Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has joined more than a dozen state attorneys in arguing that left-wing prosecutors are politically persecuting former President Donald Trump.
On Tuesday, Moody, a Republican, was one of 17 GOP attorneys general to back Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall in filing a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting Trump’s claim of presidential immunity.
According to their court filing, Marshall, Moody, and the others argue that they represent “millions of Americans who are concerned by the prosecution’s zeal to try President Trump before the upcoming presidential election.”
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“Particularly after the government waited thirty months to bring its case, the sudden rush to trial is suspicious,” they added. “Whether or not this case was timed to silence or imprison President [Joe] Biden’s political rival, the perception of impropriety is enough reason to doubt that the public interest lies with the Special Counsel.”
The AGs also noted that their constituents “have observed the same troubling dynamic play out in suits across the country.”
“Prosecutors purport to represent the People, but their approach toward President Trump suggests ulterior motives. The Court should take seriously the risk that exposing former Presidents to criminal liability will enable partisan abuse.”
“The Attorney General of New York is threatening to take the building that bears his name, to dissolve his companies, and to ban him from the real estate business,” their filing continued. “District attorneys in New York City and Fulton County are threatening to imprison him for the rest of his life. And in this case, the United States of America is rushing to try the sitting President’s leading challenger in time for the 2024 election.”
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“To say that ‘President Trump has become citizen Trump,’ like ‘any other criminal defendant,’ is to ignore the obvious: If he had not been President, none of this would be happening.”
“It is not just permissible for the Court to take stock of the risk that partisan motives may cloud prosecutorial judgment; this Court’s immunity framework calls for it,” they added. “This very case shows that the risk of partisan prosecutions is anything but ‘slight,’” as the federal appeals court declared in rejecting Trump’s claim to immunity for actions after the 2020 election.
The AGs pointed out that the arguments for going after Trump had been dismissed by the Justice Department.
That is until Biden publicly said he was “making sure” Trump would not “take power.” A few days later, left-wing Special Counsel Jack Smith was “off to the races.”
That all occurred in November 2022, the same time Trump declared he was running for president in 2024.
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“Unfortunately, the concern that partisans may abuse the justice system is not limited to this case and this prosecutor. There are criminal and civil actions against President Trump around the country, in some cases led by individuals who campaigned on promises to target President Trump,” the AGs added.
“They taunt him and gloat to fawning media. They launch sprawling investigations and scour state codes with one man in mind. Because the risk of vexatious and partisan prosecutions is more than ‘slight,’ the court below erred. Its structural analysis was fundamentally flawed, and this Court should reverse” the lower court’s ruling.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Trump’s immunity claim on April 25.
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