Doesn't that just give over power to prosecutors to pick who you get to vote for?

Exactly, the hidden point is some people hate Trump so much they would destroy everything in the USA to destroy him.

They will get their wish.Desantis just came out said he won't assist extradition so come and get him

I almost wish HN had emoji reactions for comments. Upvote/downvote doesn't quite cut it when what this comment really needs is just an eyeroll emoji, possibly paired with "OK Boomer".

Yes - look at Comey's comments about butter emails that severely damaged Hilary Clinton's electoral chances.

I think you mean "influence elections" - "picking who[m] you get to vote for" is quite a stretch.

The alternative is a country where political candidates are not bound by the rule of law.

Just in case, I am hereby declaring my candidacy for the President of the United States for the upcoming election and all future elections in my lifetime.

Same here but the trick is also being popular.

No your opinion isn't fact. Donald Trump danger is the fact he's beloved by base in way that could rip the country apart in way beyond Nixon or Bush.

Everything for his indictment needed to be kosher and it isn't. Many top democrats are fuming over this.

Yes everything is different right now and all precedent and apprehensive reactions should be disregarded - aka what every single hysterical partisan in history has said.

Don’t worry… we’ll be okay whatever happens. It’s never as bad as what the FUD pushers wished would happen (“feared” would be the wrong word here).

Except we handed Trump 2024 on a silver platter

Nah.

In terms of tearing the country apart…I think you need to separate the nut jobs who idolize Trump from the right leaning folks who simply supported Trump mainly because he was on their side of the line and frankly not an elderly democrat who was a punchline before he became “The Alternative”.

The nut jobs will create problems, the others will complain but not act. Overall the others far outweigh the nut jobs.

It's not 2016 anymore. civil war and the great divorce is mainstream

I’m in the heart of Trump country and I guarantee the number trump flags flying and MAGA hat wearing ain’t what it used to be around me. I definitely don’t see the same levels of Trump adulation now.

Frankly even some hardcore supporters I know are tired of his shtick and lean DeSantis.

No sure what you fully mean here, but the 60s/70s, and the civil disobedience at the time, make all current stuff, BLM, the protests, seem tiny in comparison.

What isn't kosher about it?

Trump is being indicted by a grand jury, not the DA. Half the people in his orbit have done time in prison for committing crimes that just happened to benefit him.

Many top Democrats are fuming?

Name them.

Trump is a fundamentally different player than Bush or Nixon. They were establishment in times the establishment wasn't nearly as hated as it is now.

This just plays to Trump's strength as the ultimate rebel.

In terms of game theory, this is a very different game than Nixon or Bush. Trump annihilated the Bush Legacy, and is hated by both sides of the establishment.

Trump is part of "the establishment" himself. And that he can bullshit people like you into believing otherwise is part of his superpower as a lifelong pathologic liar.

At least some of the legally problematic reimbursement payments to Cohen happened while he was president.