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At its core, the controversy taps into a larger anxiety about the direction of American democracy. Is the country entering a period defined by institutional reform and renewed trust, or by investigations, prosecutions, and political score-settling? For many voters already fatigued by cycles of scandal and retaliation, the prospect of a government focused on vengeance feels destabilizing. The phrase “full reckoning” becomes shorthand for a deeper worry: that power, once secured, may be wielded as a weapon rather than a tool for governance.