EDITOR’S NOTE
The following is an excerpt from attorney and former Breitbart reporter Alex Swoyer’s new book, Lawless Lawfare, which comes with a foreword by Mike Davis. Ms. Swoyer has made the following excerpt available exclusively for readers of The National Pulse, and will be launching her book in Washington, D.C., at Butterworth’s:
From the moment Trump launched his 2016 campaign, he was under scrutiny by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which ended up probing him for more than two years for allegedly working with Russia to win the 2016 campaign.
When the Russia investigation failed to land any luck for Democrats, they turned to impeaching him not once, but twice. Eventually, civil lawsuits ensued. But the worst of it may have been the four criminal prosecutions he faced, making history as the first time a former president ever stood trial and was convicted of a crime.
Don Jr., the eldest son of the president, said he does not think his father is bothered by being labeled a “felon” or a “convict.” He told me that, like the mug shot taken in Fulton County, Georgia, over Trump’s state prosecution there, it has all become “sort of a symbol for standing against the corrupt swamp establishment and standing with the tens of millions of everyday, commonsense Americans who supported him.”
“In a weird way, the courtroom sketches, the phony witch hunts, the failed Democrat ads, and the mug shot—it all became sort of a badge of honor, because it represents a courageous and bold stand against abuse of power. It’s a political comeback story like we’ve never seen. And no, I’m not tired of winning,” Don Jr. said.
He also credited the love and loyalty of the American people for motivating the Trump family to continue to campaign despite the mountain of lawfare.
“In fact, the lawfare only made us that much more driven and eager to deliver on the promises to restore equal justice and equal application of our laws. We’re a family of builders—and when you’re building something, you don’t stop until the job is finished. The more the corrupt left-wing lawfare cabal tried to bring him down, the stronger my father became. Because once the corruption got to a certain point, we had no choice but to work harder than ever to deliver a massive victory in November.”
Lara Trump, for her part, said that one day the family will feel comfortable coming out and talking more specifically about the way the political targeting that started nearly ten years ago has impacted each of them, adding that “it has upended all of our lives.”
“It has been very, very damaging to all of our lives in ways probably people couldn’t fathom. When that day comes, I think people will be utterly shocked by the things that have happened to our family and we made it through. I am grateful to the American people that they saw through all the lies and the lawfare and all the nonsense. But it is a really scary process that, had things gone the opposite way in this election, I don’t know what that would have meant for our family, for my father-in-law, and for this country as a whole, because I think once you go past a certain point, I don’t know that you get this country back. So, I feel like we are very fortunate right now.”
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