8 #Republican senators announced Fri they would boycott #Democratic#legislative priorities & nominations as payback for #Trump’s #guilty#verdict.
In a joint statement, the senators said they would not “allow any increase to non-security related funding for this administration, or any appropriations bill which funds partisan lawfare.”
@BlueWaver22 then there’s the fact that the President’s son, #HunterBiden, goes on trial this coming week. Democrat Sen #BobMenendez’s #criminal trial is underway. Democrat Rep #HenryCuellar was indicted. But apparently the #DOJ was correct in their actions charging all of them acc/to #Republicans. It’s only #Trump / #MAGARepublicans whose indictments, trials & judgements that are being run by the corrupt justice system.
Cuellar’s home & campaign office in Laredo, Texas, were raided in Jan 2022 as part of a federal investigation into #Azerbaijan & a group of US businessmen who have ties to the country. His office had pledged to cooperate w/the investigation.
#HenryCuellar, 66, a #lawyer, is a fmr #customs broker & #Texas secretary of state. A member of the #centrist “Blue Dogs” & New Democrat Coalition, Cuellar was first elected to the House in 2004.
A year after the raid — which has not previously yielded arrests or charges— #HenryCuellar told the #Texas Tribune: “There has been no wrongdoing on my part. ... My focus remains the same from my very first day in office: delivering results for Texans across my district.”