At TheNation.com, justice correspondent Elie Mystalsays this is the first real attempt to hold Trump legally accountable for any of his many alleged crimes—but don’t get your hopes up. “It’s not 2020 or 2021, and this is not in federal court. We are in the year 2023, and a local DA is trying to gather up some bits of the jurisdictional authority federal prosecutors left lying on the ground,” he explains. DC bureau chief Chris Lehmannargues Donald Trump’s indictment is less a matter of politics than of ruling-class impunity. And national-affairs correspondent Jeet Heerforesees Trump’s fate dominating the 2024 election.