The Latest Theories of Criminally Prosecuting Donald Trump Remain Flimsy

No, it is still not likely that Donald Trump can be indicted for January 6.

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Former President Donald Trump speaks to his supporters during the Save America Rally at the Sarasota Fairgrounds in Sarasota, Fla., July 3, 2021.

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Like Captain Ahab, the full-time Trump haters have fixated yet again on an idea for criminally prosecuting our 45th president. By โ€œfull-time Trump hatersโ€ I do not mean those of us who have remained consistently critical of Donald Trump, want him out of our politics, and have called for him to be held properly accountable, but rather the left-leaning Resistance and the former conservatives who have let the Never Trump slogan consume their entire political identity. Neither group can let Trump go, even for a little while, even at the cost of neglecting many of the other serious domestic and foreign issues facing the nation.

The obsessives have yet again been issuing flurries of โ€œthe walls are closing inโ€ tweets and cable-news segments eagerly anticipating a criminal indictment of Trump. But tweets are no substitute for reading the law.

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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