If they can do that to TRUMP, they can do that to YOU

Original Content | 6/1/2024 | By Laz A. Mataz

[Lazamataz]

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A long time ago, in 2005, I saw something George W. Bush had done, and I remarked: "First we beat the Soviet Union, then we became them." Little did I know that in under twenty years, we would see Soviet-style Show Trials. We just witnessed the most high-profile Show Trial in American history, where the President (and current candidate for a second term) was put through a trial where all of the elements were crafted to ensure a guilty verdict on manufactured crimes.

Consider the following elements:

• This judge was specifically selected to handle this case. This case was judge-shopped.
• The venue was specifically selected to ensure a Trump-hating jury.
• "Judge" Merchan took over Federal jurisdiction of election law, even though this was a state court.
• Further, Trump stood accused of a crime in which he had zero personal participation. Some nameless accountant filled out the expense information offered as evidence.
• Merchan refused to allow the defense to present witnesses that could refute the prosecution claims, most notably, one of the nation's foremost experts on Federal election law)
• The New York law (falsifying records) requires a predicate crime, none of which were proven or even formally alleged.
• Merchan instructed the jury to ignore the above fact and assume that a predicate crime exists.
• Multiple federal and state prosecutors passed on even charging Trump with any of those predicate crimes.
• The state crime that Trump was accused of, falsifying business records in pursuit of any other fraud, had long passed the Statute of Limitations, and could not legally be used as a charge.
• During the entire fraudulent trial, he out a gag order on Trump to ensure Trump could not defend himself in the court of public opinion.
• Merchan allowed elements of character assassination to be entered as evidence. How, exactly, was the Access Hollywood tape pertinent to this case?
• Merchan allowed a convicted perjurer and serial liar (Michael Cohen) to be the lead prosecution witness.
• The timing of the prosecution and sentencing of this case was carefully timed to inflict maximum political damage.

In short, a "hanging judge" was selected in a politically-hostile jurisdiction, wherein which the judge defied nearly every rule of evidence and law, muzzled the defense, and promoted every prosecution request, no matter how outrageous.

This harkens back to the Soviet Show Trial era that Josef Stalin used to eliminate his opponents. Joe Biden personally showed that this fake trial was politically motivated by flashing a demonic grin when he was asked about the verdict, as he shuffled away from reporters.... and he sent a Trump-hating actor (Robert DiNero) to the courthouse to further assassinate Trump's character.

The so-called judge in this case, Juan Merchan, Merchan violated President Trump's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights in so many ways.

• Trump's Sixth Amendment right to "an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed" was denied to him by Bragg and Merchan by not moving the venue to a more balanced location outside of New York City.
• Trump's Sixth Amendment right to a trial in "which district shall have been previously ascertained by law" was denied to him by Bragg and Merchan by trying a federal campaign finance law in a county court in New York.
• Trump's Sixth Amendment right "to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusations" against him was denied to him by Bragg and Merchan by not revealing what the underlying charge that bootstrapped the misdemeanors was. Even after conviction, nobody knows what the underlying crime was.
• Trump's Sixth Amendment right to "have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor" was denied to him by Bragg and Merchan by not letting Trump put the former Chairman of the Federal Elections Commission on the witness stand to give expert testimony on what constitutes illegal campaign spending.
• Trump's Sixth Amendment right to have a unanimous jury verdict was denied to him by Bragg and Merchan by letting the jury pick from several possible underlying crimes without all agreeing on what that crime was.
• Trump's Fifth Amendment right to "due process of law" was violated when Bragg and Merchan instructed the jury to presume guilt of the underlying crime that resuscitated misdemeanors that were past their statute of limitations.

To point out the motivations of this so-called judge (besides, of course, Trump Derangement Syndrome), it was revealed that Merchan's daughter (a Democrat consultant) is poised to receive $125 Million in fees, and was given unlimited access to his court.

If such a political, Soviet-style Show Trial can happen to a former President who also is a billionaire, is most certainly can happen to you.

[Lazamataz]

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[Lazamataz]

I hope you don’t mind, but I integrated your wonderful analysis of Amendment Violations into this piece. 😊

[FlingWingFlyer]

Where the hell are all the “experts” who kept saying Alvin the Chumpmonk would never be able to get away with this because no crimes were committed? Obviously, Fat Boy had something going on up his Affirmative Action sleeve. All it takes is a gringo hating refugee from Bogata Columbia and his little princess Biden bean counter.

[Lazamataz]

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[scott says]

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[Mr. Jeeves]

Where the hell are all the “experts” who kept saying Alvin the Chumpmonk would never be able to get away with this because no crimes were committed?

Media "experts" are employed to keep normal people complacent until it is too late. How many did we hear from in November, 2020? Always repeating variations on the Q themes that "The white hats are in control" and "You don't need to do anything."

[PGalt]

TRUE

[eartick]

That is exactly what Trump has been telling us for years.

It is time for a call to arms

[CodeToad]

They are doing it to us because they are taking our candidate away. OUR candidate! Our Choice! Our vote!

[joesbucks]

Could this be a problem with your argument?

https://eji.org/news/supreme-court-limits-relief-for-people-who-were-wrongly-convicted/

[no-to-illegals]

As everyone knows …. democrats, rinos, most media types, and most of the world Hates US. Praise God, there is a Free Republic.

[moovova]

[RoosterRedux]

By attacking our chosen candidate/representative (Trump), they are ALREADY doing it to us. They are saying to us, "Your freedom to choose your own candidate no longer exists."

This is the way that Russia, China, Venezuela, and other dictatorial countries operate. They hold elections...but only for show.

[fruser1]

It’s not enough to win on appeal or get not guilties.

Trump needs to counter sue the state and sue DAs and judges personally, for deprivation of rights under color of law.

Otherwise this crap will never stop.

Justice in the US means punishing wrong doing that’s made itself apparent.

So this would not even be “bringing a gun to a gun fight”.

Bringing a gun to a gun fight would be doing exactly what they are doing - throw out false accusations as an excuse to prosecute, using the process as punishment.

[P.O.E.]

That’s the point of a show trial. To show you what can happen to you.

[38special]

I’ve noticed the media is claiming now that Trump’s lawyers agreed on the jury panel. 🙄

[Big Red Badger]

And They ARE!

[bray]

Do you have millions of dollars to defend yourself from a rabid AG and judge/jury? Any question there were no Repubs in the jury?