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The Associated Press reports:
House Speaker Mike Johnson assailed the U.S. judicial system on Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking Republican to attend court with Donald Trump and using his powerful position to attack the case against the former president as an illegitimate “sham.”
It was a remarkable moment in modern American politics: The House speaker turning his Republican Party against the federal and state legal systems that are foundational to the U.S. government and a cornerstone of democracy.
Johnson, who is second in line for the presidency, called the court system “corrupt.” “This is not about justice,” Johnson declared, standing in a park outside the New York courthouse. “It is about politics.”
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Speaker Mike Johnson is outside Trump’s trial offering a stream of lies pic.twitter.com/LpCpqturFI
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 14, 2024
As Trump walks into the courtroom, Speaker Johnson comes into focus and nods approvingly at Trump pic.twitter.com/ArAA53FRow
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 14, 2024
A month ago Mike Johnson pointed at Trump while talking about “hardened criminals.” Today he’s visiting him in court, talk about a full circle moment.pic.twitter.com/YjNiOUDdAA
— American Bridge 21st Century (@American_Bridge) May 14, 2024
.@SpeakerJohnson outside of Trump’s trial: “These are politically motivated trials and they are a disgrace. It is election inference. And they show how desperate the opposition truly are…the American people are not going to let this stand.” pic.twitter.com/9KAnpcSIvJ
— Edgar A Barrios (@Edgar_A_Barrios) May 14, 2024
“The crime [prosecutors] are accusing President Trump of is falsification of business records. But I think everybody knows he is not the bookkeeper for his company. … It’s all about politics.”
— House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks outside Trump’s hush money trial in New York pic.twitter.com/TlKNpBmlAK
— The Recount (@therecount) May 14, 2024
Mike Johnson never even went in the courtroom. He was just there for the theater. What a clown.
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 14, 2024
The cultists all wore their MAGA uniforms to court. pic.twitter.com/gZCKf8KGvR
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 14, 2024
Now we know what MAGA Mike had to do to debase himself and his office in order to get Trump to fend off Marge Greene with the Freedom Caucus members on the Motion to Vacate. Trump always exacts a price that involves personal humiliation.
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 14, 2024