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On the recordJune 5, 2024
the conviction of President Trump is a clear manifestation that our justice system has been weaponized against us, against the American people. This was a political persecution aimed squarely at one thing and one thing only: preventing President Trump from challenging the current administration in this Presidential election. Now, let's just examine the facts--just the basic, irrefutable facts. The proceedings against President Trump were marred by unclear charges and irregular jury instructions, making it evident, from the very beginning, that this trial was not about the pursuit of justice. It was not about the objective demands of the law. No, it was a choreographed act of partisan lawfare intended to dismantle the political rights of an individual who stands as the principal opponent--I would dare say the sole remaining obstacle--to President Joe Biden becoming a second-term President. He is the last person, the last man, the last object standing in the way of President Biden's second term. And so that fact, all by itself, signals something. It signals something we haven't seen before. It signals something that I wish we never had seen in our Republic and that I certainly hope we never see again. But the hypocrisy of this is just palpable. The Democrats and their allies in the media have long accused President Trump of undermining American norms and traditions and of all these supposedly norm-shattering actions.…
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

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