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Something you\u2019ve probably picked up on over the last eight years and change is that the Republican Party is embarrassingly, slavishly devoted to Donald Trump<\/a>,<\/strong> a man they treat like a cult leader<\/a> who can do no wrong and for whom they\u2019d happily drink cyanide if he asked. That\u2019s how, for example, you can explain their deranged response<\/a> to Hunter Biden<\/strong> being prosecuted and found guilty on gun charges, and it\u2019s 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\u2019s enemies and help him overturn a conviction by a jury of his peers.<\/p>\n Politico reports<\/a> that shortly after he was convicted on 34 felony counts in New York, Trump called House Speaker Mike Johnson<\/strong> and, in between \u201cfrequent F-bombs,\u201d told the Louisiana lawmaker that Congress must destroy the Democrats he claims have been \u201cweaponizing\u201d the Department of Justice against him. He also specifically demanded Johnson do something about his guilty conviction, reportedly saying, \u201cWe have to overturn this.\u201d<\/p>\n 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\u2019s a devout Christian who uses special software<\/a> 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\u2019ll give you two guesses, but you\u2019ll likely only need one!<\/p>\n Per Politico:<\/p>\n The Speaker didn\u2019t really need to be convinced, one person familiar with the conversation said: Johnson, a former attorney himself, already believed the House had a role to play in addressing Trump\u2019s predicament. The two have since spoken on the subject multiple times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n While it\u2019s 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<\/a> in an interview earlier this month: \u201cI think that the justices on the Court\u2014I know many of them personally\u2014I think they are deeply concerned about that, as we are. So I think they\u2019ll set this straight.\u201d<\/p>\n As for targeting the prosecutors with cases against Trump, Johnson is apparently all over it:<\/p>\n Johnson has also been in talks with Judiciary Committee chair and Trump ally Jim Jordan<\/strong> (R-Ohio) about using the appropriations process to target special counsel Jack Smith<\/strong>\u2019s probe. It\u2019s an apparent softening of his position: He said in a\u00a0Politico interview last month\u00a0that he found a similar idea by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/strong> (R-Ga.) unworkable; now, he\u2019s actually looking into it.<\/p>\n \u201cThat country certainly sees what\u2019s going on, and they don\u2019t want Fani Willis<\/strong> and Alvin Bragg<\/strong> and these kinds of folks to be able to continue to use grant dollars for targeting people in a political lawfare type of way,\u201d Jordan told us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n On Thursday, Trump spoke<\/a> with Republicans on Capitol Hill, his first appearance there since he incited a violent attack on the Capitol that his allies in the GOP don\u2018t think he should be held responsible for. And apparently it was as cringey and cult-y as one would expect:<\/p>\n This content can also be viewed on the site it originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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