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<p>The federal trial of <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-a-dangerous-criminal-who-belongs-in-prison">Donald Trump</a> on <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-hidden-messages-in-the-new-trump-indictment">charges he sought to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election</a> will be the most important in American history. But it will not be enough to save our democracy.</p>
<p>The conviction of Trump on those charges is essential, what justice demands, and critical to the future of the rule of law in America. But it will not be enough to save our <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-ny-indictment-looks-political-that-threatens-democracy">democracy</a>.</p>
<p>The defeat of Trump in the 2024 election (should he be the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-gop-is-the-party-of-fk-you">Republican</a> candidate) will help ensure that he does not pardon himself or launch further assaults on our system. But it will not be enough to save our democracy.</p>
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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty
The conviction of Trump on those charges is essential, what justice demands, and critical to the future of the rule of law in America. But it will not be enough to save our democracy.
The defeat of Trump in the 2024 election (should he be the Republican candidate) will help ensure that he does not pardon himself or launch further assaults on our system. But it will not be enough to save our democracy.
