Special counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment against former President Donald Trump on Aug. 27 in a bid to bolster one of two criminal cases against the Republican nominee following the Supreme Court’s landmark presidential immunity decision last month.
McConnell , 82, slammed Trump, 78, as “stupid,” “ill-tempered,” a “narcissist” and a “despicable human being” behind closed doors toward the end of his administration, according to a preview of the book “The Price of Power” from the
“This despicable human being,” McConnell later fumed about Trump, accusing him of delaying a COVID-19 relief package at the time. “ is sitting on this package of relief that the American people desperately need.” After the rioters had been cleared from the Capitol and lawmakers returned from their secure location, the Kentucky senator addressed his staff and “started to sob softly,” according to the previewed book excepts.When asked about his private remarks, McConnell stressed that other Trump loyalists such as GOP vice presidential hopeful JD Vance and Sen. Lindsey Graham have similarly bashed Trump in the past.
Tackett got a peek into the enigmatic pol’s mindset by tapping into nearly three decades’ worth of his recorded diaries as well as from interviews with him. Trump has also hurled racially tinged slurs at McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, his former Transportation Secretary, whom he bashed as “Coco Chow.”
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