Donald Trump has come up with all kind of creative attacks against Kamala Harris, but late last week, the Republican rolled out a new label he hadn’t used before. [NBC News reported](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/totally-illegal-trump-escalates-rhetoric-outlawing-political-dissent-c-rcna174280):

In a speech Friday in Aurora, Colorado, the Republican presidential nominee blasted the immigration system and lobbed a rhetorical grenade at his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris. “She’s a criminal. She’s a criminal,” said Trump. ... “She really is, if you think about it.”

So let me get this straight. As recently as May, a jury found Trump [guilty of 34 felonies](https://www.msnbc.com/trump-investigation/msnbc-new-york/live-blog/trump-trial-verdict-live-updates-rcna153629). This is not to be confused with a different jury finding Trump [liable for sexual abuse](https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/jury-finds-trump-liable-for-sexual-abuse-and-defamation-173730885519) or the case in which a court found that Trump oversaw a business that [engaged in systemic fraud](https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/judge-finds-trump-committed-fraud-in-ny-civil-case-193826885609).

The former president has also [surrounded himself with other criminals](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-team-felons-adds-important-member-rcna154853), has demonstrated a habit of issuing [scandalous pardons](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/why-trump-s-michael-flynn-pardon-was-so-obviously-corrupt-n1249291) to [politically aligned criminals](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/thematic-perfection-trump-s-11th-hour-pardon-bannon-n1254863), and if elected to a second term, has [promised to issue](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-eyes-pardons-jan-6-criminals-first-day-second-term-rcna143883) *even more* pardons to politically aligned criminals, including those who [violently clashed with police officers](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-new-commitment-pardons-jan-6-rioters-matters-rcna164670).

His opponent, meanwhile, is a former prosecutor who hasn’t been accused of any crimes whatsoever.