Some Democrats Say Trump Indictment Is a Strategic Mistake

U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) listens during the third hearing by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington on June 16, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

A prominent progressive organization has described the indictment of former President Donald Trump by a grand jury in New York as “embarrassing.”

After the March 30 announcement that Trump had been indicted in his home state of New York, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee issued a statement suggesting many more reasons why the former president should have faced legal penalties.