Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced he is filing a lawsuit against the state of New York for what he called "Their direct attack on our democratic process through unconstitutional lawfare against President Trump." On Thursday, Bailey said on his podcast, "The Bailey Wire," that his office would be taking steps to combat illicit prosecutions against the former president.
Bailey said it's time to restore the rule of law.
"We have to fight back against a rogue prosecutor who is trying to take a presidential candidate off the campaign trail," Bailey wrote on X. Bailey's office noted that the lawsuit will go straight to the U.S. Supreme Court because it is a state versus state action.
His office said it will be titled "Missouri vs. New York." Last month, Bailey probed the Justice Department for documents related to any communications with prosecutors connected to the indictments of former President Trump.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg worked alongside New York Attorney General Letitia James in pursuing civil litigation against Trump, using that experience as a springboard from which to campaign for his current position, Bailey notes.
"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,'" Bailey states.
Bailey argues that Bragg's decision to bring the prosecution "Despite its transparent weakness has nonetheless had the effect of keeping former President Trump off the campaign trail, which President Biden has bragged about." "Given the timing, the transparent weakness of the charges, and the effect the charges have in keeping Trump off the campaign trail, there is substantial reason to suspect the Biden administration has coordinated with Bragg and others to bring prosecutions against Trump," Bailey claims.
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