Posted on 11/13/2024 9:09:07 AM PST by John Semmens
Special counsel Jack Smith said "now that the election is over we will move to drop the federal cases against former President Donald Trump. These were crap cases to begin with. We might've won in a venue with a carefully selected jury, but neither the classified documents case nor the attempt to overturn the 2020 election case could have withstood the scrutiny of the higher courts."
"Others with more egregious mishandling of classified documents have not been prosecuted," Smith admitted. "Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton kept classified documents on an unsecured personal computer and deliberately destroyed evidence after receiving a subpoena. President Biden kept classified documents in his garage. If these greater offenses were excused it would be unjust for Trump to be held to a higher standard."
"Challenging the outcome of an election may be a futile undertaking, but it is not, per se, illegal," Smith acknowledged. "In the 2000 presidential election Vice-President Al Gore filed suit demanding a partial recount in the state of Florida. It went to the US Supreme Court where it was ultimately rejected. No federal charges were levied against Gore for his efforts to overturn the outcome in Florida. In 2020 Trump filed suit in several states challenging the validity of the results. All these cases were adjudicated and rejected. No charges were levied against Trump until it became clear that he intended to run for the presidency in the 2024 election. Since the hope that our prosecutions would deter his election have failed there's no good reason to pursue them any further."
In related news, New York Attorney General Letitia James vowed "to continue my efforts to bring Trump down. I made this promise to voters when I ran for and won reelection in 2022. Earlier this year a jury found him guilty of real estate fraud and presiding judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump to pay a fine of $364 million and forfeit the right to do business in the state. The people of New York need protection against this monster. I intend to see that they get it." The oddity of this case is that the loans Trump obtained were paid back with interest. No one lost any money. The lenders were satisfied with the transactions. The penalties have been appealed to a higher court with a decision expected sometime after the November 5 election. It is unknown how or whether Trump's election will affect this verdict.
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