What to Make of Trump’s Federal Indictment
June 16, 2023 2:07 pm ET Former President Donald Trump speaks in Bedminster, N.J., June 13. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Associated Press If this indictment of former President Donald Trump is unprecedented and fraught with danger (“A Destructive Trump Indictment,” Review & Outlook, June 10), it is only because the outlandish behavior of Mr. Trump fits that very same description. Some of us have given years to the national defense and worked in dangerous occupations under the protections of these documents and the classification system. We’re entitled to take it personally when an ex-government official trifles with our safety and lives. Col. Art Saboski, USAF (Ret.) Prescott Valley, Ariz. The indictment of Mr. Trump for mishandling government documents makes me wonder what the consequences will be for President Biden’s parallel misha
Former President Donald Trump speaks in Bedminster, N.J., June 13.
Photo: Andrew Harnik/Associated Press
If this indictment of former President Donald Trump is unprecedented and fraught with danger (“A Destructive Trump Indictment,” Review & Outlook, June 10), it is only because the outlandish behavior of Mr. Trump fits that very same description. Some of us have given years to the national defense and worked in dangerous occupations under the protections of these documents and the classification system. We’re entitled to take it personally when an ex-government official trifles with our safety and lives.
Col. Art Saboski, USAF (Ret.)
Prescott Valley, Ariz.
The indictment of Mr. Trump for mishandling government documents makes me wonder what the consequences will be for President Biden’s parallel mishandling. One also has to remember the gross violations by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, which the Federal Bureau of Investigation let slide. Add to that the deep-six treatment of the Hunter Biden laptop and associated foreign payments. Can I mention the FBI’s lying to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court?
Equal justice under the law has clearly been shattered in a manner that should make everyone shudder. Two systems of justice is anathema to our democracy.
Phil Serpico
Kew Gardens, N.Y.
Living in the Chicago area for 74 years, I have seen four Illinois governors indicted by federal prosecutors and sent to prison. I have seen dozens, if not hundreds, of other Illinois politicians sent to prison by these same federal prosecutors for a variety of crimes. In all that time, no one has criticized these federal prosecutions, much less called the indictments a “weaponization” of the Justice Department. Just the opposite. We have been grateful that our federal government was doing its job.
Jerry Felsenthal
Highland Park, Ill. Special counsel
Jack Smith
stated, “We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone.” I think Mr. Smith got it all wrong. What he should have said is: “We have one set of laws, and they apply to everyone except Hillary Clinton.”
John C. Borrego
Safety Harbor, Fla.
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