• Benjamin Wittes, editor-in-chief of Lawfare and a fellow at the Brookings Institution, along with Lawfare Senior Editor Quinta Jurecic, wrote about the background of the case, and how Bragg originally said there likely wouldn’t be any charges, but has since reversed his decision.
• The two encouraged commenters to “refrain alike from triumphant claims that the rule of law has been vindicated or from clucking about witch hunts.”
• Others, such as George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley, explained that the Department of Justice previously declined to prosecute Trump on the same charges.

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