OPINION: The Jan. 6 committee has shown just how unhinged Donald Trump was and is, writes stevealmondjoy. The Department of Justice must indict him. Now.
-- Trump’s lawyers urged him to remove inciting language from his speech, and he refused., where he would perhaps have given a speech and/or even lead the rioters into the building.
-- He ignored dozens of his allies — from his daughter, Ivanka, to Fox News hosts — who pleaded with him to call off the mob.Vice President Mike Pence. Hutchinson’s testimony merely confirmed what most Americans already know: that Trump was so morally deranged by the end of his presidency that he was eager for the bloodletting carried out in his name.
If Attorney General Merrick Garland doesn’t indict Trump and his allies, President Biden should fire him and appoint an attorney general who will.
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