H.W. Bush’s Deputy A.G. Donald Ayer Says Justice Department Should Prosecute Trump
Donald Ayer, who served as deputy attorney general under President George H.W. Bush, called on the Justice Department to prosecute former President Donald Trump for his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election results in his favor. “We can’t have a system where a president can willfully, deliberately and with no ambiguity act to overturn a legitimate election, and nobody does anything about it,” Ayer said. The January 6, 2021, public hearings held by the House select committee that has been investigating the Capitol attack and events surrounding it for the past year have revealed a clearer...