Former President Indicted

 Maybe the first line of defense should be there was no crime.  Paying the National Enquirer to quash a story about a tawdry affair almost seems like paying off a blackmailer.  That's probably the best case that can be made.

The idea for a politician to cry that politics is the only thing behind his indictment is double talk.

The Department of Justice has a policy not to indict a sitting President because the process is for Congress to decide whether the President should be removed from office.

In the 45th President's case two impeachment trials ended in the 45th President not being convicted.  There were Republicans that voted to convict the 45th President. A super majority was not reached in either trial. 

Whether pressuring the Ukraine to provide dirt on Vice President Biden's who was running for president and then threatening the Ukraine President to cut off aid to the country and then subsequently promoting the biggest of lies that 2020 Election was stolen and threatening Vice President Pence by encouraging his backers to storm the Capitol is a conundrum for the Republican Party.

Once a bad president leaves office, the legal protection of being in office is no longer applicable.

It's been said that Jimmy Carter was elected President because President Ford pardoned President Nixon for all his misdeeds during Watergate and other sundry matters. Future Republican candidates for the presidency will be hobbled by Trump and his legacy, whether or not he is convicted of any of the alleged crimes that are currently being investigated and the country as a whole will be worse off.  Even Democrats should pause.

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