Mike John­son: ‘Every­body’ Can See Dems Are Pros­e­cut­ing Trump ‘To Keep Him Off The Cam­paign Trail’

Mike Johnson: ‘Everybody’ Can See Dems Are Prosecuting Trump ‘To Keep Him Off The Campaign Trail’

House Speak­er Mike John­son (R‑LA) spoke on Tues­day out­side the Man­hat­tan court­room where Don­ald Trump’s hush-mon­ey tri­al is tak­ing place, say­ing “it is painful­ly obvi­ous” that the pre­sump­tive Repub­li­can nom­i­nee is being unfair­ly tar­get­ed by Democ­rats ahead of the 2024 elec­tion.
John­son joins mul­ti­ple Repub­li­can law­mak­ers — includ­ing Sens. Rick Scott (R‑FL), JD Vance (R‑OH), and Tom­my Tuberville (R‑AL) — who have shown up at the cour­t­house in sol­i­dar­i­ty with Trump in recent days. Rep. Byron Don­alds (R‑FL), North Dako­ta Repub­li­can Gov­er­nor Doug Bur­gum, and for­mer GOP pres­i­den­tial can­di­date Vivek Ramaswamy were all in atten­dance at the courth …