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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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CST Editorial Board

Stunning details in latest Trump indictment show the importance of getting this case right

People demonstrate in front of the White House after Special Counsel Jack Smith delivered remarks about the unsealed federal indictment against former President Donald Trump on Friday. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Critical times of reckoning define nations’ identities far into the future.

The United States is at such a crossroads, brought to this point by the egregious actions of former President Donald Trump. It has become impossible to ignore Trump’s many transgressions over the years but still assure America is seen, by both its residents and other nations, as a place where rule of law prevails — where no one, not even presidents or former presidents, is granted the royal privilege to do as they like, without regard to laws others must obey.

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