Weaponized Lawfare Against President Trump

This entire trial has been a sham, and it is nothing more than political persecution. The only reason they prosecuted Donald Trump is because Democrats are terrified that he will win reelection.

This disgraceful decision is legally baseless and should be overturned promptly on appeal. Any judge with a modicum of integrity would recognize that this entire trial has been utterly fraudulent.

Trump Found Guilty of Running Against Democrats, by Daniel greenfield, Front Page Magazine, 31 May 2024:

The guilty verdict does not make Trump a felon; it makes Manhattan a Banana Republic...

The Trump trial was not a trial, it was a politically motivated lynching with no legal basis...

Unable to win an election at the polls, the Democrats are trying to win an election in the courts.

Guilty, by John Hinderaker, Powerline, 30 May 2024:

A grotesquely biased jury of Trump-haters, led by a judge who put service to his party above his judicial responsibilities, has returned guilty verdicts against Donald Trump on all 34 counts with which he was - absurdly - charged...

What to do now? First, it is now absolutely essential that Trump be elected president. The Democrats cannot be allowed to get away with this effort to turn America into a banana republic...

Second, the Democrats understand nothing except the raw exercise of power. Therefore, Republican attorneys general and district attorneys should bring criminal charges against Democratic officeholders wherever possible...

Third, the criminal prosecutions should begin with Joe Biden. Unlike Trump, Biden is actually a criminal. He is already known to be guilty under the federal bribery statute, to the tune of at least $20 million...

... as Mark Steyn says, the process is the punishment.

The Trumped Up Conviction and its Consequences, by Clarice Feldman, American Thinker, 2 June 2024.

It was rigged, let us count the ways, Human Events, 31 May 2024.

Reactions to the Trump verdict, New Neo, 31 May 2024.

A Primer on the Trump Case, by Steven Hayward, Powerline, 2 June 2024.

Video: President Trump Fox and Friends Weekend Interview, Last Refuge, 2 June 2024:

Election Interference Trial: Trump Found Guilty on All 34 Counts - Dems Get Their Goal: 'Convicted Felon' Branding, Breitbart, 30 May 2024.

Critics Blast Trump Trial Jury Rules that They Don't Have to Agree on 'Crime', Breitbart, 30 May 2024.

President Trump Delivers Remarks as Jury Deliberates in New York City, "Weaponized Deal to Manipulate Law", The Last Refuge, 29 May 2024:

President Trump delivers remarks after Judge Juan Merchan delivered some of the most ridiculous instructions in the history of jury instructions.

Judge Juan Merchan told jurors they do not have to agree unanimously on each of the 3 counts charged. The jury can have 4 members agree to guilt on each of the three counts and the judge will accept that as 12 decisions for guilt overall. There's no way these types of instructions will pass appellate court review; but that's not the purpose of the Lawfare that Judge Merchan is participating in...

Judge Merchan has instructed the jury they do not need to have a *UNANIMOUS* verdict in order to convict former President Donald J. Trump...