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Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Isn’t Weaponizing the Law — He’s Ending the Biden Double Standard

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🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump and his administration have been lambasted by the corporate media, members of Congress and left-wing pundits over the recent indictments of three notable individuals: John Bolton, James Comey and now Letitia James. These critics argue that the president is going on a so-called “revenge tour,” using the law “in a weaponized fashion.” All these people are willfully overlooking one critical factor: magnitude. President Donald Trump was indicted 91 times in four different jurisdictions in what can only be described as a “coordinated” effort to bar him from public office in the lead-up to the 2024 election, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “So, in conclusion, it's going to be much more difficult for the Trump Department of Justice, under Attorney General Pam Bondi, to find a Clapper or a Brennan or a Bolton guilty in a blue jurisdiction, where you're going to have juries that are, for the most part, decidedly anti-Trump. Much more difficult. So, they're gonna have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt to a far greater degree than was true of Donald Trump. Donald Trump came in as a conservative, and in an era of rampant Trump hatred and Trump Derangement Syndrome, and he had to face predominantly left-wing grand juries, left-wing juries and left-wing judges. “So, if Donald Trump is accused of waging lawfare, there's going to be a natural check on that. And that check is that he is going into hostile territory. He—I'm personifying it—but his attorney general will be going into areas that are not sympathetic to the prosecution but will be sympathetic to the opponents of Donald Trump.” 👉 This episode is sponsored by the Pepperdine School of Public Policy. Learn more: ⁠https://go.pepperdine.edu/dailysignal⁠ 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest short videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1⁠  Also on Spotify: https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL9753340027  👉Want more VDH? Watch Victor’s weekly, hour-long podcast, “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” now! Subscribe to his YouTube channel, and enable notifications:  https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273?sub_confirmation=1 👉More exclusive content is available on Victor’s website: https://victorhanson.com 👉The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: ⁠https://secured.dailysignal.com/⁠  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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People are arguing that Donald Trump had promised not to have a so-called revenge tour and use the law in a weaponized fashion against his political enemies.

0:09.0

I think it's time to pause.

0:11.0

First, there's a question of magnitude.

0:14.0

Donald Trump was indicted 91 times in four different jurisdictions.

0:20.0

Those were coordinated.

0:21.7

So far, we've only seen three key people indicted.

0:24.7

John Bolton, James Comey, Latita James.

0:28.1

In addition to that, we're not even talking about the SWAT rate on Donald Trump's home or

0:32.9

the effort to get 25 states to deballate him.

0:36.4

I haven't seen Donald Trump saying to red state governors,

0:39.8

we've got to get Newsom off the ballot.

0:41.5

He's dangerous.

0:42.5

That hasn't happened.

0:43.5

We have to keep some fair sense of magnitude.

0:46.7

Inditing three people doesn't compare to what they did.

0:50.3

The Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for the Daily Signal.

1:04.0

There's been a lot of recent controversy over the indictments of John Bolton, James Comey, and now Latita James, and people are

1:14.6

arguing that Donald Trump had promised not to have a so-called revenge tour and use the law

1:20.5

in a weaponized fashion against his political enemies, given what they did to him, and now he's doing it.

1:28.1

And I think it's time to pause.

1:30.9

First, there's a question of magnitude.

1:34.4

Donald Trump was indicted 91 times in four different jurisdictions.

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