Her callous acts
Eric Trump, Constitutional scholar.
Eric Trump has called New York Attorney General Letitia James the “most unethical prosecutor in the history of the United States” while saying her office’s investigation[s] into his father’s business practices are unconstitutional.
No, hon. He’s not president any more. He’s just a shameless crook, and the law can touch him.
Donald Trump’s son made the remarks on Monday during an appearance on Sean Hannity‘s Fox News show more than a week after it was revealed James had subpoenaed two of the former president’s adult children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, as part of the inquiry.
Chronologically adult. Intellectually, morally, psychologically, not so much.
James’ office is looking into allegations Donald Trump fraudulently inflated the value of assets to get better loans from banks and undervalued them to reduce his tax bills. James began the investigation after Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen testified to Congress in 2019.
It’s her job.
“You have Letitia James out there, probably the most unethical prosecutor in the history of the United States, who literally said on video ‘I’m going to go into office every single day and I’m going to sue Trump and then I’m going to go home,'” Eric Trump said.
We’re all really fascinated to hear what Eric Trump thinks is unethical.
“She ran on the campaign promise of suing my father because she didn’t believe in his political party, because she didn’t like us, because the people of Washington, D.C. told her to do that. It violates the Constitution, it’s unethical, it’s wrong.”
That might be a little more credible if Trump were in fact not a crook, but since this is the real world and not a fantasy, it’s not.
In December 2021, Donald Trump sued James while arguing that the inquiry violates his constitutional rights.
“The investigations commenced by James are in no way connected to legitimate law enforcement goals, but rather, are merely a thinly-veiled effort to publicly malign Trump and his associates,” the lawsuit filed in New York court reads.
“Her mission is guided solely by political animus and a desire to harass, intimidate, and retaliate against a private citizen who she views as a political opponent. James has deprived, and will continue to deprive, Plaintiffs of their rights under federal law, state law and common law by virtue of her callous acts.”
Goodness. That doesn’t sound like lawyer-speak, it sounds like Trump-speak. I guess he doesn’t let his lawyers re-write his rage blurts. “Callous” is a nice touch – what, she’s supposed to have sympathy for the pack of filthy rich crooks?
Seems like Trump (I accidentally typed wrong and it got auto-corrected to turnip; I like it)…seems like Turnip found a way to keep us thinking about him and talking about him. He isn’t as dominant of the news as when he was president, but he is certainly taking more news time than is his share. He must be in the spotlight, or he will wither and die because all he is made up of is a bad suit stuffed with flattery and ego.
When someone is challenging a criminal investigation as being unconstitutional, it is a desperate move of someone desperate to hide something but has run out of ways to keep the truth hidden. Like Al Capone, Trump will go down for tax evasion. His crimes aren’t complex, there is just a lot of paperwork to trace. It really is open and shut once you have all the documents pulled together. Loan application A says the FMV of Property X is $XX million dollars. They property tax records from the same year say it is worth $X million dollar. Both can’t be true.
Then it becomes a question of who else besides Trump and his CFO knew how the books were cooked.
I do have a smidgin of sympathy for Trump’s argument. Because these positions are elected, and along party lines, there is always going to be an element of doubt as to how much is prosecuting crime and how much is payback.
In trying to be overly democratic by electing so many public roles I argue that America has hamstrung too many of its public offices.
But there, my sympathy for Trumps expires – they are a criminal organisation and a blight on civil society.