Josh Marshall thinks there might be and it will be at large part because the January 6th Committee left the DOJ with no outs.
The Justice Department has been eager and willing to prosecute the various violent militia types who stormed the Capitol. They have been less eager to target those who fomented the mob. Some of this might be the legitimate worry that getting 12 Americans to agree that Donald Trump or even Rudy Giuliani is a criminal could be very difficult. Who - exactly - qualifies as an impartial juror when it comes to Donald Trump? Trying the case in DC could make it easier, but I can see the worry about indicting, trying and then watching a jury deadlock on convicting a former president.
At some point, though, the case needs to be brought because this creates the ongoing trend of powerful people being beyond the law. That's untenable and yet precisely business as usual.
American democracy was attacked in the days leading up to and including 1/6. Defend the damned thing!
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