On Thursday, news broke reporting that Donald Trump is on tape pressuring Republican operatives in Michigan — a key swing state — to take part in his conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election.

This is on top of every other sordid, narcissistic, corrupt, illegal, and authoritarian thing we know Trump has done — in business, as a “celebrity,” and in politics.

• Things like ranting to his MAGA throngs that people who don’t support his fascist politics are “vermin.”

• Or that immigrants fleeing violence and destitution in Mexico and Central America are “poisoning the blood of our country.”

• With vile statements like these, Trump is echoing none other than Adolf Hitler.

• Lest we forget, Trump was impeached twice (single-handedly equaling the total number of previous presidential impeachments in our nation’s entire history).

• And he is already on trial in numerous state and federal courts, for civil and criminal offenses.

Yes, Trump is so persistently obnoxious that words like “unprecedented” and “shocking” start to lose their meaning.

There is a strong temptation to tune it all out, to move on, to hope he just goes away somehow.

But if we allow ourselves to become numb or indifferent to Donald Trump’s crimes, we allow him to get away with those crimes.

Donald Trump must be held accountable for his crimes against the American people and our democracy.

Public Citizen takes great pride in our role as a leading force among nonprofit public interest groups in pushing state and federal law enforcement to investigate Trump’s alleged crimes and, where justified, prosecute them to the full extent of the law.

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