To the editor: The Times reported that Park Geun-hye, the former South Korean president, is being pardoned after spending nearly five years in prison for corruption, abuse of power and taking bribes. In Israel, former President Moshe Katsav and former Prime Minster Ehud Olmert were each convicted and sent to prison.
In real democracies no one — not even former presidents or prime ministers — are above the law. What then-President Trump did after the 2020 election was much worse than the foreign cases cited above.
At the state, county and city levels in states with Republican governors, Trump and his enablers are systematically striking at the very roots of the country’s democratic system and institutions. Yet, Trump is allowed to roam the country peddling the Big Lie about stolen elections and contemplating a rerun for president in 2024.
Isn’t there enough evidence already out there to bring about federal charges against Trump? What is the Department of Justice waiting for? County and local officials are convicted and thrown into prison for actions that are much less serious.
Sangi17 on December 30th, 2021 at 14:30 UTC »
Nope, and we’ll pay for it dearly.
r3dk0w on December 30th, 2021 at 13:41 UTC »
What happened to all of those state crimes New York had lined up ready to go as soon as Trump wasn't president? It's been almost a year.
What about the votes he was trying to extort that was publicly released? Was there any investigation into other instances that were not publicly released?
Why do some people get the white glove treatment when they are clearly breaking the law?
hwkns on December 30th, 2021 at 11:23 UTC »
They coddled the architects of the Confederacy in a gesture of healing at the end of the Civil War. We all saw how well that worked out, because they're back.