Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.). Photo by Alex Kent / AFP
🛡️ Trump's GOP Protection Squad continues to push various political and legal maneuvers to try and reverse his felony conviction in New York.
Sunday it was Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) — a loyalist and contender to be Trump's vice presidential nominee — suggesting that the conservative-led Supreme Court should "step into" the matter and overturn Trump's guilty verdict in the New York hush money case before the Nov. 5 election.
There's no such legal case before the high court, and any unsolicited foray into such a politically hot issue would super-charge Democrats' allegations that the court has become guided by politics as much as the law.
Trump would have to exhaust his legal appeals in a series of New York courts before his case could reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
But Donalds told NBC's "Meet the Press" that House Speaker Johnson, "myself ... and many Americans believe the Supreme Court should step into this matter."
⚡️ Donalds' comments reflect a growing view among Republican lawmakers that all levers of powers should be exercised in attempting to overturn the former president's conviction, Axios' Andrew Solender reports.
House Republicans are eyeing legislation that would allow Trump, if elected president, to move his case from state to federal court.
