Here’s why this Kansas City Democrat thinks people should have sympathy for Donald Trump

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Kansas City Democrat, thinks in most cases any elected official or member of Congress who can’t have sympathy for someone in a situation like former President Donald Trump is pathetic. Trump said on social media Tuesday that he received a letter from special prosecutor Jack Smith that a grand jury is considering charges about his efforts to hold on to the presidency after losing the 2020 election. Such letters usually indicate a coming indictment, which would be Trump’s third indictment this year. Cleaver said he was talking to friends on the House floor a...