(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . MY VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT, NY vs TRUMP [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-09 Gary K. Harris XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX June 9, 2024 Office of the Honorable Alvin Bragg Manhattan District Attorney 163 W 125 St., Suite 733 New York, NY 10017 Re: Victim Impact Statement, New York vs Trump The jury’s unanimous verdict of guilty to all 34 counts of the indictment accepted the People’s case that Donald J. Trump falsified business records to conceal “hush money” payments to “Stormy Daniels” in order to insure victory in the 2020 Presidential Election. As the Prosecution successfully demonstrated, Mr. Trump believed that disclosure of this and other sexual encounters, following directly the release of the “Access Hollywood” tape, would have caused him to lose the very close election. It follows that the injuries inflicted on the nation by Mr. Trump’s Presidency render all US citizens victims of these felonies. Accordingly, as a US citizen who voted in the 2020 election, I am submitting a Victim Impact Statement to be considered at sentencing. Among the harms directly impacting me and my family, these stand out: *Spreading misinformation and discouraging responsible responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump heightened the death toll and caused many more people, including three of our four children and all six grandchildren to suffer the disease, with lasting adverse effects on their health. My wife and myself, spared the disease at the stressful cost of social isolation, experienced much anxiety, compounded by grief at the loss of several friends. *Dismantling environmental protections and refusing new proposals to combat the existential threat of catastrophic climate change, President Trump increased the frequency of natural disasters and delayed by four years the urgently necessary measures to combat this grave threat to ourselves and to future generations. I fear for my children and grandchildren, and am immediately threatened by the increased frequency of extreme weather. *Refusing to accept the results of the 2020 Presidential election, and spreading the demonstrable lie of a “stolen election”, President Trump aggravated social tensions and fostered mistrust of the American institutions which I, as a US military Veteran, have pledged to protect. *Whereas previous Presidents of both political parties have celebrated the nation’s diversity and called convincingly for national unity, President Trump courted and often championed the vilest racist, misogynistic, xenophobic and homophobic tendencies, dividing the nation and greatly increasing the danger of stochastic terrorism, a grave threat to me in a state where the former President’s extremist message has a great many fervent and heavily armed adherents. Respectfully, Gary K. Harris [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/9/2245744/-MY-VICTIM-IMPACT-STATEMENT-NY-vs-TRUMP?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/