The year in power: Mistruth and consequences
This was a year of mistruth and consequences — 12 long months of trying to figure out what rules remain in effect for a sundowning democracy, how those rules should be enforced and who gets to do the enforcing. There were four special counsels employed over the past year, enough that they hardly seemed special at all. Scores of Jan. 6 defendants were locked up for crimes such as disrupting Congress, assaulting cops and conspiring to keep Donald Trump in power after he lost the election in 2020. Rudy Giuliani was indicted on racketeering charges, forced into bankruptcy after being found liable for defaming two election workers, and sued by his former lawyer over an alleged unpaid bill.
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