If You’re Going to Gag Him, Gag Him
Forget the $10k fines, hit him hard
It’s pretty simple: if you or I were facing a judge and we went after his wife or co-workers on a public forum, we’d be in serious trouble. Our lawyers would be screaming at us, the judge would find us in contempt, and we might end up spending some time in the slammer.
Especially if an appeals court of four judges unanimously voted to gag us legally.
So why does Donald Trump get a pass?
Yes, he was President. So what? There’s this thing, it’s called the rule of law and it is crystal clear: no one is above the law.
I’m truly sick of writing about that. And I challenge anyone to find a public figure in America, besides Trump, who thinks otherwise. There are no Get Out of Jail Free cards, in theory.
In practice, we know the wealthy and privileged get off easy all the time. They don’t go to the same jails, if they go to jail, that the rest of us go to. Because he is a ‘public’ figure, Mr Trump is somehow allowed to say and do anything he wants.
I’m not kidding about anything. He faces charges of stealing classified documents and lying about them. He faces charges for inciting a murderous riot in the hallowed halls of the US Congress to steal an election he clearly lost. He, on…
