Trump’s assault on American justice gives inspiration to authoritarians everywhere

[BidenPresident]

What is at stake is not just the outcome and aftermath of the next presidential election in America, fateful though that is. Across the globe, the fragile relationship between the political and judicial spheres is broken or under strain, and what happens in Washington will serve both as a stark warning of the consequences of that rupture and to give licence to other anti-democratic regimes. The US used to be a beacon of good governance. It is in danger of exporting entropy.

https://www.theguardian.com/comment...e-gives-inspiration-authoritarians-everywhere

 

[BidenPresident]

"American democracy is only as strong as its legal system. The founders of the country created the judiciary as the third branch of the federal government to keep executive power in check and prevent corruption. So it was a cause for deep concern last week when Donald Trump unleashed a verbal tantrum on his Truth Social platform, accusing special counsel Jack Smith of “prosecutorial misconduct” even before he filed four federal criminal counts against the former president over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in a bid to remain in office.