We’ve run the experiment the “pardon the criminal” route (Nixon) and see what we got? Normalization that you can commit a crime as President and get off scot-free, which emboldened Trump to do far worse.
Maybe we should run the experiment the other way, hold him accountable, and watch the next 40 years and see if that improves the ethics of our elected officials - who now know if they fuck around they’ll find out.
Will the Prosecution of Trump Have Terrible Consequences? ( washingtonmonthly.com )
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