Trump Loses to the People -- 408 - 0!

 Terre Haute Tribune Star, June 12, 2024

To the Editor:

Hunter Biden: Guilty.

Father of the convicted, President Joseph Biden: “I will accept the outcome of this case and will continue to respect the judicial process as Hunter considers an appeal.” And when asked if he would ever pardon for his only son, Biden tersely replied, “No.”

Donald J. Trump: Guilty.

Former President, convicted felon, Donald Trump’s response: The judge is corrupt, the jury was biased, the trial was rigged. On pardons, the record shows with only hours to go before leaving office, President Donald Trump pardoned 74 people and commuted the sentences of 70 others. Many of these were his close associates in politics and business.

Look closely at the Trump trial and verdict.

408-0! That’s twelve jurors times thirty-four unanimous guilty verdicts.

This is the score American justice rang up against United States citizen Donald J. Trump on May 30, 2024. Donald J. Trump, as with all citizens, had full legal representation (very high priced in his case) in an American court of law. The result: 34 indictments. 34 guilty verdicts.

This picture is clear and overwhelming. Not one juror (and one is all it takes to acquit) hearing the evidence, thinking about it, discussing it with fellow jurors, could see, hear, “feel” anything to lead them to casting a not guilty verdict in any of the 34 cases presented to them.

Twelve jurors. Thirty-four unanimous guilty verdicts. 408-0.

Donald J. Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records to cover up actions he took that may have changed the results of the 2016 presidential election. His manipulations were discovered, investigated, found to be illegal under the law. Citizen Donald J. Trump was charged with felony crimes, he was tried under the law, he was found guilty by a jury of his peers.

Twelve jurors. Thirty-four crimes. Thirty-four unanimous guilty verdicts. 408-0.

Where does this leave convicted felon, Donald J. Trump?

He asks us to believe his staged, angry, desperate lies. He sneers at American justice: calling it “rigged.” The jury pool which his lawyers carefully vetted: “rigged.” The highly qualified and infinitely patient judge: “rigged.” Thirty-four felony indictments: “rigged.” The twelve jurors from all walks of life and varied experiences in life: “rigged.” Thirty-four guilty verdicts: “rigged.” 408-0, “rigged.”

This is how convicted felon Donald J. Trump and his cowed minions in Congress have reacted to the justice served up in an American court of law.

The question remaining: What will thinking, believers in law and order, Republican voters do in election 2024?

Gary Daily