The first
former POTUS
to be indicted
after being
the first
POTUS
to be impeached
twice,
will begin
to face
consequences
for the
first time.
Who knows
how this
will go?
The precedent
for the President
is being set
and it feels
like the first
reckoning
with American
ideals,
especially regarding
“and justice
for all”.
At first,
the fear
of violence
seemed to
make too
many people
reticent about
any indictment.
Will it be bad
for the country?
No justice
has been
bad
for the country.
(And the world.)
And this
is likely
to be
the first
of more
cases
against
the guy
who first
tried
to subvert
the 2016
election
with a
$130k
check,
then tried
to subvert
the 2020
election
with the call
to Georgia
that everyone
heard,
and then
he tried
to subvert
the Electoral
College
with fake
electors,
and then
he invited
armed protestors
to march
to The Capitol,
offering to
accompany
them,
and watched
while
they stormed
and desecrated
the building,
threatening our
lawmakers
and the VEEP
and massacring
police.
Meanwhile,
he hoarded
classified
documents
and stored
them at
his property
in Mar a Lago.
But first
things
first.
All the rest
will be
firsts
for a former
POTUS,
and for
all of us
who dare
to care
about
the rule
of law
for everyone.