Justice isn’t blind when politics sharpen the gavel. Alex Swoyer, a seasoned legal reporter, unveils this truth in her book, Lawless Lawfare: Tipping the Scales of Justice to Get Trump and Destroy MAGA, exposing how courts became battlegrounds to kneecap Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign.
Swoyer, once a Breitbart News scribe and now with The Washington Times, spilled the beans on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday, laying bare how prosecutors and judges twisted legal norms to target Trump.
The book, dropped on June 17, 2025, shot to the top of Amazon’s federal jurisdiction law category. It’s a clarion call for those wary of weaponized institutions.
Trump faced a legal gauntlet after announcing his third White House run in November 2022. Four criminal indictments landed between April and August 2023, alongside civil lawsuits that bled into his campaign. Swoyer argues this wasn’t justice—it was an orchestrated hit job to sway voters.
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg brought a business records case, branding Trump a felon, though the conviction carried no penalty.
DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith piled on with a classified documents case and a 2020 election probe. Georgia’s Fani Willis, a Democrat running for reelection, pushed a state-level case that reeked of political ambition.
Swoyer, a lawyer herself, interviewed heavyweights like Donald Trump Jr., Lara Trump, and Texas AG Ken Paxton. “The weaponization of government and courts” drove her to write, she said, noting even her non-Trump-supporting law school pals found the cases “ridiculous.” That’s a red flag when even DeSantis fans cry foul.
The E. Jean Carroll civil lawsuit, dragging from Trump’s first term, added to the pile. Still on appeal, it’s a nagging thorn in Trump’s side. Swoyer sees these cases as less about the law and more about painting Trump as a villain in the public’s eyes.
Take Judge Tanya Chutkan, appointed by Obama, who bent the rules in the 2020 election case. After a Supreme Court ruling granted Trump immunity, Chutkan let Jack Smith file an oversized motion in October 2024, laying out his case like a campaign ad. Swoyer calls this “abnormal,” a polite way of saying it’s blatant bias.
“It was obvious,” Swoyer said, pointing to how judges and prosecutors manipulated processes to tilt public opinion. Big law firms joined the fray, turning courtrooms into theaters of political warfare. This isn’t law—it’s lawfare, and Swoyer’s book names names.
The media didn’t help. A Media Research Center study found ABC and CBS ran 99 stories on Willis’ Georgia case without once noting she’s a Democrat. That’s not reporting; it’s selective storytelling, and Swoyer’s book skewers this complicity.
Willis, chasing reelection, got a free pass from network news. “She’s a Democrat prosecuting the leading Republican candidate,” Swoyer noted, yet the media buried that detail. It’s a cozy arrangement when journalists shield prosecutors with political axes to grind.
Trump’s conviction in the business records case? A hollow victory for Bragg. The “unconditional discharge” meant no punishment, and Trump’s appealing, unfazed, per Donald Trump Jr.: “It’s a badge of honor.”
Lara Trump recalled Trump’s Fulton County mug shot moment, predicting it’d be “Elvis Presley level.” She wasn’t wrong—his defiance turned a legal jab into a cultural jab. Swoyer captures this resilience, showing how Trump flipped the script.
Prosecutors aimed to “silence opposition and bankrupt” Trump’s circle, per Lara Trump, John Eastman, and Ken Paxton. The financial drain was real, but the MAGA spirit? Unbowed, and Swoyer’s book celebrates that grit.
Lawless Lawfare is no dry legal tome—it’s a wake-up call. Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble, it’s a must-read for anyone who values fair play over political vendettas. Swoyer even tips her hat to Breitbart in the acknowledgments, a nod to her roots.
