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What Is "Legitimacy"?

You'll appreciate it once it's gone.

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Sep 16, 2020
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1. Legit

I want to talk some more today about the question we asked yesterday:

If/when Trump leaves office, should he be prosecuted for possible crimes? Or should prosecutors decline to pursue him?

First: Asking this question assumes a Trump loss in two months. This is not a given. Should Trump win, we can't even begin to answer the question because we hav…

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