Another of many steps toward authoritarian rule by Trump

Trump's Department of Justice, under the direction of Attorney General William Barr, overturned the 7 - 9 year sentence of convicted criminal Roger Stone yesterday.  We'll see what Barr's Department of Justice mandates instead.  This is what happens in authoritarian regimes around the world.  Now the U.S. is one of those authoritarian regimes.  This is just the latest of this president's authoritarian moves, and his minions support his authoritarianism.

"Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.) said the move amounted to “obstruction of justice.”

“We are seeing a full-frontal assault on the rule of law in America,” Pascrell said. “Direct political interference in our justice system is a hallmark of a banana republic. Despite whatever Trump, William Barr, and their helpers think, the United States is a nation of laws and not an authoritarian’s paradise.”

One of the characteristics of authoritarian governments is their undermining their own judicial institutions.  The four prosecutors of this case resigned in protest.  This is the president over-riding his own Justice Department with a political mandate.  Stone is a Trump supporter, so Trump interferes, and by so doing he sends a very loud message to all Trump supporters that he will defend their illegal actions on his behalf - that he will condone their illegal actions - htat he intends to continue breaking American laws - and that he and his corrupt followers are above the law.


The United States of America is in trouble.  This authoritarian child is undermining the institutions of democracy - this authoritarian takeover of the Justice Department is just the latest example of a man who is convinced that he is above the law.  Looks like Republicans agree.


This is not acceptable, if democracy is to survive.