Quite a rap sheet

The legal consequences are circling around former President Donald Trump like a pack of wolves. You almost need a spreadsheet to keep track.

First, the Trump Organization was found guilty of tax evasion charges in New York state. Then, Trump himself was indicted in New York related to hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. That one is set for trial in March 2024.

Then, there was the recent $5 million civil judgment against Trump after a woman sued him claiming sexual assault in the 1990s and defamation.

In early June, a federal grand jury indicted Trump on 37 federal charges related to him taking a bunch of government records, some of which were highly classified national security documents, refusing to give them back. He tried to hide them, showing them to people who had no clearance to see them and the like. This one is serious stuff.

Still pending is the investigation in Georgia into Trump’s recorded solicitation of the Georgia Secretary of State to commit an election crime and violate his oath of office. And, especially Trump’s instigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, violent coup attempt after he lost the 2020 election.

But, of course, Trump and his GOP lackeys call it just a continuation of the witch hunt and the Biden administration weaponizing the Department of Justice to “get” Trump. They call it a huge abuse of power by Biden. Never mind that Trump did his best to weaponize the DoJ in December 2020 as part of his effort and abuse of power – unprecedented in the nation’s history – to keep himself in power.

House Republicans called the documents indictment a scandalous affront to equal law enforcement for all, as if they actually supported that. 

What they actually want is an exemption for Trump. Instead, the indictment is an example of equal law enforcement for all; that not even Trump is above the law. They hate that.

Those of us who want to see Trump in an orange jumpsuit are watching with great interest. There’s no witch hunt. It’s all an appropriate result of Trump’s own actions.

About darn time!

– Carole McWilliams, Bayfield