The first amendment is powerful but it doesn’t protect criminal behavior
When Jack Smith announced the latest indictment of Donald Trump this week, the special prosecutor’s language was remarkably clear.
Smith used the phrase “fueled by lies” about Trump’s role in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. (Trump officially pleaded not guilty today to charges that he conspired to defraud the United States, to disenfranchise voters and to obstruct the post-election transfer of power.)
Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture
