Speaker backs Trump at 'sham' hush-money trial
The Independent|May 15, 2024
House of Representatives speaker Mike Johnson lambasted the United States judicial system yesterday as he became the highest-ranking Republican to attend court with Donald Trump, echoing unsubstantiated or disproven arguments made by the former president and his allies.
MEG KINNARD
Speaker backs Trump at 'sham' hush-money trial

It was a remarkable moment in modern American politics; the powerful House speaker signalled a turn for his political party against the federal and state legal systems and demonstrated further loyalty toward Mr Trump, who is accused of having arranged secret payments to a porn actress to hide negative stories during his successful 2016 campaign for president.

Mr Johnson – a lawyer who is second in line for the presidency after vice-president Kamala Harris – called the court system “corrupt” and the case against Mr Trump a “sham”, while alleging without proof that the special counsel who’s charged Mr Trump in two separate cases has doctored evidence. He also attacked the credibility of Michael Cohen, Mr Trump’s former lawyer and fixer who began his second day of testimony in the former president's hush-money trial.

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