Democratic prosecutors have used their power to target Donald Trump and his associates.
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VINCEAug 25, 2026
The sources do not show Democratic prosecutors routinely targeting Trump; the documented pattern of prosecutions aimed at Trump's critics comes from the Trump-led Justice Department, and a PolitiFact fact-check found the Biden-era charges against Trump were tied to his conduct, not politics.
What was said
… Why? Why exactly? There's a lot of smoke. Why won't you let us put out the fire? What's that, New Jersey? What is that, Mikey Sherrill, you whack job? So Democrats are very content with cheating. Democrats have routinely used the power of prosecutors to persecute, to go after Donald Trump and the people around him. They tried to remove him from ballots in Maine and Colorado. They rigged their own primary elections in every presidential election for the last decade: 2016, 2020, 2024. They rigged the primaries against their own voters. …
VINCE · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. PolitiFact found the Biden-era criminal prosecutions of Trump were based on his alleged conduct (efforts to overturn the 2020 election, fake elector scheme), not on speech or political beliefs, undercutting the claim that Democratic-led prosecution was politically targeting him.[1]
Contradicts. Reporting on the current period describes the Justice Department under Trump as the body pursuing politically sensitive cases against Trump's critics, including Comey and Ilhan Omar, which runs opposite to the claimed direction.[4][5][6]
Supports. Britannica reports Fulton County DA Fani Willis secured a RICO indictment against Trump and 18 allies in 2023, a real prosecution of Trump and associates, though the source does not identify her party and does not describe it as routine or partisan.[7]
Context. Sources show the Trump administration pursuing prosecutions against Democratic officials (Peltola, Minnesota Democrats) and Trump calling for Democrat prosecutions, which is the reverse of the claimed pattern.[2][3][6]
Sources
7 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1Charges against Trump are not 'just like the Cuban regime'politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2Trump calls for prosecution of Peltola in Alaska Senate controversyapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Trump administration accelerates criminal probe into Alaska Senate racereuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4Trump's Justice Department pushes a spate of politically ...pbs.org · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts
- 5Trump escalates retribution campaign with charges against Comey and threats against liberal groupskrgv.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6Tracking retaliatory use of arrests, prosecutions, and investigations ...protectdemocracy.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 7Fani Willis | Biography, Education, District Attorney, Donald ...britannica.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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