A former president attempted to stop, for the first time in our history, so far as I know, the transfer of power to the rightful winner of a presidential election, in order to maintain power himself.
Many Americans would like to see him held to account for putting himself above the constitution of the nation he was elected to lead. This does seem reasonable.
But, because he is in the race for 2024, and because that’s not far away, holding him to account, a grand jury having handed down charges related to his effort to prevent the transfer of presidential power, is political.
A president attempts to overturn an election, and attempting to hold him to account for this attack on our democracy, is political, because he may be president again in 2025.
And Biden saying he would like to see Trump prosecuted, because Trump is a danger to democracy, that is cast as purely a political consideration by Biden, because why would Biden, like many other Americans, think it reasonable, and necessary, that Trump be held to account for what he was, in fact, eventually charged with by a grand jury of fellow citizens?