Speaker Johnson reacts to classified documents case against Donald Trump being thrown out

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By Morgan Phillips, Congress Reporter For Dailymail.Com In Milwaukee, Wi and Sarah Ewall-Wice, Senior U.S. Political Reporter for DailyMail.com successful Milwaukee, WI and Kelly Laco, Executive Editor Of Politics For Dailymail.Com In Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Published: 12:10 EDT, 15 July 2024 | Updated: 12:43 EDT, 15 July 2024

Speaker Mike Johnson said it was a ‘great relief’ and a ‘great time for justice’ aft Judge Aileen Cannon tossed retired nan national classified documents lawsuit against erstwhile President Donald Trump.

‘I deliberation it’s a awesome result, it’s a awesome alleviation to us,’ Speaker Mike Johnson told DailyMail.com successful his first on-camera exclusive question and reply successful guidance to nan determination connected time 1 of nan Republican National Convention.

Special Counsel Jack Smith was ‘beyond nan bounds of what you should beryllium doing,’ said Johnson, ‘so I'm grateful that Judge Cannon recognized that. We’ll spot what effect this has connected nan different cases, but it’s surely a awesome time for justice.’

And aft nan attempted assassination of Trump connected Saturday, Johnson said that God had fixed Trump a chance to unify nan country.

Johnson said it was a ‘great relief’ and a ‘great time for justice’ aft Judge Aileen Cannon tossed retired nan classified documents lawsuit against erstwhile President Donald Trump

‘He sees nan divine manus of providence progressive successful that and I do, arsenic good each of america do. He besides sees — and he's saying this successful his ain words — that God has fixed him a chance … to unify our country. And I deliberation he tin beryllium a unifying figure.’

Johnson predicted Republicans would now triumph nan White House, House and Senate.

‘We're looking guardant to this consequence of this predetermination result wherever we person unified authorities meaning we person nan Republican Party successful complaint of nan White House and some houses of Congress, but it tin besides beryllium a unifying infinitesimal for nan country.’

Johnson promised fierce oversight successful Congress to get to nan bottommost of nan momentous information breach astatine a Butler, Pa. Trump rally.

‘Within hours of nan event. I had Secretary Mayorkas connected nan telephone Department of Homeland Security asking him immoderate very pointed questions. He did not person each nan answers astatine that moment,’ Johnson went on.

Donald Trump arrived successful Milwaukee for nan GOP normal connected Sunday - nan time aft an effort connected his life 

‘Our work successful Congress is oversight. We're very aggressively pursuing that correct now. And you'll spot a batch of developments of that complete nan coming weeks.’

In a melodramatic and arguable move connected Monday, national Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed nan classified documents lawsuit against Donald Trump successful a bombshell ruling.

The move comes connected nan first time of nan Republican National Convention successful Milwaukee, Wisc. wherever thousands of Republicans are gathering to officially nominate Trump for president. 

The erstwhile president was accused of taking highly delicate nationalist information documents to Mar-a-Lago erstwhile he near nan White House. The FBI agents seized a trove of worldly during a hunt successful August 2022.

Judge Cannon threw nan lawsuit retired based connected 'violations' of nan Constitution’s Appointments Clause and Appropriations Clause.

It comes conscionable 2 days aft nan erstwhile president narrowly avoided an assassination effort pinch a slug grazing his receptor astatine a rally successful Butler, PA connected Saturday evening. Blood could beryllium seen pouring from nan broadside of his caput arsenic he was rushed from nan stage.

The shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks was changeable and killed by a antagonistic sniper seconds aft nan shots rang out. 

The FBI is starring nan investigation into really nan shooter was capable get truthful close, conscionable 130 yards away, from wherever a erstwhile president and presumptive statesmanlike nominee was speaking.

Republicans successful Congress person launched an investigation into nan 'security failures' that led to a horrific assassination attempt.

They opportunity a frightening lapse meant that a gunman was capable to get truthful adjacent to Trump and unleash a barrage of bullets that deed his receptor and killed an attendee successful nan rally crowd.

Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, who sits connected nan House Appropriations Committee, besides reacted exclusively to nan Trump classified documents lawsuit being tossed.

'I deliberation nan judge perfectly made nan correct determination here, 100 percent' she told DailyMail.com astatine nan Republican National Convention. 

'As an appropriator successful Congress, it surely is simply a usurpation of nan appropriations clause...and it's a existent triumph for justness for [Trump.]'

Hinson added: 'I deliberation we've each seen nan governmental prosecutions play retired complete this state and we Americans cognize precisely what we're seeing happen.'

She besides predicted nan Supreme Court's landmark statesmanlike immunity determination earlier this period will lead to moreover much cases against nan erstwhile president getting tossed. 

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