Arresting Trump: An End-Of-America Watch Party

It is said that if even Never Trump Jonah Goldberg doubts the wisdom of bringing criminal charges against the former president, then the case must be stupid. This is just one indicator of the absurdity of the potential indictment that Democrat New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg may bring against Trump this week. It is a very old, stale, and tiresome allegation that Trump violated campaign finance laws when he reimbursed his lawyer for paying off a porn actress to cover up a past affair. The accusation is that Trump did this to protect his campaign and intentionally neglected to publicly disclose the payment, as required by law.

Although Democrats may claim to be concerned with the integrity of the election’s confusing money regulations, they are more interested in Trump’s sex life. Bragg has no case, and the fact that he looked at this case during his time as a US attorney in the Southern District of New York and decided not to pursue it is evidence of it. It’s a horse that has been beaten to death, resuscitated, and beaten again. Persecuting Trump has no downside for Democrats seeking fame, and the historic nature of putting a former president in handcuffs as he campaigns for another term is too good for a low-rent prosecutor like Bragg to pass up.

If an indictment is brought against Trump, this will be another blow to faith in America. The former president, who is likely to be the Republican presidential nominee for 2024, could be seen live on national television in handcuffs, placed in the back of a squad car and taken to a police station for his mug shot. All this over campaign paperwork that would usually be resolved with a corrected filing and perhaps a penalty fee. Rational people think that Trump may have tried to hide an affair, but that it is entirely possible that he did it for other reasons.

The author of the article, Eddie Scarry, is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of “Liberal Misery: How The Hateful Left Sucks Joy Out Of Everything And Everyone.”