#Politics Ha! House Speaker Mike Johnson showed up today to sit in the courtroom where #Trump is on trial. I don't know whether to laugh at these craven politicians or cry from how pathetic they are.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/14/politics/trump-allies-courthouse-appearances/index.html
@WordsmithFL shouldn't Mike Johnson being doing the job he's paid extremely well to do, rather than sitting in a court room as "moral support" (read as kissing arde) for a known criminal?
@redenigma The House doesn't convene until noon. I bet he shows up in New York to be seen, then hops a taxpayer-funded jet back to DC in time for this afternoon if he's needed. No one is going to spend all day in that "icebox," as the defendant calls it.
#Politics Apparently House Speaker Mike Johnson and other #Trump sycophants showed up outside the NYC courtroom this morning to read their statements, then left.
Trump seems to think this is a way to circumvent the gag order. Let's see how long Judge Merchan allows the charade to continue.
From #CBSNews:
"I do have a lot of surrogates and they are speaking very beautifully," Trump said Tuesday morning before entering the courtroom.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-trial-mike-johnson-house-speaker/
#Politics The NYC election interference trial is adjourned for the day. The #Trump defense attorney spent the afternoon attacking Cohen's integrity but never once seemed to question the evidence or testimony, at least from what I read on the #CNN blog.