While celebrating the indictment of ex-President Trump this last weekend I actually watched the TV news coverage of the event but quickly I got very, very tired of hearing talking heads moaning that if you are going to set an historical precedent by indicting a former president, then one of the “more serious investigations” underway (election manipulation, document mishandling, etc.) would be better to start with. Uh, no. They don’t understand. A president as immoral and sleazy as Mr. Trump should have the charges most egregious leveled first.
People also seem to be thinking that the crime was paying hush money to cover up sexual dalliances, but that is not the case. Such non-disclose contracts are done all of the time and, I believe, are legal even in New York. What was not legal was using campaign funds to pay the bribes. That is a federal as well as a state crime.
If you think it is a petty charge, consider that Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney and “fixer,” went to jail, in part because of campaign funds misuse for this self-same hush money payment, at the direction of Mr. Trump. And if you think that is still petty political stuff, please realize that former French President Nicolas Sarkozy just spent time in jail for the exact same crime.
So, these charges have all the best attributes: sleazy enough for a sleazy ex-president and serious enough to warrant jail time. But don’t worry; others have run for president from jail cells.
Quit Your Whining!
Tags: corruption, Donald Trump Prisoner #96358, hypocrisy, Republicans
The MAGA crowd is whining up a storm that Trump’s current legal problems are a “witch hunt,” unconstitutional, and illegal, oh and a weaponizing of the legal system.
They weren’t upset when Attorney General Barr ordered federal prosecutors to drop the federal investigation, right? “Move along, these are not the weaponizings you are looking for,” sayeth the Stormtrooper.
Trump insists that the case has no merit, that the charges are trumped up (no pun intended), and so on. If this were so, then he and they should be looking forward to their day in court and Trump’s acquittal on all charges, no?
Oh, but the system is rigged, they say. The judges are corrupt, they say. But this is just psychological projection. It is Republicans who corrupt courts and judges, not Democrats. And besides, getting railroaded in court just doesn’t happen to white people. Now if Trump were a person of color, he’d have an argument.
So, MAGAts, pop some popcorn, take a seat and enjoy the show. If you are so sure to win, there should be no problem, right? Well . . . maybe . . . Trump has stiffed so many lawyers he might have to look to lawyers from the third world to find someone to represent him, but he should be okay, no? So, stop sharpening your knives, and sighting in your AR-15s, you are only undermining Trump’s confidence in the charges being made up.