Their voices  were  even  and  low,

  Their  eyes  were  level  and  straight.

   There was neither sign nor show,

  When  the  English  began  to  hate.

-Rudyard Kipling

 

I'm not going to legally analyze the charges against Donald Trump.  Many people have done that better than I can.  I can only tell you what I perceive is the gravity of the present situation from my knowledge of history:  We are in dire straits.

 

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.  -Winston Churchill