Trump Allies to Face ‘Avalanche’ of Indictments in 2023: Harvard Law Expert

A Harvard law expert is anticipating an “avalanche” of “powerful” indictments of some of former President Donald Trump allies in the next year.

Professor Laurence Tribe tweeted his prediction Friday morning following a Washington Post article reporting that the U.S. Justice Department recently issued dozens more subpoenas investigating events leading up to and during the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.

The subpoenas target more than 100 people and request information regarding intentions to block Joe Biden from becoming president early last year. Tribe anticipates that will lead to Trump’s allies negotiating plea deals, resulting in legal trouble for Trump.

“I predict that an avalanche of crushingly powerful indictments in 2023, reaching all the way to the very top, will trigger a flood of plea deals in which the soldiers will flip on the generals,” Tribe tweeted. “Donald Trump will not escape accountability.”

The Washington Post reported that the subpoenas cross 18 categories of information, including requesting communications that subpoena recipients had in six states where supporters of Trump sought to promote alternate electors in states Biden won.

One lawyer expects that the subpoenas will span vast categories as an attempt to reveal Trump activists’ plans to obstruct Biden’s victory rather than claims of relying on lawyers’ advice.

“It’s hard to say you were just relying on all these lawyers if there are text chains showing conspirator conversations, or consciousness of guilt,” former federal Prosecutor Jim Walden told The Washington Post.

Walden also told The Washington Post that he expects many people to be involved in fraudulent attempts to secure Trump as president.

“It looks like a multipronged fraud and obstruction investigation,” he said. “It strikes me that they’re going after a very, very large group of people, and my guess is they are going to make all of the charging decisions toward the end.”

Subpoenas outline an investigation that launched immediately following the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. Investigations continue to seek more information from others involved in addition to gathering information about Trump’s allies.

The Washington Post reviewed some of the subpoenas, and found they seek information in three areas: an effort to replace valid Biden electors with Trump electors before a formal vote tally, the rally that happened before the Capitol riot and any fundraising or spending of the Save America political action committee. According to The Washington Post article, Save America raised more than $100 million after the 2020 election to challenge the results.

The Washington Post reported that since the start of the Justice Department’s investigation, nearly 900 people have been arrested for alleged crimes and many others are being investigated.

It is not the first time Tribe has questioned Trump or decisions regarding Trump on Twitter. He critiqued a federal judge ruling that a special master must review the materials seized from Mar-a-Lago.

Then, Tribe called the ruling a “totally lousy opinion” and “utterly lawless.”

Newsweek reached out to Tribe and The Trump Organization for comment.