The Insurrection That Wasn’t
Historians studying January 6 will no doubt mark the absence of any conviction — or even a charge — of insurrection despite all we heard about it from the sages of the law.

One of the things historians of the future will focus on in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s final report is the issue of insurrection. Why was it never charged against President-elect Trump or anyone else? America’s failure, as the 47th president prepares to swear to the parchment and Mr. Smith departs, to find an insurrection stands as a signal moment in the election interference case, which foundered when voters delivered their verdict in November.
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