“Conservative retired judge says Trump ‘corroded and corrupted...

“Conservative retired judge says Trump ‘corroded and corrupted American democracy’”

"Judy Woodruff: How much responsibility does former President Trump himself bear for all this?

Michael Luttig: He bears a disproportionate share of responsibility, if not the entire responsibility.
The former president sought to overturn an American election which he had lost fair and square. For four years, these claims by the former president and his Republican allies have corroded and corrupted American democracy and American elections. Vast, vast numbers of Americans, into the millions, today no longer believe in the elections in the United States of America.

They no longer believe in the institutions of law and democracy in America, the very pillars of our foundation. And many of those people have begun even to question the Constitution of the United States.

Judy Woodruff: But you're saying the damage done has been far, far greater than former President Trump, January 6, and the immediate actions that were taken in that time period?

Michael Luttig: Yes, there's no question.

Never again will the world be inspired to — by America and America's democracy in the way that it has been for — since our founding almost 250 years ago.

But the indictment and prosecution of the president doesn't end or even begin to resolve this matter.

Judy Woodruff: How much does it matter what the verdict of that trial is?

Michael Luttig: All that matters is that the president will be tried for these grave offenses.

Had he not, he would have made a mockery out of the Constitution and the rule of law.

Michael Luttig: I understand. I understand.

Judy Woodruff: Former President Trump, as you know, is already saying he's not guilty. He believes he's being treated unfairly in all this, especially in contrast to President Biden's son Hunter Biden.

He has said that he's being treated much worse by the judicial system.

Michael Luttig: The issue with Hunter Biden and the issue with the former president, they are not similar in any way at all, let alone in gravity or consequence.

It's the incumbent president's son and the personal conduct that he's being charged — accused of is of a pedestrian nature by comparison to what the former president has now been indicted for.”



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