Trump Is Preparing for the Worst

David Frum: “One of Trump’s skills as a politician is preparing the battlefield in advance. In the case of his first impeachment, he chose to argue outright innocence—‘it was a perfect call’—and no matter how mountainous the evidence of wrongdoing, that was the line he maintained to the end.”

“This time, though, Trump is not claiming that ‘all taxes were paid’ or that ‘it was a perfect tax return.’ He’s readying his supporters for bad revelations about his company’s taxes and directing them to a fallback line that singling him out as a tax scofflaw is politically unfair.”

“That line of defense may well rally Trump’s supporters. It will not do him much good in court.”

Vanity Fair: Ooops. The Trump Organization kept literal spreadsheets of its crimes.