"The objective here is to enable VP Kamala Harris and the media-Democratic complex to label Trump 'a convicted felon sentenced to prison' as voting begins
To the surprise of no one, Judge Juan Merchan has yet again denied former President Donald Trump’s motion that the judge recuse himself. I am speaking, of course, about the case in which Manhattan’s elected progressive Democratic district Attorney, Alvin Bragg, is prosecuting Trump. In early June, a jury found the former president and current GOP presidential nominee guilty on 34 counts of business-records falsification.
If you’re keeping score, that would be two days after early voting in the 2024 election begins in Pennsylvania.
On July 1, the U.S. Supreme Court held that presidents (including former presidents) are (a) presumptively immune from criminal prosecution for any official acts taken as president, and (b) absolutely immune if the official acts are core constitutional duties of the chief executive. The Court instructed that this immunity extends not only to charges but to evidence. That means prosecutors are not just barred from alleging official presidential acts as crimes; they are further prohibited from even using such acts as proof offered to establish other crimes.
...the main point. The New York prosecution of Trump was politics not justice. That’s why we call it "lawfare." The prosecutors and judge are not concerned about whether convictions ultimately get thrown out on appeal. And it’s not like Merchan is actually going to put Trump in prison; it is virtually certain that Trump will get bail pending appeal, so Merchan can appear to impose a stiff incarceration sentence without any real incarceration – at least for now, and probably ever.
The objective here is to enable Vice President Harris and the media-Democratic complex to label Trump "a convicted felon sentenced to prison" just weeks before Election Day, at a time when Americans will already have started voting in many states, not least the potentially decisive Pennsylvania battleground."
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pb's sense is that GOPs will scream and shout about this, Dems'll hold sentencing parties and claim that all is right in the world.
But, moderate and independent common sense voters? pb thinks they recognize Stalinism when they see it... and that, as far as the election is concerned, this helps Trump.
When Nate Silver told Megyn Kelly that Kammy's big problem will be to handle being the candidate perceived to be leading, this is part of what's involved. Wanna make Trump a warm fuzzy sympathetic figure? Convict him in a Show Trial, sentence him unfairly and rub his nose in it... which is what the Dem smoke-filled room is planning.
Take care what you wish for, Dems. You may not like it when you get it.
