Trump’s indîtmnt pruvz h mt nt b brît, bt h z denjṛs
Transcription of a Guardian article of 2 August 2023
Doṇld Trump’s frantic, sinicl n pripostṛs atmts t hañ on t pǎr aftr luzñ ɖ 2020 ilex́n wr a darc momnt in YS hisṭri
Wnzde, 2 Ōġst 2023
In ɖ 1976 p’liticl drama Ol ɖ Prezidnt’s Men, Roḅt Redḟd’z Bob Wŭdẉd mīts ɖ sīcṛtiv FBI sors, Dīp Ʈrot, in a parcñgarij t asc him ẃt h nz abt ɖ Wōtrget brec-in. Dīp Ʈrot – in riyl lîf, ɖ FBI depyti-d’rectr Marc Flt – z omiṇs n taṣtrn, rfyzñ t se ol ɖt h nz. “I hv t d ɖs mî we,” h tlz Redḟd. “Y tel m ẃt y nǒ, n I’l cnfrm.” Bt h ofrz a blunt asesmnt v ɖ inr wrcñz v ɖ Nixn admiṇstreśn. “Fget ɖ miʈs ɖt ɖ mīdia hz crietd abt ɖ Ẃît Hǎs,” Dīp Ʈrot tlz Wŭdẉd. “Ɖ truʈ z ɖz r nt vri brît gaiz, n ʈñz got ǎt v hand.”
Fy momnts in hisṭri, includñ ɖ Wōtrget scandl, hv dn so mć t puñćr ɖ digṇfaid mstīc v Americn guvnmnt az Doṇld Trump’s frantic, sinicl n pripostṛs atmts t hañ on t pǎr aftr luzñ ɖ 2020 ilex́n. Ɖ indîtmnt agnst him, ẃć wz unsìld on Tyzde bî ɖ ofis v speśl cǎnsl Jac Smiʈ, ćarjz Trump wɖ ingejñ in ʈri cnspiṛsiz: t dfrōd ɖ Ynîtd Stets in sīcñ t oṿtrn ɖ ilex́n, t obstruct ɖ guvnmnt in sīcñ t dīrel ɖ Jańri 6 pṛsidñz, n phps most mīnñḟli, t dprîv Americn votrz v ɖer rît t hv ɖer vots cǎntd. Ɖ ćarjz r sirịs; ɖ vayḷns wz dedli. Bt evrwn v ɖ indîtmnt’s 45 pejz ivocs Dīp Ʈrot’s wrdz: ɖz r nt vri brît gaiz.
Ɖ dokmnt unsìld on Tyzde ćarjz onli Trump. Bt it olso impḷcets six co-cnspiṛtrz. Ɖz includ a justis-dpartmnt ofiśl, probbli ɖ ɖen asistnt atrnijenṛl Jef Clarc, alñ wɖ an unîdnṭfaid p’liticl cnsultnt. Olso impḷcetd r for Rpublicn loyrz, sīmñli includñ Trump’s prsnl atrni Rūdi Giuliani; ɖ lwpṛfesr Jon Īstmn, hu cncoctd ɖ fōls ʈiyri ɖt ɖ vîsprezidnt hd ɖ oʈoṛti t inṭvin in ɖ ilectṛl votcǎntñ seriṃni; Cén Ćezbro, an oʈr v ɖ fec-ilectrz scīm; n ɖ qac pro-Trump cnspiṛsiʈiyrist Sidni Pǎl.
It wz wɖ ɖz acumpḷsz ɖt ɖ speśl cǎnsl alejz ɖt Doṇld Trump imbarct on a siriz v frōdz, fabṛceśnz n coc̣mêmi scīmz t rvrs ɖ ilex́n ǎtcm btwn Nvmbr 2020 n rli Jańri 2021. Ɖt project hd multipl s’xesiv frunts, wɖ ɖ cnspiṛtrz muvñ on t ny straṭjz az ɖ prīvịs wnz feld. Ɖe traid t yz ɖ justis-dpartmnt t psy frivḷs n frōdyḷnt aḷgeśnz v ilex́nmalfīzns; ɖen ɖe traid t cnscript stet’ofiślz intu advansñ fōls clemz v ilex́nfrōd; ɖen ɖe traid t snd fec ilectrz t congres; fîṇli, ɖe traid t stop congres fṛm srṭfayñ ɖ ilex́n-rzults on Jańri 6.
Ol ɖ ẃl, ɖe fludd ɖ mīdia wɖ ẃt ɖ indîtmnt cōlz “nwñli fōls” clemz ɖt ɖ ilex́n wz stoḷn, in ɖ hop v crietñ public dstrust in ɖ ilex́n ǎtcm n preśr on ɖ ofiślz hu ɖe b’livd cd rvrs it. Nn v ɖz scīmz wr ispeṣ́li wel-ʈt-ǎt, n nn wd hv bn plōzibl wɖt bʈ a wilñnis bî mni Rpublicn ofiślz t lî on Trump’s bhaf, n a wilñnis bî mni Trump s’portrz t cmit vayḷns. Bt ɖoz, sadli, r nt in śort s’plî.
