Does this have echoes of the worst excesses of the French Revolution? Take a read of the Statement of Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, in the hush money cases against former President DONALD J TRUMP:

TRUMP is charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with 34 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree

“The People of the State of New York allege that Donald J. Trump repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal crimes that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Manhattan is home to the country’s most significant business market. We cannot allow New York businesses to manipulate their records to cover up criminal conduct. As the Statement of Facts describes, the trail of money and lies exposes a pattern that, the People allege, violates one of New York’s basic and fundamental business laws. As this office has done time and time again, we today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law.”

This episode will offer an opinion from a non-partisan perspective, arguing that no former or sitting US President or elected leader - from any side of the aisle, should have to face trial at the whims, passions or emotions of the mob on the most flimsy of grounds. This politically charged show trial, Soviet style, could represent one of the lowest moments in American history, and it undoubtedly is one of the saddest. God Save America!