Quote of the Day

Donald Trump has regularly flouted and violated the law for much of his time as a political candidate and elected official. The criminal evidence unsealed [today] in the indictment shows in painstaking detail that he acted as if he is above the law, while willfully and recklessly endangering our national security.

Now is the time for Donald Trump to be held accountable. No matter his front-runner status [in the race for the 2024 Republican nomination for president], Donald Trump does not belong on anyone’s ballot. He belongs in a courtroom.

– Rahna Epting
Quoted in Jessica Corbett’s article,
“As ‘Absolutely Devastating’ Trump Indictment Unsealed,
Special Counsel Stresses Gravity of Charges”
Common Dreams
June 9, 2023

Related Off-site Links:
Indictment Takeaways: Trump’s Alleged Schemes and Lies to Keep Secret Papers – Alanna Durkin Richer (AP News, June 9, 2023).
Indicted Again: Donald Trump Faces Federal Espionage and Conspiracy Charges in Classified Docs Probe – Democracy Now! (June 9, 2023).
No One Above the Law: Trump Indicted on Federal Charges – Laurence Tribe and Dennis Aftergut (The Bulwark, June 8, 2023).
Indictment Charging Trump With Mishandling Classified Documents Unsealed – Hugo Lowell and Léonie Chao-Fong (The Guardian, June 9, 2023).
Nuclear Weapon Secrets in the Bathroom: Five Revelations From Trump’s Unsealed Indictment – Mary Yang (The Guardian, June 9, 2023).
Felon Trump (Updated): The Justice Department Begins to Do What It Must Do – Robert Reich (RobertReich.Substack.com, June 9, 2023).

UPDATE: The Espionage Act: Could Trump Indictment Lead to Changes to 1917 Law Used to Jail Whistleblowers? – Democracy Now! (June 14, 2023).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Jeff Sharlet on the Fascist Ideology of Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene
• It’s Not Just Trump: Ralph Nader on the “Lawlessness” of Other U.S. Presidents
• Chauncey Devega on the Ongoing Danger of the Trump Cult
• Historian Nancy MacLean: The Threat to American Democracy Is at “Red-Alert”
• William D. Lindsey: Quote of the Day – August 12, 2022
• “How Can One Overreact to a Mortal Threat to American Democracy?”
• A Deeper Perspective on What’s Really Attacking Democracy
• “The Coup Attempt on Jan. 6th Was a Warning for What’s to Come If We Don’t Act”
• “My Biggest Worry Is for My Country”
• Republicans Pose an “Existential Threat” to American Democracy
• The Big Switch
• The Republican Party in a Nutshell
• Republicans Don’t Care About American Democracy
• “The Republican Party Has Now Made It Official: They Are a Cult”
• David Remnick: Quote of the Day – February 13, 2021
• Dan Rather on America’s “Moment of Reckoning”
• Michael Harriot: Quote of the Day – January 6, 2021
• Insurrection at the United States Capitol
• Fascism Is Upon Us
• Saying “No” to Donald Trump and His Fascist Agenda
• Trump’s Playbook