Good comment to a current piece on the trial verdict in The New York Times:
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Somewhere in the U.S.A.
May 31
For every crime of Trump's, there are plenty of commentators who have acknowledged his crimes but have said, and still say, that he should be let off the hook, for one reason or another. Most, though not all, of these are supposed never-Trump Republicans, but a few, like Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post, who should know better, also say it. All are wrong.
After the Civil War, Confederate leaders were let off the hook.
Nixon was let off the hook.
Merrick Garland was pretty much going to let Trump off the hook and was in fact doing that when Trump announced for the Presidency and Garland felt he had to appoint a special counsel. So much time had been wasted, and our confidence in Garland at that point was so low, that it was a pleasant surprise when Jack Smith earnestly moved the case forward.
After the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923 - which was not a joke, it was a serious attempt to overthrow the Weimar government in which both Nazis and police were killed in a firefight - Hitler got a slap on the wrist - basically, he was let off the hook.
The mistakes with the Confederates and with Nixon - both of which seemed to make sense at the time -, and Garland's inaction, got us to where we are today. We know where the Weimar Republic ended up.
I would still like to see Bragg charge him with the tax fraud that is the criminal side of Leititia James's civil case.
Charge him with everything that can be proven in court.
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Title of the article:
I Was Skeptical of the ‘Zombie’ Trump Case. I Stand Corrected.