The Justice Department’s use of the Espionage Act of 1917 as the basis of the indictment of Donald Trump would be laughable if it wasn’t such a blatant attempt to further the Russian collusion hoax .
When the uniparty, under the leadership of Democrat Woodrow Wilson, declared war on Germany in April 1917, there was very little appetite among the people to enlist. Americans of German extraction had no interest in fighting their kinsmen and those of Irish extraction were dead set against fighting to defend Great Britain. Enlistment rates in the early months were frighteningly low.
The enlistment predicament was solved in June with the Espionage Act of 1917, heeding the urgings of President Wilson since December 1916 for a law that would silence domestic opposition to America’s entry into the war raging in Europe.
The official rationale for the Espionage Act was to crack down on wartime activities considered dangerous […]
Excerpt Sourced From: amgreatness.com
