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Prosecuting Trump would inevitably be political -- and other countries have had mixed success in holding ex-presidents accountable

  • Written by James D. Long, Associate Professor of Political Science, Co-founder of the Political Economy Forum, Host of "Neither Free Nor Fair?" podcast, University of Washington
Prosecuting Trump would inevitably be political -- and other countries have had mixed success in holding ex-presidents accountableA man protesting in New York City one year after the violent insurrection in Washington, D.C. Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images

When Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Jan. 5, 2022, that he would prosecute anyone involved in the Capitol riots, he was not only laying out his approach to the sprawling investigation of that attack. He...

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