The Arizona MAGA Republican was reacting to the former president's claims he will be arrested on Tuesday as part of hush payment investigation.
In a lengthy statement, Lake suggested that the Manhattan District Attorney's office's investigation is politically motivated and that prosecuting your political opponents is"something you'd expect to see in third-world Banana Republics."
"Accusation after accusation. Investigation after investigation. And they've come away with nothing. Now, in their desperation to derail his re-election, we see this ludicrous effort to jail him on the flimsiest campaign finance violations they can find."should he be arrested on Tuesday, with fears the former president's base may resort to violence to object to his detainment.
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