As news of former President Donald Trump's indictment spread across the media landscape early on Thursday evening, a swarm of legal analysis began buzzing steadily on every available social media platforms. Though Trump has reportedly been indicted on felony charges by a Manhattan grand jury over his payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels, the charges remain under seal by prosecutors from the office of Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg, and we may not learn their exact nature for several days.
With so many questions at play, the scholars, analysts and attorneys who haunt #LegalTwitter jumped into action nearly as quickly as the press. As Law Dork's Chris Geidner summed it up:
