The Sound You Hear Is Donald Trump Screaming, Crying, and Vomiting in the Mar-a-Lago Bathroom

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Donald Trump received some bad, very bad legal news on Friday, when The Guardian reported that Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney criminally investigating his attempt to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia has developed evidence to indict a broad racketeering indictment next month, according to people familiar with the matter. Obviously, being charged with racketeering would be as bad as it sounds and somehow, that’s not the worst news the former president has received today.

Instead, it was likely federal judge Aileen Cannona Trump’s own decision to set a trial date of May 20, 2024, for Trump to face the federal government in the classified-documents case, with staffers and aides hiding in hallways and closets to avoid Trump’s wrath (and any bottles of ketchup he can get his hands on). Although the spring date is several months later than requested by prosecutors, it is well before the postelection a Team Trump is angling for the hope of delaying it until the former president can win a second term and make all his legal problems at the federal level, that disappear.

Of course, just because Cannon issued a decision that will undoubtedly make Trump unhappy today doesn’t mean he won’t, as many fear, blow the case in his favor once the trial begins. (As the Washington Post notes, in his role, Cannon can have a significant impact on the case, including by deciding what evidence can be included and deciding on any potential motion challenging the charges.) On the other hand, the government’s accusation against Trump is said to be very strong: after the charges were not opened last month, former attorney general Bill Barr was not shocked: I was surprised by the level of sensitivity of these documents and how many of them there are. . If even half of this is true, hes toast. As a Fox News legal analyst said, All the government has to do is put the landing on a count, and he could have a terminal sentence. We are talking about crimes with a maximum of 10 or 20 years.

Incidentally, the documents case isn’t even the first criminal trial that Trump will have to fit into his schedule next spring. His trial against the Manhattan district attorney who charged him in April with various crimes related to his hush money deal is set to begin March 25, three weeks after Super Tuesday. (Trump also pleaded not guilty in that case.)

In related news, The Washington Post reports that Trump’s many legal issues including the New York case, the DOJ documents case, and the possible Georgia case, and the DOJ election meddling case he is expected to face are eating up a large amount of campaign funds:

To illustrate how Trump’s criminal defense is engulfing his campaign, just over half of the money he raised last quarter went not to the campaign itself but to an affiliated PAC that covered legal fees. Of the more than $35 million raised between March and June, the campaign received $17.7 million, according to the most recent report to the Federal Election Commission. The rest went to Save America PAC, which will report its latest finances on July 31 but is spending millions on lawyers representing Trump and allies in several ongoing cases, according to FEC disclosures.

A lot of money goes to legal and idle people, and not much is left to do marketing and advertising, said one Trump adviser, who like others spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal plans. The amount of money raised will only be legal.

And if you’re thinking that maybe Trump is getting even a little bit of his own money for his legal fees, think again. According to the Post, the ex is not counting on his personal fortune to cover his legal fees. (You expect Trump to pay for it out of pocket like a normal person? Cmon now.)

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