I get the frustration, but just because Trump has found ways to game the system, doesn't mean throwing the system out, is going to be any better. Once both sides abandon the rule of law, then there is nothing left to keep shit from going way off the rails.

So, unless you are fully prepared to go to actual war to solve your problems, the legal system is still your only option. And despite what you might think, that system has been holding him back this entire time. He is losing far more cases in court than people realize. It's just that the media covers his wins more than his many losses...because his wins are scarier. And scary gets more clicks. And even when most of his wins get quickly overturned again, they simply don't get talked about anymore.

The bottom line comes down to "what kind of country do you want to live in?" One where whoever is in charge at the moment can just unilaterally declare their enemies to be criminals and summarily punish them, without due process...or one where you have the right to defend yourself in court against that kind of tyranny. If your solution to Trump, is to just be more like Trump, then all you're really doing is fighting for a system exactly like the one he wants.

If you want a system that stands in opposition to his methods, then you can't just use his own methods to oppose him.

Honestly, I agree that it should have started faster...but that wasn't "corruption" or even "incompetence"...it was caution. If they had given the appearance of bias, it would have undermined their entire case, just like how that appearance of bias is currently undermining Trump's cases against his own enemies.

Was it maybe too much caution...yes. But only because in the end, they ran out of time. If the Supremes Court hadn't stepped in, and forced them to re-file the charges at the last minute, Donald Trump would be in prison right now instead of the Oval office. The "corruption" in this case, wasn't coming from the Democrats. It was coming from the Supreme Court.

But, aside from that, what Jack Smith and his team used, was good methodology. They followed every procedure to the letter, and cut no corners. Those cases were airtight. As opposed to Trump's rushed indictments, that are falling apart in court. There is a right way and a wrong way to do this...and it has nothing to do with anyone's "opinion" about who the "good guys" and the "bad guys" are. That is decided by the evidence.

They had more than enough evidence after they concluded a long and detailed investigation, as well as several other, interconnected lawsuits. It doesn't matter how obvious it "looks" to everyone on the outside...if you want it to stick in court, there needs to be no doubt. That means hard evidence. No theories. No speculation. No assumptions. They needed documented receipts.

When it comes to incitement, it is extremely hard to prove intent. Every one of the speeches given that day, before that mob descended on the Capitol building, was very carefully worded to allow for enough deniability, that none of those people could be held responsible in court.

Which meant they had to get proof that Trump knew about, and was directly involved in, the fake electors scam they tried to pull. First they went after the fake electors themselves. Those poor idiots were more than happy to point the finger at Kenneth Chesebro, who orchestrated their participation. After that, they had enough evidence to convict Chesebro of carrying out the plan...but they still needed him to flip on Trump in order to prove that Trump himself, was an active part of it.

Too many people who work for Trump seem perfectly willing to take the fall for him, despite the fact that he has a long track record of throwing them under the bus as soon as they get caught following his orders. And it never actually came out whether or not Chesebro was actually going to testify against Trump, but given the fact that he was only sentenced to probation, I strongly suspect he cut a deal.

The problem with all this, is the fact that it takes time for all these other cases to go through the courts, before they had a clear lock on Trump himself. Even if they could have started the process sooner...which isn't necessarily the case...it still would have taken years to bring Trump in front of a judge for his part in all of it.

And they nearly did. If it wasn't for the Supreme Court forcing Jack Smith to have to re-file the charges at the last minute, he would have been on trial in the summer of 2024...right in the middle of his campaign.