NBC's Kristen Welker probably regrets trying to corner Missouri Sen. Eric Schmidt (R) on Sunday's “Meet the Press.” Rather than sway Republican senators, Welker is focusing on how President Joe Biden and other Democrats are weaponizing the Justice Department against President-elect Donald Trump and other perceived political opponents. I heard about some of them.
Mr. Schmidt voiced his support early on.
interview He said former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, President Trump's second nominee to head the Justice Department, is “smart” and “tough.”
“Excellent choice.”
Mr. Welker alluded to Mr. Bondy's nomination for attorney general and suggested that Mr. Trump's proposed attorney general would do the same things the senator had previously criticized.
suggestion Parts of the Justice Department that filed suit against Trump last year in the run-up to his re-election will ultimately be held accountable, “prosecutors will be prosecuted — bad guys'' and “The investigators will be investigated,” he said.
“This type of abuse must be held accountable.”
The NBC talking head noted that Schmidt previously said the Justice Department should “get back to fighting crime, not settling scores,” adding, “How do you reconcile these two different views? ” asked the question.
Mr. Schmidt was unwilling to accept the premise that the two views were irreconcilable, but instead suggested that future liquidations would not be further weaponization, but rather a restoration of responsibility.
“Over the past four years, we have all seen the Justice Department being weaponized. It is truly a tragedy that a once-respected institution went after Catholics. Under the auspices of the Patriot Act, The Department of Justice is gone because of the parents who showed up to the meeting.''This is the United States of America,'' Schmidt said.
The senator said Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland are “obviously weaponizing the department to go after their major political opponents. Kristen, let me tell you, if you care about the republic; The way this story unfolds is truly frightening.”
“After the midterm elections, Joe Biden said there was no way President Trump would return to the White House. After that speech, these zombie incidents happened again. The number three person at the Justice Department went to New York I went to the “Bragg case,'' and Alvin was there,'' Schmidt said, citing the Matthew Colangelo case.
transfer Biden went from a senior position in the Justice Department (acting deputy attorney general and then chief deputy attorney general) to a supporting role in New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office that brought Trump to his knees.
“The No. 2 prosecutor in Atlanta went to the White House and orchestrated it,” Schmidt continued, apparently alluding to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' former boyfriend, Nathan Wade. Wade, who Willis appointed as attorney general in Trump's Georgia election meddling case, acknowledged in Congressional testimony on October 15 that he had extensive communications with the Biden White House.
“You saw all these lawsuits come back to life again. They all collapsed under the weight of the law,” Schmidt continued. “So I think there needs to be accountability. I think it's important to get back to fighting crime, but there has to be accountability for this kind of abuse.”
Welker appeared exhausted by much of Schmidt's response, but pressed the senator to explain what accountability the Trump Justice Department would pursue.
“I think accountability means, first and foremost, that the people involved in this incident should be fired immediately,” the senator responded. “Those who participated in this effort to keep President Trump from voting and put him in prison for the rest of his life because they didn't like his politics, and who continued to denounce President Trump as a 'threat to democracy,' I was wrong. So let's see how it goes.”
Schmidt reiterated that Bondi is a “smart, capable and tough person” and said she is “going to earn back respect in this department.”
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