‘We’re Losing the Country!’ Maria Bartiromo GOES OFF on House Republican for Not Intervening in Trump’s NY Trial
Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo went off on Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC) for not intervening in former President Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial.
Fry, a member of the House Judiciary Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, was grilled by Bartiromo on Friday morning over the lack of action by House lawmakers in regards to helping Trump with his legal issues.
The Republican nominee faces criminal charges for allegedly falsifying business documents regarding hush money payments during the 2016 election season. Trump also faces three other criminal indictments for his handling of classified materials and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
Bartiromo grilled Fry over the fact that Republican viewers are “sick and tired of hearings” and “want action.”
BARTIROMO: That’s all fine and good, Congressman. But why aren’t you being louder about this? Why aren’t I hearing anything from this committee? I had to just ask you about it. Okay. Just let me be clear. Viewers are sick and tired of hearings. They’re sick and tired of letters. They’re sick and tired of hearing complaints. They want action. President Trump is in a trial all day long every day in New York City.
Where is this committee of weaponization and what are you doing about it? I just spoke with Kevin Hatch, the former chairman of the white House Economic Council, and he said, make no mistake, if we see President Trump go to jail because he violated this gag order, markets will react…Congressman, we’re losing the country! So with all due respect, I’m not blaming you specifically, but it’s not enough to set up a committee that’s called the weaponization of federal government. That’s not doing it for anybody. We want to hear more from you. We want to hear action. We want to know what the heck is going on in this New York trial where nobody can seem to come up with a crime.
FRY: Well, I’ll tell you what I’m specifically doing. Of course, I serve on these committees. I don’t chair them necessarily, but I serve on them. I’m happy to play whatever part, because I agree with you. I’ve introduced and we have actually passed out of the judiciary, the Judiciary Committee, the No More Political Prosecutions Act, which would actually inhibit state prosecutors from being able to go after presidents, former presidents, like they are. It would remove these venues in the state of New York, Atlanta and elsewhere to a federal court should the president decide to do it. It is passed through Judiciary Committee we’re waiting on it to be voted on in the House.
These are substantive things I think, that we can be doing to inhibit and stop these elected Democratic prosecutors from targeting President Trump. New York is rife with crime. They’ve got murders and all types of chaos within their subways and on their streets, and they’re using every bit of capital they have to go after a presidential candidate on a statute that they actually had to extend the statute of limitations for. So this bill is one of a larger package. I think that could work. But it’s certainly something that I’m pushing.
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