Appearing on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Trump 2024 National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt tore into the Biden Administration for what she alleged is its weaponization of the Department of Justice and justice system generally against former President Donald Trump in the run-up to the 2024 election. Leavitt argued that such tactics are reminiscent of those used in a “banana republic” to keep opponents out of the political process.
Beginning, Leavitt said that former President Trump will continue to “fight for truth” despite the attacks launched his way, namely the legal difficulties and court cases he is facing in New York City, which she called “a travesty of justice.” Leavitt said, “We expect him to fight for truth like he always does. And what is taking place in this city this week is a travesty of justice.”
Continuing, Leavitt went on to tell the hosts that the full-court press against former President Trump, the main political opponent of President Joe Biden, is “unprecedented,” saying, “It’s an unprecedented time in which we have the sitting President of the United States, Joe Biden, weaponizing the justice system against his political opponent.”
That’s when she got to alleging that Biden’s tactics are much more like those of a “third world banana republic” than the United States, saying, “This is what happens in third world banana republics, not here in the United States of America.”
Leavitt then torched Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg for focusing so much time and so many resources on going after President Trump instead of the criminals that are making New York City unliveable, saying, “And this case is a Biden trial at the behest of a far-left district attorney and Alvin Bragg, who has spent more time prosecuting President Trump than the violent criminals who are running free in the streets of New York right now.”
Next, Leavitt moved from attacking Bragg to attacking Judge Merchan, saying, “And the case is being overseen by a partisan judge, Judge Merchan, is a partisan Democrat. He has donated money to Joe Biden’s campaign. How can you honestly oversee a trial against a presidential candidate when you yourself support that candidates opposition?”
She then hammered the judicial attacks as being “election interference,” telling the hosts, “It is election interference and the American people see that President Trump will continue to fight for truth. Now they don’t want him to do that. They’re politically persecuting him and then they’re also gagging him. They want to take away his First Amendment rights because they know he exposes the truth about the corruption and the corrupt actors who are leading this case. And it starts with Joe Biden.”
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Trump, writing about Bragg and Judge Merchan in a recent post on Truth Social, said, “Judge Juan Merchan, perhaps the most highly conflicted Judge in New York State history, only gave us a short period of time to read and study hundreds of thousands of pages of documents that D.A. Alvin Bragg illegally hid, disguised, and held back from us. Of course, and as the Judge knows, we need far more time than that. They could have started this Fake Biden Trial many years ago, not right in the middle of my campaign for President, and time would not be a problem. This is a blatant and unprecedented attack on Crooked Joe Biden’s Political Opponent (who is leading in every poll!), done in close coordination with the White House, that cannot be allowed to go forward!”
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