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‘He’s Toast’: Donald Trump’s Former Attorney Makes Ominous (and Glorious) Prediction

A former lawyer for Donald Trump, who’s been keeping track of the former president’s ongoing legal problems made a really ominous prediction about Thursday’s federal indictment, saying that the ex-president is “toast.”

“There will be evidence from more than one or two witnesses that Trump acknowledged that he lost,” said Ty Cobb, Trump’s former lawyer in a Facebook, NBC News reports. Newsweek, however, wasn’t able to verify the post. “That is just the cherry on top of a mountain of evidence that would satisfy the ‘reckless disregard’ or ‘should have known’ standards that are alternatives to proving actual knowledge.”

“He knew. He is toast. DC jury: He is done. Until he wins the election and the fun begins all over,” Cobb added in the post. 

Cobb served as an attorney inside the White House between 2017 and 2018 and represent Trump during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump and alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Cobb’s remarks come shortly after the former president was federally indicted in relation to the January 6 riots at the Capitol and allegations that Trump attempted to upend the results of the 2020 election. The indictment stems from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s exhaustive investigation into the riots. He has also indicted Trump for his alleged mishandling of classified documents that were recovered from Mar-a-Lago.

Trump arrived for his arraignment in Washington, D.C. on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to four felony counts that include conspiracy against rights, conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction of and the attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding.

As usual, Trump portrays himself as the victim. He never changes and probably never will.

“This is a very sad day for America,” Trump told reporters after his arraignment. “And it was also very sad driving through Washington, D.C., and seeing the filth and the decay, and all of the broken buildings and walls, and the graffiti. This is not the place that I left. It’s a very sad thing to see it.”

In his interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett, Cobb discussed the charges against the ex-president, saying “I think this is sad and unfortunately a situation that could have been avoided.”

“Trump forced it upon the Department of Justice by the way he conducted himself in the last few days in office and by the criminal conduct he committed as he finished his presidency,” Cobb said.

Cobb has also spoken on previous occasions about Trump’s indictment for his purported mishandling of classified documents and said the ex-president “will go to jail.”

Trump has sniped at Cobb of course, since he can’t handle criticism even if it’s true. In a June 5 Truth Social post, Trump wrote: “Ty Cobb is a disgruntled former Lawyer, who represented me long ago, and knows absolutely nothing about the Boxes Hoax being perpetrated upon me by the DOJ for the purposes of interfering with the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election.”

So I guess when it comes to election interference, it’s okay if Trump does it, but it’s not okay if anyone else does, even if it’s clear that this isn’t what the DOJ is doing. It is abundantly clear that the DOJ has a mountain of evidence against Trump for his alleged handling of classified documents and his purported involvement in inciting the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.

Justice for this man’s wrongdoings has been long in the making, but it’s coming. And it’s what he deserves.

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Megan has lived in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida and she currently lives in Central America. Living in these places has informed her writing on politics, science, and history. She is currently owned by 15 cats and 3 dogs and regularly owns Trump supporters when she has the opportunity. She can be found on Twitter at https://twitter.com/GaiaLibra and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/politicalsaurus

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