Forget about Donald Trump being a President or former one for that matter. Forget about the GOP and their noise machine. Forget about the media's talk about the indictment being in new territory. Forget about the attacks on our judicial system and our laws of governing some congressional members are trying to use to distract from the real issue. Forget about those who are trying to define the indictment for you to control your thoughts. Why? Because the indictment is a basic indictment before a basic grand jury of peers. But, more important, forget about all the noise.
The indictment will contain the same information and charges in any other indictment. The subject will be arraigned, there will be a trial according to the laws of the state, Mr. Trump will be defended by his attorney just like anyone else on trial and a verdict will be issued. Mr. Trump and his attorneys will have the power of discovery like anyone else. But the most compelling reason the indictment is a basic one are founded in our democratic legal process of, "No One Is Above The Law" code. It is a law code those who live by ideology love to forget, those in power love to destroy and those who seek authoritarian rule turn their backs on.
The indictment now brings us to the next basic step in law enforcement. The legal system will play out and a decision will be rendered. And the whole process will not recognize the defendant as being a former President of the United States. He will be a defendant, just like everyone else in the eyes of the law. So my fellow Americans, do not pay attention to the side show you will see unfold in the media.
And that is the way it should be.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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