Former President Donald Trump will face a politically motivated federal indictment, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said on Monday.
In making the prediction, Cruz argued Attorney General Merrick Garland has a personal score to settle, motivated in part by a hatred of Trump as well as bitterness toward Republicans after they denied him the opportunity to serve on the Supreme Court years ago in a Senate confirmation standoff.
“Mark my words: I believe Merrick Garland will indict Donald Trump,” Cruz said during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. “He wants to indict Donald Trump because he hates Donald Trump. He hates him. He’s angry. Merrick Garland is angry that he wasn’t confirmed to the Supreme Court.”
Attorneys for Trump visited the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday as special counsel Jack Smith reportedly nears a charging decision on the storage of classified records and obstruction of justice by resisting the government’s efforts to retrieve the materials. Trump denies wrongdoing, claiming he declassified documents in his possession before leaving office and had a right to take them.
Cruz reasoned that Garland’s DOJ would focus on pursuing trumped-up obstruction charges because investigators found other top executives, including President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence, improperly had classified documents in their possession after leaving office.
