As mentioned last week, the presidential race has begun. The first bomb or salvo dropped last week with the political indictment of Donald Trump by a Democratic New York Manhattan borough prosecutor. Â
It used to be off limits to use the courts to indict a person for political reasons. Make no mistake about it, this trumped up political ploy is just that — political theatrics.
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