Donald Trump says he won’t quit the 2024 presidential race even if he’s charged with a crime. Indeed, we get how the man and his faithful would wear legal jeopardy as a badge of honor — supposed proof that the left, in Trump’s words, has “weaponized justice in our country.” Of course, those words are actually an apt description of what Trump himself did as president, not of attempts to hold him to account for various and sundry offenses.
We haven’t seen the evidence and generally prefer to wait until the professionals gather what they gather and put forward a bill of particulars before judging the strength of a case, but we sure hope none of the prosecutors considering filing charges is the least bit intimidated by the big man’s swagger.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg must follow the facts and the law in determining whether or not to seek an indictment for Trump’s payment of hush money to women with whom he had affairs.
Fani Willis, the district attorney in Atlanta, must be guided by the actual contours of the pressure Trump put on Georgia officials in deciding whether he’ll be charged with tampering with the election for asking Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” just enough votes to best Biden there.
Westchester DA Mimi Rocah should keep pursuing her deep dive into possible fiscal shenanigans by the Trump Organization with respect to the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester. If in fact Trump’s business willfully misled local officials about the property’s value to drive down its tax bill, that may too be a crime.
And of course in Washington, special counsel Jack Smith is probing Jan. 6, 2021, to determine whether Trump or anyone in his orbit criminally interfered with the 2020 election — as well as whether Trump obstructed justice when he stored and refused to return classified government documents.
There are no witch hunts here, just necessary investigations to ensure that one man and his minions are not allowed to float above the law.
![In a narrow vote this week, the Federal Trade Commission approved a rule that will ban the vast majority of noncompete clauses by U.S. employers, which have long prevented workers from switching jobs or setting out on their own. In doing so, the agency did its duty to protect American economic dynamism and opportunity, nothing less, nothing more. We hope that’s the clear conclusion of the courts that will now rule on a lawsuit being brought by the Chamber of Commerce, which has strenuously supported this anticompetitive practice. Of the arguments that the business group and other opponents have rolled […]](https://www.nydailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1820955015.jpg?w=490 "In a narrow vote this week, the Federal Trade Commission approved a rule that will ban the vast majority of noncompete clauses by U.S. employers, which have long prevented workers from switching jobs or setting out on their own. In doing so, the agency did its duty to protect American economic dynamism and opportunity, nothing less, nothing more. We hope that’s the clear conclusion of the courts that will now rule on a lawsuit being brought by the Chamber of Commerce, which has strenuously supported this anticompetitive practice. Of the arguments that the business group and other opponents have rolled […]")
