Courtrooms don't run like TV shows and that may prove the undoing of Donald Trump, writes Mona Charen
The chaotic and dishonest federal response to COVID-19 response was a steep price Americans paid for Trump’s assault on truth. But it may not have been the most consequential. The lies did even more damage to social trust. The deluge of deceit undermined faith in every institution that Trump suspected might thwart him—the press, the intelligence services, the courts, government employees, public health authorities, the military, and finally, the electoral system.
Which brings us to the indictments. The one realm of American life that has shown itself impervious to Trump’s assault on truth is the courts. The tactics of lying,. They don’t work as well in front of a judge. As Stefanos Bibas, a Trump-appointed judge on the Third Circuit,after rejecting the Trump campaign’s effort to disenfranchise millions of Pennsylvania’s voters: “Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges of unfairness are serious.
Trials have a unique power to rivet attention. A trial of a former president will be an unprecedented national moment with the capacity – perhaps the unique capacity – to penetrate America’s information silos. The upcoming trials in Florida for willful retention of classified documents and in DC for a conspiracy to disenfranchise the American people probably will not budge the Trump faithful. But the segments of the Republican party that are not in Trump’s thrall may yet be persuadable.
They will also probably hear testimony from former acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen, former deputy acting Attorney General Richard Donaghue, former Assistant Attorney General Steven Engel, former assistant to the chief of staff Cassidy Hutchinson, and very likely Mark Meadows himself. Trump’s former campaign manager, his White House counsel, his director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security, his Director of National Intelligence, and more will lend their credibility to the case.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Donald Trump set to face forgery charges in connection with 2020 electionFormer US President Donald Trump has been charged with conspiracy to commit forgery by Georgia state prosecutors.
Read more »
Pontefract Hospital trials nasal laser treatment to stop surgical infectionsPatients in Pontefract are the first in the UK to be given the pioneering therapy. Read more:
Read more »
Seriously ill cancer patients go into remission thanks to new drug trialsGroundbreaking cancer trials are producing “incredibly impressive” results, with seriously ill people going into remission for months and years, a leading hospital has announced.
Read more »
New cancer drug trials in Manchester 'producing incredibly impressive results'Ground-breaking cancer drug trials in Manchester 'producing incredibly impressive results'
Read more »