In the old Soviet Union and most communist or despotic governments in history, one of the traits proffered to their internal population and the rest of the world, are show trials. These trials are written about and aired in the government regime’s media to make the defendant look like the devil incarnate. No exculpatory evidence about the accused is presented. It is a one sided political play meant to intimidate and discourage dissent against those in power.
Former President Trump has been impeached twice, indicted on criminal charges and sued in civil court for rape and defamation. Like the show trials in any tyrannical regime, these civil and criminal procedures contain certain elements of classical show trials. So what are the components of a show trial?
First, show trials are public, meaning that the trial or portions, are broadcast on radio or television and widely reported in the print media.
Second, the guilt of the defendant has been predetermined, at least by the government’s media allies.
Third, the main objective of the trial is to provide to the public, and in particular to political opponents, a dire warning, that it is dangerous to confront those in power.
Fourth, most often, show trials are vengeful in nature, instead of attempting to change or rehabilitate the behavior of the accused. They are meant as a stark warning to the defendant and his followers. The intent is to politically emasculate the individual and/or a political movement. These events are unfiltered propaganda, and are supposed to be the political persecution of individuals, other opponents and anti-government movements.
In our country, which is a Constitutional Republic, there are a few more elements that the purveyors of show trials have to overcome. The main one is the Constitution itself. In Article I, sections 9 and 10, prohibits the passing of ex post facto laws by the federal or state governments.
Yet, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, created law out of whole clothe to obtain a 34 count indictment against the former president “for falsifying New York business records in order to conceal damaging information and unlawful activity from American voters before and after the 2016 election.” This is a convoluted, unconstitutional use of prosecutorial power. It implies a federal violation of state law. To make matters worse, Bragg enhanced what had always been misdemeanor violations, if proven, into felonies. To this left wing, woke moron, the rule of law, indeed, the law its self, is whatever he says it is.
With the January 6th congressional hearings, Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not let the Republicans appoint their own minority members to the committee, a break with tradition that had never occurred before. In other words, these hearing were just for show, just like President Trump’s two impeachment trials. The Democrats knew that there was no chance that Trump would be impeached. The purpose was to embarrass the President and intimidate him and his followers.
Intimidation is the reason they send FBI SWAT teams to arrest Trump supporters like Roger Stone for nonviolent alleged crimes. It is the reason they try to declare parents who oppose CRT, Drag Queen story hour and transsexual men in girls gyms, restrooms and sports, as possible, potential terrorists.
Then you have the civil suit against Trump for rape and defamation. First, New York state law was changed to extend the statute of limitations on civil suits involving sexual matters. So this woman, who can’t remember what year or date, Donald Trump allegedly raped her in a busy department store dressing room, brings a suit. This stretches credulity way beyond the breaking point.
When the statute of limitations allows a civil suit to take place for an action that was said to have occurred decades before, the defendant is put in an almost hopeless position to defend himself. When you add the fact that the supposed rape took place on an unknown date and year, it makes it unachievable for a defendant to prove his innocence. If the defendant, at least had a date, time and year, he could provide evidence that he was in another state or in a meeting, luncheon or provide witnesses that he was nowhere near where the imaginary rape occurred.
All of these “shows” put on by the Democrats and their corporate media flunkies, are promoted for the reasons already stated: to intimidate, embarrass and discourage Trump from running for president in 2024 and to demoralize his supporters. There are at least two more Trump indictments to be conducted in the next year. Their object is to keep Trump off balance during the Republican primary and the general election, if he gets the nomination. Every person, regardless of political party, should be very frightened by these show trials. If they can do it to a former President, Donald Trump, they can do it to anyone.
