“Speaker Mike Johnson assailed the hush money case against Donald Trump Tuesday as an illegitimate ‘sham,’ becoming the highest-ranking Republican to show up at court, embrace the former president’s claims of political persecution and attack the U.S. system of justice,” the AP reports.
“It was a remarkable moment in modern American politics: The House speaker amplifying Trump’s defense and turning the 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.’”
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