The Department of Justice (DOJ) has no plans to drop charges against former President Donald Trump, despite President Joe Biden's call for “unity” following an assassination attempt on a political opponent.

After Saturday's attack, in which a 20-year-old gunman injured President Trump in the ear, killed one spectator and wounded two others, President Biden spoke out in the Oval Office. address He urged Americans to “lower the political temperature.” Despite this messaging, the Biden Justice Department has shown no signs of backing down on prosecutions against Trump, which several legal experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation have only served to escalate tensions and exacerbate animosity toward Trump.

Cornell Law School professor William A. Jacobson told DCNF that the lawsuits against Trump “have fueled the hysteria and dehumanization of Trump and created an atmosphere in which his life is in danger.”

Jacobson said the criminal charges at the Justice Department and in New York and Georgia state levels are “clearly politically charged” and part of a “larger effort by Democrats to prevent Trump from running for president again and winning.” (Related story: Biden Justice Department seeks to salvage Jan. 6 indictments after major blow at Supreme Court)

“In a politically charged prosecution such as this, it is natural for there to be political considerations in whether to pursue a prosecution,” Jacobson said. “I do not expect the Department of Justice to continue with the prosecution, as it appears emotionally dependent on convicting Trump, but it would be an act of generosity for the Department of Justice to discontinue the prosecution in the wake of an assassination attempt.”

Special counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday chose to appeal a judge's decision to dismiss President Trump's classified documents lawsuit in Florida, and has also signaled he won't drop a separate federal lawsuit filed against him in Washington, D.C., after a Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity narrowed the case's size.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Office of Special Counsel declined to comment on whether it would drop the charges but pointed the DCNF to a statement it issued Monday about the classified documents case.

“The dismissal of this case departs from the uniform conclusion of all previous courts that have considered the issue of whether the Attorney General has the legal authority to appoint a special counsel,” the spokesman said Monday. “The Department of Justice has granted leave to the special counsel to appeal the court's order.”

Canon has 93 pages Verdict On Monday, they argued that Smith's appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.

“Aside from the constitutional and normative nature of these incidents, I believe they contributed to an effort to 'otherize' Trump and persuade people to perceive him as uniquely dangerous and deserving of 'all means' government action to stop his reelection,” former federal prosecutor Francie Hakes told DCNF. “This othering, plus the use of terms like 'Hitler' and 'an existential threat to democracy,' likely created the atmosphere that led to Saturday's assassination attempt.”

Former federal prosecutor Joseph Moreno also told the DCNF this week that dropping the case entirely would probably be Biden's “wisest political decision,” especially given Biden's own “history of mishandling classified documents.”

“In short, given the assassination of President Trump last week, President Biden may appear to be a conciliatory force,” Moreno said. “If he is serious about quelling the hostility and anger in our country today, let's hope he actually backs up his words with actions.”

Hakes told the DCNF that he doesn't believe Biden will drop the two federal lawsuits and that there is “no evidence whatsoever that the left has de-escalated tensions.”

Biden was heavily criticized for his comments after the assassination attempt, especially for comments he made during a conference call with donors in which he said “it's time to target Trump.” Said NBC News said Monday that the remarks were a “mistake” but that it was Trump who made the dangerous comments.

“Look, I'm not a guy who said from day one that I wanted to be a dictator,” Biden told NBC News. “I'm not a guy who refused to accept the results of an election. I'm not a guy who said I'm not going to automatically accept the results of this election.” (Related: Jack Smith's other big Trump lawsuit may end in disaster as judge rules his appointment “unconstitutional”)

In Trump's Washington, D.C., case, he was indicted last August on four felony counts for allegedly trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

The Supreme Court ruled in July that former presidents are entitled to immunity from prosecution for acts committed in the course of official duties, and directed a district court to decide which parts of the indictment fell within that category. Trump had sought to dismiss the DC lawsuit on the basis of his assertion of presidential immunity, but that argument was rejected by both District Judge Tanya Chutkan and the DC Circuit, sending him to the Supreme Court.

Trump's case in Georgia has been paused while a state appeals court considers defense arguments seeking to disbar District Attorney Fani Willis. In New York, Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records.

“In the end, these lawsuits should never have been filed, are legally and constitutionally without merit, and have only furthered the public's perception that Trump is a unique threat to the very foundations of America,” Hakes said. “Dangerous rhetoric appears to have justified an assassination attempt that left an innocent man dead.”

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