Crash Course: MAGA lawyers take a sweetheart deal for democracy. Trump should be frightened

Why the Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell plea deals matter [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnF4XCP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvamxlb3p0OWFnMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXlrY2l4ZHF3dGxXA3NwY0IKZTHCADVlwxK5T1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnF4XCP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZ3BubGdvYnB0by8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXlrY2l4ZHF3dGwmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZTHCADVlwxK5T1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). MAGA lawyers take a sweetheart deal for democracy. Trump should be frightened From Norman Eisen and Joshua Kolb: The problem for Trump is that Chesebro has just in effect turned into a witness against that theory—and thus against Trump. The former president was already in trouble because his White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, his deputy Pat Philbin, their senior colleague Eric Herschmann, the acting attorney general and his deputies, and Trump campaign lawyers had all rejected the theory. Now the principal proponent of that theory may also testify that it was baloney. That is ominous for Trump in the Georgia case, where Chesebro has pledged to appear. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnF4XCP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbzd4YjU1dnZxNC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXlrY2l4ZHF3dGwmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZTHCADVlwxK5T1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). What if they're not crazy? Belief in conspiracy theories may be normal The question isn’t whether conspiracy theorists’ thinking is sound, but rather to what extent it isn't, and how it differs from the thinking of people who don’t embrace conspiracy theories. 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