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Indictments and Guilty Pleas Crowd Legal Calendar

by Jim Buckley

Apr 01, 2026
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California Governor Gavin Newsom with hair on fire. Art by John Pritchett

No one was as surprised as I was to read this morning’s New York Times’ “bulldog” (first draft) edition revealing the number of indictments and guilty pleas dropping fast and furious among Democrat lawmakers. I’m left wondering how this flurry of legal actions taken against, and s…

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