Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Slap on the wrist may be coming

Attorney General Merrick Garland is trying to decide whether to indict or to just ask former President Donald Trump to write 100 times on the blackboard, “I will not incite another insurrection; I will not organize fake electors to steal an election again; I will not steal any more top-secret documents; I will not conspire against the United States and the Constitution; I will not obstruct justice anymore; I will not lie to the Congress and the American people anymore; I will not abuse my power anymore; I will not incite violence against journalists, protesters, police, minorities, immigrant children or gay people; I will not launder piles of illicit foreign money anymore; I will not commit tax fraud anymore, etc.”

It’s anyone’s guess what Garland will do. That much writing on the blackboard might be difficult for Trump and it might irritate the GOP base. Garland will probably let him off with a stern warning. He was the president, after all. We must show respect.