Gathering support… Reversal to Disantis
The prosecutor who investigated the former US President Donald Trump’s “sex scandal silence” is subpoenaed as a witness at a congressional hearing. While the approval rating of former President Trump, who was the first incumbent US president to be criminally prosecuted, is on the rise, the Republican Party’s offensive against the investigation surrounding former President Trump is expected to begin in earnest.
ABC News reported on the 22nd (local time) that Republican House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and New York Manhattan District Attorney General Alvin Bragg agreed to summon witnesses from former Manhattan District Attorney Mark Pomeranz, who investigated former President Trump.
Former Prosecutor Pomerantz led the investigation of former President Trump in February 2021, but resigned in protest in February of last year when the prosecution of former President Trump was delayed. He subsequently published a book about the allegations against former President Trump that he gathered during his investigation.
Republicans are expected to launch a focused offensive on the political bias of former prosecutor Pomeranz at the hearing. In the midst of investigations surrounding former President Trump, including not only the case of ‘silencement of sexual scandal’, but also leaks of secrets during the presidency and charges of incitement to rebellion related to the ‘invasion of the 1st and 6th Capitol,’ starting with this hearing, a counterattack on former President Trump’s ‘judicial risk’ The idea is to start the
Meanwhile, according to a poll released by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on the 21st, 51% of Republican supporters responded that they supported former President Trump in the presidential primary, and 38% supported Florida Governor Ron Disantis. In a virtual confrontation between the two sides in December of last year, right after the midterm elections, Governor Disantis showed 52% and former President Trump with 38% approval rating. After the prosecution of the suspicion of ‘silencing sexual scandal’, there is an analysis that it is the influence of former President Trump’s supporters.
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Source: Donga
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