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After recommendation for criminal prosecution, Republican support for former President Trump fades

2022-12-20 22:33:44Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA ASSOCIATED PRESS
After recommendation for criminal prosecution, Republican support for former
Donald Trump

After the commission's Jan. 6 recommendation to impeach former President Trump, there is little sign that the Republican Party will offer him the same intensity and urgency as it did when Mr. Trump faced other legal problems.

Top Republicans did not comment on the historic recommendation for indictments.

Some of the Republicans who were asked to speak on the issue offered tepid defenses, or did not speak at all.

The Republican Party reacted quickly and forcefully this summer after federal agents seized classified documents from the former president's Florida estate.

Four months later, that sense of intensity and urgency is missing, at least for now, after the House committee on the events of January 6 voted to recommend that the Justice Department file criminal charges against him.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a critic of Mr. Trump, said the former president was at least partially responsible for the deadly attack on the Capitol.

"Nobody is above the law," Mr. Hogan told the Associated Press just before the commission's vote.

This is a sign of how quickly the political landscape has changed for Mr Trump. A month ago, the former president announced his third candidacy for the White House.

The commission, made up of seven Democrats and two Republicans, made the historic recommendation about former President Donald Trump's role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. This marks the latest attempt by Congress to hold the former president accountable for the attack by hundreds of his supporters as Congress worked to certify Joe Biden's 2020 presidential election win.

The recommendation, while not binding, is the culmination of a year-long investigation that involved more than 1,000 witnesses, 10 televised public hearings and more than 1 million documents.

The commission, which House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy boycotted as a "sham process," will officially disband on Jan. 3 after Republicans take the House majority.

Mr. Trump predicted that the commission's decision would help him.

"These people don't understand that when they attack me, people who love freedom rally around me. This strengthens me," said Mr. Trump in a statement posted on his social network, "Truth Social," condemning the commission's decision as a partisan effort to sideline him and the Republican Party.

He had hoped that his status as a declared presidential candidate would help him deal with his many legal problems while fending off potential Republican presidential candidates.

Early polls suggest it is not certain that the 76-year-old former president will win the Republican primary to become their nominee in the upcoming 2024 presidential election.

Mr. Trump, now politically weakened, also faces the possible release of his tax documents, which he has kept hidden for years. A House committee is expected to decide whether to release Mr. Trump's six-year tax returns, as well as those related to his businesses.

However, Mr. Trump's biggest problem with the upcoming presidential election has little to do with his legal challenges. Republicans are increasingly worried about his chances of winning the election.

The Republican Party's concerns about this intensified after the midterm elections held on November 8, when candidates supported by the former president in several high-profile races lost.

Indeed, the first few weeks of Mr. Trump's third presidential campaign are going so poorly that some of his allies are wondering in private conversations whether he is serious about running in 2024.

Republicans also pressured him to apologize after last month he met with Nick Fuentes, a public figure known for his extreme racist views.

A few days later, he called for the end of some parts of the Constitution related to the results of the 2020 elections, which he does not accept.

Mr. Trump has not held any campaign rallies. Last week, the "big announcement" he foretold turned out to have nothing to do with the election, but the launch of a line of digital cards featuring Mr. Trump dressed as a superhero.

At the same time, his legal challenges are mounting.

US Attorney General Merrick Garland last month appointed a special prosecutor to oversee the Justice Department's investigation into classified documents found at Mr Trump's Florida property, as well as key aspects of the investigation into the January 6 attack on Capitol and efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election.

The Fulton County District Attorney in the state of Georgia is separately investigating efforts to overturn the results of that state's 2020 presidential election.

It is impossible to predict how long the investigations will take or whether the Justice Department will take the unprecedented step of indicting a former president and current candidate. Mr. Trump is no longer immune from criminal prosecution, as he was during his term as president.

And his party is becoming less willing to defend him.

Komiteti Kombëtar Republikan njoftoi se do të ndalonte pagesën e disa prej faturave ligjore të ish-presidentit pasi ai nisi fushatën e tij presidenciale për vitin 2024.

Udhëheqësi republikan i Senatit Mitch McConnell bëri thirrje për “një shpjegim të menjëhershëm dhe të plotë” pasi FBI ekzekutoi një urdhër kontrolli në pronën e zotit Trump në gusht. Të hënën, ai u tha gazetarëve: “I gjithë vendi e di se kush është përgjegjës për atë ditë”, duke iu referuar sulmit të 6 janarit 2020 mbi Kapitolin.

Senatori republikan, Josh Hawley, gjatë verës bëri thirrje për dorëheqjen e prokurorit të përgjithshëm, Garland, por të hënën ai heshti kur u pyet për rekomandimin e komisionit të Kongresit për ndjekje penale ndaj zotit Trump duke preferuar të flasë për gabimet e supozuara të FBI-së.

Ish-nënpresidenti Mike Pence, një kandidat i mundshëm presidencial për vitin 2024, i cili dënoi ashpër FBI-në pasi ajo sekuestroi dokumente sekrete nga prona e zotit Trump, ofroi kritika disi të heshtura ndaj komitetit të 6 janarit kur u pyet për këtë.

“Siç shkrova në librin tim, veprimet dhe fjalët e presidentit më 6 janar ishin të pamatura. Por, nuk e di nëse është kriminale të marrësh këshilla të këqija nga avokatët”, tha zoti Pence për televizionin amerikan, Fox News. Ai shtoi, “Kur bëhet fjalë për vendimin e Departamentit të Drejtësisë për ngritjen e akuzave në të ardhmen, unë do të shpresoja që ata të mos ngrinin akuza kundër ish-presidentit”.

Guvernatori i shtetit Arkanzas, Asa Hutchinson, i cili gjithashtu ka mundësi të kandidojë për Shtëpinë e Bardhë në zgjedhjet e vitit 2024, e pranoi se zoti Trump kishte pasur rol në sulmin e 6 janarit, por tha se rekomandimi për ndjekje penale “nuk është i dobishëm” për hetimin e Departamertit të Drejtësisë.

“Të dhënat janë të qarta se ish-Presidenti Trump është përgjegjës për atë që ndodhi më 6 janar, por përgjegjësia për këtë duhet të vijë nga populli amerikan i cili është gati që vendi ynë t’i lërë pas ngjarjet e 6 janarit”, shkroi ai në Twitter.

Deri më tani, vetëm një pjesë e vogël e anëtarëve të Kongresit e kanë përkrahur kandidaturën e zotit Trump për zgjedhjet e vitit 2024.

One of them, the Republican representative, Elise Stefanik, called the commission led by the Democrats "unconstitutional and illegal". She said Mr. Trump was well positioned in the presidential race.

Ms. Stefanik told the news agency "Associated Press" that "Donald Trump is winning significantly against others. We'll see what happens. But I think he's in a very strong position."


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