Bob Good says Republicans went to Trump trial because of gag order

Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) said he joined fellow Republicans in a hush money trial against former President Trump in New York City because of the gag order he has in place.

“And they have a gag order against him,” Good said on FOX Business’ “Varney & Company.” Friday. “That’s why we went there. It’s so we can have a say…We’re not allowing this corrupt judge to have a say.”

Goode, along with Representatives Matt Gaetz (Florida), Lauren Boebert (Colorado), Andy Biggs (Arizona), and Mike Walz (Florida), spoke to President Trump on Thursday. He was part of a large group of Republican lawmakers who visited the New York criminal trial. , Eli Crane (Arizona), Andy Ogles (Tennessee), Anna Paulina Luna (Florida), and Ralph Norman (South Carolina).

President Trump is currently under a gag order in the hush-money trial, restricting him from commenting publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, court officials and Judge Juan Machan’s family.

“This judge seems to understand all the high-profile conservative cases,” Good continued in an interview on FOX Business. “And his own daughter is raising tens of millions of dollars for Democrats in this very case.”

Marchan’s daughter, Lauren, was an executive at a progressive political consulting firm that has worked for Democrats, including President Biden and Vice President Harris.

Other Republicans, including Sen. J.D. Vance (Ohio), Sen. Tommy Tuberville (Alabama), House Speaker Mike Johnson (Louisiana), and former Republican presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy have also recently , is participating in Trump’s hush money trial.

Mr. Johnson spoke outside a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday, opposing the hush money trial.

“This is the fifth week that President Trump has been in court for this sham trial. They’re doing this on purpose to keep him here and away from the campaign trail,” Johnson said. . “And I think everyone in this country can understand what that is.”