The Trial of Donald John Trump

 The trial of Donald Trump brought by Special Counsel Jack Shit has been paused while the United States Supreme Court takes up the issue of whether or not Trump can be charged for things that happened during his time as President. Judge Slutkan has ruled that Trump's claims of immunity are without basis. Trump has appealed that ruling.

In 1976 Douglas Jones published a book called "The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer". The book is one of those "alternative history" stories. In the book, Custer alone survives the Battle of Little Bighorn. President Grant, William Sherman and Phil Sheridan make the decision to court-martial Custer for his defeat in the battle. In his court-martial, they bring several witnesses in an attempt to prove that Custer made several serious errors and misjudgments. Custer is the final witness in the trial. When questioned by the prosecutor about his actions in the battle, Custer answers every question with "Command Decision".

When the jury of officers meets to reach a verdict, they consider Custer's "command decision" defense and ultimately vote to acquit Custer. Most of their decision was based on other events in the recent Civil War. If you voted to convict Custer for Little Bighorn, what do you do about Grant and the carnage at Shiloh? What about Grant and Cold Harbor? What about Burnside and Fredericksburg? What about Hooker and the Battle of Chancellorsville?  Then there is my personal favorite with General Charles Stone at the Battle of Ball's Bluff. The list goes on. You can't imprison people for losing a battle, but you can replace them.

In 1977, there was a made for television movie based on the book. It starred Ken Howard, Brian Keith, James Olsen and Blythe Danner. It was an interesting movie, but America was not interested in history enough for it to get any awards.

So, what does all of this have to do with Donald Trump? Jack Shit is claiming that there was a plan by Trump to stop the vote certification by Congress. He claims that Trump failed to call out the National Guard to provide sufficient security for the Congress.

The US Constitution calls for impeachment and conviction of the President for high crimes and misdemeanors. It DOES NOT provide for a special counsel to file charges two and a half years later. Trump was impeached twice by the House and the Senate failed to convict him either time. The second impeachment was after he left office and was about the January 6 situation. Why did they impeach a President who had already left office? Is Jack Shit's case against Trump a case of double jeopardy? In more than 230 years we have not taken this action against a former president. Why now?  Because Democrats believe that there is some unwritten set of laws that apply only to Donald Trump.

As Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi was responsible for the security of the Capitol. Has she been indicted by Jack Shit? Of course not, she's a Democrat. Did she call for the National Guard? No. Why isn't she on trial? It was her responsibility. 

So, what does all of this have to do with "The Trial of Donald John Trump"? If the Supreme Court allows this circus to move forward, Donald Trump needs to use the "Command Decision" defense. If you can put past Presidents on trial for decisions they made, where will it end? Will they put Biden on trial for the bungled retreat from Afghanistan? Will they put George W. Bush on trial for the 9/11 disaster? Will they put Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on trial for the debacle at Benghazi? Will they put Janet Reno, Bill Clinton, the FBI, and the ATF on trial for the slaughter of American citizens at Waco? Will they put George H.W. Bush on trial for the murder of Vicki Weaver at Ruby Ridge? Can we finally talk about Kennedy and the debacle at the Bay of Pigs? Of course, they are not going to do any of this.

This whole case is a manifestation of the Trump Derangement Syndrome that has infected so many Democrats and other liberals. Their hatred of Donald Trump is so strong that they cannot get over it. The liberals had set up Hillary Clinton to be the first female President and Trump destroyed their plans. They lost the election to an outsider, and they can't get over it. They hate Trump because he destroyed their whole scheme. None of the predicted disasters for a Trump presidency happened. 

The liberals who claim that Trump was trying to interfere with the election are now themselves trying to interfere with the election of 2024.They need to quit squandering tax dollars chasing Donald Trump and get some serious psychiatric assistance.

One final note. The total damage to the Capitol on January 6 was $2.8 million dollars. That's not much more, if any more, than the loss by Wendy's of an Atlanta location set afire during the riots of 2020. Hundreds of people have been sentenced to years in federal prison for being in the Capitol that day. The two arsonists in Atlanta were fined $500 each and given probation. Thanks to DA Fani Willis for showing that there really are two justice systems in America.