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There are weeks on Capitol Hill where one story dominates.
Last week it was the defense bill.
But when the former President of the United States appears headed toward another indictment, you know what prevails.
IN THE SENATE, TIME IS PARAMOUNT
This is just not former President Trump duking it out with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Nor is this Mr. Trump facing prosecution over his handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
This is a likely indictment connected to the riot at the Capitol and efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
And even though former President Trump hasn’t been in office in two-and-a-half-years, he still manages to command nearly every cubic centimeter of news oxygen and political conversations on Capitol Hill.
Word of additional legal action followed a familiar script on Capitol Hill. Many of Mr. Trump’s fiercest loyalists rushing to defend him. Then there were a few Republicans spinning or slightly distancing themselves from former President Trump. Democrats – per usual – went all in, excoriating the former President.
“It’s absolute bull—-,” proclaimed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., one of Mr. Trump’s closest allies. “This is the only way the Democrats have to beat President Trump is to arrest him. Smear him. Charge him with ridic, useless charges. All they want is a coverup of Joe Biden’s crimes. Hunter Biden’s crimes.”
Greene said that the American justice system was “worse than some of the most corrupt, third world countries.” She then proclaimed that Mr. Trump “is proven innocent time and time and time again and he’ll be proven innocent again.”
Former President Donald Trump reacts to crowd applause during a campaign event in Pickens, S.C. The former president faces a growing list of primary challengers in the Republican Party. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images, File)
And now for a diametrically-opposed view from the Democrats.
“There will be criminal accountability for everybody who committed…
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