Supremely Inappropriate

12/15/22

A couple of weeks back, I blogged about a podcast presented by Rachel Maddow, “Ultra,” which offered a history lesson about a time in the 1940s when the nation’s congress included 24 elected officials who were charged with sedition. All had either direct ties to Nazi officials or otherwise aligned themselves with violent right-wing domestic groups intent on overthrowing the government. In light of the January 6th effort to overturn the 2020 election results, that history seems particularly relevant today.

When I originally wrote, I drew on the historical record and speculated that Trump’s fate would probably mimic those of the earlier seditionists. That is, he, like his predecessors, would likely lose in any subsequent effort to run for office; but besides that, I was prepared for him to avoid any other accountability. Since writing that blog, I’m having second thoughts. As time goes by and investigations proceed, I’m thinking that the prospects of a total judicial exoneration are becoming slimmer. It seems like at least one indictment may be all but inevitable with a near certain “guilty” outcome — i.e., the one dealing with his misappropriating and mishandling of government material — and possibly others, as well. And I like to think that Trump’s claim that it’s all a witch hunt is becoming less and less credible as more and more facts come out. As Trump himself…