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Washington Examiner editorial:

What transpired Thursday .   .   . is election interference. It is a flagrant abuse of the criminal justice system for nakedly partisan purposes that will tarnish our democracy for a long time, perhaps permanently.   .   . justice delayed is justice denied. And the appeals process means justice will be delayed and denied beyond the election. From now until then, Democrats will refer always to Trump as a “convicted felon.” That is what the prosecutor went to work for, that is what the Democratic Party wanted, and that is what it got.  

 

Vaksberg Arkadii, Stalin’s Prosecutor: the Life of Andrei Vyshinsky:

Vyshinsky [was] chief prosecutor for [] the Moscow “show trials” of 1936-1938[, involving] top government officials accused of “anti-Soviet activities” under Russian Criminal Code Article 58. [The] reason for the “trials” was to send a clear message from Stalin to any potential enemies that questioning his authority wouldn’t be tolerated. Vyshinsky knew the defendants were innocent, and had been selected because they were existing or potentially dangerous political opponents to Stalin’s ironclad rule.   .   . With the outcomes preordained, one of Vyshinsky’s tasks was to ensure that it appeared to the foreigners in the courtroom’s gallery that the people on trial were guilty and deserved their sentence[. He] was a master at using innuendo and false characterizations to make an innocent person appear to be guilty.   .   .  — without presenting any evidence substantiating their guilt.


Comments

  1. Gary LarsenMay 31, 2024 at 1:45 PM

    But wait a minute, as I understand it Trump was convicted by a jury, NOT by his political enemies.
    Could it be that you are confused?

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    1. Galen FoxMay 31, 2024 at 4:55 PM

      Quoting the Washington Examiner, it's "what the prosecutor went to work for. . . what [he] got." The jury served the same function as Vyshinsky's stooge judges.

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  2. AnonymousMay 31, 2024 at 6:41 PM

    And Bragg is Vyshinsky and … Biden Stalin? False equivalency. Like woke movement is the same as the Cultural Revolution. Nonsense. Hares and hounds have four legs but……
    And not only can Trump appeal, he might very well prevail

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    1. AnonymousMay 31, 2024 at 11:45 PM

      I agree with Galen

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    2. AnonymousJune 2, 2024 at 3:58 PM

      Agree with what? If it is that juries are stooges, then welcome to the Soviet Union circa 1935, or Germany under the Nazis, or China today.

      Delete

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