I watched a modern show trial over the past week. It had all the trappings: the solemnity of place, the jurists elevated above the mere mortals in the audience, the fawning media ready to pounce and tear the accused – who weren’t allowed a defense, or even a presence – to pieces. I searched for …
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Nancy Pelosi’s Terrorist Show Trial
Nancy Pelosi’s version of the 1936 Moscow “Trotskyite-Zinovievite Terrorist Center” trial has begun, and smartly, too. Four uniformed policemen, two from the Capitol police force, two from the Washington, D.C. police, performed their assigned roles flawlessly, tearfully recounting their trauma and horror at hordes of protesters swarming into the Capitol building. At least two of …
