There was a fascinating debate on Joe Scarborough this morning. The question: if Donald Trump is defeated, and if it looks likely that during his time in office, he may have committed crimes, should a new Justice Department pursue this?
The Pros No person is above the law. If we let this go we are inviting future Presidents to abuse their power and it will only get worse, not better. If Trump committed crimes then he MUST be investigated and prosecuted because we are a nation of laws.
The cons There is no way that the millions of Americans who voted for Donald Trump, either in 2016 or 2020, will view any prosecution of him as other than partisan and unfair, and thus this will only further damage the integrity of our institutions, along with increasing our level of division. Further, a prosecution of Trump will consume the nation and the political process, making any hope of bipartisanship improbable and preventing the next administration from moving forward with their own agenda.
I find these both to be good arguments. I lean towards the con but I’m not sure because the pro is a very powerful argument.