The Democrats keep reenforcing the lessons of “Ham Sandwich Nation,” especially when a Republican is involved. The last time was a civil suite by A woman who alleged he raped her 40 years ago in a department store dressing room. Of course she had no evidence and it will be reversed on appeal but it was enough for a New York jury to harass Trump.
Given the plethora of criminal laws and regulations in today’s society, this due process gap allows prosecutors to charge almost anyone they take a deep interest in.
The election of leftist district attorneys has added to the problem. Certain locations, heavily Democrat in politics, are ideal locales for these political cases. Race, as in the Chauvin case in Minneapolis, is an added feature.
Now we have another case involving Donald Trump and the Biden regime. The designated hitman is one Jack Smith who, with Andrew
Weissmann, has the distinction of having a verdict reversed by the US Supreme Court 9-0.
Smith previously served under Attorney General Eric Holder, leading the DOJ’s Public Integrity Unit from 2010 to 2015. Smith led a team of 30 prosecutors in conducting public corruption cases throughout the U.S., including a mixed track record of going after high-profile politicians.
While chief of the public integrity section, Smith helped with the prosecution against then-Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Virginia Republican who was indicted and convicted on federal corruption charges related to bribery in 2014. The Supreme Court unanimously overturned McDonnell’s conviction in 2016.
Of course, the conviction was successful in ending the defendant’s political career, which seems to be the same here.
Here is an example of the double standard.
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The DOJ is no longer legally arguing that Donald Trump held any classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. The DOJ is arguing that President Trump held documents vital to U.S. defense security. It’s a farce but that’s their position. The classification status of documents is moot, nonexistent, except to create the predicate for the proverbial FBI nose under the tent.
The DOJ-NSD (that’s Lisa Monaco) got a warrant to look for classified documents, but never intended to use classified documents as a case cornerstone because President Trump had full declassification authority.
The entire case has shifted to another charge based on “The Espionage Act” beloved of Woodrow Wilson.