Here’s What’s Wrong with Prosecuting Trump for ‘Stop the Steal’

Trump’s indictment for conspiracy to defraud the government is missing a fraud on the government — among its other flaws.

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Then-president Donald Trump at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 presidential election results by Congress in Washington, D.C., January 6, 2021.

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More than a few people have responded with bafflement or fury at my view, expressed here and here, that special counsel Jack Smith and the Biden Justice Department should not have indicted Donald Trump over his effort to overturn the 2020 election and the resulting riot at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Noah has made the case here at NR for this indictment. Let’s walk through a few of the common lines of inquiry or criticism.

Are you saying January 6 wasn’t a crime? That there’s no crime in attempting a coup?

Dan McLaughlin

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Dan McLaughlin

Dan McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online and a fellow at National Review Institute.

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