With former president Donald Trump facing four indictments Republicans have decried the prosecutions as politically motivated. Former Salisbury University political science professor Michael O'Loughlin writes this is a direct attack on the rule of law.
Essay: Law Under Attack in Trump Trials
![](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f120ee7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/790x597+0+0/resize/880x665!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe5%2F4e%2F1e8c398e4951bcb7ed894d95dc25%2Flegal-gavel-creative-commons-blogtrepreneur.png)