Today, with all the focus on Donald Trump and his indictment brought by that super-star DA Alvin Bragg, we learn that the judge who will hear the case is the same judge, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, who oversaw the grand jury that indicted Trump last week …. Yes …. and now, he will preside over the criminal proceedings that follow.
But it gets better! This is the same judge that presided over the jury trial, last year, of Trump’s namesake real estate company, which resulted in a conviction in December and the prosecution of the company’s longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg. Seriously? Are there no other judges in the New York State Supreme Court system that could hear this case?
Well, in fact, there are 120 other judges in the New York Supreme Court system that serve in both the civil and criminal courts of New York. The predisposition in this case reeks of RIGGED! This is the same judge that strong armed Trump’s accountant … strong armed him from the bench … something a judge is not supposed to do … intimidate a defendant to take a plea deal that he was reluctant to accept – as reported in the Washington Post.
Remember what we all learned in 9th grade Civics --- In America, you are innocent until PROVEN guilty. But that does not seem to be the case here … Just consider what the former Speaker of the House of Representatives tweeted out on the matter, in part: “No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence,” … A trial to prove INNOCENCE??!! Didn’t we learn that, in America, the trial is held with the burden being on the State to prove GUILT beyond a reasonable doubt in a criminal court case?!
That does not appear to be the case if you’re a Republican or a MAGA follower or someone that disagrees with what clearly is a two-tiered, weaponized legal system in America! And let’s not forget the idea that you have the right to have a jury of your peers ---In New York “Fa…get About It”
We are reminded of the words of one of our founders, Samuel Adams, who said: “… the rule of law means that “There shall be one rule of Justice for the rich and the poor; for the favorite in Court, and the Countryman at the Plough.”” Clearly, this is not the case when it comes to New York jurisprudence.
We hear the left saying that “No one is above the law” … of course, we all understand what that means … except for those who are in lock step with the Democratic Party. We know this because we have seen with our own eyes how things are handled when the Democrats are running things --- like Hunter Biden, Hillary Clinton, James Comey … I could go on, but you get the point … only the most favored Dems are, it appears, “above the law”.
So, if we cannot, as a society, live up to Sam Adams’ expectation of no one is above the law, can we agree that, as a society, no one is below the law either? And once again, that does not appear to be the case for Donald Trump. Every citizen of this country from school bus driver to Senator to President both past and present should be subject to the same standard of law as every other citizen. Our God given right to this was expressed in a document called the Magna Carta.
For those who do not recall their history: The Magna Carta (“Great Charter”) is a document guaranteeing English political liberties that was drafted at Runnymede, a meadow by the River Thames, and signed by King John on June 15, 1215, under pressure from his rebellious barons. By declaring the sovereign to be subject to the rule of law and documenting the liberties held by “free men,” it provided the foundation for individual rights in Anglo-American jurisprudence. Among the Magna Carta’s provisions were clauses providing for a free church, reforming law and justice, and controlling the behavior of royal officials. Above all, the Magna Carta guaranteed that government, royal or otherwise, would be limited by the written law of the land. Any of that sound familiar? It should as it is the basis for the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
This brings me back to the question: “Is this indictment of Trump rigged?” The answer: Of course, it is rigged! No other man in the history of this nation scares the pants off the Washington elites and those elites must ensure that he can never occupy the Oval Office again --- Forget what the American people might want. The Washington Swamp knows best. And so, we will now face the Three Ring Circus of a Trump Trial. So … strike up the band, call in the clowns, and let the show begin!