Moments after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hoarded classified documents and then conspired to obstruct an investigation about it, the Republicans in Congress had his back. Trump’s mounting legal jeopardy has quickly become a political rallying cry as they rush to stand by the indicted former president. Many Republicans say they haven’t fully read the 49-page indictment against Trump. But they are adopting his grievances against the federal justice system as their own. It’s an example of how Trump has transformed the Republican Party that was once the party of “law and order,” but is now attacking the very justice system at the foundation of U.S. democracy.
Weissmann said these attacks on the DOJ are effectively attacks on our entire democracy. The republicans want authoritarian rule so they can force their Christo-fascist rules on everyone.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy dashed off a fundraising email decrying the “witch hunt” against the former president and urging donors to sign up and “stand with Trump.”
The US truly seems like a strange place, imagine having a fundraiser to pay the millionaire disgraced former presidents legal bills. We’d never be so stupid in the uk…ah…fuck it.
King Donald is above the law
But the ‘billionaire’ real estate mogul needs you to pay for his defense so he can keep it that way. Remember in 2016 when they said he was going to self-fund his campaign and he was so rich he would be effectively incorruptible because he had no need of anyone else’s money?
