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Donald Trump Isn’t Above the Law

Donald Trump isn’t above the law – a point agreed to by most Americans – but he also hasn’t had his day in court. We should listen to the evidence, but unfortunately, it seems for too many Americans, their mind is already made up.

President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with supporters at an "An Address to Young Americans" event hosted by Students for Trump and Turning Point Action at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona. By Gage Skidmore.
President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with supporters at an "An Address to Young Americans" event hosted by Students for Trump and Turning Point Action at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona.

Donald Trump Indicted – A Dark Day in American History: There are specific dates that “live in infamy.” These include December 7, 9/11, and January 6, of course, and for true American patriots, March 30 should now join the list. Today former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury for his team’s efforts to pay “hush money” to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to conceal an alleged affair.

Regardless of which side of the issue you’re on, this remains a dark day that will only serve to further divide Americans.

Plenty of Republicans have been quick to come to the former president’s defense – suggesting it is just an attempt to ensure Trump can’t run for office again. 

Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, who is expected to challenge Trump for the GOP nomination for president next year, was among those who blasted the Trump indictment as a “weaponization” of our legal system.

In a tweet, DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) stated, “The weaponization of the legal system to advance a political agenda turns the rule of law on its head. It is un-American. The Soros-backed Manhattan District Attorney has consistently bent the law to downgrade felonies and to excuse criminal misconduct. Yet, now he is stretching the law to target a political opponent.  Florida will not assist in an extradition request given the questionable circumstances at issue with this Soros-backed Manhattan prosecutor and his political agenda.”

DeSantis was hardly alone in showing support for Trump following the indictment – yet, a question could of course be asked whether the former president would be as quick to support DeSantis, or even if the Florida governor is simply paying lip service to perhaps court Trump’s base should his archrival be taken out of the race. Within minutes of the tweet being sent out, it had nearly 700,000 views and was liked 25,000 times.

Democratic Reactions

Perhaps on cue, some of Trump’s harshest Democrat critics praised the indictment.

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee and a vocal opponent to Donald Trump when he was in office, reacted with glee that was unbecoming of her position in Congress, writing on Twitter, “SO Trump finally got indicted! I predicted he would and I predicted that Stormy Daniels would get him! Sometimes justice works! #TrumpIndictment.”

Other Democrats were equally quick to pass judgment.

“The indictment of former president Donald J. Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office over his alleged participation in a campaign fraud and hush money scheme that already sent his former attorney Michael Cohen to jail is a sobering and unprecedented development,” Rep. Schiff of said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “But if justice demanded that Michael Cohen go to jail for a scheme directed by someone else, justice also requires that the person responsible for directing the scheme must answer for their offenses against the law — and that person is Donald Trump.”

Unexpected Reaction 

However, Schiff’s colleague Rep. Eric Swalwell, also of California, offered a response that all Americans should heed.

“The indictment of a former president is a somber day for America. It’s also a time to put faith in our judicial system. Donald Trump deserves every protection provided to him by the Constitution. As that unfolds, let us neither celebrate nor destroy. Justice benefits us all,” Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) tweeted.

Truer words were never spoken or in this case, tweeted.

Now is not the time to cheer; now is not the time to suggest this is a travesty of justice. Now is the time to mourn that a former president of the United States has been indicted but also to take comfort in the fact that it also reminds us that no one – even a former president – is above the law.

This Will Only Divide Us

However, the saddest part is that like the election, and moreover, like most recent presidential elections, one side is going to be happy with the eventual outcome and the other will be left bitterly disappointed. And the outcome of the expected trial will fail to please everyone, and it almost certainly will fail to bring us together as a nation.

There is no easy solution or answer.

Trump isn’t above the law – a point agreed to by most Americans – but he also hasn’t had his day in court. We should listen to the evidence, but unfortunately, it seems for too many Americans, their mind is already made up.

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Author Experience and Expertise:

A Senior Editor for 19FortyFive, Peter Suciu is a Michigan-based writer. He has contributed to more than four dozen magazines, newspapers, and websites with over 3,200 published pieces over a twenty-year career in journalism. He regularly writes about military hardware, firearms history, cybersecurity, politics, and international affairs. Peter is also a Contributing Writer for Forbes and Clearance Jobs. You can follow him on Twitter: @PeterSuciu

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Expert Biography: A Senior Editor for 1945, Peter Suciu is a Michigan-based writer who has contributed to more than four dozen magazines, newspapers, and websites with over 3,000 published pieces over a twenty-year career in journalism. He regularly writes about military hardware, firearms history, cybersecurity, and international affairs. Peter is also a Contributing Writer for Forbes. You can follow him on Twitter: @PeterSuciu.