Indicting a former president on criminal charges is an extremely serious matter. The charges brought against former President Donald Trump Thursday by the district attorney in Manhattan mark the first time that a past commander in chief has ever been indicted with a crime.
District Attorney Alvin Bragg has placed himself in an extraordinarily perilous position. He has two challenges now ahead of him.
He must make the iron clad case against Trump for fraudulently accounting for hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign, and he must convince the American public — particularly those who are intensely loyal to the former president — that this is not a political hit job, and that Trump is being treated like anyone else who may have committed such an offense.
