The drop of the charges against Donald Trump wasn’t a surprise for Team Trump, who had already prepared for their media blitz to get on the air to defend their indicted Golden Calf, with a satellite truck already stationed outside his Bedminster, New Jersey golf course and a line of surrogates ready to jump in front of camera with prepared talking points, the Washington Post reports.
Trump’s lawyers, who were with him at Bedminister, reportedly received the phone call from Department of Justice attorneys informing them of the charges. Trump immediately posted about the indictment, wanting to jump out in front of the prosecutors’ statement because he wanted to control the media message.