You're right, I was wrong.
The left establishment does want him running in the Primaries.
And they're using these indictments recently to distract people from Biden's corruption.
The timing just happens to be right around when news about Biden comes out lol
Actually, as far as the Biden allegations go, I don’t think most Democrats actually expected them to come to light, and I think the rest genuinely bought the party line, only to have it shoved in their faces that Biden did, in fact, take money from foreign governments while in office.
Nor did they expect that the judge overseeing Hunter’s plea deal would actually cotton on to what the DOJ was trying to pull.
The reason that trump is facing legal trouble, and other presidents haven't, is because his crimes are so much more serious and blatant. Yeah there's generally some level of wrongdoing, but we haven't seen anything like trump since Nixon. And the only reason he didn't face charges was a pardon. Honestly, I will be extremely surprised if Biden doesn't pardon trump too. Difference being, he kinda has to wait for a guilty verdict or trump just spins it as "They knew they couldn't win."
The only way Biden pardons Trump is if it’s a quid pro quo for Trump to pardon Biden (and Hunter) in return. And that would only happen if Trump actually wins in 2024.
As far as Trump goes, the only case that’s truly on solid legal ground is the classified documents one. Which he could have avoided by just handing over the docs like he was ordered.
In terms of legal culpability for January 6th and the “fraud” scheme…no, I don’t think it would ultimately stand. A DC jury might well convict him, but I think any conviction would get tossed on appeal because for someone to defraud the government, it has to involve something of tangible value under the commonly understood definition (e.g., money, property, etc). Not to mention that Trump could well argue that he genuinely believed what he was saying, and that may well be the truth! And if so, well, there goes the case, because you can’t convict him for fraud if he genuinely believed what he was saying.
Morally and politically, yes; legal, no. And the remedy for that would have been impeachment, but rather than build a serious case that would show the Democrats sincerely care about political norms and would abide by the proper process, they just decide to rush an impeachment with zero chance of winning to pretend they “did something.” Of course, that would mean if Trump was convicted he’d no longer be an effective foil that allows the Democrats to paper over their own significant shortcomings and issues, since a conviction in the Senate would bar Trump from future office.
The Alvin Bragg case is an utter farce; I expect once the full details (which Bragg hasn’t actually produced) come out, it’ll be downgraded from 34 felonies to one misdemeanor, and then the misdemeanor gets tossed because it’s outside the statute of limitations.
The Georgia case…eh. I’m not entirely convinced that would work for the same reason. If Trump genuinely believed what he was saying, well, that blows it apart.