Indicting the 45th President

Indicting the 45th President is a sequel to Criminology on Trump in real time, continuing the criminological investigation into the former US president. It develops and expands on the themes of family dynamics, deviance, deception, dishonesty, and the weaponization of the law.

Gregg Barak is an American criminologist, academic, and author. He is Emeritus Professor of criminology and criminal justice at Eastern Michigan University.

Introduction: Defending Crimes, Incendiary Rhetoric, and the Big Lie PART I An Absence of Bipartisanism 1 Conspiracy Theories and Mediated Memes in a World of Post- Truth America 2 Scaremongering, Party Politics, and the Crisis in US Democracy 3 Oligarchy, Kleptocracy, and the Maestro of Looting 4 On the Divided House Select Committee Investigation of the Capitol Assault PART II Indicting Donald Trump for Vandalizing the Federal Republic 5 The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump 6 The Mar- a- Lago Classified Documents Caper 7 The People of Fulton County, Georgia v. Donald J. Trump et al. 8 Trump's Conspiracies to Overturn the 2020 Election that Led to the January 6th Assault on the Capitol PART III Liberty, Justice, and American Democracy 9 American Mythology, Bipartisan Alienation, and Partisan Politics 10 Tyranny of a Minority or Tyranny of a Majority