Prosecutors, witnesses, jurors – all are in the ex-president’s sights and it could lead to violence, former federal prosecutors and judges sayDonald Trump’s verbal assaults on judges, prosecutors, witnesses, jurors and the broader US justice system, are undermining the rule of law and American democracy while fueling threats and potential violence against individuals involved with the legal cases against him and egging on his extremist allies, former federal prosecutors and judges say.In his campaign to win the presidency again, and in the midst of various criminal and civil trials, Trump has launched multiple attacks on the American legal system on his Truth Social platform to counter the 88 federal and state criminal charges he faces. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/07/trump-trial-justice-system-violence
Author : Peter Stone
Publish date : 2024-05-07 11:00:08
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Trump’s scattershot attacks on justice system are causing real damage
