Moments after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hoarded classified documents and then conspired to obstruct an investigation about it, the Republicans in Congress had his back. Trump’s mounting legal jeopardy has quickly become a political rallying cry as they rush to stand by the indicted former president. Many Republicans say they haven’t fully read the 49-page indictment against Trump. But they are adopting his grievances against the federal justice system as their own. It’s an example of how Trump has transformed the Republican Party that was once the party of “law and order,” but is now attacking the very justice system at the foundation of U.S. democracy.

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    Speaker Kevin McCarthy dashed off a fundraising email decrying the “witch hunt” against the former president and urging donors to sign up and “stand with Trump.”

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      They know that without him they’re toast in any future election. And they’d rather destroy democracy than accept defeat. If there’s even much left to destroy at this point.

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      The US truly seems like a strange place, imagine having a fundraiser to pay the millionaire disgraced former presidents legal bills. We’d never be so stupid in the uk…ah…fuck it.

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        Not to be an ass about it. but you have no idea how good it feels to know that there’s people like Borris. Mostly because, misery loves company.