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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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CST Editorial Board

Trump’s indictment in Georgia was a step that had to happen, for the nation’s good

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks in Atlanta, Georgia regarding the grand jury indictment of former President Donald Trump and 18 others on charges of trying to overturn that state’s 2020 election results. (Joe Raedle/Getty)

Forget any talk that it was a dark day for this country when a former U.S. president and 18 of his confederates — including two Chicagoans — were indicted by an Atlanta grand jury on charges that they tried to illegally overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results.

Indeed, it’s quite the opposite. The indictment on Georgia state racketeering charges is another positive sign that Donald Trump might well be closer to being finally flushed out of this nation’s political system.

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