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Trump’s indictments are not a ‘witch hunt’
Barbara Paulding
Aug. 24, 2023 6:00 am
I’m confused. Mr. Trump and his Republican acolytes keep telling everyone that the reason he is being indicted is because Biden and the Biden Justice Department are trying to interfere in the 2024 election and that it is all a political witch hunt.
It is true that the special counsel, Jack Smith, brought charges against Trump, but he had to convince a grand jury, made up of ordinary citizens, chosen at random, that the charges had merit. All of the grand juries, in multiple states, have voted to indict Mr. Trump.
I’m not really sure exactly how Joe Biden or his justice department were able to corrupt all of these randomly chosen citizens and convince them to join in their “witch hunt.”
Could it be that the evidence against Mr. Trump is so overwhelming that the ordinary citizens on the grand juries just did their duty and voted to indict Mr. Trump?
Nah. I’m sure that’s not the right explanation. Somehow Biden controlled all of these citizens and, using his magical powers, forced them to indict Trump.
Pretty neat trick for a decrepit old man to pull off.
Barbara Paulding
Russell
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