Donald Trump's 'enablers' must be 'disciplined' for their 'assault on our democracy': conservative

01 March 2023

Republican Donald Trump is the first former president in United States history to run for office again despite having been impeached twice and despite facing a variety of criminal and civil investigations when he officially announced his campaign. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis are simultaneously investigating Trump's actions after the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

In a March 1 column, Never Trumper and Washington Post opinion writer Jennifer Rubin stresses that Trump isn't the only Republican who deserves accountability for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump's "enablers," she writes, must also face consequences for the former president's "assault on our democracy."

"There's never would have gotten far, or even off the ground, without the participation of right-wing media executives, lawyers and pliant state officials," Rubin argues. "Without holding these enablers accountable, democracy and the rule of law will remain at risk."

Rubin goes on to cite some specific examples of Trump allies facing consequences but writes that there needs to be a lot more of them.

"Progress has already been made," Rubin observes. "John Eastman, the architect of the coup plot, faces disciplinary charges from the California state bar. The D.C. bar has similarly filed ethics charges against Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department official whom Trump attempted to appoint as acting attorney general. And Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani has been suspended from the New York bar."

Rubin calls for "discipline" for any pro-Trump attorneys "who played a part in the coup attempt" of late 2020 and early 2021.

"(Pro-Trump lawyers) filed more than 60 bogus challenges to the 2020 election on behalf of the Trump campaign; devised the phony elector scheme; and assisted Trump in attempting to strong-arm state election officials," Rubin notes. "For the sake of accountability and to deter other lawyers from similar efforts in the future, those involved must be disciplined. If they committed crimes, they must be prosecuted."

Read Jennifer Rubin's full Washington Post column at this link (subscription required).

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