Opinion: Why Kamala Harris Is the Prosecutor This Nation Needs
In the criminal cases against Donald Trump, prosecutors seem to have only boosted his chances of getting elected.
But, as the Democrats seek to make a political case against a second Trump term, a prosecutor is exactly what they need to call him on his lies built upon lies built upon lies.
And, long before she became vice-president and a possible replacement for President Biden on the Democratic ticket, Kamala Harris developed formidable prosecutorial skills as an assistant district attorney in Alameda County, CA. She handled felony cases such as one in 1996, where a man named Frankie Vanloock was charged with scalping his girlfriend with a ginsu knife, having failed in a previous attempt with a duller blade. Vanloock’s attorney tried to say it was an accident.