Trump’s First Amendment Defense Is Shaky

Donald Trump’s legal team “says he’s been indicted for actions that are protected by the First Amendment — and that the First Amendment will ultimately exonerate him,” Axios reports.

“Many legal experts say that’s not true, and not really the point.”

“To put it simply, if you and I engaged in a criminal conspiracy, and we talked about it in public, no, we couldn’t be prosecuted for what we said. But that wouldn’t get us off the hook for the underlying crime. We could still be prosecuted for that.”