This morning the editorial board of the New York Times released an opinion written by Senior Staff Editor John Guida. In it the editorial board addresses the most recent indictment on the 1/6/21 insurrection...
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The criminal justice system of the United States had never seen an indictment of this magnitude.
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Of all the ways that Trump desecrated his office as president, his attempt to undermine the Constitution and overturn the results of the 2020 election, hoping to stay in office, remains the gravest.
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The bedrock test of every president “to honor the peaceful transfer of power through the free and fair elections that distinguish the United States.” As the indictment says, until 2021, this process “had operated in a peaceful and orderly manner for more than 130 years.”
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NYT - The Indictment
Worse than the classified documents offense they say. My concern is that this case may be harder to make for a jury than the stealing of the records, and the obstruction of refusing to return them.