April 27, 2023
A grand jury in New York indicted former president Donald Trump on 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records, an unprecedented event that marks the first-ever criminal prosecution of a former or sitting U.S. president. Larry Rosenthal, Chair of Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies, is one of the scholars featured by Berkeley News in this article on the significance and impact of this decision. Rosenthal provides his insight into the chances that Trump's loyal base will heed another call to arms induced by Trump's charged language.