North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum on Sunday defended former President Donald Trump in opposition to legal expenses from the Manhattan District Lawyer’s Workplace.
Bergum made the feedback throughout an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with host Jake Tapper.
“I’m a enterprise man. It’s a enterprise submitting case,” he mentioned. “If it was anybody aside from a presidential candidate, it might be a misdemeanor. How did it flip into 34 crimes, when there’s not even an alleged crime, which is — they did not even consider anyone that there was a criminal offense.”
“But when that occurred, it might be an offense on the a part of the Federal Election Fee. And will probably be pursued by a federal court docket, not by a county DA in New York,” he continued. “And so I believe, once more, People, the result of this trial does not have an effect on them.”
He mentioned the trial was “nothing greater than a stunt for cable TV, however common People have already baked in what they give thought to President Trump, President Biden, they’re trying on the insurance policies, not the folks, they usually had been higher off” at President Trump’s insurance policies. closed below.”
Burgum mentioned he is trying ahead to subsequent January when “Vice President Harris will certify the election for Donald Trump.”
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“I imply, the American folks can determine this election,” he mentioned. “However for each events and for all People, we’ve to guarantee that each county, each space is above reproach, so that everybody can believe in our nation.”
“In North Dakota, we’re doing it,” he added. “Nobody questions the outcomes of an election in any county or space of North Dakota. It may very well be. It has been executed all around the nation, besides in a couple of circumstances, we have got — we have got perhaps a handful of counties that may reopen this election, and we simply need to guarantee that, when it is executed, each side be ok with the way it was calculated. About that.”
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GOV. Doug Bergum: I sit up for subsequent January when Kamala Harris certifies the election of President Trump pic.twitter.com/aumy3Nlg4D
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