'Trump Fears Next Election Will Be Decided by Americans'
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Donald Trump is not above the law. He must be prosecuted, to preserve what's left of our democracy.
Trump spent years evading the consequences of his actions thanks to the wealth he accumulated from his empire of scams.
Now, he's counting on his political power to shield himself from far more serious crimes.
Every day we wait to hold Trump accountable only emboldens him, and others like him, to wreak havoc on our Constitution and the rule of law.
Take for instance Trump's recent threat, that if he is indicted for stealing classified documents, there will be: "problems in this country the likes of which perhaps we've never seen before. I don't think the people of the United States would stand for it."
These are the threats of a bully and a fraud who knows he's been cornered.
As the window for accountability closes, three things need to happen:
FIRST, the Department of Justice must prosecute Trump.
Trump incited an assault on the Capitol, stole top secret documents, and illegally schemed to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice must stand firm in the face of Trump's efforts to intimidate them.
They must hold him accountable.
SECOND, the media should set the record straight.
This is not a matter of left versus right, liberal versus conservative, Democrat versus Republican. It is a question of the Constitution and the rule of law versus authoritarianism and tyranny.
If Trump succeeds, if he intimidates his way out of being held accountable, we're giving up on our democracy and asking for this kind of lawlessness to prevail.
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