A federal judge threw out the charges in Donald Trump's classified documents trial on Monday, in another stroke of luck for the former president after he narrowly survived an assassination attempt.
With sympathy for Trump running high as politicians call for unity, Democrats are being urged to end their "dirty lawfare" campaign against the Republican presidential nominee.
The lawfare effort reached it speak in April, when New York Democratic prosecutor Alvin Bragg convicted Trump on 34 counts of "falsifying business records."
Democrats have regularly cited Trump's conviction to attack Trump as a "convicted felon." After Saturday's shooting in Pennsylvania, Biden has called for unity and Democrats have moderated their rhetoric to some degree.
At the same time, Democrats have made it clear they intend to keep calling Trump a threat to democracy, even as some say that rhetoric contributed to the attempt on Trump's life.
In a shocking ruling Monday, Judge Aileen Cannon ended the classified documents prosecution into Trump, finding Special Counsel Jack Smith was not properly appointed.
In an editorial, the New York Post urged Democrats to honor Biden's unity pledge by ending the "dirty" weaponization of justice.
"Democrats’ multipronged, utterly cynical 'lawfare' drive effort to derail Trump before Election Day is (rightly) failing as badly as Thomas Crooks’ bullets," the Post wrote, referring to the man who attempted to kill Trump.
The lawfare effort has produced mixed results, with Trump facing a sentencing in September for his New York conviction while other cases stall.
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that presidents have immunity from prosecution, all but ending Smith's hopes of prosecuting Trump for January 6th before the election. Trump also has cited the ruling to challenge his conviction in New York for "falsifying business records."
Separately, Trump's criminal case in Georgia for "overturning" the 2020 election has been stalled by Trump's continued efforts to disqualify prosecutor Fani Willis for misconduct.
"Maybe it’s time to honor President Biden’s call for unity by dropping the whole dirty lawfare campaign?" the Post wrote.
"Focus on trying to beat Trump in the voting booth, not the courts," the paper said.
While Democrat may be paying lip service to unity, it is doubtful they will ever drop these prosecutions, especially with Biden falling behind in the presidential race.
