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Ultimately, the “bad news” for Donald Trump is not just the existence of the charges themselves, but the fact that the institutions of the American republic have proven capable of initiating a process of accountability. The indictments represent a formal assertion that the democratic process is a protected interest, and that efforts to subvert it will be met with the full force of the legal system. As the nation moves through this period of uncertainty, the focus must remain on the strength of the process rather than the personality of the individual. The goal is not merely a verdict, but the vindication of a system that prizes the rule of law over the rule of any one man.
