Whenever the Democrats are in power, they destroy everything they get their hands on. As Deroy Murdock said in the New York Post, Democrats are “wreaking havoc, division, and devastation.” No one exemplifies this better, or should I say worse, than New York State Attorney General Letitia James, a deranged racist who has achieved notoriety by basing her political career on an outlandish campaign to get Donald Trump.
Ms. James gives fiery speeches in which she accuses Trump of every conceivable wrongdoing under the sun. Her words and behavior reek of uncontrollable anger. James is unabashedly racist and sexist. The country is “too male, too pale, and too stale,” she said, exposing her dislike of men and white people.
James’ behavior, by itself, is not unusual for those afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome. What makes James a standout is that she has used her office to bring Trump to within a hair’s breadth of financial and political ruin. “This is a variation of Stalin and Beria in the 1930s,” said attorney Alan Dershowitz, “when the head of the KGB says to Stalin, ‘Show me the man, I’ll find you the crime.’ This is show me the man—Donald Trump—and we’ll find you the fraud even if there was no harm.”
The absurdity of Ms. James’ fraud case against Trump is that there is no crime and no victim. No one has been harmed. It is a weaponization of the legal system for political ends. As Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary has observed, what Trump is alleged to have done—overvalued his real estate properties when applying for a bank loan—is normal business practice all over the globe. The bank made money and is anxious to do business with him again.
Obviously, Ms. James has no knowledge of what goes on in the real world. All she cares about is taking down a former president. “Is there anybody out there who believes that this case would have been brought if Donald Trump were not the leading candidate to run against Joe Biden?” said Alan Dershowitz. “This is selective prosecution and it’s wrong.”
James managed to find a judge who is crazy enough to hit Trump with a whopping $460-million fine, an amount greater than the gross national product of some countries. “The damages, like the judge, are daft and asinine,” said news commentator Gregg Jarrett. “Judge Engoron wore his anti-Trump bias on his sleeve, arrogant, smug, obtuse.” Mark Levin reminds us that the damages are in violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of unreasonable fines and punishments. Hopefully Judge Engoron’s judgment will be reversed on appeal.
James doesn’t seem to care that she is destroying New York’s business future in the bargain. Her case means that New York’s legal and financial integrity are shattered. “Capital comes to America because of the stability of the justice system,” said Kevin O’Leary. “Seizing assets is what happens in Venezuela. It doesn’t happen in New York.” Prominent investors have already signaled their intent to stop doing business in the city.
“If this decision stands,” said Trump attorney Alina Habba, “it will serve as a signal to every single American that New York is no longer open for business.” None of that matters to James, who is delighted to turn our nation into a banana republic. “The Democrats are at a no-holds-barred time to unleash everything on Trump no matter how much we undermine the rule of law,” said writer Doug TenNapel. “They’re going for broke because they’re going to lose everything if Trump wins.”
“They hate Trump, they can’t stand the guy,” said Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business. “They want to stop him from becoming president again and they’re gonna stoop to whatever level it takes.”
The irony is that James’ assault may push Trump over the top. Many Trump critics are defending him against the Democrats in response to James’ fraud case. By the way, when Trump is elected, he will make all that money back.
What have we learned from this? That someone with Trump’s extraordinary accomplishments can be brought down by such a vile and inconsequential person as Letitia James. But Trump is a survivor. I’m looking forward to James’ reaction when Trump wins the election in November. As her head explodes, we will discover there is nothing inside but anger and vindictiveness.
Ed Brodow is a conservative political commentator and author of two No. 1 Amazon Best Sellers, AMERICA ON ITS KNEES: The Cost of Replacing Trump with Biden, and THE WAR ON WHITES: How Hating White People Became the New National Sport.
