The Leftist Lynch Mob Attacking Trump

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by David Strom

I really, really don’t care if you hate Donald Trump, think he is a threat to democracy, or honestly believe that he wanted to overthrow the US government (if you believe that you have been successfully brainwashed and need a deprogrammer, but whatever…).

Even if all that describes you, I think you are a brownshirt if you approve of the lawfare being used against the former president.

Whatever fantasy you hallucinate, it’s impossible to not see that none of the lawsuits, investigations, or prosecutions being used to cripple Trump is anything but a distortion of our legal system in order to achieve a political goal.

The latest verdict–the outrageous fine imposed on Trump for harming literally nobody–is beyond absurd. It is outrageous–worthy of any third-world dictatorship in which El Jefe wants to cripple a political opponent without enduring the PR nightmare of outright executing him.

Even the post-verdict spin by the Governor of New York, who is desperately trying to convince businessmen not to flee the state after Trump’s legal lynching, is that nobody has to worry because legal outrages like this will only happen to REALLY BAD MEN like Trump. Nobody else has to worry about being targeted, so calm down.

‘I think that this is really an extraordinary, unusual circumstance that the law-abiding and rule-following New Yorkers who are business people have nothing to worry about, because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior,’ Hochul responded.

New York Attorney General Letitia James ran for office promising to “get” Trump, and for the moment, she has succeeded. But in doing so she has also proved that the legal system is being used–openly and explicitly–to harm opponents of the regime. If you play ball with them, they will be good to you. If you oppose them, you are screwed.

Jonathan Turley is appalled by the decision.

Oscar Wilde wrote that “moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.” Justice Arthur Engoron took that line to heart with his absurd imposition of $455 million in fines and interest against Donald Trump and his corporation.

It succeeded wonderfully with New Yorkers, who celebrated the verdict like a popular public execution. It also worked wonderfully to make it difficult to appeal.

Much of the criticism of the decision focused on the unprecedented use of the law and the excessive size of the fine. The New York statute has been on the books for decades and has always been something of an anomaly in not requiring an actual victim or loss to justify disgorgement or fines.

Even the New York Times agreed that it could not find a single case in history where this statute was used against an individual or a company that did not commit a criminal offense, go bankrupt, or leave financial victims.

The supposed victims of Trump’s perfidy testified in his defense, each of whom said they wanted to do business with him again as it is very profitable for them. They no longer will be able to, as Trump is barred from doing business in New York for three years.

Trump haters are celebrating because they have been successfully chipping away at Trump’s wealth and hampering his presidential campaign. So far, over the past few months, the New York courts have extorted about half a billion dollars from Trump, and the Left is celebrating.

These people are, in my judgment, the scum of the Earth. Whatever claims they have to protecting democracy are exposed as lies, because they are tearing up the rule of law in order to get their way. They haven’t thrown Trump in jail yet, but they are working on it because, well, they hate him. Whatever lies they tell themselves when they look in the mirror, the real reflection they see is of a corrupt tyrant who aspires to be Xi Jinping.

He disgorged hundreds of millions in a case where not one dollar was lost by anyone. Indeed, the “victims” wanted to get more business from Trump and are now being prevented from doing so by Engoron.

There is also an added inequity to Engoron’s decision.

Under New York law, Trump cannot appeal this ruling without depositing the full amount, including interest, in a court account. Even for Trump, $455 million is hard to come by. Likewise, a bond would require a company to guarantee payment for a defendant who has been barred from doing business in New York and is facing the need to liquidate much of his portfolio.

Nothing succeeds like excess for judges like Engoron. By imposing this astronomical figure, he can make it difficult or impossible for a defendant to appeal, absent declaring bankruptcy or selling off assets at distress prices.

The judge is doing his best to ensure that Trump will be unable to even appeal, because he will have to liquidate his assets to do so. Even if he wins on appeal, as seems likely, he will be financially ruined.

