It's not the Jan. 6 hearings. It's not the tax fraud by his company. It's that the former president is no longer a winner.
. In deciding on prosecution, however, the Department of Justice should take into consideration the impact of a trial on the millions of remaining Trump supporters.
The best way to avoid further turmoil would be for the department to negotiate a plea bargain conditioned on Trump’s public admission that the outcome of the 2020 election was not based on fraud, plus a binding commitment never again to seek public office.The writer is a professor emeritus of political science at Columbia University.I was shocked to read that “only 71% of Republicans had a favorable view” of Trump.
How is it possible that 71% of Republicans still have a favorable view after the conviction of the Trump Organization for tax fraud in New York, the Jan. 6 report, his hosting of racists and antisemites at his home or the ridiculous digital trading cards?It appears Trump wanted to be declared president for life. What he did to this nation was unprecedented, but more importantly, the federal government must prosecute him even if doing so is unprecedented.
Trump getting elected was perhaps one of America’s biggest mistakes, and we are paying the price now for his false claims of a stolen election and much more. The House Jan. 6 committee laid it all out. If the Department of Justice does what it should, Trump will go to prison. America can’t claim we are a democracy if he is not held accountable.
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