It’s not April Fools till tomorrow, but that could just about be it -- Trump indicted for jaywalking! Given the nonsense of the case brought by New York DA, Alvin Bragg.
So I’m just memorialising it today: the first time a US president has been indicted.
And for the crime of? Filling in the wrong from -- allegedly! -- when his people booked a -- perfectly legal! -- payment to so-called “hush up” -- aka sign a Non Disclosure Agreement -- Stormy Daniels, an ex-porn star who he shtupped -- but claims he didn’t, but in either case is not illegal in New York -- because he didn’t want his wife to know.
I listend to the ABC Radio from Australia and watched CNN. Both had on good Democrat folks who were so hyped by the news that they could barely contain their glee. “No one is above the law” and all that sententious stuff. Which of course is more noble ideal than reality. Hillary did the same thing and was given a fine, after a year’s investigation.
There’s no need to be a Trump lover to find the indictment ludicrous. Many senior Democrats say the same. Eg: Andrew Cuomo, Alan Dershowitz, Elie Mystal, David French, Cyrus Vance. All hate the Orange Man; all say the indictment is frivolous and dangerous. They, and many others, say the indictment is an overreach. Especially given that the Feds had looked closely at the case and decide there was not enough to charge. ADDED: New York Times, Vox and CNN have all said the indictment is weak.
The ABC in Australia was particularly disappointing. Giving one view only: that all this is very wonderful. It’s the rule of law, “no one is above the law” — which is nonsense because no one is arguing that. What’s at issue I’d the triviality of the charge against a former president, which sets precedent for using the law as a political weapon. Nine of that addressed by the ABC coverage.
The other side of this debate is not just that the Feds looked and and dropped the case. But also: the case is a misdemeanour, which not only us subject to a fine, not jail time, but is also passed its “use by date”, that is past the statute of limitations
This is clearly a case of “show me the man and I’ll show you the crime”. (Beria, Stalin’s Secret Police Chief).
Democrat DAs have kept on saying that they will find something to indict Trump with. Which is crazy when you think about it. The usual thing is to identify a crime and then find who is the perpetrator. But if you want to pin a crime on someone in the United States, the law is so complex that they say anyone could be charged with a crime in any normal year. Anyone.
Claming this is just “the law at work” and is not politics, is disingenuous. This is indeed a witch hunt. A political prosecution, à la Beria.
Think about it the other way around. If the Reps hold the House in ’24 and even more if a Rep takes the White House, think of them going after Joe Biden and his crime family. There’s more than plenty to go after, even just in Hunter’s laptop, and all of it more than just jaywalking.
(So speaks a non-American, with no vote there; and a non-Trump supporter)
