As I said yesterday, I’m not really interested in the political prosecution of President Trump—not from a legal standpoint which, as Professor Turley says, is simply pathetic. For those who are looking for a simple explanation why this is a strictly political event, FR has an extended quote from a video of Turley discussing it. No real legal expertise required to grok what’s going on:
The US used to have credibility with a Legal System that was seen worldwide as something that could be overall trusted and emulated.
If the US can treat a former President this way, what world leader would trust the US?
Our elections are now seen as a joke.
Our moral high ground, we kinda use to have, is gone. Jan 6 Prisoner 800 days without a trial? Capital building surrounded by barbed wire? Sanctions left and right. Requiring banks in any country with US customers, to hand over their banking info. Using US Law around the world against Bribery. The pushing world wide of the LGBT agenda by the US is amazing. The support of color revolutions around the world. The West has destroyed the perception of financial safety / trust, with the seizure of Russian Oligarch Assets, and Central Bank Reserves. This was not even done in either World War!
This sentence resonates with me:
"America’s standing in the world is being exposed as resting on raw power—military and monetary"
And Emerald Robinson has a tweet, I agree with unfortunately.
"Lots of GOP politicians will claim they’re upset about the indictment of President Trump today — and the question is: are you dumb enough to believe them?
The GOP will likely do nothing — based on their previous record of doing nothing."
This whole escapade is so tawdry and infuriating, particularly the part where Bragg tries to claim the moral high ground with all the rubbish about the rule of law and that his office won’t be intimidated and justice will not be subverted. As James J. Kilpatrick used to say, “ balderdash!”
We’re starting to make Banana Republics look like bastions of judicial restraint and probity.
Tiger by the tail. The dog has caught the car. Now what? Poor Bragg (and Democrats). Many of you will disagree, but we will now see who plays multidimensional chess. And its not just the 2024 election.
One view most reasonable people would agree with is that this prosecution would not be happening if Trump were not running for president. And that alone makes this a political prosecution. Bragg going through the dirty clothes hamper to find a charge, any charge, is so transparently worm-like and petty. As many pundits have already stated, you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube once something as blatant and in your face as this happens. Pandora's box has been opened. One can hope the democrats reap the whirlwind that follows they so richly deserve.
The US used to have credibility with a Legal System that was seen worldwide as something that could be overall trusted and emulated.
If the US can treat a former President this way, what world leader would trust the US?
Our elections are now seen as a joke.
Our moral high ground, we kinda use to have, is gone. Jan 6 Prisoner 800 days without a trial? Capital building surrounded by barbed wire? Sanctions left and right. Requiring banks in any country with US customers, to hand over their banking info. Using US Law around the world against Bribery. The pushing world wide of the LGBT agenda by the US is amazing. The support of color revolutions around the world. The West has destroyed the perception of financial safety / trust, with the seizure of Russian Oligarch Assets, and Central Bank Reserves. This was not even done in either World War!
This sentence resonates with me:
"America’s standing in the world is being exposed as resting on raw power—military and monetary"
And Emerald Robinson has a tweet, I agree with unfortunately.
"Lots of GOP politicians will claim they’re upset about the indictment of President Trump today — and the question is: are you dumb enough to believe them?
The GOP will likely do nothing — based on their previous record of doing nothing."
https://twitter.com/EmeraldRobinson/status/1641598890502651904?cxt=HHwWgICwwcnfkMgtAAAA
And the guy, Douglass Mackey, that did a meme against Hillary, got convicted. And could face 10 years in Prison. How dare he make fun of Hillary!
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/social-media-influencer-douglass-mackey-convicted-election-interference-2016
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/03/31/doj-celebrates-first-criminal-conviction-in-u-s-history-for-creating-a-meme-the-future-of-the-first-amendment-under-the-restrict-act-clarifies/https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/03/31/doj-celebrates-first-criminal-conviction-in-u-s-history-for-creating-a-meme-the-future-of-the-first-amendment-under-the-restrict-act-clarifies/
Or what of the Alex Jones Judgement of basically a Billion Dollars? How dare he disagree with the elites!
And what of Julian Assange, still in Prison? How dare he embarrass the elites!
I agree with Pepe Escobar's Lenin's Quote:
“there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen”
Lots going on.
This whole escapade is so tawdry and infuriating, particularly the part where Bragg tries to claim the moral high ground with all the rubbish about the rule of law and that his office won’t be intimidated and justice will not be subverted. As James J. Kilpatrick used to say, “ balderdash!”
We’re starting to make Banana Republics look like bastions of judicial restraint and probity.
Tiger by the tail. The dog has caught the car. Now what? Poor Bragg (and Democrats). Many of you will disagree, but we will now see who plays multidimensional chess. And its not just the 2024 election.
One view most reasonable people would agree with is that this prosecution would not be happening if Trump were not running for president. And that alone makes this a political prosecution. Bragg going through the dirty clothes hamper to find a charge, any charge, is so transparently worm-like and petty. As many pundits have already stated, you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube once something as blatant and in your face as this happens. Pandora's box has been opened. One can hope the democrats reap the whirlwind that follows they so richly deserve.
The pace of things is quickening - and it's still only the end of March.