Speaker Johnson attends Trump's hush-money trial

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News

May 14, 2024, 10:33 AM


Former President Donald Trump's entourage continues to grow with more high-profile politicians attending his New York hush money criminal trial on Tuesday -- including House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Johnson, the highest-ranking Republican official in Congress, was in criminal court in New York with former President Trump on Tuesday morning. Johnson commuted with Trump in his motorcade from Trump Tower.

His appearance comes less than a week after Trump helped save Johnson's speakership after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a staunch Trump ally, attempted to oust him. Trump spoke privately to Greene and urged her to drop her push to oust Johnson -- though Greene went on to trigger a vote to oust him, which Democrats and Republicans overwhelmingly rejected.

In addition to Johnson, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Florida congressmen Byron Donalds and Cory Mills were also expected with Trump to court Tuesday, according to sources familiar with the matter. Eric Trump, one of Trump's sons, has been attending court to support his father. On Tuesday, his wife and RNC Co-Chair Lara Trump will join him for the proceedings.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/speaker-johnson-attend-trumps-hush-money-trial/story?id=110211888

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Wasting taxpayers' money better describes it.

Did we pay his airfare too?

[twodogsbarking]

2. Turds of a feather stink together.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Such a 'Christian' hypocrite.

[NanaCat]

14. No need for the quotes

He is one, and that's the fault and the problem of Christianity. The religion needs to do better at deciding what it's about, and tighten up the membership requirements while they're at it. Left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing and all that.

Maybe get some new management, because the one in place now is entirely incompetent.

[rzemanfl]

4. Toss him to MTG and get out the popcorn. n/t

[Blue Idaho]

5. Just another fawning sycophant

Auditioning for the VP job.

[mpcamb]

18. Yeah. If he was a true pal he woulda been at Donnie's rape trial like a real bro.'

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[RAB910]

6. Republican officials shouldn't be palling around with criminals

[underpants]

8. It's not like Byron Donalds is unfamiliar with court

In 1997, Donalds was charged with marijuana possession, but the charges were dropped as part of a pre-trial diversion program, and he was fined $150 (equivalent to $280 in 2023).[19][20] In 2000, he pleaded no contest to a felony theft charge for allegedly attempting to defraud a bank (by depositing a bad check), but his record was later sealed and expunged.[19][20][21][22] According to an attorney consulted by the fact-checking site PolitiFact, "Donalds would not have been able to get his record expunged if the state considered him a convicted felon."[23]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Donalds

[NanaCat]

15. If they didn't hang around with criminals

The RNC would no longer exist.

[70sEraVet]

7. Melania must have just learned there is fine print in her pre-nup that requires....

her attendence at his trials.
Can't wait to see the look of loving support on her face!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. Outside TFG's trial, Maga Mike again promised to defund Jack Smith

Link to tweet

[NanaCat]

16. Johnson really is too stupid to be breathing

Good luck getting that into a bill that will clear the Senate, and never mind Biden's desk.

This idiot needs to sit down, shut up and stop doing the legislative equivalent of pissing himself in public.

[usonian]

10. Mike's from a news agency.

[republianmushroom]

11. No ethics, no morals, no shame, but, a fine republican.

[riversedge]

12. Looking frequently at his notes, Speaker Johnson talking about the judge's daughter..

Trump camp most likely wrote Johnson's notes for him. damn whoever wrote them.




Speaker Johnson talking about the judge’s daughter

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[riversedge]

13. Mike Johnson: "The crime that they are accusing President Trump of is falsification of business records. But I think

what a Trump parrot Johnson is!!



Mike Johnson: “The crime that they are accusing President Trump of is falsification of business records. But I think everybody knows he’s not the bookkeeper for his company
President Trump is innocent of these charges”

Except that Trump signed the checks

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[NanaCat]

17. So add zero understanding of how CPAs work

CPAs don't make the decisions of who gets paid what. They're essentially scribes who record income and outgo, and make sure those entries are accurate. Sure, they can advise on what happens to money when used for assorted purposes, but all they do is advise. They still are not the ones who decide what gets paid to whom.

That's the job of--oh yeah--the guy who owns or leads the company. And that would be TSF in this case.

I'm an idiot about finance, and even I know that much.