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Home Front: Politix
Trump Critics Slam Looming Indictment as ‘Nonsense’, ‘Partisan,' Say It Will Help Him in 2024
2023-03-21
[BREITBART] As former President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......
is preparing to be indicted by the Democrat District Attorney of Manhattan Alvin Bragg, some of his critics are slamming the indictment as partisan politics.

Andrew McCarthy, former chief assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, who has never been a fan of Trump’s, over the weekend blasted Bragg’s case against the former president as "nonsense" and a "blatantly partisan exercise of raw power."

"This is a classic, invidious selective prosecution. It is being launched strictly for political purposes," he wrote in a column for the National Review Online.

"It is hard to think of anything that will more rile up Trump’s base and anger other Republicans who, regardless of their distaste for Trump, will find this maneuver despicable," he argued.

Trump said on social media over the weekend that he believes he will be indicted this week by Bragg.

Alan Dershowitz, who is also not a fan of Trump’s but has slammed politicized investigations and impeachments of the former president, wrote recently in the New York Sun:

All decent people, whether politically opposed to Mr. Trump (as I am) or supportive of his candidacy, should be concerned about this weaponizing of the prosecutor’s office for the political purpose of preventing a potential candidate from running for office.

Nolte: Ben Carson Says Charges Against Trump ‘Absurd, Embarrassing’
[BREITBART] Dr. Ben Carson
... a neurosurgeon who was under the delusion that being brilliant qualifies him to be president....
said the idea of arresting and filing charges against former President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
is "absolutely absurd" and "embarrassing."

Carson, who served as the secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Trump, was interviewed by Newsmax Sunday and did not hold back on the issue. He specifically pointed to Venezuela
...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south...
and how quickly that once idyllic country collapsed under this kind of political corruption.

"Look how quickly Venezuela changed," he said. "That is high in my thinking because I’ve been there several times when it was a wonderful place to visit, with beautiful resorts and hotels." Carson pointed out that the "biggest thing that people argued about is whether they were the most beautiful people in the world." But once Venezuela’s government became corrupt, Carson said, "they went from ... number one economy in South America to the bottom almost overnight. This is what can happen when you allow these kinds of things."

The "these kinds of things" Carson is referring to is the likelihood of George Soros
...either Ernst Stavro Blofeld or Auric Goldfinger come true...
-funded Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg arresting and charging Trump with a campaign finance violation—a misdemeanor charge that in the past has almost always resulted in a fine.
Posted by:Fred

#8  Can someone smarter than me about the law advise if demanding an extradition hearing in Florida to have a court, immune from the insanity of NYC, consider the sufficiency of such an extradition request? Seemingly smart people have suggested this as a prudent tactic.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2023-03-21 19:35  

#7  "Oh my God Putin the Crazy Tyrant is rounding up political opponents he needs to be removed!"

Also Team Brandon:
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-03-21 15:18  

#6  Two Things: as a multi-state and multinational businessman I find it self evident that Trump's companies broke the law somewhere every single day ...and if after years of trying to find something, anything!, to pin on Donald Trump this is all they have then Trump must be close to sainthood (at least legally).
Posted by: magpie   2023-03-21 12:07  

#5  When Cohen pleaded to this charge, everyone pointed out that he had pleaded to something that was not a crime. Nobody understood why. This is the reason - the attempt to extend the blanket of the non-crime to cover Trump.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-03-21 08:15  

#4  And yet they’re only really mad because they think it will help him.
Posted by: Lowspark   2023-03-21 08:07  

#3  Well, you know if that piece of donkey dreck Merrick Garland didn't push this, then you KNOW it's on shaky legal ground.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-03-21 07:45  

#2  Zero - Jonathan Turley: Soros-Backed Manhattan DA's Made-For-TV Trump Prosecution Is "Legally Pathetic"
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-21 06:22  

#1  Red State - Witness Robert Costello's Testimony to Trump Grand Jury Should Sink the Case
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-21 06:16  

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