Kentucky Rep. James Comer said two county attorneys, one in Tennessee and one in Kentucky, asked him how he could “track down” the Biden indictment following the indictment of former President Trump.
Comer commented on Fox & Friends on Wednesday.
“And one thing that I think is going to be a problem, I don’t think it’s been mentioned much. I got two calls yesterday, one from a Kentucky county attorney and one from the county. Attorneys in Tennessee. They were Republicans, and apparently both states are very Republican. They want to know if there’s a way to go after Biden now.
He added that Democrats have “opened a can of worms.”
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“They set the precedent and we can’t go back. And now we see the justice system already bogged down in doing what they’re supposed to do. It’s the real criminals, the reality.” crimes, robberies, rapes, robberies, and more, and now ambitious politicians like Alvin Bragg will pursue the big federal pie-in-the-sky case for fame. And that’s not the good path we need to move forward in our justice system,” Comer said.
Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of first-degree falsification of business records on Tuesday.
Falsification of records is generally considered a misdemeanor, but it becomes a felony if the defendant’s “intent to commit fraud includes intent to commit, or aid in or conceal the commission of, another crime.”
At a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was asked why a second suspected covered-up crime was not identified in the indictment.
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“First of all, I would like to say that the indictment does not specify that because the law does not require it. , and I will stress that again now,” Bragg said. “The first is New York state election law, which makes it a crime to conspire to promote a candidacy by illegal means. We pointed to a number of illegal measures, including additional false statements.We also noted caps on federal election law contribution limits.”
Bragg also accused Trump and his associates of using a “catch and kill” scheme to hide potentially harmful information obtained ahead of the 2016 election.
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“Trump has since gone to great lengths to cover up this act, making dozens of false entries in his business records. cover up criminal activityincluding attempts to violate state and federal election laws,” Bragg asserted.
Fox News’ Paul Best, Danielle Wallace, and Emma Colton contributed to this report.