Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Wednesday called the U.S. Supreme Court an “abuse of power” against former President Trump after the court announced it would consider “abuse of power” against former President Donald Trump. He said he expected it to “stop.” The president could face criminal charges for trying to overturn the election.
“I’m glad the Supreme Court took up this case. What we’ve seen over the past year, targeting from the left and targeting from Donald Trump’s Democratic prosecutors, is a gross abuse of power. I have to say,” Cruz said Wednesday on NewsNation’s “The Elizabeth Vargas Report.”
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to take up the question of whether President Trump is immune from charges stemming from his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. Trump’s lawyers argue that presidential immunity protects him from criminal prosecution for his actions leading up to and surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
“Never in our nation’s history has a president or former president been indicted. And in the past year, Donald Trump has been indicted four times by both the Biden Justice Department and two Democratic senators. ” [district attorneys], I think this is an abuse of power and a persecution of President Trump. And I very much hope that the Supreme Court will stop that,” Cruz continued.
President Trump currently faces four felonies in the Justice Department’s January 6 lawsuit alleging he engaged in a conspiracy to defraud the United States and was at the center of a movement to block the certification of the January 6 vote.
Supreme Court order Special Counsel Jack Smith will suspend proceedings for the time being, dealing a blow following previous efforts to keep the case deadlines on schedule.
Asked what he thought the Supreme Court would rule on the case, Cruz said: “Let’s see how the arguments on both sides play out.”
Texas Republicans are pointing to another Supreme Court case considering whether Trump can be removed from the state’s ballot under the 14th Amendment’s anti-insurrection clause. This is an appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that said President Trump participated in the riot through his role in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
The country’s high court began hearing oral arguments in the case earlier this month.
“After hearing that argument, I’m absolutely, 100 percent confident that the Supreme Court will reverse Colorado. I think there’s a good chance the Supreme Court will reverse unanimously.” I hope so. ”
Cruz said he believes it’s up to voters to decide the issue of immunity, adding, “I don’t think the courts should step in and say elections should be decided by voters at the polls, not by judges or prosecutors. I hope.”
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