Yesterday, we got a picture of what the January 6th Committee has discovered. We have also gotten glimpses of other crimes committed by Trump and his cronies. The question has been: Where is the Department of Justice?
I've been sympathetic to two facts. First, the DOJ should not try their cases in the open. Second, you need to be very careful when indicting a former president of the opposing party.
However, at some point, those concerns melt away, when we look at the available evidence. We have evidence that Trump has broken the law. These are not technicalities, although a few are largely tricky to prosecute, like his abuse of official records.
Financial crimes, in general, are hard to prosecute, but there will need to be some movement on holding Trump accountable before the midterm elections. It's dispiriting to think Trump could continue to get away with major financial crimes because he's "rich and powerful." The whole point of the rule of law is that the laws bind him, too.
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