Commentary
Donald Trump is right that the special counsel’s 37-count indictment against him for holding classified documents is federal law enforcement’s latest effort to interfere in a presidential election, as they did in the last two. But there’s something else, too.
For the 2016 and 2020 elections, there was alleged evidence of the Democratic Party candidate’s corruption. The same is so for the upcoming 2024 decision. In every instance, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has moved to protect the ruling class’s preferred candidate by framing Trump.
What we’re watching unfold isn’t just the next leg in an election interference operation, but also an eight-year-long cover-up of allegedly illicit financial arrangements between senior Democratic officials and the agents of foreign governments. For nearly a decade, Trump’s opponents have falsely accused him of being a Russian asset, but it appears it’s his rivals who have been compromised by foreign powers….