The Orange Guy was indicted today by a federal grand jury on four felony counts of conspiracy and obstruction related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.
I’m getting on a plane in a few hours and don’t have the time to read the full indictment beforehand. Thus, I’ll take the 45-page indictment with me as my travel entertainment.
I had planned to listen to a few NPR podcast episodes of “Wait, Wait, … Don’t Tell Me!” on the plane, but the indictment should be just as interesting.
For those of you who may not follow WWDTM (and I highly recommend it), it’s a smart comedic take on real news where you can test your news IQ against the panelists. A recurring bit relays three news stories – none of which seems at all likely to be real. Listeners try to pick the one weird story that is actually real news.
A former President of the United States has just been indicted for attempting a coup.
A few short years ago, I’d have never picked that as the true story.