Speaking to reporters later, he said, “We’re not here to defend President Trump, we’re here to defend equal justice.
McCarthy’s comments appear to be close to deciding whether Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Brock will accept $130,000 from Trump to keep his mouth shut about the adult film star Stormy Daniels’ affair. . Trump denied the incident.
It’s unclear what the charges are, but they appear to involve falsifying business records. It stems from Trump reimbursing his attorney Michael Cohen and awarding Daniels “legal fees.”
The statute of limitations for criminal charges involving false business records is generally five years, but the statute of limitations is suspended if the defendant does not continuously reside in New York. Prosecutors could argue that since Trump has not been in New York the entire time of his presidency and has since moved his residence to Florida, he is still subject to the law.
“That’s personal money. … It was the statute of limitations seven years ago,” McCarthy said.
During the press conference, McCarthy tried to compare Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign with the Democratic National Committee’s now-infamous Still documents-related misreporting of expenses. Under an agreement with the Federal Election Commission, the DNC agreed to pay $105,000 in fines and $8,000 in penalties to the Clinton campaign.
“We live in America and it should be equal justice.
McCarthy and several House Republicans condemned Trump’s rhetoric and urged his supporters to protest after the former president said on his True Community account on Saturday that he would be impeached.
While marching for Trump, McCarthy said Trump supporters should not protest if the former president is impeached. “I don’t think people should protest this,” McCarthy said at a press conference on Sunday. “If President Trump talked to him, I don’t think he would believe it.”
Trump wrote on his Truth Community site on Saturday that he would be “arrested on Tuesday” and urged people to “resist”. Despite the post from the Florida-based Mar-a-Lago club, his advisers said Trump’s team had no specific knowledge of the timing of the lawsuit.
McCarthy told reporters that he had not spoken to Trump in three weeks and had not discussed the investigation.
In January, Trump endorsed McCarthy, who fought for the Speaker’s seat, and finally won on the 15th ballot. But Trump and the man he called “my Kevin” had a rocky relationship at best.
After pro-Trump mobs attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, McCarthy said Trump should take responsibility and step down. April issue.
The recording contradicted McCarthy’s claim that he did not want Trump to resign after the audio uproar. McCarthy said his ideas came from “looking at different scenarios.” [Trump] should resign” CBS NewsAlthough McCarthy said on audio that he was considering asking the president to resign.
Despite the allegations, McCarthy visited Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago club in Florida in late January 2021 to discuss the GOP’s efforts to retake the House. They posed for a photo together.