The Political Fallout of Trump's Indictment.

While Democratic politicians have emphasized that the first-ever criminal indictment of a former president is a somber occasion, organizations working to elect Democrats are inhabiting a parallel political reality—one where Trump’s indictment is a golden opportunity to fill their campaign coffers with cash and curry favor with the party’s fervently anti-Trump base. In the past week, the Democratic Party’s official campaign committees for House, Senate, and state legislative races have all sent fundraising solicitations based on the Trump indictment, along with their unofficial outside counterparts, Senate Majority PAC and House Majority PAC.