Republicans rallied around Trump after he was accused of bribery

The Republican Party has decided to double its stake, after the indictment against Donald Trump for allegedly bribing a porn actress stormy daniels. Faced with the Trump-democracy dichotomy, conservatives opted for the first option i They came to the defense of the former presidentwhich in this case seems to imply a a furious attack on the American justice system., the proceedings of the Manhattan Attorney’s Office and its boss, a Democratic prosecutor Alvin Bragg. Thus, the party accepts what it seems – still – considers to be its main candidate, and accepts in all its dimensions the reality that Trump imposes.

for the first time a the former president was charged in a criminal investigation. The situation illustrates what figures like Donald Trump mean to the political governance of the country and will continue to do so Testing the resilience of America’s institutional architecture. Not only because of the novelty it assumes, but because of what happens when one of the two majority parties adopts a systematic strategy of continuous attack on the fundamental institutions of democracy?

The Republican group in the House of Representatives, over which Trump has more control, turned to the defense of the former president. congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Friday that he would travel to New York to “protest against the witch hunt.” While, kevin mccarthythe Speaker of the House of Commons, accused prosecutor Alvin Bragg of “irreparably” damaging the country.

Several of his potential rivals in the Republican primaries joined in the defense of the former president. for vice president Mike Pencethe accusation is “outrageous”. Ron DeSantis said the Manhattan prosecutor “supports [el magnate George] Soros is guilty of relativizing the law for Democrats, while hardening it “to target a political rival.” And he assured that Florida will not extradite Trump despite such a request from a New York court.

For the accused, everything corresponds to prosecution in the service of the Democrats. It would be another episode of the “witch hunt” he is being subjected to by his political rivals.

“Political persecution”

In a statement on his Truth social network, released shortly after he learned of the grand jury’s decision, Trump called the indictment “political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history”. In addition, he accused the “radical wing of the democratic left” of trying to “destroy the MAGA movement (Let’s Make America Great Again)” on the grounds that he “lied, cheated and stole.”

For his part, Prosecutor Bragg asserted in a letter addressed to Republicans that the charge of political persecution they spread “it has no base and is flammable”. “Trump has the right to fight the charges in court,” but what he can’t do is “obstruct the normal course of action.” [judiciales] of the state of New York,” he says. In addition, he accuses the Republicans of not being up to the task, because they decided to “cooperate” with Trump in order to “mudder and denigrate” a judicial process involving “an independent grand jury of ordinary citizens serving the State of New York.”