Posted on 11/08/2024 5:25:37 AM PST by MtnClimber
Of all the excesses of the four-year Trump interregnum that was the Biden-Harris administration, none was worse than the left’s use of our legal system to exact political retribution and “send a message” to those who dared oppose progressive extremism. It had all the markings of totalitarian behavior, but now it’s going down in flames.
The idea of America as a nation ruled by laws, not by the biases and whims of political powers, has been central to our country’s identity and stability since its very founding. It’s what makes our country unique in the world.
But after Biden’s 2020 election win, Democrats repeatedly used spurious and at times fraudulent readings of our laws to get revenge on Donald Trump and those who had the temerity to publicly support him.
They first went after those who demonstrated at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Many of them still imprisoned and suffering under false charges of “insurrection.” More than 1,530 were charged with crimes and about 615 have served, or are still serving, lengthy prison terms, basically for staging a rowdy protest in front of Congress over the 2020 presidential election.
Meanwhile, those who rioted during the long, hot summer of 2020, leading to at least 28 deaths and more than $2 billion in property and other damage, went virtually uncharged for their violent crimes. Why? It was for a cause, the death of drug addict George Floyd at the hands of the police. It turned out, his death was not caused by the police. To the left, it didn’t matter. It still doesn’t.
They then went after Trump’s political allies and advisers, such as Steve Bannon. He was released from prison at the end of October after serving four months for “contempt of Congress” charges for refusing to comply with a subpoena to testify.
Looking for bigger game, emboldened progressive prosecutors went after Trump, hitting him with 116 felony charges in four separate cases brought by federal prosecutors under Attorney General Merrick Garland and lefty blue-state legal authorities.
The threatening political message sent from those on the left was plain: if you dare oppose us, you are an enemy of the people, and you will be jailed or imprisoned. No mercy.
How things have changed after Trump’s win Tuesday.
While on the stump, Trump vowed to pardon some of the Jan. 6 demonstrators, ending four years of legal torment for many innocent people. Given Trump’s sweeping mandate, it’s likely to be one of his first acts as the 47th president of the U.S.
Meanwhile, Trump himself appears to be emerging from the lawfare threat.
Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy told “Fox and Friends” that a “clemency package” was emerging under which federal prosecutors would drop their charges against Trump, clearing the way for President Joe Biden – yes, he’s still president – to pardon his own son Hunter for his use of his father’s influence to make millions of dollars from overseas governments.
As part of that deal, “Special Counsel” Jack Smith, who brought the federal cases against Trump, will leave and unwind the cases against Trump. Garland, of course, will depart with Biden.
“Trump’s stunning and historic victory Tuesday night was, at least in part, a rebuke of this obscene and fascist lawfare persecution,” wrote novelist and conservative political commentator John Nolte on the Breitbart website. “This sort of arrangement would get Joe Biden off the hook of pardoning his own son and allow our next president to fulfill his mandate with a clean slate.”
And now New York Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over a Trump trial earlier this year, has imposed a Nov. 12 deadline for deciding whether he will erase Trump’s conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records for allegedly paying “hush money” to adult film performer Stormy Daniels.
On Nov. 26, Trump is scheduled to appear for sentencing in the case, but CNN reports that Merchan is considering whether to erase Trump’s conviction, based on a U.S. Supreme Court decision last summer that gave presidents further immunity from prosecution.
So Trump may well walk into the Oval Office again without any prison time from politically inspired prosecutions hanging over his head.
It’s not ideal to do things this way, we know. Both Garland and Smith have dirtied their names and offices by politicizing the law. Now they will skulk away, without censure, impeachment, or any other well-deserved punishment for their politically motivated misconduct of recent years.
But if such a bargain will drive a stake through the heart of the left’s politicized lawfare assault on those who disagree with their totalitarian vision for America, so be it.
Trump will have his hands full when he enters office. Americans voted for him in the hope that he would shrink inflation, shut down illegal immigration, restore private-sector job growth, keep us out of World War III, end the “Net-Zero” threat to our economy, reform and shrink our bloated bureaucracy and the “Deep State,” cut wasteful spending, and restore our “woke” weakened Defense Department to its former strength.
Trump won the election fair and square. It’s time to end the Democrats’ Stalinesque lawfare attacks undermining the rule of law, and instead start making America great. Again.
Except, those who abused their power under the color of law need to be put through the legal wringer and spend some time sitting in jail to contemplate the wrongs they did to others.
It was a coordinated effort by democrats. Those who organized and implemented it need to be stripped of public office, its perks, and their pensions. Then they need to feel the full effect of the legal justice system as it is applied to them and their crimes.
Lawfare is a polite term for what was weaponization of the law.
Those who weaponized the law must either be put to death or exiled.
They committed crimes against the very essence of the Republic and must not be allowed to continue to exist in America
BTTT
How about restitution of all the tax dollars used to fund all this lawfare. Bankrupt these bastards.
Wake me when we see them in orange jumpsuits...
Rudy might wind up sleeping at the Invader Inn at NYC taxpayer expense.
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E. Jean Carroll is still making spending plans.
The one I want to see them put out of business is that racist ho, Letitia James.
Jack Smith knows Trump will stamp a big red DECLASSIFIED on each document come January 20th.
The documents will be posted online by the end of the day and will show such things as ISIS camps pockmarked by bomb craters.
COUNT VERDICT BUSINESS RECORD DATE
1 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust Feb. 14, 2017
2 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, bearing voucher number 842457 Feb. 14, 2017
3 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, bearing voucher number 842460 Feb. 14, 2017
4 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust Account, bearing check number 000138 Feb. 14, 2017
5 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust March 16, 2017
6 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, bearing voucher number 846907 March 17, 2017
7 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust Account, bearing check number 000147 March 17, 2017
8 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump April 13, 2017
9 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 858770 June 19, 2017
10 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002740 June 19, 2017
11 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump May 22, 2017
12 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 855331 May 22, 2017
13 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002700 May 23, 2017
14 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump June 16, 2017
15 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 858772 June 19, 2017
16 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002741 June 19, 2017
17 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump July 11, 2017
18 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 861096 July 11, 2017
19 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002781 July 11, 2017
20 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump Aug. 1, 2017
21 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 863641 Aug. 1, 2017
22 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002821 Aug. 1, 2017
23 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump Sept. 11, 2017
24 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 868174 Sept. 11, 2017
25 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002908 Sept. 12, 2017
26 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump Oct. 18, 2017
27 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 872654 Oct. 18, 2017
28 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002944 Oct. 18, 2017
29 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump Nov. 20, 2017
30 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 876511 Nov. 20, 2017
31 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 002980 Nov. 21, 2017
32 Guilty Invoice from Michael Cohen, marked as a record of Donald J. Trump Dec. 1, 2017
33 Guilty Entry in the Detail General Ledger for Donald J. Trump, bearing voucher number 877785 Dec. 1, 2017
34 Guilty Check and check stub, Donald J. Trump account, bearing check number 003006 Dec. 5, 2017
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/30/g-s1-1848/trump-hush-money-trial-34-counts
Your lawyer sends you a bill and you become a criminal.
What a country!
Your accountants pay your lawyer’s bill and you become a criminal.
What a country!
I can’t imagine running a campaign 24/7 for the entire summer while knowing that the stakes were either becoming President or going to prison... with nothing in between.
They need to be financially destroyed as they did to so many of their victims.
The left has been so egregious the last 10 yrs, this is not the time to be gentlemen and let them walk away with a nod. Going after their security clearances and their money seems the way to do it. They can’t be allowed to recover and try again.
Between you and me, I don’t want righteous retribution, I want revenge... server very very cold.
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