Ɖt Trump n hiz co-cnspiṛtrz feld in ɖer eḟt t sbvrt ɖ ilex́n wz larjli a matr v luc; ɖt ɖe r nǎ biyñ ćarjd in ɖs most sgnificnt v Trump’s crîmz wz nt at ol gaṛntìd.
Mć v ẃt z rcǎntd in ɖ indîtmnt z nt ny. Ɖ facts prizntd bî ɖ speśl cǎnsl hỳ closli t ɖoz leid ǎt bî ɖ Hǎs Jańri 6 cmiti in a siriz v teḷvîzd hírñz last yir, n Smiʈ, lîc ɖt cmiti, spendz a gret dīl v tîm iradcetñ eni dǎt abt Trump’s stet v mînd or hiz srtnti ɖt hiz ǒn stetmnts abt ɖ ilex́n wr fōls. Bt ɖ indîtmnt dz cnten ny tidbits v inḟmeśn glīnd fṛm ɖ speśl cǎnsl’z invstgeśn, wnz ɖt mc bʈ ɖ incompitns n ɖ malis v ɖ cnspiṛsi plen. Copịs tstiṃni n cntmṗreńs nots pṛvîdd bî Mîc Pns, fr xampl, mc clir ɖ xtnt t ẃć Trump’s formr vîsprezidnt, agnst hūm h insaitd a mrdṛs mob, z cooṗretñ wɖ ɖ speśl cǎnsl. Īmeilz obtend bî ɖ invstgeśn olso ad txćr t ɖ stori v ɖ ilex́n-sbvrśn eḟt. Wn campen’dvîzr, tasct wɖ incuṛjñ fōls clemz v ilex́nfrōd in Jorja, rout in an īmeil ɖt ɖ aḷgeśnz biyñ advanst bî ɖ Trump camp wr “cnspiṛsiśit bīmd dǎn fṛm ɖ muɖ̇rśip”. Nt xacli ɖ wrdz v a man cnvinst v ɖ rîć̣snis v hiz ǒn cōz.
Mor dstrbñli, ɖ indîtmnt rvilz ɖ xtnt t ẃć Trump n hiz co-cnspiṛtrz wr conśs v ɖ posbiḷti ɖt ɖer ax́nz mt līd t vayḷns, n ɖt vayḷns mt b rqîrd t aćiv ɖer golz. Ɖs dz nt sīm t hv dstrbd ɖm, or īvn t hv promtd mć hezteśn.
Pns’z loyrz alejidli tld Jon Īstmn ɖt f ɖ vîsprezidnt yzrpt ɖ Jańri 6 srtiḟceśnseriṃni az Īstmn wontd him t, ɖ rzult wd līd t a “dzastṛs sićueśn” in ẃć ɖ ilex́n wd “hv t b dsîdd in ɖ strīts”. On 3 Jańri, jst dez bfr ɖ rayt, a membr v ɖ Ẃît Hǎs cǎnsl’z ofis tld Jef Clarc ɖt f ɖ prezidnt traid t rmen in ofis az pland, ɖr wd b “rayts in evri mejr siti in ɖ Ynîtd Stets”. T ẃć Clarc alejidli rplaid: “Wel, ɖt’s ẃ ɖr’z an Inṣrex́n Act.” Clarc wz rfŕñ t a lw ɖt impǎrz ɖ sitñ prezidnt t dplô ɖ militri t s’pres unrest.
It hz loñ bn clir ɖt faŗît xtrimist mliṣ́grūps, sć az ɖ Prǎd Bôz n ɖ Oʈcīprz, pland fr vayḷns at ɖ Cápitl on Jańri 6; it hz bn les clir ɖ xtnt t ẃć ɖ Trump camp cḿṇcetd wɖ ɖz grūps, f at ol, abt ɖ ivnt n ɖt posbiḷti. It wz a cnx́n ɖt hz loñ bn spekletd abt, bt ẃć ɖ Hǎs cmiti on Jańri 6 dd nt frmli mc, n ɖ speśl cǎnsl’z indîtmnt dz’nt, îɖr.
In Dsmbr 2020, jst wīcs bfr Clarc’s convseśn, ɖ līdr v ɖ Oʈcīprz hd cōld on Trump t invoc ɖ Inṣrex́n Act. Ɖs rîmñ ʈncñ dz’nt inḍcet coorḍneśn, bt it dz sjst a simṗʈi v mînd, n v tactics, btwn ɖ xtrimist grūps n ɖ Trump camp. It z an afiṇti ɖt wl onli bcm clirr f Trump bcmz ɖ Rpublicn noṃnī agn, az h z ol bt srtn t. Ɖz r nt vri brît gaiz, bt ɖ’r stl qt denjṛs wnz.
