The Department of Justice has no plans to drop charges against former President Donald Trump despite President Joe Biden's calls for "Unity" following the assassination attempt against his political opponent.
After the attack Saturday, when a 20-year-old shooter wounded Trump's ear, killed one audience member and injured two others, Biden gave an Oval Office address telling Americans to "Lower the temperature in our politics." Despite this message, Biden's DOJ shows no sign of reining in its prosecution of Trump, which multiple legal experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation has served to heighten tensions and exacerbate animosity toward Trump.
Cornell Law School professor William A. Jacobson told the DCNF that the cases against Trump "Contributed to the hysteria and dehumanization of Trump that created an atmosphere in which his life was put in danger."
The criminal prosecutions, both by the DOJ and at the state-level in New York and Georgia, "Have had clear political overtones" that are "Part of a larger Democrat effort to prevent Trump from running for and becoming president again," Jacobson said.
Special counsel Jack Smith chose on Wednesday to appeal a judge's decision to dismiss Trump's Florida classified documents case and has given no indication that he will back off on the other federal case against Trump in Washington, D.C., even after the Supreme Court pared it back in its ruling on presidential immunity.
Biden's rhetoric was sharply criticized following the assassination attempt, particularly for a statement he made on a call with donors saying it is "Time to put Trump in a bull's-eye." He told NBC News on Monday that the language was a "Mistake" but said Trump was the one who engaged in dangerous rhetoric.
"The bottom line is that these cases should never have been brought, have no legal or Constitutional foundation, and have contributed to public attitudes that Trump is somehow a unique threat to the very foundation of America," Hakes said.
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