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Dan Gillmor Mar 30, 2023

Journalists, PLEASE put Trump indictment in its proper context:

It wasn't just a payoff to stop something sleazy from becoming public.

The reason they were so keen to keep it secret was to win a presidential election.

That is the issue: This was gross interference with a presidential election -- and it worked.

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Glenn

@dangillmor Yeah, who does Trump think he is, Ronald Reagan? Ronald Reagan interfered with negotiations over hostages taken in Iran to further his campaign. He later paid the Iranians off with the Iran-Contra deal. When Trump and other Republicans say in connection to Ukraine, "But presidents always use foreign affairs for political purposes" this is what they are talking about. Lawless political behavior is in the GOP DNA.