Trump frustrates Republicans by repeating soft-on-crime stance with select Democrats

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Former President Donald Trump has touted “LAW AND ORDER” regularly, but amid his legal woes, he has defended some Democrats against prosecution from the Justice Department.

Trump has regularly claimed that the Justice Department, which has levied two indictments against him through special counsel Jack Smith, has been weaponized by President Joe Biden and is “election interference” for the presidential rematch between himself and Biden in November. While Trump has blasted the DOJ, he has also attacked its prosecutions of some Democrats.

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