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Thread #174170   Message #4230280
Posted By: Helen
17-Oct-25 - 02:54 PM
Thread Name: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Thiel coup 3
I only read or watch reputable news articles, mainly ABC (Oz) News, PBS Washington with the Atlantic on Sundays, etc. I wouldn't touch Fox News with a 200 foot pole. No way, no thanks!

Having said that, I watched a short news item about John Bolton and did not read a full article. What I was trying to say was that Trump is a hypocrite when he denounces Bolton for the same act he went to court over.

Note that Trump's response to his own Federal indictment includes the accusation that "the indictment is political 'weaponization' of the justice system".

An article in The Conversation, July 2023: Why Trump’s prosecution for keeping secret documents is lawful, constitutional, precedented, nonpartisan and merited

"Donald Trump and his allies have responded with a variety of objections to his federal indictment, brought in June 2023 by special counsel Jack Smith. The federal charges – the first against a former president – listed 37 counts of obstruction of justice and wrongful retention of classified documents after Trump left office in January 2021.

"Trump pleaded not guilty.

"The objections made by Trump and his allies: The former president simply cannot be charged, the indictment is political 'weaponization' of the justice system, the charges are groundless and the charges are unfair. The unfairness claim often involves a comparison to Hillary Clinton, Trump’s 2016 presidential opponent, who was not charged in an investigation into her handling of government documents.

"As a scholar of secrecy law and a longtime national security practitioner, based on all that is known, I do not see merit in those claims."
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