A president under indictment. A nation split down the middle. The events of January 6 didn’t end when the tear gas cleared—they moved into the courts, into Congress, and into every living room in America. Now, federal prosecutors say Donald Trump tried to corrupt the very process that transfers power. His defenders say witch…
The Jan. 6 federal case against Donald Trump is more than a clash between prosecutors and a former president; it is a collision between two competing visions of American democracy. One side sees the indictment as a necessary stand against an alleged attempt to subvert the peaceful transfer of power. The other views it as a dangerous expansion of criminal law into the realm of politics and speech, certain to haunt future presidencies.
