A desperate fear of criminal indictment may even explain Trump’s willingness to break any number of laws to stay in office despite losing his reelection bid, democracy and the Constitution be damned. He considered unfathomable measures such as declaring martial law and having the military somehow “rerun” the election. He risked further potential criminal exposure with his appalling — and, unbeknown to him, taped — conversation with Georgia’s secretary of state, during which he threateningly demanded that the official “find” enough votes for him to win the state, and by pressuring a Georgia elections investigator to “find the fraud” that didn’t exist. And then, as the clock wound down on his time in office, he committed the ultimate impeachable offense for a president: fomenting a violent attempted putsch at the Capitol to stop Congress from confirming President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory. Prosecutors and jurors may have to decide whether it’s also a crime.
Prominent attorney and ex-Republican George T. Conway III writing at the Washington Post.
Mr. Conway in his essay lays out the case for prosecuting Donald Trump. He feels that Trump was so worried about the likelihood of post-presidential legal issues after losing the election that he ended up doing even worse things to try to hold onto office.
He also thinks that there will be more problems if Trump isn’t held accountable for his actions.
You can’t really prosecute the pro-Trump terrorists who sacked the Capitol without prosecuting the person who incited them.
