The people of our country are witnessing a political saga that could forever change our nation. For the good of our children and future generations, we must step forward and stop the injustice that is happening before our eyes.

1. On March 17, Hunter Biden accidently admits that the infamous laptop computer is his.

2. On March 18, we find out through the media that former President Donald Trump is being indicted in New York.

3. On June 8, we find out from an FBI document that Hunter Biden and his father, then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, each received a $5 million bribe from Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, on whose board Hunter served. The bribe was for Vice President Joe Biden’s alleged help in removing Ukraine’s chief prosecutor who was investigating Burisma.

4. On June 9, Trump is indicted over his possession of government documents at his Mar-a-Largo estate.

5. On July 31, Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s former business partner, testifies to Congress about his and Hunter’s previous business dealings.

6. On Aug. 1, Trump is indicted over his supposed involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, event.

In his speech before the march on the Capitol, Trump is on video asking his followers to “Peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”

7. On Aug. 11, the Hunter Biden special counsel is announced.

8. On Aug. 15, Trump is indicted in Georgia.

Trump’s arrests and indictments are planned distractions away from the Biden family’s criminality. Democratic pundits have become experts at directing public focus away from their partisan problems and the liberal media always steps in to help.

In the above cases, when potentially damaging information about the Biden administration was released, they immediately posted stories about Trump’s political problems. This revs up their base of supporters and keeps them focused on “hating Trump.”

In January 2019, Hunter Biden sent this text message to his daughter, Naomi: “I hope you all can do what I did and pay for everything for this entire family for 30 years. It’s really hard, but don’t worry. Unlike Pop, I won’t make you give me half your salary.”

This has been out for two years and has been verified as authentic by The Washington Post.

Hunter Biden made $87,500 per month working for the corrupt Ukrainian energy company Burisma. His only qualification for the job was that his father was vice president of the United States.

Congressman James Comer, of Kentucky, who is the chairperson of the House Oversight Committee, claims to have records showing that the Biden family has received more than $20 million from the countries of Russia, Romania, Ukraine, China and Kazakhstan. Comer’s committee has now launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Biden.

President Biden is a multi-millionaire. He owns three homes worth millions of dollars. He has been in political office for more than four decades and his wife is a schoolteacher. The cost of living in and around Washington, D.C., is incredibly high. How did they become really rich with these jobs?

We are on a slippery slope. We are allowing local prosecutors to use state racketeering laws to reach into the Oval Office to criminalize political speech and political conduct. We are criminalizing Trump for petitioning our government to address grievances about the election, which is his constitutional right. Now, everything that he is doing — including tweets — is being presented as illegal.

Remember Russian collusion and the dirty Russian Steele dossier?

Trump fought that for years before it was completely discredited. Hillary Clinton used it to contest the 2016 presidential election. After the dossier and collusion were found to be lies, Hillary Clinton deleted 32,000 emails from her computer and completely destroyed the hard drives they were on and all devices that could possibly have incriminated individuals involved in the conspiracy.

Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee paid a small fine for this crime. There were no charges or mug shots.

Oh, speaking of mug shots — one of the shots taken of Trump when he was indicted and arrested has gone viral. It has become a symbol of strength and rebellion, especially among young Black men. Trump’s popularity has soared among them.

We saw what Hillary Clinton got away with and with almost no consequences.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, of Georgia, contested her 2018 election loss.

Former Vice President Al Gore contested his 2000 loss of the presidency to George W. Bush.

Kari Lake lost her bid for governor in Arizona in 2022. She demanded and got a vote recount.

In 2004, 32 Democrats tried to stop certification of Ohio electors and delayed counting the votes to deny the presidency to George W. Bush.

In 2016, Hollywood celebrities went on TV begging members of the Electoral College to renounce their constitutional duty and vote against the popular vote count in their states.

There are many more examples of individuals or groups contesting vote counts. But only Trump is getting indicted and arrested for it.

The ultimate goal of the Democratic Party is to get Trump thrown into jail. But if that doesn’t happen, they want to keep him tied up in court throughout the entire 2024 election campaign so that he uses all his resources defending himself and doesn’t have any time to campaign.

Most of the prosecutors charging Trump are left-wing politicians who live in left-wing jurisdictions. They depend on left-wing grand juries and left-wing juries to win their cases.

In Trump’s case, it doesn’t matter that the charges will probably be overturned in the U.S. Supreme Court. He could be ruined politically. They are denying him his First Amendment rights and trying to use the law to destroy him.

Hopefully, their scheme is failing.

Every time the Democrats indict Trump, his poll numbers go up. Some polling groups have him several points ahead of Biden in the presidential race.

What the Democrats are doing to former President Trump is a crime. Wake up, America.

Dugger retired as a journeyman carpenter from Clearwater Paper. He lives in Lewiston.