Prosecuting

For nearly 17 years, the federal government has been after Charles Lynch for running a medical marijuana dispensary.Prosecutors refused to drop their criminal case against him even as marijuana became fully legal in California and 23 other states. They refused to let it go when Congress forbade the Department of Justice from using its funds to criminally prosecute medical marijuana activities that were consistent with state law.Prosecutors have pursued Lynch’s case — which involves conflicting state and federal marijuana…

A cyberattack has impacted Fulton County, Georgia, where former President Donald Trump is currently being prosecuted on charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election.On Monday, we learned that Fulton had been struck by an incapacitating cyberattack and CNN now reports that the government is still knee-capped by the attack. The District Attorney’s office prosecuting Trump’s case is currently unable to access critical systems, like the internet, phones, or the court system website. Additionally, a…

No one is above the law. That should be an obvious, irrefutable principle in a democratic country.And in many countries, it is. In recent days, as the historic criminal prosecution of former President Trump has moved forward in Manhattan, plenty of examples have been offered of nations that have put that principle to the test — trying, convicting and in some cases incarcerating their top leaders for corruption, theft, bribery and other crimes. Surely a rules-based democracy like the United States can be as principled as…

WASHINGTON —  The 845-page final report of the House Committee on Jan. 6, which finally arrived late Thursday night, is an epic. Like “Moby Dick” or “War and Peace,” it is destined to be admired more than read.That’s a shame; don’t be deterred by the page count. The narrative at the heart of the report — the story of how former President Trump tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election by extralegal means — takes up less than half of the volume. (The rest is mostly footnotes and legal briefs.)By now, though, most…