Letters to the Editor, Monterey Herald, January 15, 2022

How many times has Donald Trump been accused of a crime? I don’t know and you probably don’t either. The correct answer:  too many times to count. And yet he has never been convicted. We’ve been told nobody is above the law in this country. Does anybody actually believe that?

Are President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Congress afraid of Trump and his followers? What about members of Congress? How is it that Trump and most of his cronies have so far escaped accountability for their transgressions? Democrats need to go on the offensive immediately.

There can be no doubt that Trump is guilty of financial crimes, political crimes, assaults on women,  etc. but has never acknowledged any of these crimes. Most Americans understand that our justice system has always been flawed. Those who have power, money, and the right skin color, have always gotten away with more than others.

But with Trump and his GOP accomplices chipping away at what remains of democracy in America, we just don’t have time to wait.

If we ever truly had a reasonably fair justice system, this is the time to prove it. Otherwise, we will continue living in an autocracy/plutocracy, but no longer a democracy. I don’t want that to happen. But it very well could.

Arlen Grossman

Del Rey Oaks