U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville said in a recent interview that his support for President Donald Trump has gotten “even stronger” due to Trump’s recent indictments. Tuberville said that indicting the former President was like something that happens in third-world countries.
Tuberville made the comments in response to questioning from Fox Business Channel’s Larry Kudlow, who asked if Sen. Tuberville’s support for Trump had moved at all in light of the indictments.
“It makes it even stronger, Larry,” said Sen. Tuberville. “Are we living in a third world country now where the political opponents – basically the one in the White House now (Joe Biden) is going after somebody that he is going to run against in the next election?”
Tuberville also referenced Biden’s own mishandling of classified documents as a U.S. Senator.
“If you live in a glass house, you don’t throw rocks, and he has opened a can of worms now – the Justice Department has,” Tuberville added. “That’s really ignited the Republican Party, and I think even some of the Democrats. What kind of a world do we live in now?”
“Every time I go in to read a classified document, they search you when you leave,” said Tuberville. “You are not allowed to carry classified documents out of what we call the skiff.”
“It is just unfortunate that all of this is going on,” Tuberville added. “President Trump will be stronger from this. He can handle it. He knows adversity. He fights through it, but the American people need to see through all of this. Hopefully, this will clear up in a very short period of time, and we can get this behind us.”
The bulk of the 37 charges against former President Trump in the 49-page indictment, unsealed last month, relate to allegations of willful retention of national defense information — a violation of the Espionage Act. The charges also include conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document or record, concealing a document in an investigation, scheming to conceal, and false statements. Trump aide Walt Nauta also was indicted.
Trump maintains his innocence. Despite his growing legal difficulties, the former President is the frontrunner to be the 2024 Republican nominee for President. Trump will speak in Alabama on August 4 as the featured Speaker at the Alabama Republican Party’s Summer Dinner in Montgomery.
Tuberville was the first U.S. Senator to endorse President Trump ahead of the 2024 Republican primary. Tuberville was endorsed for U.S. Senate by Trump in the 2020 Republican primary, and Tuberville has remained steadfast in his support for President Trump.
The Alabama Presidential primary will be on March 5.
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