Re: “January 6,” Alvin Goldberg: I’d like to remind Mr. Goldberg and anyone else reading this of a few things.

In this country, we have something entitled “due process.” It means anyone accused of a crime is entitled to a presumption of innocence before guilt is proven beyond a reasonable doubt and pronounced by a jury of one’s peers or a judge.

There is no question that Donald Trump is an odious, toxic individual. But even odious, toxic individuals are entitled to due process of law.

A grand jury is debating Donald Trump’s fate. Donald Trump – as anyone else in this country accused of a crime – is entitled to be judged in our courts. Not in the letters section of a newspaper.

As for those that stormed the Capitol building, shouldn’t they shoulder some of the responsibility?

If I was asked to storm the capitol because of an alleged stolen election, I would tell the person requesting I do so to go chase themselves; I am not going to voluntarily jeopardize my freedom for anyone.

The Sunday before the Jan 6 riot I was on the Van Wyck, fortunately, headed south, in the opposite direction. Northbound, the Van Wyck was tied up with a miles-long caravan of Trump supporters.

If someone asked me to spend precious gas money and put wear and tear on my car in a futile protest of an allegedly stolen election I would tell them to chase themselves; I have much more productive uses of my time.

Should Donald Trump really shoulder all the blame for these ultra-right-wing lunatics?

If Donald Trump did not intervene when the rioters stormed the capitol he was wrong.

But is there any guarantee if he had it would have made a difference? Will anyone so unhinged he/she is willing to risk spending the rest of his life in a Federal Supermax over an alleged stolen election listen to reason?

I am not making a statement as to Trump’s guilt or innocence or if there’s enough evidence for an indictment. What I am saying is allow the process to play out in courts of law.

Nat Weiner

Bronx