Thread by @rgoodlaw

<Thread> Former Trump supporters/legal advisors who have come out in favor of truth on #TrumpIndictment.

Trump's Attorney General Bill Barr on Fox News Sunday:

"If even half of it is true, then he's toast ... It's very, very damning."

"Espionage Act...are solid counts."

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1667896395804622848

2. And prominent lawyers:

“The evidence in this indictment is very damning for the former President."

- @JayTownAlabama, former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama (2017-2020)

Interview with @KenDilanianNBC @NBCNightlyNews

3. Plus conservative legal commentator:

“It’s a devastating document. If they can prove half of it, he’s toast.… They can probably prove more than half of it, because a lot of it is recorded conversations, testimony from his lawyers, and that sort of thing.”

- @AndrewCMcCarthy

4. “It is an extremely damning indictment.”

- Fox News legal commentator and GOP impeachment hearing witness @JonathanTurley

5. On Trump Indictment:

"I seriously doubt you're going to hear a serious person say, oh, well, this is fine and ... this is actually why this is okay. If you hear somebody doing that, that's crazy talk."

- @ScottJenningsKY
Also read his powerful words on military families.👇

6. Also note this analysis of the subtleties in @RonDeSantis' initial statement following the indictment.

(reporting by @NickNehamas @jonathanweisman) (others making similar point)

nytimes.com/2023/06/09/us/…

8. "It is impossible to read the indictment against Trump ... and not be appalled at the way he handled classified documents as an ex-president, and responded to the attempt by federal authorities to reclaim them."

- National Review, The Editors

nationalreview.com/2023/06/the-tr…

9. Ty Cobb, former Trump White House lawyer @OutFrontCNN:

“I think [former President Trump] is in an enormous amount of trouble. I think that this indictment is about as carefully structured and evidentiarily supported as any indictment in history.”

11.

“The most damning piece of evidence to me is the audio tape. I mean you want to talk about consciousness of guilt. You want to talk about knowledge and intent. Those are the darlings of a prosecutor’s nursery. And that came from President Trump’s own mouth.”

- @TGowdySC

15. “It gives me no joy to write about prosecuting… Trump. He and I have been friends for nearly 40 years.… He is his own worst enemy, and the feds — of whom I am often highly critical — had no choice but to indict him.”

- @Judgenap (Andrew Napolitano)

ocregister.com/2023/06/15/jud…

16. “Some of the investigations have been politically tinged against him. This one, I don’t think so.”

“This is serious. If you were a young soldier…and had classified documents at your home, you’d be court-martialed.”

- former Trump SecDef @MarkTEsper

sltrib.com/news/politics/…

17. "The only duty to national security that he retained upon leaving office was ... not to disclose the information. He’s now being held accountable for his alleged failure to do so, as our system demands."

- Sue Gordon, principal deputy DNI (2017-2019)
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…