Sorry, being French, my knowledge of USA has limits. I did not knew the exact definition of due process and lawfare.
As i understand it, lawfare is the use of law against your political ennemies. Exactly what trump has promised to do.
Now, the matter is not lawfare, it is : " Has the woman committed the misdemeanor she has been found guilty of? "
If yes, lawfare or not, she deserves to be condemned, and don’t deserves to be a judge.
In France, Marine Le Pen, ultra-right leader, has appropriated 4, 4 millions of euros, from the European parliament, to finance her party, and some personal expenses. she has been condemned.
Her supporters have accused the judges who have condemned her of lawfare. It is a political defense, to make people forget the misdemeanor.
Lawfare can exist. But when the crime has been committed, justice must pass.
In fact, the due process has two meanings, of which one guarantees substantial rights (substantive due process) and the other face guarantees procedural rights (procedural due process).
I really hope this woman benefitted from the due process of law. If not, her condamnation is unjust.
Now, back to France, Marine Le pen criticized the slowness of the judicial processes, as the facts where from 2004 to 2016, and she was condemned in 2024.
As the prosecutors reminded her and the co-accused, they had used the due process of law, contesting 47 times the preparatory decisions and the police inquiries, up to the French supreme court.
Now back to Trump. He has been condemned, and declared guilty, more than once for his misdemeanors. You say that he is a victim of lawfare.
The true question is: was he guilty or not ?
If he was, was should not him have been condemned ? Why should he benefit from some judicial immunity ?
The basic principle is " Equality in front of law"
And I would say that the more politically ambitious and powerful you are, the more careful you should be to respect the law.
In France, and usually in Europe, to become a basic civil servant, tasked with basic tasks, you must have a clean criminal record. And it would not be the same to become a president?