Mike Johnson acts as proxy for ‘friend’ Trump as he bashes judge’s daughter and ‘sham trial’ outside court

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mike-johnson-cohen-trial-b2544905.html

41 comments

  1. What about Speaker Johnson’s “sham” adopted son? Talk about hypocrisy.

  2. > “ I wanted to be here myself, to call out what is a travesty of justice,” Mr Johnson told reporters. “President Trump is a friend and I wanted to be here to support him.”

    Translation: “I was ordered to come here to act as a proxy to get around the gag order. Citizen Trump is my unofficial boss and I need to be here to support him because I am a spineless, feckless weasel and Trump has the dirt on me to get me to do whatever he wants”

  3. Yeah – but –

    I think this would all have been more convincing if it he hadn’t waited a month and had to be ordered to go and be supportive or else…

  4. >“He lied to Congress. He lied to the IRS. He lied to federal election officials. Even Cohen’s own lawyer testified to a grand jury that he is not reliable. So, there’s nothing that he presents here that should be given any weight at all by a jury and certainly not this judge.”

    This is a statement strictly for the MAGAts who won’t bother themselves with the truth. Cohen’s testimony isn’t new or key to the prosecution. It’s just another level of confirmation of the physical evidence they have on Trump.

  5. Pretty inappropriate for someone in office to do this. He should lose his seat.

  6. Mike Johnson did the worst thing he could do, in the eyes of the MAGA base – the right thing. He forced through funding for Ukraine, and to avoid paying the political price for that, he has to do lots of wrong things. Like supporting a criminal defendant, against whom the evidence is overwhelming.

  7. He’s really trying to win back MAGA points after supporting Ukraine. Could’ve paved a way for Republicans to reclaim some legitimacy. Feel kinda bad for real conservatives. Bet he’s prime VP at this point.

  8. Trump supporters are all upset because they believe the non-stop lies and exaggerations Trump and his allies are feeding them. Including Fox News.

  9. It’s a good thing that the FAA reauthorization bill has already passed the house so that he could take a day off from DC to do some real work! /s

  11. I can’t remember, does the Speaker of the House – the “House of the People” represent “The People” or Donald Trump?

    My mistake, it’s Donald Trump, as outlined by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution, obviously.

  12. I hope in his bashing he doesn’t commit the crime of witness intimidation.

  13. It is so lucky for Trump that these people keep randomly showing up and saying the exact stuff he was saying before the gag order forced him to stop.

    Just, like, a super lucky coincidence.

  14. Doing God’s work out here, lol, AFTER Trump admitted to the hush money payments to a porn star while married to his third wife.

    See why Jesus hated the pharisees? THIS is why he hated the Pharisees. This, and all the extra rules.

  15. These guys are fucking pathetic with how they suck up to this orange pants shitting loser.

  16. They are all hell-bent on destroying the Justice system and democracy for one orange turd.

  18. The sitting Speaker of the House is lobbying for a guy about to be a convicted felon, and still has 90+ felony indictments to be tried.

    Mike Johnson is a mouthpiece for criminals.

  20. Can you imagine being a hyper conservative Christian with an app on your phone to curtail your exposure to sexually explicit material, and then you get in a car and you drive down to criminal court to defend a man who committed financial and election crimes in order to get his dick wet with a hooker. 

    What kind of brain allows those ideas to coexist together?

  21. What a way to repay the Democrats who voted to save his speakership. Just like the deal Schumer made with McConnell on the debt ceiling during the pandemic. When you finally have the other party by the balls they should have squeezed 100% harder.

  22. This is the new m.o.. Trump now has surrogates “violating” the gag order for him since he can’t do it himself (or his lawyers have finally convinced him to show a tiny bit of restraint). It’s truly sad how these sycophants are so willing to bend the knee to Trump for absolutely nothing in return.

  23. Start the removal process again, Margie! Dems owed him only one favor for Ukraine.

  24. Only question is: did Johnson’s teenage son get a phone buzz from the porn watch creepy service telling him what his dad was doing? If not, I think they ought to try and get their money back.

  25. The guy who has an app on his phone that tracks his internet usage for visiting porn sites that he uses with his son, checks notes, is there in support of a guy who… rereads notes.. cheated on his third wife and newborn baby with a… notes again… porn star.

    💫

  26. Anti porn mike defends sexual assaulter who fucks printers.

    * pornstars

  27. Why didn’t they let marge oust him? We DO know hes only 2 heartbeats from the presidency.

  28. According to Mike Johnson this all could have been avoided if only Trump’s children monitored his Pornstar fucking habit.

  29. More importantly, he left his work place to this. The people that pay his salary should consider firing a guy for not showing up for work with such a flimsy excuse.

  30. I bet this spineless fascist hasn’t read a single court transcript. If he feels so strongly why doesn’t he go represent his buddy? Eh? Why not present evidence at trial which proves these claims? He can’t. They can’t. In law, you need more than pearl-clutching and empty words. You need evidence. Fuck these twats. They sincerely hate America.

  31. For an attorney to assert that someone who has been indicted by a grand jury and is standing trial with an army of defense attorneys that his voters pay for is, in fact, dishonest at very best.

  32. Man of God at a trial of a former seditionist president who paid money to a porn star and a playboy model under the table to hide it from voters, while his wife just gave birth to their son.
    Man of God ? I think not.
    He sold his soul.

  34. Hey, Mike, try not to suck any dick on the way through the parking lot.

  35. This is shameful. The Dems should reverse their decision to back him and allow the MAGATs to oust him from the speaker chair.

  37. “Trump is a friend and I wanted to be here to support him.”

    INSTEAD OF DOING HIS JOB.

    Look, It’s tRump’s emotional support puppet.

  38. Trump has his lackeys doing things that he can’t because of the judges gag order. They are right out there with their corruption.

  39. Hakeem Jeffries should immediately send a message to MTG et al to go ahead with a motion to vacate. Mike Johnson forgot who really has him by the balls.

  40. When crimes are committed like this. There is nothing political about it. This is flat out crime. Why is half the country part of this crime. Why will the Republican party do everything they can to hide truth?

  41. Pathetic. Congress is in session today and this is what the Speaker of the House finds more important. Dems shouldn’t save his ass next time there’s a mutiny.

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