Maverick Republican William Weld looking to run against ‘malignant’ narcissist Trump via Isikoff on SkullduggeryPod
Weld has special credentials to make that judgment: As a young lawyer, he served on the staff of the House Judiciary Committee that voted to impeach Nixon, spending five months researching a memo that laid out the legal grounds to remove a president.
Although he used to be an advocate for Trump’s impeachment, Weld said he now accepts House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s judgment that it is currently not worth pursuing given that the votes are not there in the GOP-controlled Senate to convict the president. “I think the only reason to do something like this is to do it with the purpose in mind of winning,” he said. He also denied that his candidacy was a placeholder for a possible candidacy by better-known Republicans such as Utah Sen. Mitt Romney or Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who have been mentioned as possible challengers. “I am not a stalking horse,” Weld said.
Asked what disturbs him most about Trump, he replied: “I think his meanness. I mean, he says he’s a counter-puncher. Baloney. That’s vindictiveness, and it’s often directed at little people. … It’s no secret that his stock in trade is divisiveness and trying to stir up the pot and pit groups against each other, and as long as everyone’s teeth are on edge, he’s happy.”
The complaint of Weld and his fellow protestors: The goal of nonpartisan independent law enforcement was being compromised by Meese, who was at the time under investigation for corruption allegations by a special prosecutor. “The same issue was at play—namely politicization of the Justice Department,” Weld said. “I spent five years as a US attorney and two years as head of the criminal division at main Justice, trying to keep the politics out of law enforcement.
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