I suspect now that the custom (of pardoning and not prosecuting former and current political opponents) has been broken, we'll see
a lot of prosecutions of political opponents in the future, because "lawfare" is now an established tactic.
I don't think that's a good thing.
Edit: How is it lawfare? The charges are based on a questionable, novel legal theory that no one has ever been prosecuted for before, as nonpartisan legal experts have observed from the beginning:
“The bottom line is that it’s murky,” said Richard Hasen, an expert in election law and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles law school. “And the district attorney did not offer a detailed legal analysis as to how they can do this, how they can get around these potential hurdles. And it could potentially tie up the case for a long time.”
https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-legal-analysis-b...
And they ignored the statute of limitations in order to bring these charges several years late.
When the prosecution starts ignoring the rules and inventing new legal theories for political ends, that's lawfare.
I don't think that's a good thing.
Edit: How is it lawfare? The charges are based on a questionable, novel legal theory that no one has ever been prosecuted for before, as nonpartisan legal experts have observed from the beginning:
“The bottom line is that it’s murky,” said Richard Hasen, an expert in election law and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles law school. “And the district attorney did not offer a detailed legal analysis as to how they can do this, how they can get around these potential hurdles. And it could potentially tie up the case for a long time.”
https://apnews.com/article/trump-indictment-legal-analysis-b...
And they ignored the statute of limitations in order to bring these charges several years late.
When the prosecution starts ignoring the rules and inventing new legal theories for political ends, that's lawfare.