The Ghost of John Adams: How the Trump Trial Harkens Back to a Dark Period of American Law

Below is a slightly expanded version of my column in the New York Post on the verdict in the Trump trial. The Manhattan case, in my view, was a raw political use of the criminal justice system. It is only the latest example of the use of the justice system for political purposes and harkens…

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