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The farcical prosecution of Donald Trump in a Manhattan courtroom came to an anticlimactic end today, as Judge Juan Merchan sentenced Trump to be discharged by the court with no penalty–no jail time, no fine, nothing. This was no surprise, as Merchan had already announced that intention.

District Attorney Alvin Bragg disgraced himself by bringing this prosecution. He tried to revive an alleged misdemeanor on which the statute of limitations had run by transmuting it into a “felony” charge that had never been brought before, and never will be brought again. Judge Merchan disgraced himself by allowing the case, which should have been dismissed out of hand, to go to the jury. He disgraced himself further by telling the jury that they didn’t even have to agree on what crime Trump had committed–any crime will do!–to find him guilty. And the jury disgraced itself by going along with the charade.

The purpose of the prosecution, obviously, was to help the Democratic nominee win the 2024 presidential election. So it failed. Nonetheless, Democrats are putting on a brave front. The New York Times writes:

The sentence for the president-elect, who appeared virtually in a Lower Manhattan courtroom, formalizes his status as a felon and makes him the first to carry that distinction into the White House.

So the Democrats can console themselves by referring endlessly to Trump’s “status as a felon.” Unless, of course, an appellate court reverses the jury verdict, which it certainly should. But in today’s politicized environment, there is no use making a prediction.

This entire sorry episode will forever reflect disgrace on the Democratic Party.