The president has taken shots at Trump over a number of issues in recent months, but he has stayed largely silent on the four separate indictments against his predecessor.

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    Why would he even bother to comment, when doing nothing and being the better man requires literally no effort?

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      It also gives them no ammo to say this is all some liberal attack. Even though they’ll still keep saying it is. Reality doesn’t often play a part in the cult of his followers.

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      Exactly. Let Trump continue to hoist himself by his own petard. Every new embarrassment results in him dropping in the polls.

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      It also would be a bit inappropriate I think, given that it’s his Executive branch that’s prosecuting him in a number of these cases. Even though it sure seems like he’s maintaining distance from the Justice dept and allowing them their independence (unlike his predecessor), the optics of a President using the Justice dept to attack a political opponent, then using it in political campaign attacks would look kinda bad. The Georgia case though I think would be fair game, but better to just let that case speak for itself and not potentially influence it.