I'm pleased with the indictments, don't get me wrong.
I'm not pleased with Garland.
The net result of his delays is going to be that these trials aren't concluded when the election occurs. Elizabeth Holmes, who doesn't have Trump's resources or institutional support, was indicted in June of 2018.
She reported to prison in May 2023.
There are reports Biden is unhappy with Garland for his slowness. I find this wholly reasonable.
I'm glad he was indicted. I expect he'll be convicted, eventually, and given home confinement or the cushiest of country club jails, probably with this own private wing. But not before January 2025, when a Republican may be setting up in the Oval office.
Any Republican will pardon him. (And most of the Jan 6 terrorists, and any others Republicans who've been caught and punished for almost anything.)
The indictments are a good thing. But we still have to win in 2024 for them to mean anything.
Daniel Keys Moran