{"id":2332938,"date":"2024-08-28T19:44:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T23:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-blasts-trump-indictment-this-is-complete-election-interference-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-28T19:47:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T23:47:18","slug":"rick-scott-blasts-trump-indictment-this-is-complete-election-interference-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-blasts-trump-indictment-this-is-complete-election-interference-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Scott blasts Trump indictment: \u2018This is complete election interference\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frick-scott-blasts-trump-indictment-this-is-complete-election-interference-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2332938&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has condemned \u2063the \u2062Biden-Harris administration for their efforts to indict former President Donald Trump, labeling the actions as &#8220;complete election interference.&#8221; This criticism comes in\u2063 light of a recent superseding indictment\u2062 filed by\u2063 special counsel Jack Smith, which presents revised\u200b charges against Trump following a Supreme Court decision on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-kyle-rittenhouse-could-sue-media-outlets-for-defamation\/\" title=\"Report: Kyle Rittenhouse Could Sue Media Outlets for Defamation\">presidential immunity<\/a>. Scott argues that the current administration is determined to undermine \u2063Trump by any means necessary to secure an electoral victory. He likened these judicial actions to tactics used by oppressive regimes, specifically referencing \u2062Venezuelan dictator \u200bNicol\u00e1s Maduro. The indictment maintains four charges against Trump related to conspiracy and obstruction, and Scott has expressed his outrage on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>\u200d regarding the implications \u2064of this legal case on the political landscape.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rick Scott blasts Trump indictment: &lsquo;This is complete election interference&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1741091\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rick-scott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rick Scott\">Rick Scott<\/a> (R-FL) ripped the Biden-Harris administration on Wednesday for attempting to indict former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> a second time in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-seeks-explanation-for-out-of-district-grand-jury-proceeding-in-trump-docs-case\/\" title=\"Judge wants explanation for &#039;out-of-district grand jury&#039; in Trump documents case.\">election case brought<\/a> forth by special counsel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jack-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jack Smith\">Jack Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The prosecutor filed a superseding indictment against the former president on Tuesday after retooling his arguments following the Supreme Court&rsquo;s landmark presidential immunity decision in July.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The swamp doesn&rsquo;t believe Trump ought to be president so they will do everything under the sun to get him,&rdquo; Scott <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NEWSMAX\/status\/1828768923937816627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> on Newsmax.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is complete election interference and the American public needs to wake up,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida senator also said, &ldquo;The Biden-Harris administration, all they want to do is do everything they can to indict Trump, convict Trump, put Trump in jail, whatever it is to try to win the election. They&rsquo;ll go to any means.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Scott said what Smith is doing is &ldquo;disgusting&rdquo; and compared it to Venezuelan dictator Nicol&aacute;s Maduro&rsquo;s actions against his own citizens.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The Biden-Harris administration, all they want to do is do everything they can to indict Trump, convict Trump, put Trump in jail, whatever it is to try to win the election. They&#8217;ll go to any means.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Florida Sen. Rick Scott<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRickScott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenRickScott<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobFinnertyUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RobFinnertyUSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2kcOE54ia4\">pic.twitter.com\/2kcOE54ia4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NEWSMAX\/status\/1828768923937816627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In the 36-page indictment, Smith is still charging Trump with the same four felonies: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.<\/p>\n<p>Scott followed up with a post on X ripping the indictment.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While the President of the United States sits incapacitated on a beach, the ruling class has installed a new radical candidate without a single vote, and seeks to ignore the Supreme Court &amp; jail their political opponent by any means necessary,&rdquo; Scott wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While the President of the United States sits incapacitated on a beach, the ruling class has installed a new radical candidate without a single vote, and seeks to ignore the Supreme Court &amp; jail their political opponent by any means necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The taxpayer-funded lawfare against&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mIDatefwiU\">https:\/\/t.co\/mIDatefwiU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRickScott\/status\/1828553489875902904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Florida senator added, &ldquo;The taxpayer-funded lawfare against @realDonaldTrump is shameless and disgusting. But we won&rsquo;t stand for it and President Trump will NEVER BACK DOWN.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113036420728580264\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"slammed\">slammed<\/a> the indictment on his social media platform Truth Social, calling the indictment &ldquo;an act of desperation&rdquo; and &ldquo;an attempt to INTERFERE WITH THE ELECTION, and distract the American People from the catastrophes Kamala Harris has inflicted on our Nation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Smith&rsquo;s attempts to prosecute Trump were thwarted in a Florida case when Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the case against Trump on the grounds that the appointment of Smith to the prosecution violated the Constitution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1741091\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1741091\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) criticized the Biden-Harris administration on Wednesday for pursuing a second indictment of former President Donald Trump in a case led by special counsel Jack Smith. The prosecutor issued a revised indictment against Trump on Tuesday, adjusting his arguments following the Supreme Court&#8217;s significant ruling on presidential immunity in July. Scott stated during an appearance on Newsmax, &#8220;The swamp doesn\u2019t believe Trump should be president, so they will do everything possible to take him down. This is outright election interference, and the American public needs to recognize it.&#8221; He further accused the administration of being determined to indict and convict Trump by any means necessary to secure electoral victory. Scott described Smith&#8217;s actions as &#8220;disgusting,&#8221; likening them to those of Venezuelan dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro against his own people.<\/p>\n<p>In the 36-page indictment, Smith continues to charge Trump with four felonies: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. Following this development, Scott took to X (formerly Twitter) expressing his outrage over the indictment: \u201cWhile the President is incapacitated on a beach, the ruling class has installed a new radical candidate without any votes and seeks to ignore the Supreme Court while trying to imprison their political opponent by any means.\u201d He condemned what he termed &#8220;taxpayer-funded lawfare&#8221; against Trump as shameful and asserted that they would not tolerate it.<\/p>\n<p>Trump responded vehemently on his social media platform Truth Social, labeling the indictment as \u201can act of desperation\u201d aimed at interfering with elections and distracting Americans from issues caused by Kamala Harris\u2019s policies. Last month in Florida, Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed one of Smith\u2019s cases against Trump based on constitutional grounds regarding Smith&#8217;s appointment for prosecution<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2332939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rick-Scott.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32119,32171,39607,39601],"class_list":["post-2332938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-election-interference","tag-political-commentary","tag-rick-scott","tag-trump-indictment"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Rick-Scott.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2332938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2332939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2332938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2332938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2332938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}