27 Jul 2023 8:18 am
razoo » 26 Jul 2023, 3:02 pm » wrote: ↑ Former President Donald Trump's one-time White House counsel said Tuesday that if Trump is indicted in the Justice Department's Capitol riot probe, it'll happen as soon as Thursday and no later than Monday.
Ty Cobb, who served as Trump's White House special counsel in 2017 and 2018, told CNN's Erin Burnett that he believes Trump will be charged with obstruction of justice, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy to defraud the US. He added that he also thinks there's a chance Trump could be charged with giving aid and comfort to insurrectionists.
"There are a variety of ways to charge this that all boil down to the same conduct," Cobb told CNN Tuesday.
Specifically, he was referring to Trump's efforts to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject electors from battleground states that Joe Biden won in the 2020 election; efforts to stop some of those states from certifying Biden's victory; and his potential interference with witnesses.
Ty Cobb died in 1961.