No one ever stopped a bully by turning a blind eye

The closer the United States gets to the primary season and the 2024 presidential election, the easier it will be for Donald Trump and his flunkies in Congress to dismiss all the legal charges as an exercise in weaponizing the justice system against Trump personally and the GOP in general. The Jim Jordans and Marjorie Taylor Greenes of the world know very well that political speech enjoys a high degree of protection under the First Amendment—even if they conflate hate speech with free speech.

Former U.S. president Donald Trump, pictured in this file photo, was indicted on March 30 by a Manhattan grand jury for his alleged role in hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels. He faces 34 charges of falsifying business records and was arraigned in New York City on April 3. His next in-person hearing is Dec. 4 in New York City.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

April 10, 2023

HALIFAX—So Donald Trump is the newest citizen in the Indicted States of America.

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