Part of Trump's lawyers' argument yesterday was that although a president doesn't enjoy a "January Exception," once you impeach a president who is out of office, the process becomes inherently political. Any ex-president, they say, could be impeached by any Congress of the opposite party.
The alternative to impeachment, however, would be to charge an ex-president with a criminal offense in court. We've just had a president who regarded the Justice Department as his own personal errand boy; we have seen how someone as mentally and constitutionally unhinged as Donald J. Trump can overcome all the obstacles our Founding Fathers set in his way and get elected to the presidency. It CAN happen here, again.
In what way would having the Attorney General file charges against a former president of the opposite party be seen as any less political?
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