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In every crime in which there are other players besides the the criminal and the victim, there are only so many roles available:

(1). The Instigator

(2). The Facilitator

(3). The Abettor before the fact

(4). The Abettor after the fact

(5) The Master-Mind

(6). The Underwriter

(7). The Mouth-piece

(8). The Hired Gun

(9). The Crooked Judge

Mind you, these paradigms are drawn from crime-fiction, but they seem applicable here.

In following Mr. Trump’s various bits of chicanery I’ve derived many rewarding hours attaching these roles to various names in his coterie.

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