A Risky Case Against Trump

Ruth Marcus: “The Trump indictment is a dangerous leap on the highest of wires: Now, I’m really worried about the Trump indictment…”

“I’m not saying prosecutors will lose this case. They could well win, and I hope they do, because a failure to secure a conviction will only inflame Trump and his supporters in their claims that the criminal justice system is being weaponized against them. But the fears I had in the weeks leading up to the indictment about the strength of the case against Trump were in no way allayed by Tuesday’s developments.”

“The indictment and an accompanying recitation of the underlying facts offers almost nothing in the way of new evidence against Trump.”