I think the issue here is that people could see this as;
1) a trend in the right direction, whereby politicians are held to account in an equitable manner. Sounds good.
2) an attempt to make one politician be held to account for being a generally crap bloke, divisive and almost guilty of a thousand things, and a general cancer in society.
There have been numerous politicians indicted over the last decade. There was a representative in California who had massive fund raising fraud and he was indicted and convicted, but also won his race. he ended up resigning and went to prison. I can't remember his name. So it happens. Clinton should have been indicted after he left office. But he lied about a blow job, not exactly a huge crime against society. Bush and Cheney should have been indicted by international courts for war crimes. Why they didn't, I don't know. Many politicians have exemptions from legal accountability. I thought certain republicans should have been indicted for lax policies during the pandemic that led to many dying, but since it was part of their official duty they can't be indicted. I suspect any case against Bush and Cheney would have problems due to lack of access to secure documents. It would be a hard case to make showing that they made a decision to invade Iraq knowingly that the intel of WMD were false. We all kinda know, but you need documents and witnesses for a court case. You need those for an indictment. This is why elections matter. This is why we need to elect the most ethical candidate. The Bush/Cheney ticket? They were fishy. I met Bush between his election and 9-11, and I got to say he is likable. My mom talked to him for about 5 minutes at the event we were at and it was vastly longer than any other ctizen there, as she asked him questions about how he's dealing with life as president. Bush was actually happy to talk about himself as a person, not as president. It was interesting. He really is just a good ole boy who believes Jesus is his savior. Likeable, but not Mensa material. I can see why Michelle Obama likes him, he's the guy next door, a friendly guy.
(Funny tangent. One of the secret service guys kept looking my way, but not at my face, at my chest. I was wondering WTF. I looked down and I noticed my Ralph Lauren shirt had the word "Florida" printed on it. I laughed and told my mom I didn't realize what my shirt said when I put it on that day. When Bush walked up I made a note of what my shirt said, and he laughed and said "Well, we won anyway.")
I can think Trump's a total...umm....well. I dislike him intensely. And still see signs of item 2 and think it's problematic.
I can't speak for
@Revoltingest of course, but I have concerns on this too.
Let's remember that Cohen went to prison for being part of the crime Trump was indicted on today. The question is why wasn't this indictment right after he left office. Well, Trump was president and things were on hold. Afterwards witnesses had to be interviewed. Same crime, but different actor. The whole case has to be built before indictments. It's up to grand juries, not prosecutors to indict. Trump is a speciasl kind of politial idiot, and despite his attempt to cover himself from accountability he is careless. His many phone calls to Georgia electional officials was stupid. It's not like winning GA was going to get him back into the White House. We need to understand this is not a smart man. He is very corrupt and used to being corrupt and getting away with it. Note that he could have gotten awy with everything he's done if he never got into politics. He caused his own problems. He is owed nothing. Breaking the law opens the door to investigation. Being a sloppy criminal means indictment.
