"The question is whether the Democrats, in seeking good-faith governing partners, are going to play along.". In a word NO. I think that Democratic voters and many independents would howl in absolute rage if DJT, Barr, et. al. are not held accountable for their criminality and treason.
Failure to hold these traitors to account would simply lead to the repetition of the same evil and the ongoing destruction of our republic. Just consider that Hitler attempted to overthrow a legitimate government in the Beer Hall Putsch and got a hand slap for his crime. Ten years later he was able to start the Nazi regime that everyone fears is arising here today.
I hope that Biden would task Harris to lead a full bore commission to mine Trump's criminality. After all, she has a prosecutor's background, and she's demonstrated as a senator that she'd eat these crooks alive if she had a chance.
Trumpism is a cancer and this cancer was enabled. It should be treated the way any cancer is: complete removal since there is no "tolerable amount" permitted that can't re-metastasize. Hopefully Biden has the cojones to go after the enablers since it is they rather than Trump that are the true problem. Consider this a moral hazard issue: with none of its effects, you'll just see this all re-emerge. The problem is whether the Democrats will know where to start. The first stop needs to be structural deficiencies in our system: electoral college reform, enfranchisement of DC (and possibly Puerto Rico, pending its decision), voting rights and gerrymandering legislation (requiring independent commissions would be a start), fixes to FEC (for fair elections) and FCC (for balanced communications), etc. Removal of the filibuster or re-sizing the Supreme Court actually do not count among these. Those are correctives (or threats to the enemy) to restore normalcy among those enablers and to rectify the terrible effects of the manipulation of voters by Fox News/Clear Channel and poorly policed social media. Prosecuting Trump and his cronies may feel good and may be necessary, but its effects will be temporary at best, easily ignored by the next demagogue who opts to take advantage of systemic imbalances that allow rural voters disproportionate voting power or red states to extract wildly disproportionate funding from blue states.
1 day before Trump leaves office, he will pardon all the lackeys in his administration, including Pence. Trump will then resign. Pence will become president for 1 day. Enough time to pardon Trump from all "federal" crimes.
The only hope is the NY state attorney to prosecute Trump on state crimes.
#45 should be in jail for a very long time and he should NOT be allowed to have a persona telephone or computer of any kind. It would be best if when he talks to his lawyer someone from the Justice Department is in the room with them.
Presumably, much of the accountability denied thus far would be dependent upon the AG chosen by Biden. Pelosi will resist any efforts to 'look back', whether for short-term political gains or performative bi-partisanship. If Biden chooses an AG who makes restoring institutional trust a priority, then there is potential for belated justice, otherwise, we can expect continued obstruction and a backlash against Democrats in 2022. I hope that history is not foreshadowing, for once.
"The question is whether the Democrats, in seeking good-faith governing partners, are going to play along.". In a word NO. I think that Democratic voters and many independents would howl in absolute rage if DJT, Barr, et. al. are not held accountable for their criminality and treason.
Failure to hold these traitors to account would simply lead to the repetition of the same evil and the ongoing destruction of our republic. Just consider that Hitler attempted to overthrow a legitimate government in the Beer Hall Putsch and got a hand slap for his crime. Ten years later he was able to start the Nazi regime that everyone fears is arising here today.
I hope that Biden would task Harris to lead a full bore commission to mine Trump's criminality. After all, she has a prosecutor's background, and she's demonstrated as a senator that she'd eat these crooks alive if she had a chance.
Trumpism is a cancer and this cancer was enabled. It should be treated the way any cancer is: complete removal since there is no "tolerable amount" permitted that can't re-metastasize. Hopefully Biden has the cojones to go after the enablers since it is they rather than Trump that are the true problem. Consider this a moral hazard issue: with none of its effects, you'll just see this all re-emerge. The problem is whether the Democrats will know where to start. The first stop needs to be structural deficiencies in our system: electoral college reform, enfranchisement of DC (and possibly Puerto Rico, pending its decision), voting rights and gerrymandering legislation (requiring independent commissions would be a start), fixes to FEC (for fair elections) and FCC (for balanced communications), etc. Removal of the filibuster or re-sizing the Supreme Court actually do not count among these. Those are correctives (or threats to the enemy) to restore normalcy among those enablers and to rectify the terrible effects of the manipulation of voters by Fox News/Clear Channel and poorly policed social media. Prosecuting Trump and his cronies may feel good and may be necessary, but its effects will be temporary at best, easily ignored by the next demagogue who opts to take advantage of systemic imbalances that allow rural voters disproportionate voting power or red states to extract wildly disproportionate funding from blue states.
1 day before Trump leaves office, he will pardon all the lackeys in his administration, including Pence. Trump will then resign. Pence will become president for 1 day. Enough time to pardon Trump from all "federal" crimes.
The only hope is the NY state attorney to prosecute Trump on state crimes.
#45 should be in jail for a very long time and he should NOT be allowed to have a persona telephone or computer of any kind. It would be best if when he talks to his lawyer someone from the Justice Department is in the room with them.
Presumably, much of the accountability denied thus far would be dependent upon the AG chosen by Biden. Pelosi will resist any efforts to 'look back', whether for short-term political gains or performative bi-partisanship. If Biden chooses an AG who makes restoring institutional trust a priority, then there is potential for belated justice, otherwise, we can expect continued obstruction and a backlash against Democrats in 2022. I hope that history is not foreshadowing, for once.