On a Path to Indict Donald Trump

December 11, 2022 at 11:54 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara told NBC News that the Department of Justice is “on a path to charge” former President Donald Trump.

Bharara pointed at the creation of a legal team that includes “a number of very seasoned prosecutors” who were brought on to assist the probe.

Said Bharara: “I don’t think they would’ve left their former positions, both in government and private practice, unless there was a serious possibility that the Justice Department was on a path to charge. And I think it’ll happen in a month.”

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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.

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