Trump defends against CBS claims of weaponizing justice in fiery interview.
President Donald Trump found himself in familiar territory during his Sunday interview with CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell: defending his administration against accusations of weaponizing the Department of Justice. After four years of the Biden administration literally trying to put him in prison, the left has been pushing the narrative that Trump is the one weaponizing justice. But Trump wasn’t having it. He flatly rejected the suggestion that he’s orchestrating political revenge against his critics; instead, he pointed out that the indictments of James Comey, John Bolton, and Letitia James are straightforward prosecutions of genuinely corrupt actors.
O’Donnell framed her question as if the Justice Department under Trump were carrying out some vendetta on his behalf. Trump wasn’t having it.
“You know what? You know who got indicted? The man you’re looking at,” he shot back in an epic mic drop moment. “I got indicted and I was innocent.”
Trump continued, “And here I am because I was able to beat all of the nonsense that was thrown at me. And yet when you go after a dirty cop like Comey or a guy like Bolton, who I hear has, I don’t know anything about it. I hear he took records all over the place. Who knows? Letitia James is a terrible, dishonest person, in my opinion.”
That’s vintage Trump — taking a loaded question and tossing it right back like a grenade. O’Donnell tried to corner him with the “revenge” narrative, but Trump flipped it on its head, reminding Americans who the real victims of political persecution have been.
