One outlet’s reminder about former President Donald Trump ahead of polls opening exemplified the need for lawfare to be put to rest.
Much like the candidates themselves, corporate media had the opportunity to offer something akin to a closing argument as stories were released with the potential to motivate voters. In the case of Axios, that included boiling down Tuesday’s decision to one of “two potential futures” for the GOP leader: “The presidency or prison.”
Pictured with an optical illusion that at once appeared to show him standing before the stripes of Old Glory or behind bars, the outlet boiled down the post about the still present legal sword of Damocles for the president writing, “Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on his 34 felony counts in New York in late November. Winning the election is effectively his get-out-of-jail-free card.”
While noting that the president intended to relieve Special Counsel Jack Smith of his duties after taking office, as well as the Justice Department’s policy against prosecuting the sitting commander-in-chief, the report paid particular attention to the New York City conviction.
As Judge Juan Merchan was scheduled to rule on a motion to dismiss brought by the defense following the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity, Axios pointed out, “If that motion fails, Trump’s lawyers will likely appeal — all the way up to the Supreme Court if they have to — delaying the sentencing even further.”
Were the sentencing to move forward the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, the New York Times reported in October that over a third of convictions for business fraud led to incarcerations. Meanwhile, half of the legal experts who had spoken with ABC News said that they expected a prison sentence to be “unlikely due to a combination of the logistical challenges, a lack of precedent supporting incarceration for first-time offenders, and the political implications of such a sentence.”
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said, “As mandated by the United States Supreme Court, this case, along with all the other Harris-Biden hoaxes, should be dismissed.”
At the time of this post, Trump’s classified documents case had been dismissed while Smith appealed the ruling that his appointment was unconstitutional and charges from his alleged federal election interference case were up in the air as Judge Tanya Chutkan measured what could be considered due to presidential immunity.
In Georgia, oral arguments were scheduled to begin in December as to whether or not Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be prohibited from prosecuting Trump over her previously undisclosed relationship with since-resigned Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade.
As Axios revisited the cases brought against the GOP leader on Election Day, reactions on social media expressed having had enough of “political persecution” and called for an end to corporate media “elevated” lawfare.
Free? Ffs, didn’t look free. He’s been fighting bs lawfare for years.
— Melissa Hallman (@dotconnectinga) November 4, 2024
Not so much becasue those “charges” will be reversed anyway. The incredible level of political persecustion “lawfare” should come to an end and not be elevated by the media.
— Bob Becker (@Bob_916) November 4, 2024
Thank God! Those trials are a sham.
— ithoughtso (@ithoughtso4) November 5, 2024
Democrats used lawfare all year and then they delayed their lawfare sentencing until after the election because it was backfiring on them. Amazing stuff.
— (@georg3) November 4, 2024
Make sure you get that point across !
— Tee Cee (@TeeCee52086152) November 4, 2024
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