When the details of the 37-count indictment against former President Trump were unsealed last week, I eagerly awaited the response from both Trump supporters and non-supporters. I watched several different Fox News and CNN shows to hear what the “experts” had to say. I expected the approach of the two groups to be different, but the difference was more than just spin.

Trump and his supporters, both Republican politicians and news people, spoke about double standards, weaponized Justice Departments and supposed crimes of others. Nowhere was there a defense of the actual crimes alleged in the indictment.

Democrats went through the 37 counts in detail, pointing out why Trump’s actions were both illegal and dangerous to the nation.

So why are Trump’s people so hesitant to talk about the facts of the case? If they actually had a good case to defend the presumptive GOP nominee for president next year, you would think they would.

Trump is innocent until proven guilty, but it speaks volumes that his own supporters won’t (or cannot) defend him against the facts of the case.

Robert Charlton

Springdale

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