And that, of course, is the point. Which is why Judge Engoron smirked so uncontrollably as he imposed a fine that shocks the conscience.

It’s OK, though, because he is “saving democracy” or something. He just vindicated the rule of law, right?

I’ve scraped smelly stuff off the soles of my shoe that stink less than this verdict. And every single person involved knows how corrupt they are acting, and feels virtuous for using these means because Trump is Orange.

The ecstasy expressed by many in the city reinforced the image of a thrill-kill chase around the island of Manhattan, like a corporate version of “Lord of the Flies.”

Watching the celebrations probably caused many executives to check time shares in Florida. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has rushed to assure businesses that there is “nothing to worry about” after the corporate public execution of Trump and his company.

The biggest reason that Trump is locked in as the Republican nominee is precisely because his enemies are proving everything Trump says about the Swamp is true and then some. Whatever critiques you might throw at Trump, he never used his power as president to destroy his political opponents–the hallmark of tyrants.

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The Judge needs removed from the Bench and retired the Jury needs to be investigated to whom they have their Loyalties to

There was no Jury the Judge denied Trump a Jury just deemed him guilty.

Wrong. The statute under which has was charged makes no provision for a jury trial, and Trump’s legal team did not try to litigate a change.

Yet you see no problem with one guy, with obvious and overt political prejudices, deciding to impose a $355,000,000 judgement where there is no evidence of any crime or harm being done to anyone, anywhere?

Utter bs. This is a gross violation of the 4th,5th and 8th amendments. This ruling will not stand but it effectively demonstrates the NY stands for democracy and justice as effectively as Putin and Mao do.

The Left cares for nothing but power and its endless lies and torturing of the truth demonstrate this just as you assertion that this law permits no jury is a gross lie.

This whole thing and scumbags like George Soro and his kind their the worst of Humanity

No crime, no harm, no victim (only Trump), no complaint, no loss by anyone, yet one leftist ideologue disguised as a judge can impose a half a billion penalty without a shred of evidence. AND the victim has to pay up before they can get the obvious travesty reversed.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is absolute fascism. A little area in NYC was carved out and replaced with Nazi Germany. And Democrats are PROUD of this.

Hey!
Trump haters…
What did you hate most?
No wars?
Middle East peace?
Strong American economy?
No inflation?
Low gas prices?
A full and safe oil reserve?
A strong dollar?

Just asking.

A lot depends on what a person remembers. I remember four years of growing unrest, with crackpots and extremists of every description coming out of the woodwork.

01/13/21 – The Capitol Insurrection Was The End Result Of A Trump Presidency Defined By Violence – Crimes fueled by hate and online conspiracy theories over the past four years repeatedly offered warnings of the forces that drove last week’s attack on the US Capitol.

There was no “insurrection”. If there had been, maybe someone would have been charged with insurrection. What we’ve seen has been years of leftist violence, riots, looting, assaults and murders, all condoned by the Democrat party.

Strange I remember Antifa and BLM and the endless Lefturd lies “hands up don’t shoot.” We saw endless extremists and crackpots crawling out to murder babies; put drag queens in libraries; teach kindergarten kids to be queers; that whites were all evil.

We saw the left destroy each and every institution and lie, distort ther very fabric of the nation by assaulting’s the very foundations of the nation. The endless terrorism of the Left burning churches, blocking highways and roads, using lawfare, and most of all encouraging anarchy and violence and turning a blind eye to its own racism. No wonder it had to steal two elections.

And the Left killed three Americans who were guilty of no crime on Jan 6. This is Lefturd justice. They sanction murder of the innocent and defenseless without warning. Exactly the same as the Stasi.

The Left is evil and shall face its judgement at the hands not only on earth but in front of a higher power and their lies shall avail them nothing. You are a stain on the earth. Crawl back into your sewer ad tell your gender studies class these lies.

No sane person does anything but laugh at such torturing of the truth. You do sound like Hunter Biden on one of his better days.

Go pound sand you Moron