Politics
Trump Wants To Jail His Enemies
AG Barr is suggesting that rioters be charged with sedition
Bill Barr, whose title is United States Attorney General but in reality has replaced Michael Cohen as Trump’s personal lawyer and fixer, held a conference call with federal prosecutors last week. During the course of that call, he suggested that they consider filing sedition charges against rioters and other participants who commit violent acts during a protest.
Sedition is just a fancy word for treason. It’s defined as a revolt or violence with the goal of overthrowing the government. It is a felony, punishable by 20 years in prison plus unspecified fines.
This is interesting because Trump perceives BLM and other protests as enemies, blaming them for the violence that has broken out during the protests. The reality is that it is actually far right groups and white supremacists, all Trump supporters, who are starting the violence at the otherwise peaceful protests. Neither the protestors nor the Trump supporters are advocating the overthrow of the government.
So what is really going on here?
This is straight out of the fascist dictator handbook. Fascist dictators keep their people in line by threatening imprisonment and stifle dissent by actually…
