Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, announced his intention to sue New York state for conducting an “unconstitutional legal battle” against former President Trump on Thursday.
“I intend to sue the state of New York for its direct attack on our democratic process through its unconstitutional legislative actions against President Trump,” Bailey said in a post on the social platform X.
The move came about a month after a Manhattan jury convicted the former president on 34 counts of falsifying business records in a hush-money trial in New York, making Trump the first former president in U.S. history to be convicted of a felony.
“Missouri and Missouri voters have a sovereign interest in having physical access to and hearing from a presidential candidate for the highest office in the United States government,” Bailey said. He told Fox News During Friday’s appearance.
Bailey argued that New York’s ruling denies Missourians access to the presidential candidate of their choice.
“Millions of Missourians voted for President Trump and have a right to have their voice heard. We cannot allow states like New York to deny Missourians access to their candidate,” Bailey said in a later speech.
Bailey said he believes the Manhattan convictions will ultimately be overturned, but that “it’s too late and it will still jeopardize the 2024 election.”
This statement was made by Mr. Bailey. testimony The House Judiciary Committee last week debated the “unlawful prosecution” of the former president.
“This is a strategic attack on a former president of the United States, a current presidential candidate, and the values that we, the American people, place in our system of government,” he told a House committee. “The word ‘loafer’ is apt, but it does not adequately convey the moral turpitude that underlies this strategic attack.”
The Hill has reached out to Bailey’s office and the New York Attorney General’s office.
