
Republican pearl-clutching over the current administration replicating the habits of autocratic regime elsewhere ignores the obvious counterexample — that it is normal for healthy democracies to investigate, convict and sometimes imprison their former leaders. Indeed, the principle that no one is above the law is a fundamental cornerstone.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/09/global-investigating-former-leaders-trump-sarkozy/