as ari points out, he s innocent until proven guilty. but based on what we know in the public sphere, his best way out of this is becoming president again, clothing himself in the power of the executive office, and protecting himself from prosecutor. it is literally the plan that julius caesar had. i m not making that up. his entire plan was to avoid prosecution by becoming pro-counsel and dictator of rome. at the same level, donald trump s best way to get out of this at this point is to run for president and win. if he s not president, if he s just a private citizen, his peers have stolen classified documents. as ari is pointing out, donald trump has never faced a litigant with the kinds of resources that the department of justice and jack smith can bring to bear on him and his little kabul. he s going up against the most difficult litigants of his entire life, and he s got no great defense for what he did.
Students from NPR correspondent Deborah Amos’ course learned how to chronicle history as it unfolds at an international crossroads for the displaced. Amos is a Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence.