To Open The Sky
Hickory dickory dock.
Don Trump ran out the clock.
Immunity's faded;
A public so jaded
Will soon see Trump do his perp walk.
The indictment came down on 30 March 2023. A New York grand jury voted to indict — the first time a former U.S. president has ever been legally charged with a crime.
The banner headline in the Washington Post that afternoon says it all:
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What happened then was no surprise. It is more illustration of how completely bereft Trump and his enablers are of either moral or practical merit. Trump predicted/incited violence, while his supporters (e.g. Tucker Carlson and guests on Fox News) insisted the indictment was purely political and meant to stop Trump from running in the 2024 presidential election. (It won't.)
On 24 March, true to form, Trump lied and complained:
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Trump, Escalating Attacks, Raises Specter of Violence if He Is Charged (New York Times, 24 March 2023) |
Tucker Carlson blamed Democrats:
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Washington Post |
Stop me if you've heard all this before.
Many people have questioned the worth of this indictment — either because they think it won't hold up or because they wanted Trump's more consequential offenses charged first.
However, this indictment has broken figurative ice; no longer will no president was ever charged with a criminal offence. As Michelle Goldberg puts it, "I devoutly hope that Trump will face consequences for trying to steal the 2020 election in Georgia and summoning a mob to stop his vice president from certifying his defeat. But in a way, it‘s fitting that this indictment is first. Certainly, it would be a mistake for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to proceed if his case isn‘t solid. But there‘s some justice in the fact that before Trump can be tried for crimes committed to remain in the presidency, he‘s set to be tried for crimes committed to put him there."
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