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Lawfare Nov 7, 2024

"The moral of the story of the Trump trials is that the criminal justice system will not ultimately rein in the tyrant if the people don’t want it to."

Benjamin Wittes considers the value of the criminal prosecutions of Donald Trump. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--were-all-the-trump-trials-pointless

The Situation: Were All the Trump Trials Pointless?

What good is a criminal justice system that can’t do justice, protect democracy, or persuade voters?

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Tom Rake

@lawfare It seems Trump won by purchasing voters on the spot market, thus foiling the Democratic party's traditional organization. Trump's cohorts purchased internet platforms with the wealth gained from tech enterprises. Perhaps we should not be surprised when justice itself can be influenced.