Bad law and worse drama

The MSNBC crowd are out for revenge, whatever the pretext for indictment, while I share the view of the NYT columnists who have misgivings. In my view, the legal case against Trump is jerry rigged, compounding a state misdemeanor with a federal felony. Prosecutors are all too ready to convict or extend crimes so as to catch a bad guy. Remember that Martha Stewart was put in jail for having lied to the FBI about insider trading because the prosecutors thought that they couldn't convict her of the actual inside trading. In general, don’t trust the FBI. James Comey helped to scuttle the Hillary election and the main FBI headquarters is still named after the infamous J. Edgar Hoover. Liberals rather than Conservatives are the ones who distrust law enforcement. Another example. Michael Cohen got a soft sentence for pleading guilty about the hush money but the whole issue was debatable and was never tested in court because it was prudent for him to plead guilty rather than get the book thrown out at him for the effrontery of having proceeded to trial. I am consistent in my view in that I am also opposed to hate crimes, another way of broadening criminal penalty. If you shoot up a jewelry store you should not get an additional charge for having yelled "kike" at the jewelry store owner even if you raise penalties for firebombing religious buildings like synagogues, mosques and churches.