Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office plans to file a lawsuit against the state of New York due to to its “unconstitutional lawfare” efforts against Donald Trump.
“I will be filing suit against the State of New York for their direct attack on our democratic process through unconstitutional lawfare against President Trump. It’s time to restore the rule of law,” Bailey wrote on X.
“We have to fight back against a rogue prosecutor who is trying to take a presidential candidate off the campaign trail. It sabotages Missourians’ right to a free and fair election,” he added. “Stay tuned.”
The move comes as Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
Following the verdict, Bailey demanded that the Department of Justice (DOJ) turn over records relating to Trump’s investigation and prosecution.
“The investigations and subsequent prosecutions of former President Donald J. Trump appear to have been conducted in coordination with the United States Department of Justice,” Bailey said at the time. “This is demonstrated only in part by the move of the third-highest ranking member of the Department of Justice, Matthew Colangelo, to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in order to prosecute former President Donald J. Trump in the so-called ‘hush money’ trial in December 2022.”
He explained Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg “worked alongside New York Attorney General Letitia James in pursuing civil litigation against former President Trump, using that experience as a springboard from which to campaign for his current position. During that campaign, Bragg promised ‘if elected, [he] would go after Trump.’ Once he won election, he pledged ‘to personally focus on the high-profile probe into former President Donald Trump’s business practices.’”
