Republican Senator Marco Rubio said Tuesday that indicting former President Donald Trump is “not worth it” given the damage the legal process has done to the country.
After Special Counsel Jack Smith secured grand jury indictments on 37 counts, including espionage law violations, that were unsealed on Friday, President Trump was “not guilty” of all charges in an arraignment on Tuesday. claimed.
“I’m not going to run for president…but that’s exactly the kind of story you’ll hear. That’s what happens in polarized and unstable politics,” Rubio said. told Fox News host Sandra Smith after being questioned about candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s promise of a Trump pardon. “People will go to the corners and rally around tribes and further divide the country, but it’s not worth it.” (Related article: ‘Do your homework first’: Ramaswamy lashes out at Asa Hutchinson over Trump prosecution comments)
At a news conference Tuesday morning in Miami, Ramaswami called on other Republican presidential candidates to say whether they would pardon Trump. Ramaswami announced Monday that he has filed a Freedom of Information Act in connection with communications between President Joe Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Smith.
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“I’m not saying the documents should have been there. Just like they shouldn’t have been in Biden’s garage… the indictment, the damage it’s doing to the country, the damage it’s already doing, what “The president has this in a cardboard box somewhere,” Rubio added.
Rubio expected Ramaswamy’s promises to be popular with Republican primary voters.
“If you poll Republican Republican voters, his position on aggressive amnesty would be very popular. Republicans aren’t in the majority, but at least 40-some percent of the country, let’s say a lot.” said Rubio. “It depends on the region of the state, but in some parts of the country it is a supermajority.”
“These are divisive, harmful things, what for what, for what, what damage was done, was this stolen and sold to the Iranians, was it sold to the Saudis? or was it handed over to the Russians?” asked Rubio. “That claim has not been made. No one has made such a claim, so in the end you have to weigh the damage from the prosecution against the damage from the allegation.”
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