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Elise just wrote an op-ed calling out how the radical Left is using America’s
justice system to unconstitutionally prosecute President Trump.
She asked us to share it with you.
Please read Elise’s op-ed below – and make a contribution to support her
fight to stop the radical Left’s weaponized lawfare against President Trump.
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“Democrats Are Using Lawfare Against Trump Because They Can't Beat Him Fairly”
By House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik
Less than one year away from the 2024 presidential election, poll after poll
shows President Joe Biden's chances of reelection diminishing.
The panicked response of Democrats has ranged from anonymously leaking
statements imploring President Biden not to run again to head-in-the-sand
denials about his chances of winning.
But by far the most dangerous and un-American tool in the Left's political
arsenal is their unprecedented lawfare targeting Joe Biden's leading political
opponent: President Donald J. Trump.
The Left has chosen lawfare because winning in the marketplace of ideas at the
ballot box clearly isn't suitable for today's Democratic Party, which seems to
support limitless illegal immigration, inflationary tax and spend policies, and
the unconstitutional silencing of opposing voices.
The egregious and norm-shattering lawfare weaponized by the Left against
President Trump is unprecedented.
Just over the last year, the FBI raided Trump's main residence. He has faced
indictments in two separate federal jurisdictions from the Biden administration
and received indictments in two local jurisdictions from Democrat District
Attorneys.
Additionally, the Democrat New York Attorney General, who specifically
campaigned with a focus on targeting Trump, filed a civil lawsuit against him.
Democrats have opened up a dangerous Pandora's box by breaking legal and
political norms to try to imprison President Biden's chief political rival for
2024.
It is irreparably harmful to the fabric of America to normalize the reigning
political party using its power to lock up its main challenger.
And make no mistake about it: It's no surprise that the culmination of this
legal assault comes amid nonstop polling showing that Americans are angry with
Joe Biden's poor performance and supportive of a second Trump administration.
If we continue going down this road, there's no going back. The American
people fundamentally understands that if the Left can shred constitutional
protections and weaponize the government to illegally target President Trump,
what can and will they do to the average American?
Just ask Catholics, conservatives, and parents at school board meetings.
And a closer look at the legal tactics employed by the Democrats shows just
how sinister of a threat this is to America's rule of law.
In New York, President Trump is facing a two-pronged attack.
Soros-funded Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg issued the original
indictment in a case so absurd that even the Washington Post's liberal
editorial board called it a "shaky" case.
At the same time, New York's Democrat Attorney General Letitia James teamed up
with Democrat Judge Arthur Engoron to try to put the Trump Organization out of
business.
Recall that James campaigned on targeting Trump. She said that going after him
was her primary motivation to run for office and that she's got her "eyes on
Trump Tower."
Attorney General James' case doesn't even have a victim. President Trump
repaid the loans to the banks in full and on time. The "crime" in question is
that President Trump is leading Joe Biden in the polls.
Fortunately for James, the judge assigned to the case, Arthur Engoron,
consistently displays exceptional bias against President Trump.
I filed a complaint to the state's judicial committee noting that Engoron has
broken several rules in the New York Code of Judicial Conduct.
Engoron decreed Trump somehow committed fraud, even before the trial began.
And his clerk, Allison Greenfield, has donated thousands of dollars to
Democratic organizations, which is barred conduct.
President Trump is also dealing with Democrat Fulton County District Attorney
Fani Willis' bogus racketeering case in Georgia.
Like James, Willis used targeting Trump to further her political career.
Willis launched her reelection fundraising efforts just days before her office
announced its indictment of President Trump.
Meanwhile, as these local cases are ongoing, Jack Smith is again abusing
Justice Department resources to target President Trump.
Smith first indicted President Trump over documents Trump had the right to
possess under the Presidential Records Act.
Then, Smith indicted him for the Jan. 6 riot in a case that attempts to
criminalize the First Amendment.
Candidates are allowed to challenge elections. According to Jack Smith's
standard, every one of the numerous Democrats who spoke out against or voted
against certifying Republican victories in 1968, 2000, 2004, or 2016, many of
whom still serve in elected office today, should face indictment.
Smith clearly has a problem with the First Amendment. He has teamed up with
highly partisan D.C. Obama Judge Tanya Chutkan to place unconstitutional gag
orders on President Trump to stop his criticism of Joe Biden and Jack Smith.
His motion requesting a gag order singled out a Truth Social post from
President Trump that stated, "Joe Biden directed his Attorney General to
prosecute his rival. This is not an independent Justice Department, this is not
an independent special counsel. This is being directed by the
Commander-in-Chief."
For starters, President Trump was quoting someone in the post. Moreover, what
President Trump said is the truth, and Smith wants Trump to be barred from
saying it.
The Jan. 6 case from Smith is also dangerous because it serves as the basis
for ludicrous lawsuits from activists trying to use a convoluted legal theory
to remove President Trump from the 2024 ballot.
Fortunately, these 14th Amendment cases continue to fail before the courts.
All of these actions amount to an unprecedented attack on an American
politician. Major local jurisdictions, state governments, and the federal
government have all unified to expend resources to try to defeat the leading
opposition candidate.
The United States routinely sanctions foreign countries for these sorts of
actions.
This lawfare only stops when Americans hold their government officials
accountable for their actions through voting, which is always the most valuable
tool in defending democracy.
Republicans challenging President Trump for the nomination need to prioritize
the nation over personal political ambitions and drop out of the presidential
race to consolidate support behind Trump.
The Democrats' radical lawfare is much more effective against a fractured
party, and it's shameful some Republicans seem to be counting on the weaponized
legal system to knock Trump out of the primary.
The situation is urgent. The Democrats are a party of projection. They've long
assailed President Trump for "breaking norms," but they are the party that's
inspired by the Soviet Union's legal system.
This unprecedented lawfare against President Trump cannot continue. The
American people are the guardians of democracy, which is why, in 2024, the
American people must and will elect President Trump back to the White House.
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