Trump Prosecution Is Not Credible
Commentary
Whether you love Donald Trump or despise him as a fascist lunatic, the selective prosecution of Donald Trump under the Espionage Act should be opposed. (See Special Counsel Jack Smith, U.S. Department of Justice.)
The Espionage Act cannot be enforced impartially, for the the Espionage Act is tyrannical caprice meant to punish or silence perceived enemies of the state.
Since World War I, the Espionage Act was used just twice up to the Obama administration which used the Act with "unprecedented vigor, prosecuting more people under that law for leaking sensitive information to the public than all previous administrations combined," (AP).
In modern times, only the Nixon administration in its infamous prosecution of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo dared use this despicable device, until Obama, Trump and then Biden used the Act with apparent glee to control information and stop the press from reporting on administration abuses, outside of spying cases.
Hillary Clinton, David Petraeus, Sandy Berger and Joe Biden have all all skated despite often acting in spectacular fashion, but liberal establishment wants Trump, no matter the cost.
Enough. Deliver massage to Biden administration: You go through with this sick indictment, you lose political support.
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I urge folks to read Scott Horton's piece on spotting politcal prosecutions. From Scott Horton, Harper's Magazine, Feb. 2008; link follows.
Several red flags with current indictment.
Identity of the Subject. Is the subject an opposition political figure of some sort?
Nature of the Charges. Espionage Act, a ridiculous tool of oppression, brought back from life by Democrat administrations.
Timing and Circumstances of Criminal Investigations and Charges. Timing coincides with effort to stop Trump from running and winning in 2024.
Circumstances of Investigation; Arrest and Detention; Media Dealings. When political figures are involved, has an intrusive investigations been conducted? That is, does the investigation appear geared to disrupting the political figure’s work, for instance, as a parliamentarian or local official?
State Secrecy. Was state secrecy invoked in any aspect of the case? Yes.
Parallel Public Campaigns. Consider carefully whether the prosecution tracks any political campaign which is being run by the Government or the Government party? Yes.
Media Coverage. Particularly where the media is controlled or manipulated by the state (this includes almost every country in the region) or aligns itself with the political party which holds the prosecutorial power, consider carefully the tone and tenor of the media coverage. Ahh, yes.
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See also Glenn Greenwald, Political Prosecution: Trump Indictment Upends Decades of Lax Classified Docs Precedent and What Is the Espionage Act? A Brief & Repressive History.
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