Mary Trump Says

 On the charges themselves: “I don’t think there’s any case that can be made in defense of his actions.” On his state of mind: “He’s feeling terrible fear.” He’s lashing out, Mary Trump said, because “lashing out has always worked before.” Somehow, he has always slid out of situations just by outlasting his adversaries—with more money, more lawyers, more time, more patience. “For Donald, it has almost always been about running out the clock,” she said.

In The New Republic

But this time, she thinks, things may be different. He’s never faced an opponent with quite the kind of time and resources that the United States Department of Justice has. She thinks this feels like the beginning of the end. But she still believes he’s very likely to be the GOP nominee, even if he’s indicted two more times. She still thinks the Republican Party will follow him off the cliff. But, she adds, we can’t lose our sense of outrage. “Donald is going to do what Donald does,” she said. “It still should shock us.”