'Corrosive to the rule of law': Legal analyst demands law enforcement hold Trump accountable

A prominent legal analyst on Tuesday called on law enforcement to hold Donald Trump accountable for the Jan. 6 insurrection and subsequent actions, citing the recent arrest of a Jan. 6 defendant found heavily armed near former President Barack Obama’s Washington D.C. home.

NBC News legal analyst Glenn Kirschner in a YouTube video said President Joe Biden had been asked by world leaders why Trump hadn’t yet been held to account for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Taylor Taranto, 37 of Seattle, had two guns, 400 rounds of ammunition, and a machete in his van that he appeared to be living in when he was arrested Thursday, NBC News reports.

“Yesterday leaders from around the world you know, the heads of democracies around the globe, are asking President Biden why? Why hasn't Donald Trump been held accountable for the insurrection?” Kirschner said.

“We don't know what President Biden tells them in reply, but Donald Trump's continued, supremely dangerous conduct going unaddressed by our law enforcement authorities is so infuriating.”

Kirschner said Trump poses an ongoing threat to public safety and American democracy.

“I am sick and tired of Donald Trump endangering our communities, endangering our society and endangering American democracy with nothing being done to address the danger,” Kirschner said.

Kirschner in the video notes that Trump on his Truth Social website posted Barack Obama’s Washington D.C. home address, which Taranto reposted.

Kirschner in a description of the video described the posting of Obama’s address as “a staggering show of disregard for the safety of another former president.”

Taranto traveled to the nation’s Capital on the invitation of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.), who offered Jan. 6 defendants an opportunity to view security footage from the insurrection for use in their defense.

“It's so disheartening, it's so corrosive to the rule of law. It's the antithesis of justice,” Kirschner said of Trump’s actions.

“And justice matters.”

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