| Monday evening brought the fourth and presumably final indictment of the ex-President.  Source photograph by Brandon Bell / Getty As the summer of indictments against the former President continues, the stories have come to spark two divergent yet simultaneous reactions, common in the Trump era as a whole, leaving one both shocked and unsurprised. “That which was unthinkable has now become something of a political routine: another week, another indictment,” Susan B. Glasser writes, in her latest column from Washington. But, she adds, “there is nothing in the least bit routine about an ex-President being charged with the gravest offenses against the nation that one can imagine.” Glasser takes a closer look at the charges being brought in Georgia by the Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis—and explains the vital differences between this case and the others involving Trump. “Trump may believe the executive office comes with a magic get-out-of-jail-free card,” Glasser writes, “but, even if the courts were to agree that it does, the card would only apply at the federal level. Georgia is outside the President’s jurisdiction. These are charges that Trump can’t kill.” Support The New Yorker’s award-winning journalism. Subscribe today » | 
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