Seems Pence is going full-weasel here during today's ABC interview:
“It just feels like a politically charged prosecution here. And I, for my part, I just feel like it's just not what the American people want to see,”
Mike Pence, in an ABC News sit-down on "This Week," talked about Trump's possible arrest, support for Ukraine, a 2024 campaign and more
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This behavior undertaken by of many on the right planning on running
against Trump is a bit bizarre. Presumably they want to beat him, but when push comes to shove, they often defend him and adopt many of his positions. And they seem too afraid to ever say anything that’s too critical of Trump.
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander I guess? Not sure how anyone could expect to win that way.
I don't get this "politically motivated" crap defense. Which party somebody is affiliated with has fuck all to do with a crime being committed. This is just another glaring projection from Republicans who seem to think their only job is to attempt to prosecute Democrats or their supposed grand-scale conspiracies which they fail at time and time again.
Generally speaking it’s not unreasonable to say investigations can have some level of political motivation, as is how deep they dig. The decision to prosecute and what for I suppose can have political motivations. We have seen the hypocrisy on both sides in how they handle cars depending on who is defendant.
Regarding Trump’s current case in NY specifically- of all the trials that have occurred, this one comes off as petty. Not the apparent fact Trump cheated on his taxes, a misdemeanor. I think everyone agrees that’s an entirely legitimate crime to go after. The effort to contort the law in a novel fashion to make this a felony charge seems to be doing more than is required.
Leticia James literally campaigned with the platform of investigating Trump while also making it very clear she opposed him politically. It’s not surprising some people might conclude she’s not acting in an entirely unbiased manner. There are also people who see Trump as an existential threat who needs to be kept from the Presidency and will support virtually anything to achieve that goal.
That said, just because this case
might or could be an example of overcharging due to political bias doesn’t mean his other cases aren’t entirely reasonable. The whole GA election situation and 1/6 are incredibly serious and there appears to be entirely reasonable justification to dig deeper. It’s hard to reasonably call those “witch hunts”.
My concern with the NY case- beyond opening a can of worms Re: what are election contributions and future increased legal warfare between parties- is that that this case could fall flat on its face. And that will only give credibility to Trump’s general “witch hunt” talking point and undermines the public’s view of the more serious and actually consequential cases he is facing. (Losing this case could also fire up Trump support too, just like what happened with the FBI raid).
All that said, the law should be applied fairly, but politicians and others in positions of power should be held to the highest of standards given their influence. Too often the opposite is true when it comes to politicians.
