Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - O'Reilly Update Morning Edition, August 18, 2023

Episode Date: August 18, 2023

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Bill O'Reilly here, and I'm warming up. Stand by for the O'Reilly Update Morning Edition, but first. On this Friday, the most important aspect of the Trump charges is the political component. It is obvious that the U.S. Justice Department is anxious to try the former president and not anxious to see Hunter Biden in federal court. That's a fact, and has nothing to do with the guilt or innocence of, either man. It has everything to do with using political power to destroy opposition or protect those on your side. The first Supreme Court justice, John Marshall, understood that, which is why

he engineered the acquittal of Aaron Burr on charges of treason. In 1806, President Thomas Jefferson publicly accused his former vice president, Burr, of treason. Jefferson, Jefferson, tried to use his vast power to destroy Burr, who might have actually been guilty of treason. But John Marshall, who presided over the federal trial in Virginia, realized that if Jefferson prevailed, powerful politicians could use the justice system to neutralize opponents. And that is exactly what is happening today with Donald Trump. The charges against him may have some validity, but the overall strategy is to get him out of the political arena. Thus, I am predicting today's Supreme Court will eventually have to get involved with all this.

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