CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 21, 2022
THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT THAT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BE INDICTED ON FOUR CHARGES.
REGARDLESS OF YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT TRUMP, THE PANEL WAS A COMPLETELY ONE-SIDED EXERCISE IN POLITICAL PARTIANSHIP. THE SCENARIO WAS PRODUCED BY A FORMER ABC NEWS EMPLOYEE AND SCRIPTED. MEMBERS READ THEIR PREPARED REMARKS FROM A TELEPROMPTER. THERE WAS NO CROSS EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES.
WHILE USEFUL INFORMATION WAS EXPOSED, THE PANEL HAD ALL THE LEGAL AUTHORITY OF “AN INTEROFFICE MEMO” AS A WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITORIAL PUT IT.
NOW IT’S UP TO ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND. INDICTING AND PUTTING ON TRIAL A FORMER PRESIDENT WOULD SET A TERRIBLE PRECEDENT AND FURTHER DIVIDE US, IF THAT WERE POSSIBLE.
TRUMP SUPPORTERS POINT TO THE GOOD HE DID ON INFLATION, THE BORDER FENCE, GAS PRICES AND THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE AGREEMENTS WITH ISRAEL. BUT HE ALSO DID SOME BAD THINGS AND FOR MANY THE BAD OUTWEIGHS THE GOOD, ESPECIALLY WHEN OTHER POTENTIAL CANDIDATES WITH THE SAME POSITIONS COULD RUN IN 2024. THE VOTERS, NOT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DECIDE TRUMP’S FATE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
