‘Donald Trump, January 6th, and the Elusive Search for Accountability’

Susan Glasser, writing at The New Yorker:

Cheney was clear in her remarks on Thursday that she believed Trump deserved not just public excoriation but also criminal sanction. “Our nation cannot only punish the foot soldiers who stormed our Capitol,” Cheney said, and yet so far that is all that has happened. The Justice Department has charged some nine hundred people with participating in the January 6th insurrection — but not a single person close to Trump, who summoned the mob that rampaged in his name and on his behalf, has been indicted. “Without accountability, it all becomes normal, and it will recur,” she warned.

Arrest him, try to put him in prison where he belongs, and let the cards fall where they may.

★ Friday, 14 October 2022