Who knew that politically motivated prosecutions of Trump could backfire on the prosecutors?
Some congressional Democrats are going so far as to check their own personal finances after the indictment of James Comey, Axios has learned.
With President Trump calling for Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) to be prosecuted for mortgage fraud, members fear that a loose thread could provide an opening to go after them next.
“Many are … going through mortgages, tax returns, etc.,” one senior House Democrat, speaking on the condition of anonymity to share details of private conversations between members, told Axios.
“I’ve explored liability insurance,” another House Democrat said. “And so have other members [in case] they come after us legally,”
Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) told Axios he “did a big push … to educate members on liability issues, and many purchased professional liability insurance.”
Rep. Gil Cisneros (D-Calif.) said: “Obviously, I think there is a worry that … this administration is going to dive into your stuff and kind of trump up some bogus charge just because you were critical of the president.”
Uh-huh. Some bogus charge. It’s not that easy to prosecute someone on a bogus charge. Just ask Robert Mueller or Jack Smith. But a bunch of congressional Dems may have committed tax fraud or lied on their mortgage applications and now they’re worried. Liability insurance will only do so much in that regard.
Congressional Dems committed what they thought were commonplace forms of fraud that no one gets prosecuted for. And then AG Letitia James decided to open Pandora’s box to get Trump. And here we are.
Option 1 would be to admit that the original prosecution of Trump was unjustified and to call for a ceasefire. Instead, Dems are going with Option 2.
Let’s see how it works for them.
