Trump’s Indictments:

Don’t ignore them.

After thorough trials on two unrelated sets of allegations Trump (who said he was not guilty) was convicted. See: Wikipedia: Indictments against Donald Trump.

Update March 2025: The combination of Trump’s election to the U.S. Presidency and his “total immunity” gift from the U.S. Supreme Court any judicial activity on this front seems unlikely and he will be free from all pending criminal prosecutions. Adults, though, can still acknowledge his 34 felony convictions and consider Trump’s past and ongoing behaviors in the context of U.S. democracy, more than 200 years of executive branch norms, his activities to disassemble/eliminate administrative and scientific functions across the Federal government, his large-scale firings and other administrative shrinking of cybersecurity threat monitoring, alarming and education across agencies that previously had strong capabilities, along with his increasingly frequent pattern of ignoring Court orders, his grift/extortion/corruption associated with cryptocurrency and access to power schemes, his firing of governmental & military leaders he perceives as exhibiting insufficient fealty to him, his pardoning of many convicted criminals (and some simply allies indicted or under investigation) who he believes have demonstrated sufficient fealty to him, his pattern of removing female and non-white governmental & military leaders without cause, his turning the U.S. Justice Department and Federal Intelligence agencies against his perceived enemies, and his turning the U.S. military against “Democratic” cities – his likely criminality is an extreme outlier. Ugg…

To one extent or another, most of us are involved in choosing our leaders. It is important to get that electing right, please take the time to thoughtfully read and think about the essay: “How (Not) to Choose Our Leaders.”