
Amna Khalid and Jeff Snyder on Fighting Illiberalism, Right and Left
The Good Fight
Introduction
I have been incredibly keen to see Donald Trump defeated at the ballot box and removed from American politics through the popular will since the beginnings of his rise. I was skeptical of both of the attempts to impeach him in good part because they predictably failed in many ways, strengthening rather than weakening his position. The federal charges which have now been filed against Donald Trump look a little different. This is not because he would be the first politician to treat classified documents in an irresponsible manner. Others, including Joe Biden, Mike Pence and, yes, Hillary Clinton are guilty of the same. But it is because of the stunning evidence in the charges which were filed that Trump knowingly, repeatedly and explicitly tried to sub