{"id":464503,"date":"2022-06-17T02:15:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T23:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jailing-trump-wont-heal-the-countrys-divisions\/"},"modified":"2022-06-17T02:15:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T23:15:26","slug":"jailing-trump-wont-heal-the-countrys-divisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jailing-trump-wont-heal-the-countrys-divisions\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jailing Trump won&#8217;t heal the country&#8217;s divisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4130683c7c3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4130683c7c3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jailing-trump-wont-heal-the-countrys-divisions\/#%E2%80%9CJailing_Trump_wont_heal_the_countrys_divisions%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Jailing Trump won&#8217;t heal the country&#8217;s divisions&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJailing_Trump_wont_heal_the_countrys_divisions%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Jailing Trump won&#8217;t heal the country&#8217;s divisions&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>If the House Jan. 6 committee proceeds to its seemingly predetermined conclusion that President Donald Trump incited the Capitol riot and tried to reverse the results of the 2020 election and if it recommends to the Department of Justice that Trump committed criminal acts and should be prosecuted, President Joe Biden will face a serious choice.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, who promised to unite the country but who most Republicans believe contributed to its division, could either allow the prosecution of the former president to proceed or <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> the high road taken by President Gerald Ford when he pardoned President Richard Nixon for acts associated with the Watergate scandal. If Biden chooses the former, the division will likely widen to a chasm not to be repaired for years to come. If he chooses to follow Ford\u2019s example, he would arouse the ire of progressives but might avoid the specter I doubt most rational Americans would wish to see \u2014 a former president in court and possibly in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps a deal could be struck. In exchange for a pardon, Trump would agree not to run for president again.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/trump-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New video grabs from the Capitol riot investigation show then-President Trump on the morning of January 6, 2021. \" class=\"wp-image-22696073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/trump-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/trump-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/trump-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New video grabs from the Capitol riot investigation show then-President Trump on the morning of January 6, 2021. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It would be difficult for any prosecutor to convince a jury (except in heavily Democratic Washington, DC) that Trump caused the riot by his language. In a sound bite played by the committee, it is true that Trump did urge protesters to go down to the Capitol. True, he seemed to agree with the sign brought by one protester that said, \u201cHang Mike Pence,\u201d but that is different from giving the order.<\/p>\n<p>One can be disgusted by Trump\u2019s behavior and failure even now to accept the results of the 2020 election \u2014 I am \u2014 and still not want to see a precedent set that leads to the trial, conviction and imprisonment of a former president. Not only would this add fuel to the political forest fire that is already consuming the country, it would encourage some Republicans to do the same to a future Democratic president. Impeachment and indictments would become a norm, not an exception.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all heard people say, \u201cNo one is above the law,\u201d but practically that is not true. There is a two-tier justice system: one for blacks and one for whites; one for those who can afford expensive lawyers and one for those who can\u2019t; one for legal immigrants and one for those who break the law to cross our borders; one for current and former high government officials and one for the rest of us; one for the well-connected and one for the disconnected.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/pence.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Pence is seen sheltering in place during the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots. \" class=\"wp-image-22696068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/pence.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/pence.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/pence.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Pence is seen sheltering in place during the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/biden-9.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"President Joe Biden speaks during a bill signing event\" class=\"wp-image-22696064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/biden-9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/biden-9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/biden-9.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Joe Biden speaks during a bill signing event on June 16.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Alex Wong\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Those rioters who broke the law on Jan. 6, 2021, are being held accountable. More than 800 have been formally charged with criminal offenses, and some have gone to prison. Others await court dates. The FBI estimates that more than 2,000 people may have been involved in the attack that day.<\/p>\n<p>During the 1968 campaign, there supposedly was a teenager in Ohio who held a sign as Richard Nixon\u2019s motorcade passed by. It said, \u201cBring Us Together.\u201d Nixon speechwriter and later New York Times columnist William Safire said he doubted the sign ever existed, but the phrase made it into the Nixon campaign. Then and now, it is a worthy sentiment but an unreachable goal as both parties can\u2019t agree on our problems, much less how best to solve them.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump would do well to withdraw from the field and allow younger and less controversial candidates to replace him. His record of policy successes while president is undeniable (except for those in denial), but his narcissistic personality contributed to his loss. It is also contributing to the work of the Jan. 6 committee. If that committee wishes to \u201cbring us together,\u201d it will forgo recommendations of criminal prosecution and let voters decide, as they should and ultimately will, the future of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cal Thomas\u2019 latest book is \u201cAmerica\u2019s Expiration Date: The Fall of Empires and Superpowers and the Future of the United States.\u201d<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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