking our democracy and our moral authority to the existential brink, and they will own every single piece of this nightmare and its repercussions. Forever.
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