The real reason Jack Smith hasn't indicted Trump's co-conspirators yet.
For anyone in that position, time is the enemy. If a potential co-defendant beats you to the punch and provides information to the government that you could have provided, the significance of your potential cooperation is thus diminished, leaving you with less bargaining room for leniency. Adding to the problem, to the degree to which that witness further implicates you, or other witnesses or evidence come to the fore, the wait will have made your legal position even more precarious.
Trump’s ability to mount the second defense, a lack of criminal intent, runs up against two very substantial courtroom realities.
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