His charges, even in the unlikely event he can prove them, are too trivial to warrant the baleful consequences that come with them.
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Left: Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg speaks to attendees during the National Action Network National Convention in New York City, April 7, 2022. Right: Then-president Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., December 3, 2020.
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Stipulated: No one is above the law.
Stipulated: If a person has committed a serious crime, and prosecutors are in a position to prove it with strong evidence, that person should be charged, tried, convicted, and sentenced to prison. The happenstance that the person is a former president and present presidential candidate does not, and must not, make him immune from prosecution.
About the Author
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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Stipulated: No one is above the law.
Stipulated: If a person has committed a serious crime, and prosecutors are in a position to prove it with strong evidence, that person should be charged, tried, convicted, and sentenced to prison. The happenstance that the person is a former president and present presidential candidate does not, and must not, make him immune from prosecution.
About the Author
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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