Patriot,

Former President Donald Trump was recently convicted in a trial
that was a travesty of every aspect of our legal system in a
transparent attempt to tarnish him in the lead-up to the November
elections.

To say this was an unfair prosecution would be quite an
understatement. In order to escape the statute of limitations
against the misdemeanors for which Trump was accused, New York
District Attorney Alvin Bragg had to "upgrade" the charges to
felonies by claiming Trump falsified business records as part of
some additional crime.

But at no point - not in the indictment, nor the trial - was that
other crime ever specified. The judge even instructed the jury
they didn't need to agree entirely on what the crime was in order
to convict the former president.

There are many legal issues here, but the more fundamental
problem, as I discuss in my newest column below, is the
weaponization of our legal system for partisan politics.

The worst part is nobody seems to care, with Democrats cheering
the outcome and Republicans demanding their own attorneys fight
fire with fire and bring prosecutions of their own.

The legal system is not a weapon to be wielded for partisan
politics, and our society is rooted in the foundation of blind
justice.

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regardless of the parties involved.

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For Liberty,

Ron Paul
Chairman

The Trump Trial and our Injustice System

I've long criticized our current U.S. justice system - on all
levels - as becoming much more about political justice than blind
justice. The bizarre trial and conviction of former President
Donald Trump last week on 34 felonies only reinforces my
concerns.

The New York District Attorney, Soros-backed Alvin Bragg, has
been notorious for downgrading felony charges against others to
misdemeanor charges. According to a recent article in The Daily
Mail, Bragg had downgraded 60 percent of felony cases to lesser
charges, resulting in violent criminals being released on the
streets and a crime wave across New York City.

But when it came to Donald Trump, Bragg lurched in the other
direction, upgrading what normally would have been misdemeanor
charges against anyone else to 34 felony charges against the
former president. How can this sudden "about-face" be explained
other than politics?

Jonathan Turley, who is no fan of Donald Trump, has been covering
the trial closely and has found more than a little disturbing the
exuberant celebrations of Trump's conviction among the mainstream
media and his political opponents. Recently, he wrote:

"The conviction of former President Donald Trump in Manhattan of
34 felonies produced citywide celebrations [which] extended to
the media, where former U.S. Attorney Harry Litman told MSNBC's
Nicolle Wallace that it was 'majestic day' and 'a day to
celebrate.' When I left the courthouse after watching the verdict
come in, I was floored by the celebrations outside by both the
public and some of the media."

Regardless of one's view of Donald Trump, it is a disturbing
development in our society when justice is treated more like a
football game where you root for your "team" rather than a way of
preserving our freedom and liberty in an equal way for all.

The real goal of the trial was political. None other than George
Soros' son Alex let the cat out of the bag recently when he
advised fellow Trump-haters how to take advantage of the trial
result. He posted on Twitter after the verdict, "Democrats should
refer to Trump as a convicted felon at every opportunity.
Repetition is the key to a successful message, and we want people
to wrestle with the notion of hiring a convicted felon for the
most important job in the country!"

It was not about justice in any way. It was all about being able
to call the likely Republican presidential nominee a "felon" so
as to undermine his support among voters. In other words,
election interference.

The market has a way of prevailing, however. The repeated
attempts at using "lawfare" to remove Trump from the political
scene have all backfired and actually have served to make the
former president even more popular among voters. Immediately
after Trump's conviction on the 34 charges he began sending out
fundraising appeals based on his "persecution" by the state of
New York. As of this writing, he has, according to press reports,
raised over $200 million for his campaign.

The politicization of justice is not limited to the Democratic
Party. The wind sown by political opponents of Donald Trump may
well become the whirlwind they reap when their own political
opponents are in positions of power. When that is the case, we
all lose.
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