One of the many ways in which America has been lucky is that we’ve never had to prosecute a former president. Aaron Burr, tried for treason, was just a vice president; Richard Nixon, caught dead to rights, was pardoned by successor Gerald Ford. All our other chief executives who committed crimes got away with them.
With regard to prosecuting Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States, I’ve come around to a view that I held out against for a long time: that the law should take its course against him and justice be done.
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