Fani Willis Indicts Free Speech – The American Spectator

The starting lie in the Georgia Trump indictments is bad enough.

The very first sentence of the 98 pages of anti-free-speech mania reads:

Defendant Donald John Trump lost the United States presidential election held on November 3, 2020.

There is zero reference to Big Tech boldly withholding the New York Post’s bombshell October 2020 story of Hunter Biden’s laptop from hell. As the Post itself would headline two years later:

79% say ‘truthful’ coverage of Hunter Biden’s laptop would have changed 2020 election

Not to mention that there is zero reference to the repeated attempts to rig the 2020 election, as investigative journalist Mollie Hemingway has detailed in her best-selling book Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections. (RELATED: Georgia’s Fascist Fani Willis Targets Super Tuesday)

But well beyond the opening misdirection in this indictment is the reality that in one “Act” after another, there are repeated attacks on free speech — making one of the most sacred of constitutional rights a crime.

Examples abound, so let’s take a look.

The indictment cites Trump’s alleged “false statements and writings.” Newsflash? Even if true, alleging that something is a “false statement” or that a bit of writing is “false” is nonetheless protected free speech: It is opinion.

Note that the indictment begins with a section titled “Manner and Methods of the Enterprise” and titles the opening as:

1. False Statements to and Solicitation of State Legislatures.

It charges that Trump supporters “made false statements concerning fraud in the November 3, 2020 election.”  It is certainly a considerable matter of debate that what Trump supporters said was “false.” (READ MORE: The GOP Primary Obviously Isn’t Over: The First Debate Is Crucial)

But true or false, having an opinion and making a statement of belief is decidedly the very embodiment of free speech. Which is to say, Willis is seriously guilty of weaponizing the law to silence free speech, with jail time for those who exercise their constitutional right to free speech.

The indictment then lists 161 different “Acts” that specify the details of Willis’ indictments. A sample:

“Act 22” of the indictment reads:

On or about the 3rd day of December 2020, DONALD JOHN TRUMP caused to be tweeted from the Twitter account @RealDonaldTrump, “Georgia hearings no on @OANN. Amazing!” This was an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy.

Got that? A quite public tweet urging Americans to watch One America News Network’s cable news coverage of a Georgia legislative hearing is now an indictable crime — which is to say, if you watched OANN coverage of a legislative hearing, you must be indicted and go to jail.

“Act 26” of the indictment holds that it is illegal for Trump to tweet a recommendation that readers watch/listen to public testimony “taking place right now in Georgia.” Translation: Free speech Fani Willis doesn’t like is an indictable offense.

“Act 27” of the indictment holds that it is illegal for Trump to tweet his opinion of the handling of ballots in Georgia.

“Act 28,”  “Act 29,” “Act 30,” and “Act 31” demand a Trump indictment for voicing his opinion on quite legal governmental regularities in Pennsylvania (holding a special session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly) and Georgia (giving his opinion of voter fraud, calling for the president pro tempore to give his opinion on voter fraud, and, to the governor of Georgia, giving his opinion on calling a special session of the Georgia General Assembly). All of this is free speech.

“Act 38” cites a Rudy Giuliani tweet that requests voters to sign a petition for a special session of the Georgia legislature. Note well: The First Amendment to the Constitution states that Americans have “the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Got that? The First Amendment specifically says that Americans have the right “to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” But District Attorney Fani Willis is indicting former Mayor Rudy Giuliani because he asked Georgians to “sign the petition for a special session” of the Georgia legislature. It doesn’t get more fascist than that.

“Act 45” indicts one Michael A. Roman because he asked someone to attend a public hearing of the Georgia House of Representatives. Attending legislative sessions in Georgia is now an indictable offense, according to Fani Willis.

On and on — and on and on for 98 pages goes the line-by-line listing of just how Fani Willis is using the weaponization of law to indict those charged for exercising their free speech.

This is not simply wrong; it is dangerous.

Not to mention the irony that as fascist-style leftist prosecutors in Georgia (Fani Willis), Washington (Jack Smith), and New York (Alvin Bragg) pile on with their weaponization of the law, the American people are responding by increasing Trump’s lead in one poll after another, not to mention flooding his campaign with contributions.

In short? The American people get the game here. It is to Get Trump (as Alan Dershowitz has titled his bestseller Get Trump: The Threat to Civil Liberties, Due Process, and Our Constitutional Rule of Law).

And they understand exactly that well beyond this weaponization of the law to Get Trump, any American with an unpopular political opinion can and will be targeted.

Which is to say, the cherished American founding principle of freedom of speech is under serious assault.

And the time to stand up and oppose this American version of fascism is now.

Right now.