Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) decries the prosecution of former President Trump in a press briefing in New York City.
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00:00 Hi, I'm here because I've known Donald Trump a long time.
00:12 I knew him before I was governor.
00:13 I consider him a friend and what he is going through is just despicable.
00:20 It's a crime in this country to use the court system to go
00:26 after your political opponents.
00:29 What's happening in this courtroom is clearly criminal.
00:31 It's been led by political thugs.
00:35 Look, I've had experience with this.
00:38 Back in the 90s, I was the lead opponent to Hillary Care, Hillary Clinton's healthcare.
00:46 After it was defeated, she used the Justice Department to go after me and my company.
00:52 This can't continue.
00:57 What's happening in this prison is wrong.
01:00 We're watching all over the country.
01:02 We're watching all these cases that are going after somebody simply because he's
01:07 a political opponent of Joe Biden.
01:09 I'm proud of him for standing up for all of us because guess what?
01:15 It's not going to end with him.
01:17 They can go after any one of us if they want to, and you do not have the resources
01:23 to do it, they can go after the former president, they can go after you.
01:28 Now let's look at who's involved in doing this.
01:30 The lead prosecutor was the number three person that Biden, the Biden Justice Department.
01:36 The judge's daughter is a political operative and raises money for Democrats.
01:44 You've got the lead prosecutor's wife is a significant donor to Democrats,
01:50 and I think to Biden.
01:53 So this is just a bunch of Democrats saying, "We want to make sure that
01:58 Donald Trump can't talk."
01:59 You know, they've got a gag order.
02:01 So he can't go campaign.
02:04 They've got him holed up in a courtroom.
02:07 So Joe Biden go campaign, but Donald Trump can't.
02:10 This has to stop.
02:14 Look, we know that President Biden can't win this election fair and square.
02:19 He has nothing to run on.
02:22 And we know President Trump has a record.
02:25 He secured the border.
02:27 He had a great economy.
02:28 We weren't at war.
02:29 So that's why this is happening.
02:31 Joe Biden knows and Democrats know that he cannot win.
02:34 Joe Biden cannot win this election.
02:36 I'd be glad to answer any questions.
02:37 This is nothing about Stormy Daniels.
02:42 Let's remember what this case is about.
02:44 They're trying to prosecute this president for how an expense was, the
02:50 records were done.
02:51 That's all there was.
02:52 It's nothing about her.
02:53 No.
02:55 No, I'm fed up.
03:00 I watched what happened to me and my company.
03:03 I've watched what's happened.
03:04 I've talked to business people over the years and what's happened to them.
03:08 When you have political persecution.
03:10 And now what I've watched with President Trump is done with all these cases.
03:13 This is just simply, they don't want this guy on the ballot.
03:16 I mean, they've tried to kick him off the ballot in the states.
03:19 They've tried.
03:20 Now they're trying to put him in jail.
03:22 They've tried everything they can because they know they can't beat him.
03:24 Let's remember what this is about.
03:31 This is about, they're trying to prosecute this guy for how something was recorded.
03:36 And that's all it is.
03:38 This is just pure political persecution.
03:41 Thank you.
03:41 Thank you.
03:42 Thank you.
03:43 Thank you.