Johnson added of the Supreme Court justices: 'I know many of them personally, I think they're deeply concerned about' faith in the U.S. justice system.
Speaker Mike Johnson said the Supreme Court should 'step in' in the aftermath of guilty verdicts for former President Donald Trump on dozens of felony counts in New York. 'I do believe the Supreme Court should step in,' Johnson said on Fox News' 'Fox and Friends' on Friday. 'I think they'll set this straight but it's going to take a while.
Trump must first be sentenced and then is expected to appeal his New York conviction, a process that could take months or even years to wind its way through the court system. The comments come amid a swirl of ethics controversies for the high court, most recently due to flags displayed at properties of Justice Samuel Alito associated with the movement among some Trump supporters to overthrow Joe Biden’s 2020 victory. Alito has faced pressure to recuse himself from cases involving Jan.
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