The indictment is under seal, and the Lawfare blog says "we encourage all commentators to refrain alike from triumphant claims that the rule of law has been vindicated or from clucking about witch hunts. There will be plenty of time for that later.”
Sounds sensible to me.
So here is “background material on the fact pattern that has reportedly given rise to the indictment,” from Lawfare.
And here is a “what to know about Alvin Bragg” — the Harlem-raised, Harvard Law-educated Manhattan district attorney who convened the grand jury that indicted Trump — by The Associated Press.
Here is a “what happens next,” with Trump expected to turn himself in next week, also from AP. “There is no playbook for booking an ex-president with U.S. Secret Service protection,” AP says.
If you’re interested, here is a roundup of reaction to the indictment from Trump — "This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history,” he says — and others, from Reuters.
And here is reaction from Trump’s 2024 GOP rivals, from Fox News.
Finally, here is what I find interesting possible schadenfreude from our British friends at BBC News:
"In some ways, a former head of state being charged with a crime and possibly even going to prison is not news. It's happened all over the world down the ages: hundreds of presidents, prime ministers and military leaders turfed out of palaces and straight into prisons.
"But America regards itself as exceptional; and Washington, the city on a hill that provides a moral and democratic beacon for the world.
"Historians refer to the 20th Century as The American Century — will they do the same for this one?"