Trump's Stress Test

Trump Stress-Tested the Election System, and the Cracks Showed: This is a lovely article. 

The article focuses only on the election and howit took the stress. Congress would hopefully ensure that elections can handle stress better.

But what about the other issues that Trump stressed - such as meddling with special counsel Mueller's investigation or violating campaign finance laws (paying off the women through Cohen) or expecting the Ukrainian president to investigate Biden in order to get American aid? 

Trump stressed the system and the system was found to be weak in responding. 

There is a general belief that Trump did everything in broad daylight and the belief that whatever is done that way cannot be duplicitous. Here is an example below:

What we do know is unquestionably it was too many people,” De Blasio told reporters on Tuesday. “It appears that there was a very conscious effort to conceal what was going on. And that’s what makes it even more unacceptable.” from https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11/25/hasidic-wedding-fined-new-york/

Is the act by itself culpable or the fact that it was concealed culpable? What is our moral stand? 

Who is going to address these?

Additional reading

1. https://vbala99.blogspot.com/2020/11/preening-narcissism.html
2. https://vbala99.blogspot.com/2020/11/trumps-character.html
   
3. Donald Trump and the Damage Done
   
4. The Indian Express: When history is written, US courts may be singled out for protecting nation’s election integrity.
   
5. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/08/fast-track-trump-impeachment-pointless-revenge/
   
6. Mint: The real lesson of Trump’s coup attempt that shocked everyone.
   
7. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-kendall-censure-trump-congress/2021/01/10/9bed6330-537f-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html
   
8. Joe Biden’s Impeachment Moment
   
9. The Scary Power of the Companies That Finally Shut Trump Up
   
10. Mike Pence Reached His Limit With Trump. It Wasn’t Pretty.
    
11. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/how-the-media-handled-trump/2021/01/12/0f13a0a8-54da-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html
    
12. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/14/trump-twitter-megaphone/
    
13. https://www.washingtonpost.com/tablet/2021/01/14/whats-next-trump/ - lovely voice
    
14. There’s as Much to Learn From Trump’s Success as His Disgrace
    
15. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/20/biden-inauguration-day-live-updates/ - Is this the end?
    
16. Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like
    
17. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-investigations-lawsuits/2021/03/17/1ca3806c-8379-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html
    
18. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/02/trump-case-may-be-unusual-if-true-its-brazen-tax-fraud/
    
19. https://apple.news/ARAuaUILdRrKqj2Tc0mIZCA
    
20. Will Trump Face a Legal Reckoning in Georgia?
    
21. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/29/trump-investigations-litigation/
    
22. Before Jan. 6, Aide Warned Secret Service of Security Risk to Pence: About Mike Pence, Vice President
    
23. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/14/how-prosecutors-sidestep-question-trump-intent-jan-6/
    
24. Despite Growing Evidence, a Prosecution of Trump Would Face Challenges and https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/19/trump-charges-january-6-hearings-capitol-attack?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
    
25. Prosecute Trump? Put Yourself in Merrick Garland’s Shoes.
    
26. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/25/trump-jan6-hearings-sundaytake/
    
27. Cassidy Hutchinson Changes Everything: Small steps forward.
    
28. The End of Roe, the End of Trump: Very interesting
    
29. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/13/criminal-investigation-donald-trump?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
    
30. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/07/prosecute-trump-january-6-doj/670511/
    
31. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/january-6-hearings-trump-cassidy-hutchinson/661414/: "Some of Trump’s defenders will, of course, seek to explain Hutchinson’s testimony away and apologize for him. They will contend that if the president wasn’t heard explicitly saying, I want a violent mob to topple Congress, harm members, and overturn the election that I lost, he cannot be held responsible for what happened that day. This is nonsense. If you pour gasoline all over a building, tell some people it is essential the building burn, and make sure they’re carrying matches and lighters, you are to blame for the arson that follows—especially if you then decline to call the fire department and condone the inferno. What Trump wanted to put up in flames on January 6 was American democracy."
32. Cassidy Hutchinson Changes Everything
    
33. We Can’t Afford Not to Prosecute Trump
    
34. Trump Faces Questions About His Net Worth in Interview He Tried to Avoid
    
35. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/nyregion/mazars-trump-organization-financial-statements.html?searchResultPosition=1
    
36. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/nyregion/trump-questioning-investigation.html
    
37. Did the F.B.I. Just Re-Elect Donald Trump?
    
38. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-payback-for-mar-a-lago-will-be-brutal-trump-raid-fbi-justice-department-president-investigation-11660255311?mod=djem10point
    
39. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/11/trump-fantasy-collective-persecution/
40. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/12/us/trump-investigation-takeaways.html?smid=url-share
    
41. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/13/nuclear-or-not-classified-or-not-mar-a-lago-files-spell-out-jeopardy-for-trump?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
    
42. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/08/12/seditious-conspiracy-insurrection-trump-charges/
    
43. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/13/trump-mar-a-lago-search/
    
44. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/16/trump-reckless-national-security-serious/
    
45. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/16/trump-crime-gop-support/
    
46. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/18/trump-pardon-biden-benefit/
    
47. Trump’s Legal Team Scrambles to Find an Argument: ""Mr. Trump, people familiar with his thinking say, sees the attorney general, Merrick B. Garland, not as the federal government’s chief law enforcement officer, but merely as a political foe and someone with whom he can haggle with about how much anger exists over the situation. Shortly before Mr. Garland announced that he was seeking to unseal the search warrant, an intermediary for Mr. Trump reached out to a Justice Department official to pass along a message that the former president wanted to negotiate, as if he were still a New York developer. The message Mr. Trump wanted conveyed, according to a person familiar with the exchange, was: “The country is on fire. What can I do to reduce the heat?” The essence of Trump - Dealing and negotiating and posturing.
48. 3 big things we learned from the Mar-a-Lago affidavit
49. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/29/roy-blunt-republicans-trump-wrongdoing/
50. The Guardian: New legal filings paint Trump as a flailing liar surrounded by lackeys.
    
51. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/02/trump-republicans-biden-maga/
    
52. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/09/judge-cannon-trump-mar-a-lago-special-master/671349/: Judge Cannon failed the stress test
    
53. https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-nuclear-documents-mar-a-lago-rcna46638
    
54. Trump’s ‘Muddled’ Claims About the Presidential Records Act, Explained
    
55. The Story So Far: Where 6 Investigations Into Donald Trump Stand
    
56. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/09/21/nyregion/trump-fraud-lawsuit-ny-james/donald-trump-fraud-lawsuit-letitia-james?smid=url-share
    
57. Inside the Completely Legal G.O.P. Plot to Destroy American Democracy - The video is terrifying
    
58. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/06/trump-organization-tax-fraud-guilty-verdict-analysis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other: Breath of fresh air
    
59. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/06/herschel-walker-reputation-georgia-football-politics-senate-trump/
    
60. Trump Faces a Week of Headaches on Jan. 6 and His Taxes
    
61. https://www.forbes.com/sites/irswatch/2016/02/28/no-ordinary-audit-donald-trump-is-facing-the-irs-wealth-squad/?sh=4017439b4d71
    
62. For Cassidy Hutchinson, ‘I don’t remember’ wasn’t good enough