After former US President Donald Trump was accused of the Stormy Daniels hush money affair on Friday night, outrage spread among many leading Republicans. The country has been “damaged beyond repair,” said House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Specifically, McCarthy accused the Manhattan Attorney General of causing “irreparable damage to our country in an attempt to interfere in our presidential election.” Prosecutor Alvin Bragg, a member of President Joe Biden’s Democratic Party, used “our venerable justice system” as a weapon against Trump, McCarthy said on Twitter.
“The American people will not tolerate this injustice and the House of Representatives will hold Alvin Bragg accountable for his unprecedented abuse of power.”
Rival DeSantis strengthens Trump’s back
Florida Republican governor and potential presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said the justice system has been used as a weapon to advance a “political agenda.” “It’s un-American,” Trump’s party rival wrote on Twitter. If the New York judiciary files an extradition request for Florida-based Trump, Florida will not provide support.
Trump lives in Florida on his Mar-a-Lago estate. Florida law allows the governor to intervene in an extradition case if it is contested. It is unlikely that this will happen. Trump’s lawyers had already made it clear that Trump would likely turn himself in if indicted.
Sharp criticism also from Mike Pence
Former US Vice President Mike Pence also sharply criticized: “I think it’s a scandal,” he told CNN. “This will only further divide this country.” The unprecedented indictment of a former U.S. president in a campaign finance case was outrageous, Pence lamented. No one is above the law, not even former presidents, Pence insisted. But in this case, it should never have come to this unprecedented charge.
“This is a bad decision by a political prosecutor,” said Pence, who served as Trump’s deputy from 2017 to 2021. He would also have ambitions for a presidential candidate. The Republican said his decision had not yet been made.
Source: Krone
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