GOP Sen. Schmitt: Americans Will Reject Legal Cases Against Trump

GOP Sen. Schmitt: Americans Will Reject Legal Cases Against Trump


The cases against former President Donald Trump are backfiring in a massive way against those who do not want to see him become the next President of the United States.

Missouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt said that the court cases against the former president have added “rocket fuel” to his 2024 presidential campaign.

“I think you see from a legal perspective all these cases for slightly different reasons are collapsing. But the one thing they do have in common is that they were all brought as an effort to interfere with the election, to try to throw their chief political opponent, President Trump, in jail for the rest of his life,” he said to Fox News host Laura Ingraham.

“I mean, this is — I mean, really we have never seen anything like this in country. This is Soviet-style justice which is like show me the man, I’ll show you the crime. That was the basis for all these actions. But from a political perspective, I think these cases, honestly, have added jet fuel to President Trump’s campaign,” the senator said.

“The American people see this. They are going to reject this. This is not how they want to see this country or legal system devolve. But there is no rule, there’s no norm, there’s no law that the Democrats won’t bulldoze to quote-unquote, get Trump. I think he is going to come out ahead on this. The American people aren’t going to tolerate this sort of willful effort to subvert the legal system to try to get their political opponent in prison. It’s totally nuts that we’re even talking about it in this way…,” he said.

“So it becomes a personal and a political vendetta against Trump if that’s the case. Does it not, Senator?” the host said.

“Absolutely. And these witnesses are all incredibly impeachable while they are on the stand. They’ve already been outed as liars in many instances including Michael Cohen. I think, again, they haven’t proven anything as it relates to the case,” the senator said.

“This is supposed to be a business records case, right? The other cases were brought by Jack Smith to sort of hand-picked henchmen of the Biden DOJ. All of them, again, the thing they have in common was all meant to get Donald Trump off his game. But I’m telling you he is on his game right now. The American people see it,” he said.

“Look, if they actually somehow — whether it’s him violating some gag order — actually try to throw him in jail, that video goes viral and I think he wins in a landslide. The American people aren’t going to accept this. This is clearly what it was intended for, which was, again, to interfere in this election. I think we just have to have the courage to stand up and say it because that’s what it is. And they are losing their minds. Trump Derangement Syndrome is real, Laura. There is therapy for it. But you are not supposed to use the legal system for it,” he said.


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