The thought of Donald Trump campaigning for the presidency from prison is not unimaginable. He would likely have the joint wired like the mob guys in “Goodfellas,” complete with all kinds of privileges such as DJ equipment for playing Elvis and Pavarotti, an unlimited supply of Viagra and cheeseburgers, and conjugal visits (not from Melania, of course). It would not be the first time someone vied for the White House from the Big House, as Eugene Debs won about 900,000 votes as the Socialist Party nominee in 1920, while being imprisoned on sedition charges for criticizing America’s involvement in World War I.
However, unlike Debs, Trump would not be in prison for sticking to his principles, but for having none. He has shown his true colors as a humongous, dangerous liar and criminal. As Logan Roy would say, he is not a serious person. The unsealing of United States of America v. Donald J. Trump is a fitting switch because until now, it has been Donald J. Trump v. United States of America. Trump has tried to engineer a coup against the government he was leading and has no qualms about purloining classified documents, leaving them in the gilt and crystal glare of his bathroom, bedroom, and other areas, and showing them off to demonstrate how important he is. Trump’s ego is his Achilles heel, and he cannot resist self-aggrandizement.
The indictment against Trump charging him with violating the Espionage Act and other laws contains photographs showing America’s secrets stacked up like they are in an episode of “Hoarders,” spilling under the dry cleaning and even a guitar case. Allowing classified documents to be leaked would put the national security of the United States at risk, jeopardize foreign relations, endanger the U.S.’s military and human sources, and compromise sensitive intelligence collection methods. The charges against Trump are not the work of a partisan insider or Trump hater but are based on information from his own lawyers, staffers, phone records, and security footage.
Trump had directed his valet, Waltine Nauta (who is also named as a co-conspirator with Trump), to move about 64 boxes containing classified information from a storage room to Trump’s residence, and then later had about 30 boxes taken back without informing the attorney who was supposed to be reviewing the material. The attorney later claimed that Trump encouraged him to pluck out anything incriminating from those documents he had reviewed and even made a plucking motion. Throughout his presidential campaign in 2016, Trump boasted of his devotion to protecting classified information to mock his opponent, Hillary Clinton, and said he would enforce all laws regarding the protection of classified information. The Republicans who jumped out to defend Trump after the indictment should be ashamed, but unfortunately, shame has long gone from the Republican Party.
Nevertheless, Jack Smith, who is prosecuting the case, brings an impressive skill set and temperament. Smith seems to be very intent on reminding Americans that the rule of law is a fundamental tenet of the country and is not likely to be cowed by Trump’s criticism. Trump called Smith a “deranged psycho” and even went as far as attacking Smith’s wife, the award-winning documentarian Katy Chevigny, who produced a documentary about Michelle Obama and contributed to Joe Biden’s campaign, as “the biggest Hater of them all.”
In conclusion, the indictment against Trump is not just a “boxes hoax,” as Trump called it, but a serious crime that could put the national security of the U.S. at risk. Trump’s ego and lack of principles have landed him in trouble, and if convicted, he might become the first former president to campaign for the presidency from prison.
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