Can America Restore the Rule of Law Without Prosecuting Trump?

November 20, 2020

One of the first questions that Joe Biden is going to have to confront as president will be: How to deal with his predecessor’s flagrant and relentless subversion of the rule of law?

There is nothing to protect a former president from prosecution. No ex-president has ever been indicted before, but no president has ever left office with so much potential criminal liability. When Donald Trump he leaves the office, it will present the country with a historic dilemma, Jonathan Mahler writes in this week’s cover story.

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Can America Restore the Rule of Law Without Prosecuting Trump?

Donald Trump’s potential criminal liability is the key to understanding his presidency. When he leaves office, it will present the country with a historic dilemma.

By Jonathan Mahler

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