Rep. Lieu Reminds Us Trump Surrounds Himself With Crooks

In case you’ve lost track of the recent crazy House hearings, Tuesday was Attorney General Merrick Garland’s turn to be the scapegoat for Republicans to avoid the personal responsibility they love to demand from poor people. Of course, it was yet another opportunity to falsely blame Garland’s Department of Justice for Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions in a New York state court that the federal government had nothing to do with.

Rep. Ted Lieu put the responsibility for Trump’s 34 felony convictions right back where they belong: on crooked Trump’s shoulders. First, Lieu pointed out that a slew of Trump cronies were convicted of federal felonies before Joe Biden became president in 2021. The list includes Trump’s 2016 campaign manager Paul Manafort, former deputy campaign manager Rick Gates, former campaign foreign policy advisor George Papadopolous, former lawyer Michael Cohen, Trump advisor Roger Stone, and Trump fundraiser Elliott Broidy. They were all charged by the Trump DOJ and later convicted.

Then Lieu went in for the rhetorical kill:

LIEU: Trump’s campaign manager: felon; Trump's deputy campaign manager: felon; Trump's foreign policy adviser: felon; Trump's lawyer: felon; Trump's political adviser: felon; Trump's fundraiser: felon.

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