Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has called the Manhattan grand jury’s decision to indict former President Donald Trump “very political” and not based on justice.
Tweeting on Saturday, he noted that the case against Trump had previously been thrown out by other prosecutors before it was revived by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office.
Bush suggested that voters should be the jury in this case, implying that Trump should be tried by the public, rather than a court of law.
Bragg’s predecessor did not take up the case. The Justice Department did not take up the case. Bragg first said that he would not take the case. This is very political, it is not a question of justice. In this case, let the jury be the voters,’ he tweeted.
Although the specific charges in the indictment are currently sealed, Trump’s lawyer warned that he could face more than 30 charges when he is arraigned next week.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has expressed his dismay at the indictment of former President Donald Trump by a Manhattan grand jury.
In a tweet, Bush, a former rival who ran for the Republican nomination in 2016, described the decision as “very political” and “not a matter of fairness.”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has been investigating the alleged hush money scandal for years, which includes payments of $130,000 to Daniels and $150,000 to former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
However, federal prosecutors did not indict Trump in 2019, despite being implicated by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen as part of a plea deal.
The Federal Election Commission also threw out its investigation into the matter in 2021, but this current indictment began after Bragg’s office revived the case.
Trump, meanwhile, has responded to the impeachment by criticizing Bragg for his “obsession” with trying to “get Trump,” while warning that impeaching a former US president will “backfire” on President Biden.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has been investigating the alleged hush money scandal for years.
The case against Donald Trump revolves around hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who says they went on a date.
He called the accusation ‘political persecution and election interference’, blaming ‘radical left-wing Democrats’ for engaging in a ‘witch hunt’ to destroy the ‘Make America Great Again’ movement.
Bush’s statements against the impeachment make him agree with other Republicans in Congress.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tweeted that Bragg had “armed our sacred justice system against President Donald Trump,” while House Majority Leader Steve Scalise addressed the impeachment. as a “sham”.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise called the impeachment a “sham.”
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tweeted that Bragg had “armed our sacred justice system against President Donald Trump.”
Former President Trump’s legal team went on the offensive Friday following his landmark indictment, vowing the former president would never seek a plea deal and was ready to “fight.”
Scalise accused extremist Democrats of “arming the government” to attack their political opponents.
Trump’s legal team went on the offensive Friday following his landmark indictment, vowing that the former president would never seek a plea deal and was ready to “fight” all charges.
Trump, 76, who hopes to regain the White House in 2024, has intervened with attacks on the prosecutors who brought the charges against him and even on the judge who was waiting to hear the case.
‘ELECTION INTERFERENCE, KANGAROO COURT!’ Trump posted on his Truth Social social media platform, adding that Juan Manuel Marchal, the judge who could preside over an eventual trial, “hates me.”
Trump will be booked, fingerprinted and mugshot taken at a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday afternoon before appearing before a judge as the first US president to face criminal charges.
“The president will not be handcuffed,” said Joe Tacopina, one of Trump’s lawyers, adding that he doesn’t think prosecutors “will allow this to become a circus.”
Tacopina said the hush money case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg against Trump faces “substantial legal challenges” and that the former president will plead not guilty.
There is “zero” chance Trump will take a plea deal, he told NBC’s Today show. ‘It’s not going to happen. There is no crime.
Trump, who is currently at his palatial Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, was initially “shocked” by the allegation, his lawyer said, but “he is now in the position that he is ready to fight this.”
Predicting his impeachment, Trump called for protests and warned that it could lead to “potential death and destruction” for the country.
And in a statement, the former president said he had already raised $4 million for his 2024 presidential campaign within 24 hours of news of the impeachment.