Is ‘Guilty Until Proven Innocent’ the New Standard?
By Andrew C. McCarthy
April 26, 2018 6:30 AM
Too many Trump critics have abandoned all pretense of respecting due process.
The absurd ruling by District Judge John Bates in the DACA case — which means that what is lawlessly imposed by executive order may not be lawfully rescinded by executive order — reminds us that justice is being politicized plenty from the bench. No surprise, then, that the pols and pundits are getting in on the act.
Byron York’s Washington Examiner column takes up the question of whether, where Donald Trump is concerned, the “generally accepted standard of justice has been turned on its head.†The matter at issue is the so-called Steele dossier, the Clinton-campaign-sponsored compilation of opposition-research memos that the author, former British spy Christopher Steele, masqueraded as intelligence reports. Byron collects commentary from left-leaning political, academic, and media doyens, all arguing that the dossier’s sensational allegations carry a degree of credibility because, though unverified, they have not been proven untrue.
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https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/trump-russia-investigation-guilty-until-proven-innocent-new-standard/
