Rachel Maddow mentioned there was nothing uncommon about politicians being indicted. It occurs all the time, however Trump is attempting to make use of his indictment to interrupt the rule of regulation.
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Rachel #Maddow says politician indictments are regular except “a specific politician seeks to make his indictment a catalyst for his supporters and his social gathering rising up and declaring that the authorized system is now over, that the authorized system shouldn’t apply to him.” pic.twitter.com/2dRQBykola
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 31, 2023
Maddow mentioned, “Indicting politicians is completely regular we do it on a regular basis and we will deal with it. Until except a specific politician seeks to make his indictment a catalyst for his supporters and his social gathering rising up and declaring that the authorized system is now over, that the authorized system shouldn’t apply to him and subsequently it now not applies in any respect that will be one thing completely different. That’s not an inevitable consequence of a politician being indicted that’s what this former politician and candidate for workplace is attempting to do for the primary time that’s the laborious half that’s the half that would break us as a rustic.”
Trump goes to make use of this indictment as a part of his assault on the rule of regulation, and if he can someway delegitimize the Manhattan indictment it could function a springboard for attacking the whole authorized system and the rule of regulation itself.
It may be credibility argued that Trump devoted a lot of the vitality of his presidency to undermining the rule of regulation. Whether or not it was his assaults on the FBI, the intelligence neighborhood, or the Division of Justice, Donald Trump didn’t simply consider himself as above the regulation however appeared decided to destroy authorized accountability.
The following entrance within the battle to maintain American democracy seems like it is going to be a courtroom in Manhattan.
Jason is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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