'Scared' Trump is being held accountable 'for the first time in his life': former White House official

Former Trump White House chief of staff John Kelly had some blunt words to describe his one-time boss's state of mind in the wake of his indictment and arraignment in the Mar-a-Lago documents case.

In an interview with the Washington Post, Kelly said that Trump appears to be "scared sh*tless" and then went on to describe why he thinks this is the case.

"For the first time in his life, it looks like he’s being held accountable," Kelly said. "Up until this point in his life, it’s like, I’m not going to pay you, take me to court. He’s never been held accountable before."

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Kelly is one of many former Trump officials who has said that he faces real peril from his decision to bring nuclear secrets with him down to Mar-a-Lago and then refusing to give them back even after being served a lawful subpoena.

Former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr over the weekend said Trump was "toast" if the Department of Justice could prove even half of what its indictment alleged, while former national security adviser John Bolton similarly said that Trump had committed very serious crimes if what the DOJ alleges is true.