Trump Demanded Mike Johnson Use the Federal Government to Overturn His Conviction, and Johnson’s Response Was Basically, “I’m on It, Boss!”

[robosmith]

Trump Demanded Mike Johnson Use the Federal Government to Overturn His Conviction, and Johnson’s Response Was Basically, “I’m on It, Boss!”

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Something you’ve probably picked up on over the last eight years and change is that the Republican Party is embarrassingly, slavishly devoted to Donald Trump, a man they treat like a cult leader who can do no wrong and for whom they’d happily drink cyanide if he asked. That’s how, for example, you can explain their deranged response to Hunter Biden being prosecuted and found guilty on gun charges, and it’s also how you can explain the leader of the House of Representatives agreeing to use the full weight of the federal government to go after Trump’s enemies and help him overturn a conviction by a jury of his peers.

Politico reports that shortly after he was convicted on 34 felony counts in New York, Trump called House Speaker Mike Johnson and, in between “frequent F-bombs,” told the Louisiana lawmaker that Congress must destroy the Democrats he claims have been “weaponizing” the Department of Justice against him. He also specifically demanded Johnson do something about his guilty conviction, reportedly saying, “We have to overturn this.”

Did Johnson respond by reminding Trump that he was found guilty in state court (over which Congress has no jurisdiction) or by telling the ex-president that he should set an example and respect the rule of law? Did he also remind Trump that he’s a devout Christian who uses special software to prevent himself from looking at pornography, so the idea that he would go to bat for a guy found guilty on charges stemming from paying hush money to a porn star would go against everything he claims to believe? We’ll give you two guesses, but you’ll likely only need one!

While it’s not clear exactly what Johnson could do to help Trump overturn his conviction, the Speaker has already put pressure on his pals at the Supreme Court, saying in an interview earlier this month: “I think that the justices on the Court—I know many of them personally—I think they are deeply concerned about that, as we are. So I think they’ll set this straight.” 

Talk about weaponization of the justice system, which all the right wingers are deploring, when they CLAIM that Joe is doing that.
 

 

Edited June 20, 2024 by robosmith

[Nationalist]

Its called come-upin's Tweeknie-Poo...and its coming.

[gatomontes99]

Good. Let's use any means necessary to undo the Banana Republic b.s. that is the Biden admin.

[robosmith]

29 minutes ago, Nationalist said:

Its called come-upin's Tweeknie-Poo...and its coming.

^Another childishly stupid bankrupt post from gnat boy. LMAO

14 minutes ago, gatomontes99 said:

Good. Let's use any means necessary to undo the Banana Republic b.s. that is the Biden admin.

You don't "undo" anything by implementing what you CLAIM to deplore.

[gatomontes99]

Just now, robosmith said:

^Another childishly stupid bankrupt post from gnat boy. LMAO

[gatomontes99]

2 minutes ago, robosmith said:

You don't "undo" anything by implementing what you CLAIM to deplore.

So your argument is that you can't use the government to undo the unconstitutional over reach of the government? Fascinating.

[Nationalist]

3 minutes ago, robosmith said:

^Another childishly stupid bankrupt post from gnat boy. LMAO

You don't "undo" anything by implementing what you CLAIM to deplore.

Does the prospect of having the Libbie dirty pool turned and aimed right at you Libbies, bother you some Dweebles?

GOOD!

[robosmith]

4 hours ago, gatomontes99 said:

So your argument is that you can't use the government to undo the unconstitutional over reach of the government? Fascinating.

So your question will not be answered when it contains a FALSE PREMISE.

Use of Federal powers to "undo" a state conviction IS THE OVERREACH HERE.

There are legitimate ways to challenge a conviction and the House Speaker plays NO ROLE in that.

Esp NOT him trying to get a FAVOR from SCOTUS Justices that he "knows." 

[robosmith]

4 hours ago, Nationalist said:

Does the prospect of having the Libbie dirty pool turned and aimed right at you Libbies, bother you some Dweebles?

GOOD!

What bothers me is your IGNORANT FALSE EQUIVALENCES.

You have NO CASE for ANY "dirty pool" in the NY state conviction.

And if someone does, the ONLY legitimate way to seek rectification is a state appeal. Duh

[West]

If your headline is true, that's good news!

[CdnFox]

After the legal weaponization we've seen in the last year, it was only a matter of time until the republicans in trump decided to strike back. Of course we're not sure this is remotely true, Vanity Fair being a hardly reputable source of political journalism

[robosmith]

6 hours ago, West said:

If your headline is true, that's good news!

Then you're IN FAVOR OF weaponizing government for political purposes, as long as it's Trump who is doing that. 🤮

Of course, that is extreme HYPOCRISY after b1tching about a pretense of Biden doing it.

[West]

7 minutes ago, robosmith said:

Then you're IN FAVOR OF weaponizing government for political purposes, as long as it's Trump who is doing that. 🤮

Of course, that is extreme HYPOCRISY after b1tching about a pretense of Biden doing it.

I'm in favor of civil rights and keeping innocent people out of prison and not going after someone because they disagree with your politics

[Nationalist]

11 hours ago, robosmith said:

What bothers me is your IGNORANT FALSE EQUIVALENCES.

You have NO CASE for ANY "dirty pool" in the NY state conviction.

And if someone does, the ONLY legitimate way to seek rectification is a state appeal. Duh

Lol...comin' right at y'all Dweebles.

[CdnFox]

17 hours ago, robosmith said:

Then you're IN FAVOR OF weaponizing government for political purposes, as long as it's Trump who is doing that. 🤮

Of course, that is extreme HYPOCRISY after b1tching about a pretense of Biden doing it.

OF course democrats will now be in favor of that. You guys opened the door, you said 'this is how it's gonna be', so republicans are going to expect their leaders to respond in kind. 

That's WHY it was such a bad idea to do it and you guys were told that.