The strength of the indictment lies as much in what it charges as what it doesn’t charge.

This is the indictment that those who were horrified by the events of Jan. 6, 2021, have been waiting for. The catalog of misdeeds that Donald Trump is accused of is extensive, some reflected in other prosecutions over classified documents and hush-money payments or in civil lawsuits.

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  • Chetzemoka
    10•1 year ago

    I mean, yes. It’s harder to make charges stick to people who can afford expensive defense attorneys. Add in the inevitable political ramifications of these particular charges, and you can see why it was critical to take the time to get this right. And they managed it in only 2.5 years. Absolute light speed under the circumstances

    • NielsBohron
      7•1 year ago

      Certainly, and I’d much rather that the prosecutors and investigators make an iron-clad case than rush it and bungle something that lets the defense cry foul.

      I was just commenting mostly so that we all remember that even though Trump seems to be getting a tiny bit of the comeuppance he deserves, we can’t lose track of the fact that there are still two different legal systems. And we need to stay mad about the fact that which justice system a suspect ends up in is based almost entirely on the suspect’s skin color and perceived wealth.

      Living perpetually in a state of barely contained rage might not be the healthiest choice, but it’s certainly one that keeps me motivated to do everything I can to change the existing system.

      • Chetzemoka
        10•1 year ago

        There’s no “should,” there’s just how it is. Watergate took this long just to get to impeachment, and there was no federal criminal investigation into Nixon to go along with it:

        https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/complete-watergate-timeline-took-longer-realize

        Watergate only ended Nixon’s presidential viability because Republicans still had some vague sense of shame at the time. Now they don’t. If you want ironclad criminal charges, the investigation requires time.

        • @[email protected]
          -1•1 year ago

          If there is no standard pace, how can it be light speed? I think you undermine your point by stating this was really fast. To the layperson it absolutely isn’t. And apparently to lawyers, it takes as long as it takes.