The serial indictments and investigations of former President Trump are meant to rig the 2024 presidential election, but the latest indictment is unique in rigging even its aftermath.
Previous indictments of the former president had broken all sorts of new legal ground by turning misdemeanors into felonies and deciding that the statute of limitations is just a suggestion, but the Jan 6 indictment by Democrat special counsel Jack Smith criminalizes election challenges.
The indictment reads more like a Washington Post editorial with its contention that Trump was "Determined to remain in power" and so "Spread lies" that there had been fraud to "Create an intense national atmosphere of mistrust and anger, and erode public faith in the administration of the election."
Describing publicly conducted election challenges as an effort to "Defraud" the United States government turns 18 U.S. Code 371 into an open-ended tool for suppressing a wide range of political dissent.
Beyond the malicious abuses of federal law to target a political opponent, Jack Smith's indictment will create an unprecedented suppression of the political opposition that will not end with Trump or with the 2024 presidential election.
The indictment repeatedly accuses Trump and his associates of "Fraud" on the presumption, self-apparent to Democrats, that Biden had won the election and therefore challenging it is fraudulent.
Smith's indictment bases its claims of fraud on his own party's assertions, using rhetoric such as "Baseless fraud claims", "Sham election investigations" and "False claims of election fraud".
https://www.frontpagemag.com/the-trump-indictment-criminalizes-political-dissent/
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