Why is it taking so much time to bring Trump to court?

[David Horn]

(10-14-2022, 06:51 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(10-13-2022, 05:14 PM)David Horn Wrote: Most of the legal community agree that Trump set hiself up for a beating.  Why is the question.  If his plan is to play martyr, get elected as a convicted criminal (possible if the charges aren't on the disqualifying list), he may want to rethink that option.  Oh!  Too late.  He admitted his dierct involvement with the papers at Mar-a-lago, and that one carries serious and disqualifying charges under the Espionage Act.

I’ve been thinking of other previous presidents we might have wished to indict and jail.  Nixon is the obvious one, but was pardoned.  Reagan did some illegal stuff for some he considered allies, but he meant well and it never seriously was considered.  Clinton lied about his sex life, which did not get far.  There is an unproven conspiracy theory that FDR wanted the US involved in WW II, and acted in a way to force the Japanese to attack.  If that theory were proven early???

Any others that are even tempting?  Anyone who is at all comparable to Trump?

I would like some sort of statement from powers that be making this very clear.  No one is above the law, but a partisan vengeance element should be considered right out.  Nixon and Trump crossed the line, but no one else?

We're Amereicans.  Line-drawing is not a trait we hold in abundance, so you have a point.  But let's start with the second worst offender.  I'm not sure even Nixon deserved to be thrown into the judicial meat grinder.  He never refused to comply with other branches where the authority was cut-and-dry.  We got the tapes; we only lost the 18 minutes.  He also saw the writing on the wall and walked off the stage voluntarily (if being pushed fully qualifies as volunterism).

Trump is different.  He's actively tried to subvert the government at every level and in every way.  He fully qualifies as a tyrant.  Given that, is there another suitable option?  Frankly, I dont see one.  Worse, other potential tyrants are standing in the wings waiting to see if we have the nerve to oppose them in earnest.  The typical bluff and bluster, folllowed by handwringing and nonaction has to stop.  In short, the Democrats need a spinal implant; the one the had dissolved away long ago.