On Tuesday, retired Federal Judge J. Michael Luttig stated on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that he believes the United States will “never recover” from the harm caused by former President Donald Trump.
Guest host Alicia Menendez said: “We frequently discuss the impact that Donald Trump and Trumpism have had on institutions and our governing bodies. Share your perspective on the damage you believe has been inflicted on the judicial system and the legal profession.”
Luttig stated: “The Republicans, led by the former president, instigated a war on American democracy on January 6th, 2021, and now, today, three years later, we know that they are determined to prosecute that war to its catastrophic end.”
“Thus, the former president and his allies have continued to deny the 2020 presidential election for three years, maintaining that that election was stolen from the former president, notwithstanding that there is no evidence whatsoever of that, and that, indeed, President Joe Biden won that election fair and square,” he continued.
“Meanwhile, during those three years that effort led by the former president has laid waste to Americans’ confidence in their democracy and their elections, in their Constitution, and in their rule of law,” he added.
“America will