In the last week or two Donald Trump has been found guilty of civil crimes that added up will cost him $438 million dollars.\u00a0 And that does not include the ban on doing business in New York State that will cost him untold amounts of money in addition.\u00a0 And both of these trials are on transparently trumped-up charges that have been railroaded by criminally partisan prosecutors and judges.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t say that I\u2019m surprised by any of this.\u00a0 But I do think it is notable that federal and state officials are nakedly using fraudulent means to attack Donald Trump\u2019s fortune in addition to his person.\u00a0 Not only are they trying to imprison but they also want to bankrupt him.\u00a0 What I\u2019m curious to see is whether this is completely without consequences for those in charge of these bogus prosecutions.<\/p>\n
From where I stand, I think they will get away with it.\u00a0 It\u2019s possible that higher courts may reverse some of these decisions based on the outrageous procedures that were used.\u00a0 The case that involved the allegedly overvalued assets is a complete sham that has no precedent.\u00a0 An honest court would have thrown it out on the face of it.\u00a0 But I don\u2019t foresee any blowback to the New York Attorney General or the judge that oversaw the trial.<\/p>\n
And the fake rape civil trial is a complete farce over supposed events that happened over fifteen years ago and never had any credibility in the first place.\u00a0 Once again, if the decision is reversed there won\u2019t be any negative consequences for the Manhattan District Attorney or the judge.\u00a0 None.<\/p>\n
Probably the only tangible effect of these witch-hunts will be on wealthy New Yorkers who think they might have Democrat political enemies.\u00a0 Being stripped of their fortunes now probably seems a lot more real and incredibly frightening.\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if some of them start to rethink living and doing business in the \u201cEmpire State.\u201d \u00a0Maybe there will be a stampede of billionaires heading for the borders out of New York.\u00a0 Suddenly that name Empire State takes on a new meaning.\u00a0 Empires exist at the whim of the emperor.\u00a0 Justice isn\u2019t a blind goddess in an empire.\u00a0 She takes her marching orders from the boss.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing.\u00a0 Justice is now doled out in Washington, Colorado, California and New York according to whether you belong to the right party.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t genuflect to the pieties, if you won\u2019t burn incense to Caesar then you can expect that knock on the door and maybe you lose your money or even your freedom.<\/p>\n
More than ever it\u2019s important to think about the United States as separate states.\u00a0 Some of them still seem to possess equal justice under the law.\u00a0 But definitely not all.\u00a0 Being a business owner or even a parent is a lot different in Florida than it is in California or New York.\u00a0 And something like Trump\u2019s railroading will make that crystal clear.<\/p>\n
I guess it seems odd, me pitying Donald Trump.\u00a0 He\u2019s very wealthy (so far), has been President of the United States and is famous and popular with over a hundred million Americans.\u00a0 I\u2019m nobody.\u00a0 Even if Trump has to pay off these bogus fines, he\u2019ll still be many thousands of times richer than I am.\u00a0 But I think of the spectacle of the supposedly \u201clast best hope for humanity\u201d rounding on one of its most important citizens and using the same tactics that you\u2019d expect Saddam Hussein would have used against his enemies.<\/p>\n
I think of what I would do in his circumstances and I have to admit I\u2019d be overwhelmed.\u00a0 Look at what the FBI has done to those people who were in Washington on January 6th<\/sup>.\u00a0 None of the courts in DC are fair.\u00a0 The jury selection is rigged.\u00a0 Once government uses a partisan mob against its citizens, we\u2019ve reached bottom.\u00a0 This is no different from Robespierre ginning up the mob to \u201cjudge\u201d anyone and everyone who fell into the hands of the Committee of Public Safety.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not justice.\u00a0 It\u2019s just being fed to the lions in the coliseum.\u00a0 And the knowledge that any of the elite can be subjected to this same treatment will alter the reputation of the United States as a safe haven for the rich and their money.\u00a0 And that alteration will weaken the United States a great deal.\u00a0 Something to think about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the last week or two Donald Trump has been found guilty of civil crimes that added up will cost him $438 million dollars.\u00a0 And<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3801,3951,3321,16],"class_list":["post-27599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","tag-anarcho-tyranny","tag-lawfare","tag-selective-enforcement-of-the-law","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"\n