What the conservative National Review says about Trump's indictment

Thought for the day

Today's reaction to the news about Donald Trump being indicted is breathtaking.  For example, former VP Mike Pence called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to publicly justify the "unprecedented indictment."  

As I recall, Pence didn't say anything like that when the DOJ cleared him of any wrong-doing in his own classified documents case.  

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin argues that Trump's indictment "undermines the public's faith in our judicial system."  I'm guessing there are scores of legal scholars, on both sides of the political aisle, who would disagree saying Trump's indictment proves "no one is above the law."

Despite these and other reactions, the most clear-eyed rebuttal in this matter belongs to none other than the conservative National Review.  Here's how the editors ended their editorial:

"Conservatives might be frustrated with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton not facing charges for her use of a private email server while serving and that President Biden might not face charges for his own alleged mishandling of some classified documents.  But it doesn’t change the fact the country wouldn’t be in this uncharted territory if Trump hadn’t taken documents he had no right to, and simply complied when asked to give them back.”

I was working on Capitol Hill in 1972, so I am one of the few people you know who read the Washington Post's very first 2" story about the Watergate break-in.  By the time the Congressional hearings took place, I was convinced the country never would see anything like this ever again.  Today I stand corrected.  First there was the rigged 2020 election, then there was the Jan. 6 insurrection, and now there is the indictment.  When will people admit that Donald Trump is a pox on all our houses? 

-DF