Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) argued Sunday that voters are starting to see former President Donald Trump’s trials as interference in the presidential election, which could be a rematch between Trump and President Joe Biden.
Trump is facing a multitude of legal battles while simultaneously campaigning for president in 2024, with Jordan noting how many people have predicted Trump’s claims on absolute immunity would get sent back to a lower court. Jordan added how “all the mainstream media” have expressed concern that this could mean there will not be a trial before the 2024 election, fueling the notion that Trump’s trials are “all political.”
“And here’s the other thing,” Jordan said on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo. “Bragg is, the crime he’s kind of trying to get to is, ‘Oh, President Trump was involved trying to, a conspiracy to obstruct the 2016 election.’ And then Jack Smith is saying, ‘President Trump was involved in a conspiracy to interfere with the 2020 election.’ Seems to me the truth really is Alvin Bragg and Jack Smith are in a conspiracy to impact the 2024 race. And, frankly, Fani Willis is part of that effort as well. That’s what the American people see.”
The Ohio representative admitted that the House is not able to provide much aid to Trump in the courtroom, criticizing the Biden administration and the Department of Justice for not investigating “fundamental questions” that have yet to be answered, including who leaked the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in 2022 and who put the cocaine in the White House, which was discovered last year.
“We don’t seem to get the answers to those questions but, oh, you can have someone like Jack Smith go after Trump,” Jordan said.
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Trump has attempted to make the most of his legal trials, appearing with supporters at a New York construction site on Thursday morning before appearing in court later in the day. He has also answered questions from the press on every day of his trial.
Biden, who is seeking reelection, is facing his own challenges on the 2024 campaign trail, with approval ratings and discussion about his age, 81, being some of voters’ greatest concerns. However, like Trump, he has attempted to make the most of these. During the White House’s correspondent dinner on Saturday, the president joked that age was an issue in the upcoming election, which would be between him, “a grown man,” and Trump, “a 6-year-old.”
