Facts against Trump are clear and damning
Failing to peacefully transfer power. Fostering a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol. Denying election results despite filing 60-plus lawsuits that presented exactly zero evidence of the claims therein. Disrupting the certification of electors.
More than 100 January 6 assailants have been convicted. Many have received prison sentences. Now, two co-defendants have pleaded guilty in Fulton County. (Let us earnestly hope for more.)
One just conclusion is in sight: the conviction and sentencing of Donald Trump, unabashed leader of the greatest attack on our system of governance since the Civil War. The facts are already clearly established, and they are damning to Mr. Trump. If he escapes successful prosecution, it can only be because his admitted propaganda skills extend far beyond duping his base to influencing the jury (juries?) that will hear his case.
Fulton County and U.S. prosecutors: thank you for your courage and perseverance that were so lacking under other, similar circumstances in history.
GARY NAGEL, SNELLVILLE
Fulton jail is political -- but so is everything with politicians
Bill Torpy, in “GOP interest in jail reeks of politics” (Oct. 19), seems stunned that there is an apparent political angle at work in the GOP’s recent focus on awful conditions at the Fulton County jail: “Sniff, sniff. I smell politics cooking.”
Memo to Mr. Torpy: Of course it’s political. Everything politicians from both parties do is political. Supporting this group or that group -- political. Voting for or against a bill -- political. Supporting or not supporting a nominee -- political. Supporting or opposing the other side’s policies -- political. Supporting or opposing wild allegations about other politicians -- political. Supporting or opposing prosecution of certain individuals -- political. Speaking out or not speaking out about terrorists’ atrocities -- political. Even selecting a particular tie, pin, or scarf to wear is political.
Simply stated, politics is what politicians do. Sometimes, they also do some good, but that might just be an accident.
DANA R. HERMANSON, MARIETTA
