An epochal moment in American history has now produced another involving Donald Trump’s unprecedented role, in an unprecedented event.
The storming of the U.S. Capitol, on Jan. 6, 2021, in a mob attempt to undo an election result, has resulted in charges against the former president.
One need only look at Trump’s strong score in recent opinion polls to draw skepticism that any of this makes a difference, that it weakens him in any way.
After all, these aren’t the first charges against Trump. That happened in New York, where the state indicted him over hidden payments to Stormy Daniels.
And these arguably aren’t the
