Editorial: The referral of the former president to the justice department on four criminal charges is largely symbolic, but increases his woes
The referral of the former president to the justice department on four criminal charges is largely symbolic, but increases his woesPhotograph: Andrew Harnik/APPhotograph: Andrew Harnik/APn its closing months, 2022 is looking like an annus horribilis for Donald Trump – or to put it in the former president’s terms, a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad year.
The January 6 committee’son Monday that criminal charges be brought against him over his attempt to subvert the 2020 election results and the deadly storming of the Capitol was unprecedented – the first time that Congress has referred a former president to the Department of Justice. Though largely symbolic, it has set down a marker. And it is the latest in a string of recent setbacks.
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