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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Margaret Sullivan

Trump’s hush-money case might finally show him what accountability feels like

‘Each day, in a Manhattan courtroom, Trump is finding out that there’s a limit.’
‘Each day, in a Manhattan courtroom, Trump is finding out that there’s a limit.’ Photograph: Getty Images

Donald Trump, who once bragged that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any voters, has gotten away for years with unimaginable amounts of malfeasance.

He grifted and insulted and lied his way into the White House, embarrassed the nation while president, refused to accept his defeat to Joe Biden in 2020 and then incited a riot at the US Capitol as he tried to overturn the election.

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