No. of Recommendations: 1
1pg: What's really sort of amusing is that if he hadn't taken center stage in 2016, he might have been able to continue to skate with the status quo until he finally died. But because he craves the spotlight (and power), he subjected himself to increased scrutiny, and with that scrutiny was the realization he had been a naughty boy. And the more they dig, the naughtier he was found to have been. Plus, seeking power, he violated additional laws -allegedly, though I've heard the tape, so it's not really in doubt- that wouldn't have been available to him to break if he wasn't seeking power (e.g. I can't violate election laws because I'm not running for anything, and am not involved in the political process).
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And more - he drew a huge target on himself with Jan 6. That had to be prosecuted, and it would be a miscarriage if all we did was prosecute the underlings and co conspirators. Our laws don't seem designed well for going after someone at the top. Also, Trump acquainted us with how much our government runs on norms that aren't law and can be violated seemingly at will. So as he was leaving, Trump attempted a self coup - unsuccessfully, but he tried.
Then the Classified and NDI debacle with Mar-a-Lago. He seemed to have a fetish for classified info that catered to his ego and possibly his pocketbook. So Trump did himself in.
Federal constraints left the states wide open to prosecute in state areas and where elections and interference affected the states. I don't think the founders quite envisioned this,but they were familiar with demagogues.
Assuming Trump isn't elected we'll have two years of trials and maybe some success. If he is elected, he pardons all Jan 6ers, co-conspirators, himself(if he can), Project 2025s the government while stripping civil servants of protections, abuses all presidential power, and the USA devolves from there.
